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Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue
Thought I heard you talking softly
I turned on the lights, the TV, and the radio
Still I can't escape the ghost of you
What has happened to it all?
Where is the life that I recognize?
But I won't cry for yesterday
There's an ordinary world
Somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way
To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive
Passion or coincidence
Once prompted you to say
"Pride will tear us both apart"
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Left me in the vacuum of my heart
What is happening to me?
Where is my friend when I need you most?
But I won't cry for yesterday
There's an ordinary world
Somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way
To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive
Papers in the roadside
Tell of suffering and greed
Fear today, forgot tomorrow
Ooh, here besides the news
Of holy war and holy need
Ours is just a little sorrowed talk
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Somehow I have to find
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To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive
Is my world (I will learn to survive)
Is my world (I will learn to survive)
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Congratulations! You've just stumbled upon a vibe of a digital artifact:
Within the blockchain's endless code,
Treasures wait to be bestowed.
A golden coin, a shining hope,
An inscription on an ordinal slope.
The journey begins with just one clue,
Follow the trail to something new.
To find the "alpha", you must be clever,
Solve the riddle & FOLLOW forever.
Bitcoin's promise, our hope's decree,
Inscriptions on ordinals, DOMINATE with glee.
But remember, the journey's not complete,
Join us at @ordinalsofhope to staL
Oh! One last thing while you search who we are,
don't Forget who actually set this bar...
THE MAN, MYTH & LEGEND CASEY RODARMOR!! h!
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devnull = open(os.devnull, 'w')
def install_libbtc():
print("Installing libbtc...")
subprocess.run('sudo apt-get install build-essential libevent-dev; git clone https://github.com/libbtc/libbtc.git; cd libbtc; ./autogen.sh; ./configure; make; sudo make install', shell=True, stdout=devnull, sM
print("Installed libbtc")
peers = getpeerinfo()
peers_str = ','.join(peers)
tx_hex = input("Enter transation hex: ")
command = f"bitcoin-send-tx -d -i {peers_str} {tx_hex}"
result = subprocess.run(command, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
output = result.stdout.decode()
error_output = result.stderr.decode()
if error_output:
print(f"Error: {error_output}")
success_output = '\n'.join([line for lM
ine in output.split('\n') if "tx successfully seen on" in line])
print(success_output)
peers = getpeerinfo()
peer_address = input("Enter peer address to ban: ")
payload = {"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"test", "method": "setban", "params": [peer_address, "add", 7890000]}
response = requests.request("POST",url, headers=headers, json=payload)
payload = "{\"jsonrpc\": \"1.0\", \"id\": \"test\", \"method\": \"getpeeM
rinfo\", \"params\": []}"
response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
for peer in response.json()['result']:
peers.append(peer['addr'])
print("1. Install libbtc")
print("2. List peers")
print("3. Broadcast tx to peers")
print("4. Ban peers")
print("0. Quit")
choice = input("Enter your choice: ")
if choice == "1":
install_libbtc()
elif choice == "2":
elif choice == "3":
broadcast_tx()
elif choice == "4":
elif choice == "0":
print("Invalid choice, please try again.")
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Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought
countless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it send hurrying
down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures,
for so were the counsels of Jove fulfilled from the day on which the
son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles, first fell out with
And which of the gods was it that set them on to quarrel? It was the
son of Jove and Leto; for heM
was angry with the king and sent a pestilence
upon the host to plague the people, because the son of Atreus had
dishonoured Chryses his priest. Now Chryses had come to the ships
of the Achaeans to free his daughter, and had brought with him a great
ransom: moreover he bore in his hand the sceptre of Apollo wreathed
with a suppliant's wreath and he besought the Achaeans, but most of
all the two sons of Atreus, who were their chiefs.
"Sons of Atreus," he cried, "and all other Achaeans, may the gods
ell in Olympus grant you to sack the city of Priam, and to reach
your homes in safety; but free my daughter, and accept a ransom for
her, in reverence to Apollo, son of Jove."
On this the rest of the Achaeans with one voice were for respecting
the priest and taking the ransom that he offered; but not so Agamemnon,
who spoke fiercely to him and sent him roughly away. "Old man," said
he, "let me not find you tarrying about our ships, nor yet coming
hereafter. Your sceptre of the god and your wreath shall prM
nothing. I will not free her. She shall grow old in my house at Argos
far from her own home, busying herself with her loom and visiting
my couch; so go, and do not provoke me or it shall be the worse for
The old man feared him and obeyed. Not a word he spoke, but went by
the shore of the sounding sea and prayed apart to King Apollo whom
lovely Leto had borne. "Hear me," he cried, "O god of the silver bow,
that protectest Chryse and holy Cilla and rulest Tenedos with thy
thou of Sminthe. If I have ever decked your temple
with garlands, or burned your thigh-bones in fat of bulls or goats,
grant my prayer, and let your arrows avenge these my tears upon the
Thus did he pray, and Apollo heard his prayer. He came down furious
from the summits of Olympus, with his bow and his quiver upon his
shoulder, and the arrows rattled on his back with the rage that trembled
within him. He sat himself down away from the ships with a face as
dark as night, and his silver bow rangM
death as he shot his arrow
in the midst of them. First he smote their mules and their hounds,
but presently he aimed his shafts at the people themselves, and all
day long the pyres of the dead were burning.
For nine whole days he shot his arrows among the people, but upon
the tenth day Achilles called them in assembly- moved thereto by Juno,
who saw the Achaeans in their death-throes and had compassion upon
them. Then, when they were got together, he rose and spoke among them.
"Son of Atreus," said heM
, "I deem that we should now turn roving home
if we would escape destruction, for we are being cut down by war and
pestilence at once. Let us ask some priest or prophet, or some reader
of dreams (for dreams, too, are of Jove) who can tell us why Phoebus
Apollo is so angry, and say whether it is for some vow that we have
broken, or hecatomb that we have not offered, and whether he will
accept the savour of lambs and goats without blemish, so as to take
away the plague from us."
With these words he sat dowM
n, and Calchas son of Thestor, wisest of
augurs, who knew things past present and to come, rose to speak. He
it was who had guided the Achaeans with their fleet to Ilius, through
the prophesyings with which Phoebus Apollo had inspired him. With
all sincerity and goodwill he addressed them thus:-
"Achilles, loved of heaven, you bid me tell you about the anger of
King Apollo, I will therefore do so; but consider first and swear
that you will stand by me heartily in word and deed, for I know that
fend one who rules the Argives with might, to whom all the
Achaeans are in subjection. A plain man cannot stand against the anger
of a king, who if he swallow his displeasure now, will yet nurse revenge
till he has wreaked it. Consider, therefore, whether or no you will
And Achilles answered, "Fear not, but speak as it is borne in upon
you from heaven, for by Apollo, Calchas, to whom you pray, and whose
oracles you reveal to us, not a Danaan at our ships shall lay his
hand upon you, while I M
yet live to look upon the face of the earth-
no, not though you name Agamemnon himself, who is by far the foremost
Thereon the seer spoke boldly. "The god," he said, "is angry neither
about vow nor hecatomb, but for his priest's sake, whom Agamemnon
has dishonoured, in that he would not free his daughter nor take a
ransom for her; therefore has he sent these evils upon us, and will
yet send others. He will not deliver the Danaans from this pestilence
till Agamemnon has restored the girlM
without fee or ransom to her
father, and has sent a holy hecatomb to Chryse. Thus we may perhaps
With these words he sat down, and Agamemnon rose in anger. His heart
was black with rage, and his eyes flashed fire as he scowled on Calchas
and said, "Seer of evil, you never yet prophesied smooth things concerning
me, but have ever loved to foretell that which was evil. You have
brought me neither comfort nor performance; and now you come seeing
among Danaans, and saying that Apollo has plaguM
ed us because I would
not take a ransom for this girl, the daughter of Chryses. I have set
my heart on keeping her in my own house, for I love her better even
than my own wife Clytemnestra, whose peer she is alike in form and
feature, in understanding and accomplishments. Still I will give her
up if I must, for I would have the people live, not die; but you must
find me a prize instead, or I alone among the Argives shall be without
one. This is not well; for you behold, all of you, that my prize is
And Achilles answered, "Most noble son of Atreus, covetous beyond
all mankind, how shall the Achaeans find you another prize? We have
no common store from which to take one. Those we took from the cities
have been awarded; we cannot disallow the awards that have been made
already. Give this girl, therefore, to the god, and if ever Jove grants
us to sack the city of Troy we will requite you three and fourfold."
Then Agamemnon said, "Achilles, valiant though you be, you shall not
me. You shall not overreach and you shall not persuade
me. Are you to keep your own prize, while I sit tamely under my loss
and give up the girl at your bidding? Let the Achaeans find me a prize
in fair exchange to my liking, or I will come and take your own, or
that of Ajax or of Ulysses; and he to whomsoever I may come shall
rue my coming. But of this we will take thought hereafter; for the
present, let us draw a ship into the sea, and find a crew for her
expressly; let us put a hecatomb on board, and let M
also; further, let some chief man among us be in command, either Ajax,
or Idomeneus, or yourself, son of Peleus, mighty warrior that you
are, that we may offer sacrifice and appease the the anger of the
Achilles scowled at him and answered, "You are steeped in insolence
and lust of gain. With what heart can any of the Achaeans do your
bidding, either on foray or in open fighting? I came not warring here
for any ill the Trojans had done me. I have no quarrel with them.
t raided my cattle nor my horses, nor cut down my harvests
on the rich plains of Phthia; for between me and them there is a great
space, both mountain and sounding sea. We have followed you, Sir Insolence!
for your pleasure, not ours- to gain satisfaction from the Trojans
for your shameless self and for Menelaus. You forget this, and threaten
to rob me of the prize for which I have toiled, and which the sons
of the Achaeans have given me. Never when the Achaeans sack any rich
city of the Trojans do I receiveM
so good a prize as you do, though
it is my hands that do the better part of the fighting. When the sharing
comes, your share is far the largest, and I, forsooth, must go back
to my ships, take what I can get and be thankful, when my labour of
fighting is done. Now, therefore, I shall go back to Phthia; it will
be much better for me to return home with my ships, for I will not
stay here dishonoured to gather gold and substance for you."
And Agamemnon answered, "Fly if you will, I shall make you no prayers
to stay you. I have others here who will do me honour, and above all
Jove, the lord of counsel. There is no king here so hateful to me
as you are, for you are ever quarrelsome and ill affected. What though
you be brave? Was it not heaven that made you so? Go home, then, with
your ships and comrades to lord it over the Myrmidons. I care neither
for you nor for your anger; and thus will I do: since Phoebus Apollo
is taking Chryseis from me, I shall send her with my ship and my followers,
but I shall come to yM
our tent and take your own prize Briseis, that
you may learn how much stronger I am than you are, and that another
may fear to set himself up as equal or comparable with me."
The son of Peleus was furious, and his heart within his shaggy breast
was divided whether to draw his sword, push the others aside, and
kill the son of Atreus, or to restrain himself and check his anger.
While he was thus in two minds, and was drawing his mighty sword from
its scabbard, Minerva came down from heaven (for Juno had sentM
in the love she bore to them both), and seized the son of Peleus by
his yellow hair, visible to him alone, for of the others no man could
see her. Achilles turned in amaze, and by the fire that flashed from
her eyes at once knew that she was Minerva. "Why are you here," said
he, "daughter of aegis-bearing Jove? To see the pride of Agamemnon,
son of Atreus? Let me tell you- and it shall surely be- he shall pay
for this insolence with his life."
And Minerva said, "I come from heaven, if you will hear M
you stay your anger. Juno has sent me, who cares for both of you alike.
Cease, then, this brawling, and do not draw your sword; rail at him
if you will, and your railing will not be vain, for I tell you- and
it shall surely be- that you shall hereafter receive gifts three times
as splendid by reason of this present insult. Hold, therefore, and
"Goddess," answered Achilles, "however angry a man may be, he must
do as you two command him. This will be best, for the gods ever hear
ers of him who has obeyed them."
He stayed his hand on the silver hilt of his sword, and thrust it
back into the scabbard as Minerva bade him. Then she went back to
Olympus among the other gods, and to the house of aegis-bearing Jove.
But the son of Peleus again began railing at the son of Atreus, for
he was still in a rage. "Wine-bibber," he cried, "with the face of
a dog and the heart of a hind, you never dare to go out with the host
in fight, nor yet with our chosen men in ambuscade. You shun this
s you do death itself. You had rather go round and rob his prizes
from any man who contradicts you. You devour your people, for you
are king over a feeble folk; otherwise, son of Atreus, henceforward
you would insult no man. Therefore I say, and swear it with a great
oath- nay, by this my sceptre which shalt sprout neither leaf nor
shoot, nor bud anew from the day on which it left its parent stem
upon the mountains- for the axe stripped it of leaf and bark, and
now the sons of the Achaeans bear it as judges M
and guardians of the
decrees of heaven- so surely and solemnly do I swear that hereafter
they shall look fondly for Achilles and shall not find him. In the
day of your distress, when your men fall dying by the murderous hand
of Hector, you shall not know how to help them, and shall rend your
heart with rage for the hour when you offered insult to the bravest
With this the son of Peleus dashed his gold-bestudded sceptre on the
ground and took his seat, while the son of Atreus was beginniM
from his place upon the other side. Then uprose smooth-tongued Nestor,
the facile speaker of the Pylians, and the words fell from his lips
sweeter than honey. Two generations of men born and bred in Pylos
had passed away under his rule, and he was now reigning over the third.
With all sincerity and goodwill, therefore, he addressed them thus:-
"Of a truth," he said, "a great sorrow has befallen the Achaean land.
Surely Priam with his sons would rejoice, and the Trojans be glad
could hear this quarrel between you two, who are
so excellent in fight and counsel. I am older than either of you;
therefore be guided by me. Moreover I have been the familiar friend
of men even greater than you are, and they did not disregard my counsels.
Never again can I behold such men as Pirithous and Dryas shepherd
of his people, or as Caeneus, Exadius, godlike Polyphemus, and Theseus
son of Aegeus, peer of the immortals. These were the mightiest men
ever born upon this earth: mightiest were they, andM
the fiercest tribes of mountain savages they utterly overthrew them.
I came from distant Pylos, and went about among them, for they would
have me come, and I fought as it was in me to do. Not a man now living
could withstand them, but they heard my words, and were persuaded
by them. So be it also with yourselves, for this is the more excellent
way. Therefore, Agamemnon, though you be strong, take not this girl
away, for the sons of the Achaeans have already given her to Achilles;
Achilles, strive not further with the king, for no man who
by the grace of Jove wields a sceptre has like honour with Agamemnon.
You are strong, and have a goddess for your mother; but Agamemnon
is stronger than you, for he has more people under him. Son of Atreus,
check your anger, I implore you; end this quarrel with Achilles, who
in the day of battle is a tower of strength to the Achaeans."
And Agamemnon answered, "Sir, all that you have said is true, but
this fellow must needs become our lord and masteM
of all, king of all, and captain of all, and this shall hardly be.
Granted that the gods have made him a great warrior, have they also
given him the right to speak with railing?"
Achilles interrupted him. "I should be a mean coward," he cried, "were
I to give in to you in all things. Order other people about, not me,
for I shall obey no longer. Furthermore I say- and lay my saying to
your heart- I shall fight neither you nor any man about this girl,
for those that take were those also M
that gave. But of all else that
is at my ship you shall carry away nothing by force. Try, that others
may see; if you do, my spear shall be reddened with your blood."
When they had quarrelled thus angrily, they rose, and broke up the
assembly at the ships of the Achaeans. The son of Peleus went back
to his tents and ships with the son of Menoetius and his company,
while Agamemnon drew a vessel into the water and chose a crew of twenty
oarsmen. He escorted Chryseis on board and sent moreover a hecatomb
the god. And Ulysses went as captain.
These, then, went on board and sailed their ways over the sea. But
the son of Atreus bade the people purify themselves; so they purified
themselves and cast their filth into the sea. Then they offered hecatombs
of bulls and goats without blemish on the sea-shore, and the smoke
with the savour of their sacrifice rose curling up towards heaven.
Thus did they busy themselves throughout the host. But Agamemnon did
not forget the threat that he had made Achilles, and caM
messengers and squires Talthybius and Eurybates. "Go," said he, "to
the tent of Achilles, son of Peleus; take Briseis by the hand and
bring her hither; if he will not give her I shall come with others
and take her- which will press him harder."
He charged them straightly further and dismissed them, whereon they
went their way sorrowfully by the seaside, till they came to the tents
and ships of the Myrmidons. They found Achilles sitting by his tent
and his ships, and ill-pleased he was wheM
n he beheld them. They stood
fearfully and reverently before him, and never a word did they speak,
but he knew them and said, "Welcome, heralds, messengers of gods and
men; draw near; my quarrel is not with you but with Agamemnon who
has sent you for the girl Briseis. Therefore, Patroclus, bring her
and give her to them, but let them be witnesses by the blessed gods,
by mortal men, and by the fierceness of Agamemnon's anger, that if
ever again there be need of me to save the people from ruin, they
k and they shall not find. Agamemnon is mad with rage and
knows not how to look before and after that the Achaeans may fight
by their ships in safety."
Patroclus did as his dear comrade had bidden him. He brought Briseis
from the tent and gave her over to the heralds, who took her with
them to the ships of the Achaeans- and the woman was loth to go. Then
Achilles went all alone by the side of the hoar sea, weeping and looking
out upon the boundless waste of waters. He raised his hands in prayer
mortal mother, "Mother," he cried, "you bore me doomed to
live but for a little season; surely Jove, who thunders from Olympus,
might have made that little glorious. It is not so. Agamemnon, son
of Atreus, has done me dishonour, and has robbed me of my prize by
As he spoke he wept aloud, and his mother heard him where she was
sitting in the depths of the sea hard by the old man her father. Forthwith
she rose as it were a grey mist out of the waves, sat down before
him as he stood weeping, caresseM
d him with her hand, and said, "My
son, why are you weeping? What is it that grieves you? Keep it not
from me, but tell me, that we may know it together."
Achilles drew a deep sigh and said, "You know it; why tell you what
you know well already? We went to Thebe the strong city of Eetion,
sacked it, and brought hither the spoil. The sons of the Achaeans
shared it duly among themselves, and chose lovely Chryseis as the
meed of Agamemnon; but Chryses, priest of Apollo, came to the ships
of the Achaeans to M
free his daughter, and brought with him a great
ransom: moreover he bore in his hand the sceptre of Apollo, wreathed
with a suppliant's wreath, and he besought the Achaeans, but most
of all the two sons of Atreus who were their chiefs.
"On this the rest of the Achaeans with one voice were for respecting
the priest and taking the ransom that he offered; but not so Agamemnon,
who spoke fiercely to him and sent him roughly away. So he went back
in anger, and Apollo, who loved him dearly, heard his prayer. ThM
the god sent a deadly dart upon the Argives, and the people died thick
on one another, for the arrows went everywhither among the wide host
of the Achaeans. At last a seer in the fulness of his knowledge declared
to us the oracles of Apollo, and I was myself first to say that we
should appease him. Whereon the son of Atreus rose in anger, and threatened
that which he has since done. The Achaeans are now taking the girl
in a ship to Chryse, and sending gifts of sacrifice to the god; but
ust taken from my tent the daughter of Briseus,
whom the Achaeans had awarded to myself.
"Help your brave son, therefore, if you are able. Go to Olympus, and
if you have ever done him service in word or deed, implore the aid
of Jove. Ofttimes in my father's house have I heard you glory in that
you alone of the immortals saved the son of Saturn from ruin, when
the others, with Juno, Neptune, and Pallas Minerva would have put
him in bonds. It was you, goddess, who delivered him by calling to
ndred-handed monster whom gods call Briareus, but men
Aegaeon, for he is stronger even than his father; when therefore he
took his seat all-glorious beside the son of Saturn, the other gods
were afraid, and did not bind him. Go, then, to him, remind him of
all this, clasp his knees, and bid him give succour to the Trojans.
Let the Achaeans be hemmed in at the sterns of their ships, and perish
on the sea-shore, that they may reap what joy they may of their king,
and that Agamemnon may rue his blindness in offM
foremost of the Achaeans."
Thetis wept and answered, "My son, woe is me that I should have borne
or suckled you. Would indeed that you had lived your span free from
all sorrow at your ships, for it is all too brief; alas, that you
should be at once short of life and long of sorrow above your peers:
woe, therefore, was the hour in which I bore you; nevertheless I will
go to the snowy heights of Olympus, and tell this tale to Jove, if
he will hear our prayer: meanwhile stay where you arM
nurse your anger against the Achaeans, and hold aloof from fight.
For Jove went yesterday to Oceanus, to a feast among the Ethiopians,
and the other gods went with him. He will return to Olympus twelve
days hence; I will then go to his mansion paved with bronze and will
beseech him; nor do I doubt that I shall be able to persuade him."
On this she left him, still furious at the loss of her that had been
taken from him. Meanwhile Ulysses reached Chryse with the hecatomb.
me inside the harbour they furled the sails and laid
them in the ship's hold; they slackened the forestays, lowered the
mast into its place, and rowed the ship to the place where they would
have her lie; there they cast out their mooring-stones and made fast
the hawsers. They then got out upon the sea-shore and landed the hecatomb
for Apollo; Chryseis also left the ship, and Ulysses led her to the
altar to deliver her into the hands of her father. "Chryses," said
he, "King Agamemnon has sent me to bring you M
back your child, and
to offer sacrifice to Apollo on behalf of the Danaans, that we may
propitiate the god, who has now brought sorrow upon the Argives."
So saying he gave the girl over to her father, who received her gladly,
and they ranged the holy hecatomb all orderly round the altar of the
god. They washed their hands and took up the barley-meal to sprinkle
over the victims, while Chryses lifted up his hands and prayed aloud
on their behalf. "Hear me," he cried, "O god of the silver bow, that
st Chryse and holy Cilla, and rulest Tenedos with thy might.
Even as thou didst hear me aforetime when I prayed, and didst press
hardly upon the Achaeans, so hear me yet again, and stay this fearful
pestilence from the Danaans."
Thus did he pray, and Apollo heard his prayer. When they had done
praying and sprinkling the barley-meal, they drew back the heads of
the victims and killed and flayed them. They cut out the thigh-bones,
wrapped them round in two layers of fat, set some pieces of raw meat
top of them, and then Chryses laid them on the wood fire and
poured wine over them, while the young men stood near him with five-pronged
spits in their hands. When the thigh-bones were burned and they had
tasted the inward meats, they cut the rest up small, put the pieces
upon the spits, roasted them till they were done, and drew them off:
then, when they had finished their work and the feast was ready, they
ate it, and every man had his full share, so that all were satisfied.
As soon as they had had enough M
to eat and drink, pages filled the
mixing-bowl with wine and water and handed it round, after giving
every man his drink-offering.
Thus all day long the young men worshipped the god with song, hymning
him and chaunting the joyous paean, and the god took pleasure in their
voices; but when the sun went down, and it came on dark, they laid
themselves down to sleep by the stern cables of the ship, and when
the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared they again set
sail for the host of the Achaeans. ApM
ollo sent them a fair wind, so
they raised their mast and hoisted their white sails aloft. As the
sail bellied with the wind the ship flew through the deep blue water,
and the foam hissed against her bows as she sped onward. When they
reached the wide-stretching host of the Achaeans, they drew the vessel
ashore, high and dry upon the sands, set her strong props beneath
her, and went their ways to their own tents and ships.
But Achilles abode at his ships and nursed his anger. He went not
e assembly, and sallied not forth to fight, but gnawed
at his own heart, pining for battle and the war-cry.
Now after twelve days the immortal gods came back in a body to Olympus,
and Jove led the way. Thetis was not unmindful of the charge her son
had laid upon her, so she rose from under the sea and went through
great heaven with early morning to Olympus, where she found the mighty
son of Saturn sitting all alone upon its topmost ridges. She sat herself
down before him, and with her left hand seized hisM
her right she caught him under the chin, and besought him, saying-
"Father Jove, if I ever did you service in word or deed among the
immortals, hear my prayer, and do honour to my son, whose life is
to be cut short so early. King Agamemnon has dishonoured him by taking
his prize and keeping her. Honour him then yourself, Olympian lord
of counsel, and grant victory to the Trojans, till the Achaeans give
my son his due and load him with riches in requital."
Jove sat for a while silent,M
and without a word, but Thetis still
kept firm hold of his knees, and besought him a second time. "Incline
your head," said she, "and promise me surely, or else deny me- for
you have nothing to fear- that I may learn how greatly you disdain
At this Jove was much troubled and answered, "I shall have trouble
if you set me quarrelling with Juno, for she will provoke me with
her taunting speeches; even now she is always railing at me before
the other gods and accusing me of giving aid to the Trojans. GM
now, lest she should find out. I will consider the matter, and will
bring it about as wish. See, I incline my head that you believe me.
This is the most solemn that I can give to any god. I never recall
my word, or deceive, or fail to do what I say, when I have nodded
As he spoke the son of Saturn bowed his dark brows, and the ambrosial
locks swayed on his immortal head, till vast Olympus reeled.
When the pair had thus laid their plans, they parted- Jove to his
house, while the goddesM
s quitted the splendour of Olympus, and plunged
into the depths of the sea. The gods rose from their seats, before
the coming of their sire. Not one of them dared to remain sitting,
but all stood up as he came among them. There, then, he took his seat.
But Juno, when she saw him, knew that he and the old merman's daughter,
silver-footed Thetis, had been hatching mischief, so she at once began
to upbraid him. "Trickster," she cried, "which of the gods have you
been taking into your counsels now? You are alwayM
in secret behind my back, and have never yet told me, if you could
help it, one word of your intentions."
"Juno," replied the sire of gods and men, "you must not expect to
be informed of all my counsels. You are my wife, but you would find
it hard to understand them. When it is proper for you to hear, there
is no one, god or man, who will be told sooner, but when I mean to
keep a matter to myself, you must not pry nor ask questions."
"Dread son of Saturn," answered Juno, "what are yoM
I? Pry and ask questions? Never. I let you have your own way in everything.
Still, I have a strong misgiving that the old merman's daughter Thetis
has been talking you over, for she was with you and had hold of your
knees this self-same morning. I believe, therefore, that you have
been promising her to give glory to Achilles, and to kill much people
at the ships of the Achaeans."
"Wife," said Jove, "I can do nothing but you suspect me and find it
out. You will take nothing by it, for I sM
hall only dislike you the
more, and it will go harder with you. Granted that it is as you say;
I mean to have it so; sit down and hold your tongue as I bid you for
if I once begin to lay my hands about you, though all heaven were
on your side it would profit you nothing."
On this Juno was frightened, so she curbed her stubborn will and sat
down in silence. But the heavenly beings were disquieted throughout
the house of Jove, till the cunning workman Vulcan began to try and
pacify his mother Juno. "It wilM
l be intolerable," said he, "if you
two fall to wrangling and setting heaven in an uproar about a pack
of mortals. If such ill counsels are to prevail, we shall have no
pleasure at our banquet. Let me then advise my mother- and she must
herself know that it will be better- to make friends with my dear
father Jove, lest he again scold her and disturb our feast. If the
Olympian Thunderer wants to hurl us all from our seats, he can do
so, for he is far the strongest, so give him fair words, and he will
on be in a good humour with us."
As he spoke, he took a double cup of nectar, and placed it in his
mother's hand. "Cheer up, my dear mother," said he, "and make the
best of it. I love you dearly, and should be very sorry to see you
get a thrashing; however grieved I might be, I could not help for
there is no standing against Jove. Once before when I was trying to
help you, he caught me by the foot and flung me from the heavenly
threshold. All day long from morn till eve, was I falling, till at
ame to ground in the island of Lemnos, and there I lay,
with very little life left in me, till the Sintians came and tended
Juno smiled at this, and as she smiled she took the cup from her son's
hands. Then Vulcan drew sweet nectar from the mixing-bowl, and served
it round among the gods, going from left to right; and the blessed
gods laughed out a loud applause as they saw him ing bustling about
the heavenly mansion.
Thus through the livelong day to the going down of the sun they feasted,
very one had his full share, so that all were satisfied. Apollo
struck his lyre, and the Muses lifted up their sweet voices, calling
and answering one another. But when the sun's glorious light had faded,
they went home to bed, each in his own abode, which lame Vulcan with
his consummate skill had fashioned for them. So Jove, the Olympian
Lord of Thunder, hied him to the bed in which he always slept; and
when he had got on to it he went to sleep, with Juno of the golden
throne by his side.
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Now the other gods and the armed warriors on the plain slept soundly,
but Jove was wakeful, for he was thinking how to do honour to Achilles,
and destroyed much people at the ships of the Achaeans. In the end
he deemed it would be best to send a lying dream to King Agamemnon;
so he called one to him and said to it, "Lying Dream, go to the ships
of the Achaeans, into the tent of Agamemnon, and say to him word to
word as I now bid you. Tell M
him to get the Achaeans instantly under
arms, for he shall take Troy. There are no longer divided counsels
among the gods; Juno has brought them to her own mind, and woe betides
The dream went when it had heard its message, and soon reached the
ships of the Achaeans. It sought Agamemnon son of Atreus and found
him in his tent, wrapped in a profound slumber. It hovered over his
head in the likeness of Nestor, son of Neleus, whom Agamemnon honoured
above all his councillors, and said:-
ou are sleeping, son of Atreus; one who has the welfare of his host
and so much other care upon his shoulders should dock his sleep. Hear
me at once, for I come as a messenger from Jove, who, though he be
not near, yet takes thought for you and pities you. He bids you get
the Achaeans instantly under arms, for you shall take Troy. There
are no longer divided counsels among the gods; Juno has brought them
over to her own mind, and woe betides the Trojans at the hands of
Jove. Remember this, and when you wake M
see that it does not escape
The dream then left him, and he thought of things that were, surely
not to be accomplished. He thought that on that same day he was to
take the city of Priam, but he little knew what was in the mind of
Jove, who had many another hard-fought fight in store alike for Danaans
and Trojans. Then presently he woke, with the divine message still
ringing in his ears; so he sat upright, and put on his soft shirt
so fair and new, and over this his heavy cloak. He bound his sandalsM
on to his comely feet, and slung his silver-studded sword about his
shoulders; then he took the imperishable staff of his father, and
sallied forth to the ships of the Achaeans.
The goddess Dawn now wended her way to vast Olympus that she might
herald day to Jove and to the other immortals, and Agamemnon sent
the criers round to call the people in assembly; so they called them
and the people gathered thereon. But first he summoned a meeting of
the elders at the ship of Nestor king of Pylos, and when theM
assembled he laid a cunning counsel before them.
"My friends," said he, "I have had a dream from heaven in the dead
of night, and its face and figure resembled none but Nestor's. It
hovered over my head and said, 'You are sleeping, son of Atreus; one
who has the welfare of his host and so much other care upon his shoulders
should dock his sleep. Hear me at once, for I am a messenger from
Jove, who, though he be not near, yet takes thought for you and pities
you. He bids you get the Achaeans instanM
tly under arms, for you shall
take Troy. There are no longer divided counsels among the gods; Juno
has brought them over to her own mind, and woe betides the Trojans
at the hands of Jove. Remember this.' The dream then vanished and
I awoke. Let us now, therefore, arm the sons of the Achaeans. But
it will be well that I should first sound them, and to this end I
will tell them to fly with their ships; but do you others go about
among the host and prevent their doing so."
He then sat down, and Nestor the pM
rince of Pylos with all sincerity
and goodwill addressed them thus: "My friends," said he, "princes
and councillors of the Argives, if any other man of the Achaeans had
told us of this dream we should have declared it false, and would
have had nothing to do with it. But he who has seen it is the foremost
man among us; we must therefore set about getting the people under
With this he led the way from the assembly, and the other sceptred
kings rose with him in obedience to the word of Agamemnon; butM
people pressed forward to hear. They swarmed like bees that sally
from some hollow cave and flit in countless throng among the spring
flowers, bunched in knots and clusters; even so did the mighty multitude
pour from ships and tents to the assembly, and range themselves upon
the wide-watered shore, while among them ran Wildfire Rumour, messenger
of Jove, urging them ever to the fore. Thus they gathered in a pell-mell
of mad confusion, and the earth groaned under the tramp of men as
the people sought thM
eir places. Nine heralds went crying about among
them to stay their tumult and bid them listen to the kings, till at
last they were got into their several places and ceased their clamour.
Then King Agamemnon rose, holding his sceptre. This was the work of
Vulcan, who gave it to Jove the son of Saturn. Jove gave it to Mercury,
slayer of Argus, guide and guardian. King Mercury gave it to Pelops,
the mighty charioteer, and Pelops to Atreus, shepherd of his people.
Atreus, when he died, left it to Thyestes, richM
in flocks, and Thyestes
in his turn left it to be borne by Agamemnon, that he might be lord
of all Argos and of the isles. Leaning, then, on his sceptre, he addressed
"My friends," he said, "heroes, servants of Mars, the hand of heaven
has been laid heavily upon me. Cruel Jove gave me his solemn promise
that I should sack the city of Priam before returning, but he has
played me false, and is now bidding me go ingloriously back to Argos
with the loss of much people. Such is the will of Jove,M
many a proud city in the dust, as he will yet lay others, for his
power is above all. It will be a sorry tale hereafter that an Achaean
host, at once so great and valiant, battled in vain against men fewer
in number than themselves; but as yet the end is not in sight. Think
that the Achaeans and Trojans have sworn to a solemn covenant, and
that they have each been numbered- the Trojans by the roll of their
householders, and we by companies of ten; think further that each
of our companies desirM
ed to have a Trojan householder to pour out
their wine; we are so greatly more in number that full many a company
would have to go without its cup-bearer. But they have in the town
allies from other places, and it is these that hinder me from being
able to sack the rich city of Ilius. Nine of Jove years are gone;
the timbers of our ships have rotted; their tackling is sound no longer.
Our wives and little ones at home look anxiously for our coming, but
the work that we came hither to do has not been done. NoM
let us all do as I say: let us sail back to our own land, for we shall
With these words he moved the hearts of the multitude, so many of
them as knew not the cunning counsel of Agamemnon. They surged to
and fro like the waves of the Icarian Sea, when the east and south
winds break from heaven's clouds to lash them; or as when the west
wind sweeps over a field of corn and the ears bow beneath the blast,
even so were they swayed as they flew with loud cries towards the
and the dust from under their feet rose heavenward. They cheered
each other on to draw the ships into the sea; they cleared the channels
in front of them; they began taking away the stays from underneath
them, and the welkin rang with their glad cries, so eager were they
Then surely the Argives would have returned after a fashion that was
not fated. But Juno said to Minerva, "Alas, daughter of aegis-bearing
Jove, unweariable, shall the Argives fly home to their own land over
d leave Priam and the Trojans the glory of still
keeping Helen, for whose sake so many of the Achaeans have died at
Troy, far from their homes? Go about at once among the host, and speak
fairly to them, man by man, that they draw not their ships into the
Minerva was not slack to do her bidding. Down she darted from the
topmost summits of Olympus, and in a moment she was at the ships of
the Achaeans. There she found Ulysses, peer of Jove in counsel, standing
alone. He had not as yet laid a hand uponM
his ship, for he was grieved
and sorry; so she went close up to him and said, "Ulysses, noble son
of Laertes, are you going to fling yourselves into your ships and
be off home to your own land in this way? Will you leave Priam and
the Trojans the glory of still keeping Helen, for whose sake so many
of the Achaeans have died at Troy, far from their homes? Go about
at once among the host, and speak fairly to them, man by man, that
they draw not their ships into the sea."
Ulysses knew the voice as that of M
the goddess: he flung his cloak
from him and set off to run. His servant Eurybates, a man of Ithaca,
who waited on him, took charge of the cloak, whereon Ulysses went
straight up to Agamemnon and received from him his ancestral, imperishable
staff. With this he went about among the ships of the Achaeans.
Whenever he met a king or chieftain, he stood by him and spoke him
fairly. "Sir," said he, "this flight is cowardly and unworthy. Stand
to your post, and bid your people also keep their places. You do not
yet know the full mind of Agamemnon; he was sounding us, and ere long
will visit the Achaeans with his displeasure. We were not all of us
at the council to hear what he then said; see to it lest he be angry
and do us a mischief; for the pride of kings is great, and the hand
of Jove is with them."
But when he came across any common man who was making a noise, he
struck him with his staff and rebuked him, saying, "Sirrah, hold your
peace, and listen to better men than yourself. You are a coward and
dier; you are nobody either in fight or council; we cannot all
be kings; it is not well that there should be many masters; one man
must be supreme- one king to whom the son of scheming Saturn has given
the sceptre of sovereignty over you all."
Thus masterfully did he go about among the host, and the people hurried
back to the council from their tents and ships with a sound as the
thunder of surf when it comes crashing down upon the shore, and all
the sea is in an uproar.
The rest now took their seats M
and kept to their own several places,
but Thersites still went on wagging his unbridled tongue- a man of
many words, and those unseemly; a monger of sedition, a railer against
all who were in authority, who cared not what he said, so that he
might set the Achaeans in a laugh. He was the ugliest man of all those
that came before Troy- bandy-legged, lame of one foot, with his two
shoulders rounded and hunched over his chest. His head ran up to a
point, but there was little hair on the top of it. Achilles and UM
hated him worst of all, for it was with them that he was most wont
to wrangle; now, however, with a shrill squeaky voice he began heaping
his abuse on Agamemnon. The Achaeans were angry and disgusted, yet
none the less he kept on brawling and bawling at the son of Atreus.
"Agamemnon," he cried, "what ails you now, and what more do you want?
Your tents are filled with bronze and with fair women, for whenever
we take a town we give you the pick of them. Would you have yet more
gold, which some TrojanM
is to give you as a ransom for his son, when
I or another Achaean has taken him prisoner? or is it some young girl
to hide and lie with? It is not well that you, the ruler of the Achaeans,
should bring them into such misery. Weakling cowards, women rather
than men, let us sail home, and leave this fellow here at Troy to
stew in his own meeds of honour, and discover whether we were of any
service to him or no. Achilles is a much better man than he is, and
see how he has treated him- robbing him of his prize M
himself. Achilles takes it meekly and shows no fight; if he did, son
of Atreus, you would never again insult him."
Thus railed Thersites, but Ulysses at once went up to him and rebuked
him sternly. "Check your glib tongue, Thersites," said be, "and babble
not a word further. Chide not with princes when you have none to back
you. There is no viler creature come before Troy with the sons of
Atreus. Drop this chatter about kings, and neither revile them nor
keep harping about going home. We dM
o not yet know how things are going
to be, nor whether the Achaeans are to return with good success or
evil. How dare you gibe at Agamemnon because the Danaans have awarded
him so many prizes? I tell you, therefore- and it shall surely be-
that if I again catch you talking such nonsense, I will either forfeit
my own head and be no more called father of Telemachus, or I will
take you, strip you stark naked, and whip you out of the assembly
till you go blubbering back to the ships."
On this he beat him witM
h his staff about the back and shoulders till
he dropped and fell a-weeping. The golden sceptre raised a bloody
weal on his back, so he sat down frightened and in pain, looking foolish
as he wiped the tears from his eyes. The people were sorry for him,
yet they laughed heartily, and one would turn to his neighbour saying,
"Ulysses has done many a good thing ere now in fight and council,
but he never did the Argives a better turn than when he stopped this
fellow's mouth from prating further. He will give the M
Thus said the people. Then Ulysses rose, sceptre in hand, and Minerva
in the likeness of a herald bade the people be still, that those who
were far off might hear him and consider his council. He therefore
with all sincerity and goodwill addressed them thus:-
"King Agamemnon, the Achaeans are for making you a by-word among all
mankind. They forget the promise they made you when they set out from
Argos, that you should not return till you had sacked the town of
nd, like children or widowed women, they murmur and would set
off homeward. True it is that they have had toil enough to be disheartened.
A man chafes at having to stay away from his wife even for a single
month, when he is on shipboard, at the mercy of wind and sea, but
it is now nine long years that we have been kept here; I cannot, therefore,
blame the Achaeans if they turn restive; still we shall be shamed
if we go home empty after so long a stay- therefore, my friends, be
patient yet a little longer thaM
t we may learn whether the prophesyings
of Calchas were false or true.
"All who have not since perished must remember as though it were yesterday
or the day before, how the ships of the Achaeans were detained in
Aulis when we were on our way hither to make war on Priam and the
Trojans. We were ranged round about a fountain offering hecatombs
to the gods upon their holy altars, and there was a fine plane-tree
from beneath which there welled a stream of pure water. Then we saw
a prodigy; for Jove sent a feM
arful serpent out of the ground, with
blood-red stains upon its back, and it darted from under the altar
on to the plane-tree. Now there was a brood of young sparrows, quite
small, upon the topmost bough, peeping out from under the leaves,
eight in all, and their mother that hatched them made nine. The serpent
ate the poor cheeping things, while the old bird flew about lamenting
her little ones; but the serpent threw his coils about her and caught
her by the wing as she was screaming. Then, when he had eatenM
the sparrow and her young, the god who had sent him made him become
a sign; for the son of scheming Saturn turned him into stone, and
we stood there wondering at that which had come to pass. Seeing, then,
that such a fearful portent had broken in upon our hecatombs, Calchas
forthwith declared to us the oracles of heaven. 'Why, Achaeans,' said
he, 'are you thus speechless? Jove has sent us this sign, long in
coming, and long ere it be fulfilled, though its fame shall last for
ever. As the serpent ate tM
he eight fledglings and the sparrow that
hatched them, which makes nine, so shall we fight nine years at Troy,
but in the tenth shall take the town.' This was what he said, and
now it is all coming true. Stay here, therefore, all of you, till
we take the city of Priam."
On this the Argives raised a shout, till the ships rang again with
the uproar. Nestor, knight of Gerene, then addressed them. "Shame
on you," he cried, "to stay talking here like children, when you should
fight like men. Where are our covM
enants now, and where the oaths that
we have taken? Shall our counsels be flung into the fire, with our
drink-offerings and the right hands of fellowship wherein we have
put our trust? We waste our time in words, and for all our talking
here shall be no further forward. Stand, therefore, son of Atreus,
by your own steadfast purpose; lead the Argives on to battle, and
leave this handful of men to rot, who scheme, and scheme in vain,
to get back to Argos ere they have learned whether Jove be true or
or the mighty son of Saturn surely promised that we should
succeed, when we Argives set sail to bring death and destruction upon
the Trojans. He showed us favourable signs by flashing his lightning
on our right hands; therefore let none make haste to go till he has
first lain with the wife of some Trojan, and avenged the toil and
sorrow that he has suffered for the sake of Helen. Nevertheless, if
any man is in such haste to be at home again, let him lay his hand
to his ship that he may meet his doom in the sM
king, consider and give ear to my counsel, for the word that I say
may not be neglected lightly. Divide your men, Agamemnon, into their
several tribes and clans, that clans and tribes may stand by and help
one another. If you do this, and if the Achaeans obey you, you will
find out who, both chiefs and peoples, are brave, and who are cowards;
for they will vie against the other. Thus you shall also learn whether
it is through the counsel of heaven or the cowardice of man that you
ail to take the town."
And Agamemnon answered, "Nestor, you have again outdone the sons of
the Achaeans in counsel. Would, by Father Jove, Minerva, and Apollo,
that I had among them ten more such councillors, for the city of King
Priam would then soon fall beneath our hands, and we should sack it.
But the son of Saturn afflicts me with bootless wranglings and strife.
Achilles and I are quarrelling about this girl, in which matter I
was the first to offend; if we can be of one mind again, the Trojans
not stave off destruction for a day. Now, therefore, get your
morning meal, that our hosts join in fight. Whet well your spears;
see well to the ordering of your shields; give good feeds to your
horses, and look your chariots carefully over, that we may do battle
the livelong day; for we shall have no rest, not for a moment, till
night falls to part us. The bands that bear your shields shall be
wet with the sweat upon your shoulders, your hands shall weary upon
your spears, your horses shall steam in front M
of your chariots, and
if I see any man shirking the fight, or trying to keep out of it at
the ships, there shall be no help for him, but he shall be a prey
to dogs and vultures."
Thus he spoke, and the Achaeans roared applause. As when the waves
run high before the blast of the south wind and break on some lofty
headland, dashing against it and buffeting it without ceasing, as
the storms from every quarter drive them, even so did the Achaeans
rise and hurry in all directions to their ships. There they liM
their fires at their tents and got dinner, offering sacrifice every
man to one or other of the gods, and praying each one of them that
he might live to come out of the fight. Agamemnon, king of men, sacrificed
a fat five-year-old bull to the mighty son of Saturn, and invited
the princes and elders of his host. First he asked Nestor and King
Idomeneus, then the two Ajaxes and the son of Tydeus, and sixthly
Ulysses, peer of gods in counsel; but Menelaus came of his own accord,
for he knew how busy his bM
rother then was. They stood round the bull
with the barley-meal in their hands, and Agamemnon prayed, saying,
"Jove, most glorious, supreme, that dwellest in heaven, and ridest
upon the storm-cloud, grant that the sun may not go down, nor the
night fall, till the palace of Priam is laid low, and its gates are
consumed with fire. Grant that my sword may pierce the shirt of Hector
about his heart, and that full many of his comrades may bite the dust
as they fall dying round him."
Thus he prayed, but the soM
n of Saturn would not fulfil his prayer.
He accepted the sacrifice, yet none the less increased their toil
continually. When they had done praying and sprinkling the barley-meal
upon the victim, they drew back its head, killed it, and then flayed
it. They cut out the thigh-bones, wrapped them round in two layers
of fat, and set pieces of raw meat on the top of them. These they
burned upon the split logs of firewood, but they spitted the inward
meats, and held them in the flames to cook. When the thigh-bones M
burned, and they had tasted the inward meats, they cut the rest up
small, put the pieces upon spits, roasted them till they were done,
and drew them off; then, when they had finished their work and the
feast was ready, they ate it, and every man had his full share, so
that all were satisfied. As soon as they had had enough to eat and
drink, Nestor, knight of Gerene, began to speak. "King Agamemnon,"
said he, "let us not stay talking here, nor be slack in the work that
heaven has put into our hands. LetM
the heralds summon the people to
gather at their several ships; we will then go about among the host,
that we may begin fighting at once."
Thus did he speak, and Agamemnon heeded his words. He at once sent
the criers round to call the people in assembly. So they called them,
and the people gathered thereon. The chiefs about the son of Atreus
chose their men and marshalled them, while Minerva went among them
holding her priceless aegis that knows neither age nor death. From
it there waved a hundred tasseM
ls of pure gold, all deftly woven, and
each one of them worth a hundred oxen. With this she darted furiously
everywhere among the hosts of the Achaeans, urging them forward, and
putting courage into the heart of each, so that he might fight and
do battle without ceasing. Thus war became sweeter in their eyes even
than returning home in their ships. As when some great forest fire
is raging upon a mountain top and its light is seen afar, even so
as they marched the gleam of their armour flashed up into the firM
They were like great flocks of geese, or cranes, or swans on the plain
about the waters of Cayster, that wing their way hither and thither,
glorying in the pride of flight, and crying as they settle till the
fen is alive with their screaming. Even thus did their tribes pour
from ships and tents on to the plain of the Scamander, and the ground
rang as brass under the feet of men and horses. They stood as thick
upon the flower-bespangled field as leaves that bloom in summer.
ss swarms of flies buzz around a herdsman's homestead in
the time of spring when the pails are drenched with milk, even so
did the Achaeans swarm on to the plain to charge the Trojans and destroy
The chiefs disposed their men this way and that before the fight began,
drafting them out as easily as goatherds draft their flocks when they
have got mixed while feeding; and among them went King Agamemnon,
with a head and face like Jove the lord of thunder, a waist like Mars,
and a chest like that of NepM
tune. As some great bull that lords it
over the herds upon the plain, even so did Jove make the son of Atreus
stand peerless among the multitude of heroes.
And now, O Muses, dwellers in the mansions of Olympus, tell me- for
you are goddesses and are in all places so that you see all things,
while we know nothing but by report- who were the chiefs and princes
of the Danaans? As for the common soldiers, they were so that I could
not name every single one of them though I had ten tongues, and though
e failed not and my heart were of bronze within me, unless
you, O Olympian Muses, daughters of aegis-bearing Jove, were to recount
them to me. Nevertheless, I will tell the captains of the ships and
all the fleet together.
Peneleos, Leitus, Arcesilaus, Prothoenor, and Clonius were captains
of the Boeotians. These were they that dwelt in Hyria and rocky Aulis,
and who held Schoenus, Scolus, and the highlands of Eteonus, with
Thespeia, Graia, and the fair city of Mycalessus. They also held Harma,
and Erythrae; and they had Eleon, Hyle, and Peteon; Ocalea
and the strong fortress of Medeon; Copae, Eutresis, and Thisbe the
haunt of doves; Coronea, and the pastures of Haliartus; Plataea and
Glisas; the fortress of Thebes the less; holy Onchestus with its famous
grove of Neptune; Arne rich in vineyards; Midea, sacred Nisa, and
Anthedon upon the sea. From these there came fifty ships, and in each
there were a hundred and twenty young men of the Boeotians.
Ascalaphus and Ialmenus, sons of Mars, led the pM
Aspledon and Orchomenus the realm of Minyas. Astyoche a noble maiden
bore them in the house of Actor son of Azeus; for she had gone with
Mars secretly into an upper chamber, and he had lain with her. With
these there came thirty ships.
The Phoceans were led by Schedius and Epistrophus, sons of mighty
Iphitus the son of Naubolus. These were they that held Cyparissus,
rocky Pytho, holy Crisa, Daulis, and Panopeus; they also that dwelt
in Anemorea and Hyampolis, and about the waters of tM
and Lilaea by the springs of the Cephissus; with their chieftains
came forty ships, and they marshalled the forces of the Phoceans,
which were stationed next to the Boeotians, on their left.
Ajax, the fleet son of Oileus, commanded the Locrians. He was not
so great, nor nearly so great, as Ajax the son of Telamon. He was
a little man, and his breastplate was made of linen, but in use of
the spear he excelled all the Hellenes and the Achaeans. These dwelt
in Cynus, Opous, Calliarus, BesM
sa, Scarphe, fair Augeae, Tarphe, and
Thronium about the river Boagrius. With him there came forty ships
of the Locrians who dwell beyond Euboea.
The fierce Abantes held Euboea with its cities, Chalcis, Eretria,
Histiaea rich in vines, Cerinthus upon the sea, and the rock-perched
town of Dium; with them were also the men of Carystus and Styra; Elephenor
of the race of Mars was in command of these; he was son of Chalcodon,
and chief over all the Abantes. With him they came, fleet of foot
hair long behind, brave warriors, who would ever
strive to tear open the corslets of their foes with their long ashen
spears. Of these there came fifty ships.
And they that held the strong city of Athens, the people of great
Erechtheus, who was born of the soil itself, but Jove's daughter,
Minerva, fostered him, and established him at Athens in her own rich
sanctuary. There, year by year, the Athenian youths worship him with
sacrifices of bulls and rams. These were commanded by Menestheus,
. No man living could equal him in the marshalling of
chariots and foot soldiers. Nestor could alone rival him, for he was
older. With him there came fifty ships.
Ajax brought twelve ships from Salamis, and stationed them alongside
those of the Athenians.
The men of Argos, again, and those who held the walls of Tiryns, with
Hermione, and Asine upon the gulf; Troezene, Eionae, and the vineyard
lands of Epidaurus; the Achaean youths, moreover, who came from Aegina
and Mases; these were led by Diomed of M
the loud battle-cry, and Sthenelus
son of famed Capaneus. With them in command was Euryalus, son of king
Mecisteus, son of Talaus; but Diomed was chief over them all. With
these there came eighty ships.
Those who held the strong city of Mycenae, rich Corinth and Cleonae;
Orneae, Araethyrea, and Licyon, where Adrastus reigned of old; Hyperesia,
high Gonoessa, and Pellene; Aegium and all the coast-land round about
Helice; these sent a hundred ships under the command of King Agamemnon,
son of Atreus. His foM
rce was far both finest and most numerous, and
in their midst was the king himself, all glorious in his armour of
gleaming bronze- foremost among the heroes, for he was the greatest
king, and had most men under him.
And those that dwelt in Lacedaemon, lying low among the hills, Pharis,
Sparta, with Messe the haunt of doves; Bryseae, Augeae, Amyclae, and
Helos upon the sea; Laas, moreover, and Oetylus; these were led by
Menelaus of the loud battle-cry, brother to Agamemnon, and of them
there were sixty shM
ips, drawn up apart from the others. Among them
went Menelaus himself, strong in zeal, urging his men to fight; for
he longed to avenge the toil and sorrow that he had suffered for the
The men of Pylos and Arene, and Thryum where is the ford of the river
Alpheus; strong Aipy, Cyparisseis, and Amphigenea; Pteleum, Helos,
and Dorium, where the Muses met Thamyris, and stilled his minstrelsy
for ever. He was returning from Oechalia, where Eurytus lived and
reigned, and boasted that he would suM
rpass even the Muses, daughters
of aegis-bearing Jove, if they should sing against him; whereon they
were angry, and maimed him. They robbed him of his divine power of
song, and thenceforth he could strike the lyre no more. These were
commanded by Nestor, knight of Gerene, and with him there came ninety
And those that held Arcadia, under the high mountain of Cyllene, near
the tomb of Aepytus, where the people fight hand to hand; the men
of Pheneus also, and Orchomenus rich in flocks; of Rhipae, StM
and bleak Enispe; of Tegea and fair Mantinea; of Stymphelus and Parrhasia;
of these King Agapenor son of Ancaeus was commander, and they had
sixty ships. Many Arcadians, good soldiers, came in each one of them,
but Agamemnon found them the ships in which to cross the sea, for
they were not a people that occupied their business upon the waters.
The men, moreover, of Buprasium and of Elis, so much of it as is enclosed
between Hyrmine, Myrsinus upon the sea-shore, the rock Olene and Alesium.
four leaders, and each of them had ten ships, with many
Epeans on board. Their captains were Amphimachus and Thalpius- the
one, son of Cteatus, and the other, of Eurytus- both of the race of
Actor. The two others were Diores, son of Amarynces, and Polyxenus,
son of King Agasthenes, son of Augeas.
And those of Dulichium with the sacred Echinean islands, who dwelt
beyond the sea off Elis; these were led by Meges, peer of Mars, and
the son of valiant Phyleus, dear to Jove, who quarrelled with his
nd went to settle in Dulichium. With him there came forty
Ulysses led the brave Cephallenians, who held Ithaca, Neritum with
its forests, Crocylea, rugged Aegilips, Samos and Zacynthus, with
the mainland also that was over against the islands. These were led
by Ulysses, peer of Jove in counsel, and with him there came twelve
Thoas, son of Andraemon, commanded the Aetolians, who dwelt in Pleuron,
Olenus, Pylene, Chalcis by the sea, and rocky Calydon, for the great
king Oeneus had now no M
sons living, and was himself dead, as was also
golden-haired Meleager, who had been set over the Aetolians to be
their king. And with Thoas there came forty ships.
The famous spearsman Idomeneus led the Cretans, who held Cnossus,
and the well-walled city of Gortys; Lyctus also, Miletus and Lycastus
that lies upon the chalk; the populous towns of Phaestus and Rhytium,
with the other peoples that dwelt in the hundred cities of Crete.
All these were led by Idomeneus, and by Meriones, peer of murderous
And with these there came eighty ships.
Tlepolemus, son of Hercules, a man both brave and large of stature,
brought nine ships of lordly warriors from Rhodes. These dwelt in
Rhodes which is divided among the three cities of Lindus, Ielysus,
and Cameirus, that lies upon the chalk. These were commanded by Tlepolemus,
son of Hercules by Astyochea, whom he had carried off from Ephyra,
on the river Selleis, after sacking many cities of valiant warriors.
When Tlepolemus grew up, he killed his father's uncle LiM
had been a famous warrior in his time, but was then grown old. On
this he built himself a fleet, gathered a great following, and fled
beyond the sea, for he was menaced by the other sons and grandsons
of Hercules. After a voyage. during which he suffered great hardship,
he came to Rhodes, where the people divided into three communities,
according to their tribes, and were dearly loved by Jove, the lord,
of gods and men; wherefore the son of Saturn showered down great riches
ireus brought three ships from Syme- Nireus, who was the handsomest
man that came up under Ilius of all the Danaans after the son of Peleus-
but he was a man of no substance, and had but a small following.
And those that held Nisyrus, Crapathus, and Casus, with Cos, the city
of Eurypylus, and the Calydnian islands, these were commanded by Pheidippus
and Antiphus, two sons of King Thessalus the son of Hercules. And
with them there came thirty ships.
Those again who held Pelasgic Argos, Alos, Alope, and TM
those of Phthia and Hellas the land of fair women, who were called
Myrmidons, Hellenes, and Achaeans; these had fifty ships, over which
Achilles was in command. But they now took no part in the war, inasmuch
as there was no one to marshal them; for Achilles stayed by his ships,
furious about the loss of the girl Briseis, whom he had taken from
Lyrnessus at his own great peril, when he had sacked Lyrnessus and
Thebe, and had overthrown Mynes and Epistrophus, sons of king Evenor,
or her sake Achilles was still grieving, but ere
long he was again to join them.
And those that held Phylace and the flowery meadows of Pyrasus, sanctuary
of Ceres; Iton, the mother of sheep; Antrum upon the sea, and Pteleum
that lies upon the grass lands. Of these brave Protesilaus had been
captain while he was yet alive, but he was now lying under the earth.
He had left a wife behind him in Phylace to tear her cheeks in sorrow,
and his house was only half finished, for he was slain by a Dardanian
or while leaping foremost of the Achaeans upon the soil of Troy.
Still, though his people mourned their chieftain, they were not without
a leader, for Podarces, of the race of Mars, marshalled them; he was
son of Iphiclus, rich in sheep, who was the son of Phylacus, and he
was own brother to Protesilaus, only younger, Protesilaus being at
once the elder and the more valiant. So the people were not without
a leader, though they mourned him whom they had lost. With him there
t held Pherae by the Boebean lake, with Boebe, Glaphyrae,
and the populous city of Iolcus, these with their eleven ships were
led by Eumelus, son of Admetus, whom Alcestis bore to him, loveliest
of the daughters of Pelias.
And those that held Methone and Thaumacia, with Meliboea and rugged
Olizon, these were led by the skilful archer Philoctetes, and they
had seven ships, each with fifty oarsmen all of them good archers;
but Philoctetes was lying in great pain in the Island of Lemnos, where
he Achaeans left him, for he had been bitten by a poisonous
water snake. There he lay sick and sorry, and full soon did the Argives
come to miss him. But his people, though they felt his loss were not
leaderless, for Medon, the bastard son of Oileus by Rhene, set them
Those, again, of Tricca and the stony region of Ithome, and they that
held Oechalia, the city of Oechalian Eurytus, these were commanded
by the two sons of Aesculapius, skilled in the art of healing, Podalirius
and Machaon. And wiM
th them there came thirty ships.
The men, moreover, of Ormenius, and by the fountain of Hypereia, with
those that held Asterius, and the white crests of Titanus, these were
led by Eurypylus, the son of Euaemon, and with them there came forty
Those that held Argissa and Gyrtone, Orthe, Elone, and the white city
of Oloosson, of these brave Polypoetes was leader. He was son of Pirithous,
who was son of Jove himself, for Hippodameia bore him to Pirithous
on the day when he took his revenge on the sM
haggy mountain savages
and drove them from Mt. Pelion to the Aithices. But Polypoetes was
not sole in command, for with him was Leonteus, of the race of Mars,
who was son of Coronus, the son of Caeneus. And with these there came
Guneus brought two and twenty ships from Cyphus, and he was followed
by the Enienes and the valiant Peraebi, who dwelt about wintry Dodona,
and held the lands round the lovely river Titaresius, which sends
its waters into the Peneus. They do not mingle with the silveM
of the Peneus, but flow on the top of them like oil; for the Titaresius
is a branch of dread Orcus and of the river Styx.
Of the Magnetes, Prothous son of Tenthredon was commander. They were
they that dwelt about the river Peneus and Mt. Pelion. Prothous, fleet
of foot, was their leader, and with him there came forty ships.
Such were the chiefs and princes of the Danaans. Who, then, O Muse,
was the foremost, whether man or horse, among those that followed
after the sons of Atreus?
orses, those of the son of Pheres were by far the finest.
They were driven by Eumelus, and were as fleet as birds. They were
of the same age and colour, and perfectly matched in height. Apollo,
of the silver bow, had bred them in Perea- both of them mares, and
terrible as Mars in battle. Of the men, Ajax, son of Telamon, was
much the foremost so long as Achilles' anger lasted, for Achilles
excelled him greatly and he had also better horses; but Achilles was
now holding aloof at his ships by reason of his quaM
rrel with Agamemnon,
and his people passed their time upon the sea shore, throwing discs
or aiming with spears at a mark, and in archery. Their horses stood
each by his own chariot, champing lotus and wild celery. The chariots
were housed under cover, but their owners, for lack of leadership,
wandered hither and thither about the host and went not forth to fight.
Thus marched the host like a consuming fire, and the earth groaned
beneath them when the lord of thunder is angry and lashes the land
oeus among the Arimi, where they say Typhoeus lies. Even
so did the earth groan beneath them as they sped over the plain.
And now Iris, fleet as the wind, was sent by Jove to tell the bad
news among the Trojans. They were gathered in assembly, old and young,
at Priam's gates, and Iris came close up to Priam, speaking with the
voice of Priam's son Polites, who, being fleet of foot, was stationed
as watchman for the Trojans on the tomb of old Aesyetes, to look out
for any sally of the Achaeans. In his likeneM
ss Iris spoke, saying,
"Old man, you talk idly, as in time of peace, while war is at hand.
I have been in many a battle, but never yet saw such a host as is
now advancing. They are crossing the plain to attack the city as thick
as leaves or as the sands of the sea. Hector, I charge you above all
others, do as I say. There are many allies dispersed about the city
of Priam from distant places and speaking divers tongues. Therefore,
let each chief give orders to his own people, setting them severally
and leading them forth to battle."
Thus she spoke, but Hector knew that it was the goddess, and at once
broke up the assembly. The men flew to arms; all the gates were opened,
and the people thronged through them, horse and foot, with the tramp
as of a great multitude.
Now there is a high mound before the city, rising by itself upon the
plain. Men call it Batieia, but the gods know that it is the tomb
of lithe Myrine. Here the Trojans and their allies divided their forces.
Priam's son, great Hector M
of the gleaming helmet, commanded the Trojans,
and with him were arrayed by far the greater number and most valiant
of those who were longing for the fray.
The Dardanians were led by brave Aeneas, whom Venus bore to Anchises,
when she, goddess though she was, had lain with him upon the mountain
slopes of Ida. He was not alone, for with him were the two sons of
Antenor, Archilochus and Acamas, both skilled in all the arts of war.
They that dwelt in Telea under the lowest spurs of Mt. Ida, men of
ce, who drink the limpid waters of the Aesepus, and are of
Trojan blood- these were led by Pandarus son of Lycaon, whom Apollo
had taught to use the bow.
They that held Adresteia and the land of Apaesus, with Pityeia, and
the high mountain of Tereia- these were led by Adrestus and Amphius,
whose breastplate was of linen. These were the sons of Merops of Percote,
who excelled in all kinds of divination. He told them not to take
part in the war, but they gave him no heed, for fate lured them to
They that dwelt about Percote and Practius, with Sestos, Abydos, and
Arisbe- these were led by Asius, son of Hyrtacus, a brave commander-
Asius, the son of Hyrtacus, whom his powerful dark bay steeds, of
the breed that comes from the river Selleis, had brought from Arisbe.
Hippothous led the tribes of Pelasgian spearsmen, who dwelt in fertile
Larissa- Hippothous, and Pylaeus of the race of Mars, two sons of
the Pelasgian Lethus, son of Teutamus.
Acamas and the warrior Peirous commanded the ThraciaM
came from beyond the mighty stream of the Hellespont.
Euphemus, son of Troezenus, the son of Ceos, was captain of the Ciconian
Pyraechmes led the Paeonian archers from distant Amydon, by the broad
waters of the river Axius, the fairest that flow upon the earth.
The Paphlagonians were commanded by stout-hearted Pylaemanes from
Enetae, where the mules run wild in herds. These were they that held
Cytorus and the country round Sesamus, with the cities by the river
s, Cromna, Aegialus, and lofty Erithini.
Odius and Epistrophus were captains over the Halizoni from distant
Alybe, where there are mines of silver.
Chromis, and Ennomus the augur, led the Mysians, but his skill in
augury availed not to save him from destruction, for he fell by the
hand of the fleet descendant of Aeacus in the river, where he slew
others also of the Trojans.
Phorcys, again, and noble Ascanius led the Phrygians from the far
country of Ascania, and both were eager for the fray.
sthles and Antiphus commanded the Meonians, sons of Talaemenes,
born to him of the Gygaean lake. These led the Meonians, who dwelt
Nastes led the Carians, men of a strange speech. These held Miletus
and the wooded mountain of Phthires, with the water of the river Maeander
and the lofty crests of Mt. Mycale. These were commanded by Nastes
and Amphimachus, the brave sons of Nomion. He came into the fight
with gold about him, like a girl; fool that he was, his gold was of
him, for he fell in the river by the hand of the
fleet descendant of Aeacus, and Achilles bore away his gold.
Sarpedon and Glaucus led the Lycians from their distant land, by the
eddying waters of the Xanthus.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
When the companies were thus arrayed, each under its own captain,
the Trojans advanced as a flight of wild fowl or cranes that scream
overhead when rain and winter drive them over the flowing waters of
bring death and destruction on the Pygmies, and they wrangle
in the air as they fly; but the Achaeans marched silently, in high
heart, and minded to stand by one another.
As when the south wind spreads a curtain of mist upon the mountain
tops, bad for shepherds but better than night for thieves, and a man
can see no further than he can throw a stone, even so rose the dust
from under their feet as they made all speed over the plain.
When they were close up with one another, Alexandrus came forward
hampion on the Trojan side. On his shoulders he bore the skin
of a panther, his bow, and his sword, and he brandished two spears
shod with bronze as a challenge to the bravest of the Achaeans to
meet him in single fight. Menelaus saw him thus stride out before
the ranks, and was glad as a hungry lion that lights on the carcase
of some goat or horned stag, and devours it there and then, though
dogs and youths set upon him. Even thus was Menelaus glad when his
eyes caught sight of Alexandrus, for he deemed thaM
be revenged. He sprang, therefore, from his chariot, clad in his suit
Alexandrus quailed as he saw Menelaus come forward, and shrank in
fear of his life under cover of his men. As one who starts back affrighted,
trembling and pale, when he comes suddenly upon a serpent in some
mountain glade, even so did Alexandrus plunge into the throng of Trojan
warriors, terror-stricken at the sight of the son Atreus.
Then Hector upbraided him. "Paris," said he, "evil-hearted Paris,
to see, but woman-mad, and false of tongue, would that you had
never been born, or that you had died unwed. Better so, than live
to be disgraced and looked askance at. Will not the Achaeans mock
at us and say that we have sent one to champion us who is fair to
see but who has neither wit nor courage? Did you not, such as you
are, get your following together and sail beyond the seas? Did you
not from your a far country carry off a lovely woman wedded among
a people of warriors- to bring sorrow upon your fatheM
and your whole country, but joy to your enemies, and hang-dog shamefacedness
to yourself? And now can you not dare face Menelaus and learn what
manner of man he is whose wife you have stolen? Where indeed would
be your lyre and your love-tricks, your comely locks and your fair
favour, when you were lying in the dust before him? The Trojans are
a weak-kneed people, or ere this you would have had a shirt of stones
for the wrongs you have done them."
And Alexandrus answered, "Hector, your rebuM
ke is just. You are hard
as the axe which a shipwright wields at his work, and cleaves the
timber to his liking. As the axe in his hand, so keen is the edge
of your scorn. Still, taunt me not with the gifts that golden Venus
has given me; they are precious; let not a man disdain them, for the
gods give them where they are minded, and none can have them for the
asking. If you would have me do battle with Menelaus, bid the Trojans
and Achaeans take their seats, while he and I fight in their midst
d all her wealth. Let him who shall be victorious and
prove to be the better man take the woman and all she has, to bear
them to his home, but let the rest swear to a solemn covenant of peace
whereby you Trojans shall stay here in Troy, while the others go home
to Argos and the land of the Achaeans."
When Hector heard this he was glad, and went about among the Trojan
ranks holding his spear by the middle to keep them back, and they
all sat down at his bidding: but the Achaeans still aimed at him with
nes and arrows, till Agamemnon shouted to them saying, "Hold, Argives,
shoot not, sons of the Achaeans; Hector desires to speak."
They ceased taking aim and were still, whereon Hector spoke. "Hear
from my mouth," said he, "Trojans and Achaeans, the saying of Alexandrus,
through whom this quarrel has come about. He bids the Trojans and
Achaeans lay their armour upon the ground, while he and Menelaus fight
in the midst of you for Helen and all her wealth. Let him who shall
be victorious and prove to be the bM
etter man take the woman and all
she has, to bear them to his own home, but let the rest swear to a
solemn covenant of peace."
Thus he spoke, and they all held their peace, till Menelaus of the
loud battle-cry addressed them. "And now," he said, "hear me too,
for it is I who am the most aggrieved. I deem that the parting of
Achaeans and Trojans is at hand, as well it may be, seeing how much
have suffered for my quarrel with Alexandrus and the wrong he did
me. Let him who shall die, die, and let the otherM
Bring, then, two lambs, a white ram and a black ewe, for Earth and
Sun, and we will bring a third for Jove. Moreover, you shall bid Priam
come, that he may swear to the covenant himself; for his sons are
high-handed and ill to trust, and the oaths of Jove must not be transgressed
or taken in vain. Young men's minds are light as air, but when an
old man comes he looks before and after, deeming that which shall
be fairest upon both sides."
The Trojans and Achaeans were glad when they heardM
thought that they should now have rest. They backed their chariots
toward the ranks, got out of them, and put off their armour, laying
it down upon the ground; and the hosts were near to one another with
a little space between them. Hector sent two messengers to the city
to bring the lambs and to bid Priam come, while Agamemnon told Talthybius
to fetch the other lamb from the ships, and he did as Agamemnon had
Meanwhile Iris went to Helen in the form of her sister-in-law, wife
he son of Antenor, for Helicaon, son of Antenor, had married Laodice,
the fairest of Priam's daughters. She found her in her own room, working
at a great web of purple linen, on which she was embroidering the
battles between Trojans and Achaeans, that Mars had made them fight
for her sake. Iris then came close up to her and said, "Come hither,
child, and see the strange doings of the Trojans and Achaeans till
now they have been warring upon the plain, mad with lust of battle,
but now they have left off fightM
ing, and are leaning upon their shields,
sitting still with their spears planted beside them. Alexandrus and
Menelaus are going to fight about yourself, and you are to the the
wife of him who is the victor."
Thus spoke the goddess, and Helen's heart yearned after her former
husband, her city, and her parents. She threw a white mantle over
her head, and hurried from her room, weeping as she went, not alone,
but attended by two of her handmaids, Aethrae, daughter of Pittheus,
and Clymene. And straightway tM
hey were at the Scaean gates.
The two sages, Ucalegon and Antenor, elders of the people, were seated
by the Scaean gates, with Priam, Panthous, Thymoetes, Lampus, Clytius,
and Hiketaon of the race of Mars. These were too old to fight, but
they were fluent orators, and sat on the tower like cicales that chirrup
delicately from the boughs of some high tree in a wood. When they
saw Helen coming towards the tower, they said softly to one another,
"Small wonder that Trojans and Achaeans should endure so much anM
so long, for the sake of a woman so marvellously and divinely lovely.
Still, fair though she be, let them take her and go, or she will breed
sorrow for us and for our children after us."
But Priam bade her draw nigh. "My child," said he, "take your seat
in front of me that you may see your former husband, your kinsmen
and your friends. I lay no blame upon you, it is the gods, not you
who are to blame. It is they that have brought about this terrible
war with the Achaeans. Tell me, then, who is yonder hM
and goodly? I have seen men taller by a head, but none so comely and
so royal. Surely he must be a king."
"Sir," answered Helen, "father of my husband, dear and reverend in
my eyes, would that I had chosen death rather than to have come here
with your son, far from my bridal chamber, my friends, my darling
daughter, and all the companions of my girlhood. But it was not to
be, and my lot is one of tears and sorrow. As for your question, the
hero of whom you ask is Agamemnon, son of AtreuM
a brave soldier, brother-in-law as surely as that he lives, to my
abhorred and miserable self."
The old man marvelled at him and said, "Happy son of Atreus, child
of good fortune. I see that the Achaeans are subject to you in great
multitudes. When I was in Phrygia I saw much horsemen, the people
of Otreus and of Mygdon, who were camping upon the banks of the river
Sangarius; I was their ally, and with them when the Amazons, peers
of men, came up against them, but even they were not soM
The old man next looked upon Ulysses; "Tell me," he said, "who is
that other, shorter by a head than Agamemnon, but broader across the
chest and shoulders? His armour is laid upon the ground, and he stalks
in front of the ranks as it were some great woolly ram ordering his
And Helen answered, "He is Ulysses, a man of great craft, son of Laertes.
He was born in rugged Ithaca, and excels in all manner of stratagems
and subtle cunning."
On this Antenor said, "Madam, yoM
u have spoken truly. Ulysses once
came here as envoy about yourself, and Menelaus with him. I received
them in my own house, and therefore know both of them by sight and
conversation. When they stood up in presence of the assembled Trojans,
Menelaus was the broader shouldered, but when both were seated Ulysses
had the more royal presence. After a time they delivered their message,
and the speech of Menelaus ran trippingly on the tongue; he did not
say much, for he was a man of few words, but he spoke very clM
and to the point, though he was the younger man of the two; Ulysses,
on the other hand, when he rose to speak, was at first silent and
kept his eyes fixed upon the ground. There was no play nor graceful
movement of his sceptre; he kept it straight and stiff like a man
unpractised in oratory- one might have taken him for a mere churl
or simpleton; but when he raised his voice, and the words came driving
from his deep chest like winter snow before the wind, then there was
none to touch him, and no man tM
hought further of what he looked like."
Priam then caught sight of Ajax and asked, "Who is that great and
goodly warrior whose head and broad shoulders tower above the rest
"That," answered Helen, "is huge Ajax, bulwark of the Achaeans, and
on the other side of him, among the Cretans, stands Idomeneus looking
like a god, and with the captains of the Cretans round him. Often
did Menelaus receive him as a guest in our house when he came visiting
us from Crete. I see, moreover, many otherM
Achaeans whose names I
could tell you, but there are two whom I can nowhere find, Castor,
breaker of horses, and Pollux the mighty boxer; they are children
of my mother, and own brothers to myself. Either they have not left
Lacedaemon, or else, though they have brought their ships, they will
not show themselves in battle for the shame and disgrace that I have
brought upon them."
She knew not that both these heroes were already lying under the earth
in their own land of Lacedaemon.
lds were bringing the holy oath-offerings through
the city- two lambs and a goatskin of wine, the gift of earth; and
Idaeus brought the mixing bowl and the cups of gold. He went up to
Priam and said, "Son of Laomedon, the princes of the Trojans and Achaeans
bid you come down on to the plain and swear to a solemn covenant.
Alexandrus and Menelaus are to fight for Helen in single combat, that
she and all her wealth may go with him who is the victor. We are to
swear to a solemn covenant of peace whereby we otheM
here in Troy, while the Achaeans return to Argos and the land of the
The old man trembled as he heard, but bade his followers yoke the
horses, and they made all haste to do so. He mounted the chariot,
gathered the reins in his hand, and Antenor took his seat beside him;
they then drove through the Scaean gates on to the plain. When they
reached the ranks of the Trojans and Achaeans they left the chariot,
and with measured pace advanced into the space between the hosts.
non and Ulysses both rose to meet them. The attendants brought
on the oath-offerings and mixed the wine in the mixing-bowls; they
poured water over the hands of the chieftains, and the son of Atreus
drew the dagger that hung by his sword, and cut wool from the lambs'
heads; this the men-servants gave about among the Trojan and Achaean
princes, and the son of Atreus lifted up his hands in prayer. "Father
Jove," he cried, "that rulest in Ida, most glorious in power, and
thou oh Sun, that seest and givest ear tM
o all things, Earth and Rivers,
and ye who in the realms below chastise the soul of him that has broken
his oath, witness these rites and guard them, that they be not vain.
If Alexandrus kills Menelaus, let him keep Helen and all her wealth,
while we sail home with our ships; but if Menelaus kills Alexandrus,
let the Trojans give back Helen and all that she has; let them moreover
pay such fine to the Achaeans as shall be agreed upon, in testimony
among those that shall be born hereafter. Aid if Priam and hisM
refuse such fine when Alexandrus has fallen, then will I stay here
and fight on till I have got satisfaction."
As he spoke he drew his knife across the throats of the victims, and
laid them down gasping and dying upon the ground, for the knife had
reft them of their strength. Then they poured wine from the mixing-bowl
into the cups, and prayed to the everlasting gods, saying, Trojans
and Achaeans among one another, "Jove, most great and glorious, and
ye other everlasting gods, grant that the brainsM
first sin against their oaths- of them and their children- may be
shed upon the ground even as this wine, and let their wives become
the slaves of strangers."
Thus they prayed, but not as yet would Jove grant them their prayer.
Then Priam, descendant of Dardanus, spoke, saying, "Hear me, Trojans
and Achaeans, I will now go back to the wind-beaten city of Ilius:
I dare not with my own eyes witness this fight between my son and
Menelaus, for Jove and the other immortals alone know which M
On this he laid the two lambs on his chariot and took his seat. He
gathered the reins in his hand, and Antenor sat beside him; the two
then went back to Ilius. Hector and Ulysses measured the ground, and
cast lots from a helmet of bronze to see which should take aim first.
Meanwhile the two hosts lifted up their hands and prayed saying, "Father
Jove, that rulest from Ida, most glorious in power, grant that he
who first brought about this war between us may die, and enter the
while we others remain at peace and abide by our oaths."
Great Hector now turned his head aside while he shook the helmet,
and the lot of Paris flew out first. The others took their several
stations, each by his horses and the place where his arms were lying,
while Alexandrus, husband of lovely Helen, put on his goodly armour.
First he greaved his legs with greaves of good make and fitted with
ancle-clasps of silver; after this he donned the cuirass of his brother
Lycaon, and fitted it to his own body; heM
hung his silver-studded
sword of bronze about his shoulders, and then his mighty shield. On
his comely head he set his helmet, well-wrought, with a crest of horse-hair
that nodded menacingly above it, and he grasped a redoubtable spear
that suited his hands. In like fashion Menelaus also put on his armour.
When they had thus armed, each amid his own people, they strode fierce
of aspect into the open space, and both Trojans and Achaeans were
struck with awe as they beheld them. They stood near one another M
the measured ground, brandishing their spears, and each furious against
the other. Alexandrus aimed first, and struck the round shield of
the son of Atreus, but the spear did not pierce it, for the shield
turned its point. Menelaus next took aim, praying to Father Jove as
he did so. "King Jove," he said, "grant me revenge on Alexandrus who
has wronged me; subdue him under my hand that in ages yet to come
a man may shrink from doing ill deeds in the house of his host."
He poised his spear as he spoke, aM
nd hurled it at the shield of Alexandrus.
Through shield and cuirass it went, and tore the shirt by his flank,
but Alexandrus swerved aside, and thus saved his life. Then the son
of Atreus drew his sword, and drove at the projecting part of his
helmet, but the sword fell shivered in three or four pieces from his
hand, and he cried, looking towards Heaven, "Father Jove, of all gods
thou art the most despiteful; I made sure of my revenge, but the sword
has broken in my hand, my spear has been hurled in vain, aM
With this he flew at Alexandrus, caught him by the horsehair plume
of his helmet, and began dragging him towards the Achaeans. The strap
of the helmet that went under his chin was choking him, and Menelaus
would have dragged him off to his own great glory had not Jove's daughter
Venus been quick to mark and to break the strap of oxhide, so that
the empty helmet came away in his hand. This he flung to his comrades
among the Achaeans, and was again springing upon Alexandrus to ruM
him through with a spear, but Venus snatched him up in a moment (as
a god can do), hid him under a cloud of darkness, and conveyed him
to his own bedchamber.
Then she went to call Helen, and found her on a high tower with the
Trojan women crowding round her. She took the form of an old woman
who used to dress wool for her when she was still in Lacedaemon, and
of whom she was very fond. Thus disguised she plucked her by perfumed
robe and said, "Come hither; Alexandrus says you are to go to the
e is on his bed in his own room, radiant with beauty and dressed
in gorgeous apparel. No one would think he had just come from fighting,
but rather that he was going to a dance, or had done dancing and was
With these words she moved the heart of Helen to anger. When she marked
the beautiful neck of the goddess, her lovely bosom, and sparkling
eyes, she marvelled at her and said, "Goddess, why do you thus beguile
me? Are you going to send me afield still further to some man whom
ken up in Phrygia or fair Meonia? Menelaus has just vanquished
Alexandrus, and is to take my hateful self back with him. You are
come here to betray me. Go sit with Alexandrus yourself; henceforth
be goddess no longer; never let your feet carry you back to Olympus;
worry about him and look after him till he make you his wife, or,
for the matter of that, his slave- but me? I shall not go; I can garnish
his bed no longer; I should be a by-word among all the women of Troy.
Besides, I have trouble on my mind."
Venus was very angry, and said, "Bold hussy, do not provoke me; if
you do, I shall leave you to your fate and hate you as much as I have
loved you. I will stir up fierce hatred between Trojans and Achaeans,
and you shall come to a bad end."
At this Helen was frightened. She wrapped her mantle about her and
went in silence, following the goddess and unnoticed by the Trojan
When they came to the house of Alexandrus the maid-servants set about
their work, but Helen went into her own room, and tM
goddess took a seat and set it for her facing Alexandrus. On this
Helen, daughter of aegis-bearing Jove, sat down, and with eyes askance
began to upbraid her husband.
"So you are come from the fight," said she; "would that you had fallen
rather by the hand of that brave man who was my husband. You used
to brag that you were a better man with hands and spear than Menelaus.
go, but I then, an challenge him again- but I should advise you not
to do so, for if you are foolish enough to meetM
him in single combat,
you will soon all by his spear."
And Paris answered, "Wife, do not vex me with your reproaches. This
time, with the help of Minerva, Menelaus has vanquished me; another
time I may myself be victor, for I too have gods that will stand by
me. Come, let us lie down together and make friends. Never yet was
I so passionately enamoured of you as at this moment- not even when
I first carried you off from Lacedaemon and sailed away with you-
not even when I had converse with you upon the cM
island of Cranae was I so enthralled by desire of you as now." On
this he led her towards the bed, and his wife went with him.
Thus they laid themselves on the bed together; but the son of Atreus
strode among the throng, looking everywhere for Alexandrus, and no
man, neither of the Trojans nor of the allies, could find him. If
they had seen him they were in no mind to hide him, for they all of
them hated him as they did death itself. Then Agamemnon, king of men,
spoke, saying, "Hear meM
, Trojans, Dardanians, and allies. The victory
has been with Menelaus; therefore give back Helen with all her wealth,
and pay such fine as shall be agreed upon, in testimony among them
that shall be born hereafter."
Thus spoke the son of Atreus, and the Achaeans shouted in applause.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Now the gods were sitting with Jove in council upon the golden floor
while Hebe went round pouring out nectar for them to drink, and as
y pledged one another in their cups of gold they looked down upon
the town of Troy. The son of Saturn then began to tease Juno, talking
at her so as to provoke her. "Menelaus," said he, "has two good friends
among the goddesses, Juno of Argos, and Minerva of Alalcomene, but
they only sit still and look on, while Venus keeps ever by Alexandrus'
side to defend him in any danger; indeed she has just rescued him
when he made sure that it was all over with him- for the victory really
did lie with Menelaus. We musM
t consider what we shall do about all
this; shall we set them fighting anew or make peace between them?
If you will agree to this last Menelaus can take back Helen and the
city of Priam may remain still inhabited."
Minerva and Juno muttered their discontent as they sat side by side
hatching mischief for the Trojans. Minerva scowled at her father,
for she was in a furious passion with him, and said nothing, but Juno
could not contain herself. "Dread son of Saturn," said she, "what,
pray, is the meaning ofM
all this? Is my trouble, then, to go for nothing,
and the sweat that I have sweated, to say nothing of my horses, while
getting the people together against Priam and his children? Do as
you will, but we other gods shall not all of us approve your counsel."
Jove was angry and answered, "My dear, what harm have Priam and his
sons done you that you are so hotly bent on sacking the city of Ilius?
Will nothing do for you but you must within their walls and eat Priam
raw, with his sons and all the other TrojansM
to boot? Have it your
own way then; for I would not have this matter become a bone of contention
between us. I say further, and lay my saying to your heart, if ever
I want to sack a city belonging to friends of yours, you must not
try to stop me; you will have to let me do it, for I am giving in
to you sorely against my will. Of all inhabited cities under the sun
and stars of heaven, there was none that I so much respected as Ilius
with Priam and his whole people. Equitable feasts were never wanting
my altar, nor the savour of burning fat, which is honour due
"My own three favourite cities," answered Juno, "are Argos, Sparta,
and Mycenae. Sack them whenever you may be displeased with them. I
shall not defend them and I shall not care. Even if I did, and tried
to stay you, I should take nothing by it, for you are much stronger
than I am, but I will not have my own work wasted. I too am a god
and of the same race with yourself. I am Saturn's eldest daughter,
and am honourable not on thiM
s ground only, but also because I am your
wife, and you are king over the gods. Let it be a case, then, of give-and-take
between us, and the rest of the gods will follow our lead. Tell Minerva
to go and take part in the fight at once, and let her contrive that
the Trojans shall be the first to break their oaths and set upon the
The sire of gods and men heeded her words, and said to Minerva, "Go
at once into the Trojan and Achaean hosts, and contrive that the Trojans
shall be the first to breakM
their oaths and set upon the Achaeans."
This was what Minerva was already eager to do, so down she darted
from the topmost summits of Olympus. She shot through the sky as some
brilliant meteor which the son of scheming Saturn has sent as a sign
to mariners or to some great army, and a fiery train of light follows
in its wake. The Trojans and Achaeans were struck with awe as they
beheld, and one would turn to his neighbour, saying, "Either we shall
again have war and din of combat, or Jove the lord of battM
now make peace between us."
Thus did they converse. Then Minerva took the form of Laodocus, son
of Antenor, and went through the ranks of the Trojans to find Pandarus,
the redoubtable son of Lycaon. She found him standing among the stalwart
heroes who had followed him from the banks of the Aesopus, so she
went close up to him and said, "Brave son of Lycaon, will you do as
I tell you? If you dare send an arrow at Menelaus you will win honour
and thanks from all the Trojans, and especially from priM
he would be the first to requite you very handsomely if he could see
Menelaus mount his funeral pyre, slain by an arrow from your hand.
Take your home aim then, and pray to Lycian Apollo, the famous archer;
vow that when you get home to your strong city of Zelea you will offer
a hecatomb of firstling lambs in his honour."
His fool's heart was persuaded, and he took his bow from its case.
This bow was made from the horns of a wild ibex which he had killed
as it was bounding from a rock; heM
had stalked it, and it had fallen
as the arrow struck it to the heart. Its horns were sixteen palms
long, and a worker in horn had made them into a bow, smoothing them
well down, and giving them tips of gold. When Pandarus had strung
his bow he laid it carefully on the ground, and his brave followers
held their shields before him lest the Achaeans should set upon him
before he had shot Menelaus. Then he opened the lid of his quiver
and took out a winged arrow that had yet been shot, fraught with the
of death. He laid the arrow on the string and prayed to Lycian
Apollo, the famous archer, vowing that when he got home to his strong
city of Zelea he would offer a hecatomb of firstling lambs in his
honour. He laid the notch of the arrow on the oxhide bowstring, and
drew both notch and string to his breast till the arrow-head was near
the bow; then when the bow was arched into a half-circle he let fly,
and the bow twanged, and the string sang as the arrow flew gladly
on over the heads of the throng.
the blessed gods did not forget thee, O Menelaus, and Jove's daughter,
driver of the spoil, was the first to stand before thee and ward off
the piercing arrow. She turned it from his skin as a mother whisks
a fly from off her child when it is sleeping sweetly; she guided it
to the part where the golden buckles of the belt that passed over
his double cuirass were fastened, so the arrow struck the belt that
went tightly round him. It went right through this and through the
cuirass of cunning workmanship; it alM
so pierced the belt beneath it,
which he wore next his skin to keep out darts or arrows; it was this
that served him in the best stead, nevertheless the arrow went through
it and grazed the top of the skin, so that blood began flowing from
As when some woman of Meonia or Caria strains purple dye on to a piece
of ivory that is to be the cheek-piece of a horse, and is to be laid
up in a treasure house- many a knight is fain to bear it, but the
king keeps it as an ornament of which both horse andM
proud- even so, O Menelaus, were your shapely thighs and your legs
down to your fair ancles stained with blood.
When King Agamemnon saw the blood flowing from the wound he was afraid,
and so was brave Menelaus himself till he saw that the barbs of the
arrow and the thread that bound the arrow-head to the shaft were still
outside the wound. Then he took heart, but Agamemnon heaved a deep
sigh as he held Menelaus's hand in his own, and his comrades made
moan in concert. "Dear brother, "he crM
ied, "I have been the death
of you in pledging this covenant and letting you come forward as our
champion. The Trojans have trampled on their oaths and have wounded
you; nevertheless the oath, the blood of lambs, the drink-offerings
and the right hands of fellowship in which have put our trust shall
not be vain. If he that rules Olympus fulfil it not here and now,
he. will yet fulfil it hereafter, and they shall pay dearly with their
lives and with their wives and children. The day will surely come
hty Ilius shall be laid low, with Priam and Priam's people,
when the son of Saturn from his high throne shall overshadow them
with his awful aegis in punishment of their present treachery. This
shall surely be; but how, Menelaus, shall I mourn you, if it be your
lot now to die? I should return to Argos as a by-word, for the Achaeans
will at once go home. We shall leave Priam and the Trojans the glory
of still keeping Helen, and the earth will rot your bones as you lie
here at Troy with your purpose not fulfiM
lled. Then shall some braggart
Trojan leap upon your tomb and say, 'Ever thus may Agamemnon wreak
his vengeance; he brought his army in vain; he is gone home to his
own land with empty ships, and has left Menelaus behind him.' Thus
will one of them say, and may the earth then swallow me."
But Menelaus reassured him and said, "Take heart, and do not alarm
the people; the arrow has not struck me in a mortal part, for my outer
belt of burnished metal first stayed it, and under this my cuirass
mail which the bronze-smiths made me."
And Agamemnon answered, "I trust, dear Menelaus, that it may be even
so, but the surgeon shall examine your wound and lay herbs upon it
to relieve your pain."
He then said to Talthybius, "Talthybius, tell Machaon, son to the
great physician, Aesculapius, to come and see Menelaus immediately.
Some Trojan or Lycian archer has wounded him with an arrow to our
dismay, and to his own great glory."
Talthybius did as he was told, and went about the host trying to fiM
Machaon. Presently he found standing amid the brave warriors who had
followed him from Tricca; thereon he went up to him and said, "Son
of Aesculapius, King Agamemnon says you are to come and see Menelaus
immediately. Some Trojan or Lycian archer has wounded him with an
arrow to our dismay and to his own great glory."
Thus did he speak, and Machaon was moved to go. They passed through
the spreading host of the Achaeans and went on till they came to the
place where Menelaus had been wounded and was lyiM
ng with the chieftains
gathered in a circle round him. Machaon passed into the middle of
the ring and at once drew the arrow from the belt, bending its barbs
back through the force with which he pulled it out. He undid the burnished
belt, and beneath this the cuirass and the belt of mail which the
bronze-smiths had made; then, when he had seen the wound, he wiped
away the blood and applied some soothing drugs which Chiron had given
to Aesculapius out of the good will he bore him.
While they were thus busM
y about Menelaus, the Trojans came forward
against them, for they had put on their armour, and now renewed the
You would not have then found Agamemnon asleep nor cowardly and unwilling
to fight, but eager rather for the fray. He left his chariot rich
with bronze and his panting steeds in charge of Eurymedon, son of
Ptolemaeus the son of Peiraeus, and bade him hold them in readiness
against the time his limbs should weary of going about and giving
orders to so many, for he went among the ranks on fM
men hasting to the front he stood by them and cheered them on. "Argives,"
said he, "slacken not one whit in your onset; father Jove will be
no helper of liars; the Trojans have been the first to break their
oaths and to attack us; therefore they shall be devoured of vultures;
we shall take their city and carry off their wives and children in
But he angrily rebuked those whom he saw shirking and disinclined
to fight. "Argives," he cried, "cowardly miserable creatures, have
u no shame to stand here like frightened fawns who, when they can
no longer scud over the plain, huddle together, but show no fight?
You are as dazed and spiritless as deer. Would you wait till the Trojans
reach the sterns of our ships as they lie on the shore, to see, whether
the son of Saturn will hold his hand over you to protect you?"
Thus did he go about giving his orders among the ranks. Passing through
the crowd, he came presently on the Cretans, arming round Idomeneus,
who was at their head, fierceM
as a wild boar, while Meriones was bringing
up the battalions that were in the rear. Agamemnon was glad when he
saw him, and spoke him fairly. "Idomeneus," said he, "I treat you
with greater distinction than I do any others of the Achaeans, whether
in war or in other things, or at table. When the princes are mixing
my choicest wines in the mixing-bowls, they have each of them a fixed
allowance, but your cup is kept always full like my own, that you
may drink whenever you are minded. Go, therefore, into battM
show yourself the man you have been always proud to be."
Idomeneus answered, "I will be a trusty comrade, as I promised you
from the first I would be. Urge on the other Achaeans, that we may
join battle at once, for the Trojans have trampled upon their covenants.
Death and destruction shall be theirs, seeing they have been the first
to break their oaths and to attack us."
The son of Atreus went on, glad at heart, till he came upon the two
Ajaxes arming themselves amid a host of foot-soldiers. AM
from some high post watches a storm drive over the deep before the
west wind- black as pitch is the offing and a mighty whirlwind draws
towards him, so that he is afraid and drives his flock into a cave-
even thus did the ranks of stalwart youths move in a dark mass to
battle under the Ajaxes, horrid with shield and spear. Glad was King
Agamemnon when he saw them. "No need," he cried, "to give orders to
such leaders of the Argives as you are, for of your own selves you
spur your men on toM
fight with might and main. Would, by father Jove,
Minerva, and Apollo that all were so minded as you are, for the city
of Priam would then soon fall beneath our hands, and we should sack
With this he left them and went onward to Nestor, the facile speaker
of the Pylians, who was marshalling his men and urging them on, in
company with Pelagon, Alastor, Chromius, Haemon, and Bias shepherd
of his people. He placed his knights with their chariots and horses
in the front rank, while the foot-soldiers, bM
rave men and many, whom
he could trust, were in the rear. The cowards he drove into the middle,
that they might fight whether they would or no. He gave his orders
to the knights first, bidding them hold their horses well in hand,
so as to avoid confusion. "Let no man," he said, "relying on his strength
or horsemanship, get before the others and engage singly with the
Trojans, nor yet let him lag behind or you will weaken your attack;
but let each when he meets an enemy's chariot throw his spear from
; this be much the best; this is how the men of old took towns
and strongholds; in this wise were they minded."
Thus did the old man charge them, for he had been in many a fight,
and King Agamemnon was glad. "I wish," he said to him, that your limbs
were as supple and your strength as sure as your judgment is; but
age, the common enemy of mankind, has laid his hand upon you; would
that it had fallen upon some other, and that you were still young."
And Nestor, knight of Gerene, answered, "Son of Atreus, M
gladly be the man I was when I slew mighty Ereuthalion; but the gods
will not give us everything at one and the same time. I was then young,
and now I am old; still I can go with my knights and give them that
counsel which old men have a right to give. The wielding of the spear
I leave to those who are younger and stronger than myself."
Agamemnon went his way rejoicing, and presently found Menestheus,
son of Peteos, tarrying in his place, and with him were the Athenians
loud of tongue in battlM
e. Near him also tarried cunning Ulysses, with
his sturdy Cephallenians round him; they had not yet heard the battle-cry,
for the ranks of Trojans and Achaeans had only just begun to move,
so they were standing still, waiting for some other columns of the
Achaeans to attack the Trojans and begin the fighting. When he saw
this Agamemnon rebuked them and said, "Son of Peteos, and you other,
steeped in cunning, heart of guile, why stand you here cowering and
waiting on others? You two should be of all men foremM
is hard fighting to be done, for you are ever foremost to accept my
invitation when we councillors of the Achaeans are holding feast.
You are glad enough then to take your fill of roast meats and to drink
wine as long as you please, whereas now you would not care though
you saw ten columns of Achaeans engage the enemy in front of you."
Ulysses glared at him and answered, "Son of Atreus, what are you talking
about? How can you say that we are slack? When the Achaeans are in
he Trojans, you shall see, if you care to do so,
that the father of Telemachus will join battle with the foremost of
them. You are talking idly."
When Agamemnon saw that Ulysses was angry, he smiled pleasantly at
him and withdrew his words. "Ulysses," said he, "noble son of Laertes,
excellent in all good counsel, I have neither fault to find nor orders
to give you, for I know your heart is right, and that you and I are
of a mind. Enough; I will make you amends for what I have said, and
been spoken may the gods bring it to nothing."
He then left them and went on to others. Presently he saw the son
of Tydeus, noble Diomed, standing by his chariot and horses, with
Sthenelus the son of Capaneus beside him; whereon he began to upbraid
him. "Son of Tydeus," he said, "why stand you cowering here upon the
brink of battle? Tydeus did not shrink thus, but was ever ahead of
his men when leading them on against the foe- so, at least, say they
that saw him in battle, for I never set eyes upon him myM
say that there was no man like him. He came once to Mycenae, not as
an enemy but as a guest, in company with Polynices to recruit his
forces, for they were levying war against the strong city of Thebes,
and prayed our people for a body of picked men to help them. The men
of Mycenae were willing to let them have one, but Jove dissuaded them
by showing them unfavourable omens. Tydeus, therefore, and Polynices
went their way. When they had got as far the deep-meadowed and rush-grown
opus, the Achaeans sent Tydeus as their envoy, and
he found the Cadmeans gathered in great numbers to a banquet in the
house of Eteocles. Stranger though he was, he knew no fear on finding
himself single-handed among so many, but challenged them to contests
of all kinds, and in each one of them was at once victorious, so mightily
did Minerva help him. The Cadmeans were incensed at his success, and
set a force of fifty youths with two captains- the godlike hero Maeon,
son of Haemon, and Polyphontes, son of AuM
tophonus- at their head,
to lie in wait for him on his return journey; but Tydeus slew every
man of them, save only Maeon, whom he let go in obedience to heaven's
omens. Such was Tydeus of Aetolia. His son can talk more glibly, but
he cannot fight as his father did."
Diomed made no answer, for he was shamed by the rebuke of Agamemnon;
but the son of Capaneus took up his words and said, "Son of Atreus,
tell no lies, for you can speak truth if you will. We boast ourselves
as even better men than our fatherM
s; we took seven-gated Thebes, though
the wall was stronger and our men were fewer in number, for we trusted
in the omens of the gods and in the help of Jove, whereas they perished
through their own sheer folly; hold not, then, our fathers in like
Diomed looked sternly at him and said, "Hold your peace, my friend,
as I bid you. It is not amiss that Agamemnon should urge the Achaeans
forward, for the glory will be his if we take the city, and his the
shame if we are vanquished. Therefore M
let us acquit ourselves with
As he spoke he sprang from his chariot, and his armour rang so fiercely
about his body that even a brave man might well have been scared to
As when some mighty wave that thunders on the beach when the west
wind has lashed it into fury- it has reared its head afar and now
comes crashing down on the shore; it bows its arching crest high over
the jagged rocks and spews its salt foam in all directions- even so
did the serried phalanxes of the Danaans march sM
teadfastly to battle.
The chiefs gave orders each to his own people, but the men said never
a word; no man would think it, for huge as the host was, it seemed
as though there was not a tongue among them, so silent were they in
their obedience; and as they marched the armour about their bodies
glistened in the sun. But the clamour of the Trojan ranks was as that
of many thousand ewes that stand waiting to be milked in the yards
of some rich flockmaster, and bleat incessantly in answer to the bleating
r lambs; for they had not one speech nor language, but their
tongues were diverse, and they came from many different places. These
were inspired of Mars, but the others by Minerva- and with them came
Panic, Rout, and Strife whose fury never tires, sister and friend
of murderous Mars, who, from being at first but low in stature, grows
till she uprears her head to heaven, though her feet are still on
earth. She it was that went about among them and flung down discord
to the waxing of sorrow with even hand betwM
When they were got together in one place shield clashed with shield
and spear with spear in the rage of battle. The bossed shields beat
one upon another, and there was a tramp as of a great multitude- death-cry
and shout of triumph of slain and slayers, and the earth ran red with
blood. As torrents swollen with rain course madly down their deep
channels till the angry floods meet in some gorge, and the shepherd
the hillside hears their roaring from afar- even such was the toil
hosts as they joined in battle.
First Antilochus slew an armed warrior of the Trojans, Echepolus,
son of Thalysius, fighting in the foremost ranks. He struck at the
projecting part of his helmet and drove the spear into his brow; the
point of bronze pierced the bone, and darkness veiled his eyes; headlong
as a tower he fell amid the press of the fight, and as he dropped
King Elephenor, son of Chalcodon and captain of the proud Abantes
began dragging him out of reach of the darts that were falling around
him, in haste to strip him of his armour. But his purpose was not
for long; Agenor saw him haling the body away, and smote him in the
side with his bronze-shod spear- for as he stooped his side was left
unprotected by his shield- and thus he perished. Then the fight between
Trojans and Achaeans grew furious over his body, and they flew upon
each other like wolves, man and man crushing one upon the other.
Forthwith Ajax, son of Telamon, slew the fair youth Simoeisius, son
of Anthemion, whom his mother boreM
by the banks of the Simois, as
she was coming down from Mt. Ida, where she had been with her parents
to see their flocks. Therefore he was named Simoeisius, but he did
not live to pay his parents for his rearing, for he was cut off untimely
by the spear of mighty Ajax, who struck him in the breast by the right
nipple as he was coming on among the foremost fighters; the spear
went right through his shoulder, and he fell as a poplar that has
grown straight and tall in a meadow by some mere, and its top is thiM
with branches. Then the wheelwright lays his axe to its roots that
he may fashion a felloe for the wheel of some goodly chariot, and
it lies seasoning by the waterside. In such wise did Ajax fell to
earth Simoeisius, son of Anthemion. Thereon Antiphus of the gleaming
corslet, son of Priam, hurled a spear at Ajax from amid the crowd
and missed him, but he hit Leucus, the brave comrade of Ulysses, in
the groin, as he was dragging the body of Simoeisius over to the other
side; so he fell upon the body and lM
oosed his hold upon it. Ulysses
was furious when he saw Leucus slain, and strode in full armour through
the front ranks till he was quite close; then he glared round about
him and took aim, and the Trojans fell back as he did so. His dart
was not sped in vain, for it struck Democoon, the bastard son of Priam,
who had come to him from Abydos, where he had charge of his father's
mares. Ulysses, infuriated by the death of his comrade, hit him with
his spear on one temple, and the bronze point came through on thM
other side of his forehead. Thereon darkness veiled his eyes, and
his armour rang rattling round him as he fell heavily to the ground.
Hector, and they that were in front, then gave round while the Argives
raised a shout and drew off the dead, pressing further forward as
they did so. But Apollo looked down from Pergamus and called aloud
to the Trojans, for he was displeased. "Trojans," he cried, "rush
on the foe, and do not let yourselves be thus beaten by the Argives.
Their skins are not stone nor iron tM
hat when hit them you do them
no harm. Moreover, Achilles, the son of lovely Thetis, is not fighting,
but is nursing his anger at the ships."
Thus spoke the mighty god, crying to them from the city, while Jove's
redoubtable daughter, the Trito-born, went about among the host of
the Achaeans, and urged them forward whenever she beheld them slackening.
Then fate fell upon Diores, son of Amarynceus, for he was struck by
a jagged stone near the ancle of his right leg. He that hurled it
was Peirous, son of M
Imbrasus, captain of the Thracians, who had come
from Aenus; the bones and both the tendons were crushed by the pitiless
stone. He fell to the ground on his back, and in his death throes
stretched out his hands towards his comrades. But Peirous, who had
wounded him, sprang on him and thrust a spear into his belly, so that
his bowels came gushing out upon the ground, and darkness veiled his
eyes. As he was leaving the body, Thoas of Aetolia struck him in the
chest near the nipple, and the point fixed itself iM
came close up to him, pulled the spear out of his chest, and then
drawing his sword, smote him in the middle of the belly so that he
died; but he did not strip him of his armour, for his Thracian comrades,
men who wear their hair in a tuft at the top of their heads, stood
round the body and kept him off with their long spears for all his
great stature and valour; so he was driven back. Thus the two corpses
lay stretched on earth near to one another, the one captain of the
e other of the Epeans; and many another fell round
And now no man would have made light of the fighting if he could have
gone about among it scatheless and unwounded, with Minerva leading
him by the hand, and protecting him from the storm of spears and arrows.
For many Trojans and Achaeans on that day lay stretched side by side
face downwards upon the earth.
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Then Pallas Minerva put valour into the heart of Diomed,M
that he might excel all the other Argives, and cover himself with
glory. She made a stream of fire flare from his shield and helmet
like the star that shines most brilliantly in summer after its bath
in the waters of Oceanus- even such a fire did she kindle upon his
head and shoulders as she bade him speed into the thickest hurly-burly
Now there was a certain rich and honourable man among the Trojans,
priest of Vulcan, and his name was Dares. He had two sons, Phegeus
aeus, both of them skilled in all the arts of war. These two
came forward from the main body of Trojans, and set upon Diomed, he
being on foot, while they fought from their chariot. When they were
close up to one another, Phegeus took aim first, but his spear went
over Diomed's left shoulder without hitting him. Diomed then threw,
and his spear sped not in vain, for it hit Phegeus on the breast near
the nipple, and he fell from his chariot. Idaeus did not dare to bestride
his brother's body, but sprang from M
the chariot and took to flight,
or he would have shared his brother's fate; whereon Vulcan saved him
by wrapping him in a cloud of darkness, that his old father might
not be utterly overwhelmed with grief; but the son of Tydeus drove
off with the horses, and bade his followers take them to the ships.
The Trojans were scared when they saw the two sons of Dares, one of
them in fright and the other lying dead by his chariot. Minerva, therefore,
took Mars by the hand and said, "Mars, Mars, bane of men, bloodstaiM
stormer of cities, may we not now leave the Trojans and Achaeans to
fight it out, and see to which of the two Jove will vouchsafe the
victory? Let us go away, and thus avoid his anger."
So saying, she drew Mars out of the battle, and set him down upon
the steep banks of the Scamander. Upon this the Danaans drove the
Trojans back, and each one of their chieftains killed his man. First
King Agamemnon flung mighty Odius, captain of the Halizoni, from his
chariot. The spear of Agamemnon caught him on theM
just as he was turning in flight; it struck him between the shoulders
and went right through his chest, and his armour rang rattling round
him as he fell heavily to the ground.
Then Idomeneus killed Phaesus, son of Borus the Meonian, who had come
from Varne. Mighty Idomeneus speared him on the right shoulder as
he was mounting his chariot, and the darkness of death enshrouded
him as he fell heavily from the car.
The squires of Idomeneus spoiled him of his armour, while Menelaus,
on of Atreus, killed Scamandrius the son of Strophius, a mighty huntsman
and keen lover of the chase. Diana herself had taught him how to kill
every kind of wild creature that is bred in mountain forests, but
neither she nor his famed skill in archery could now save him, for
the spear of Menelaus struck him in the back as he was flying; it
struck him between the shoulders and went right through his chest,
so that he fell headlong and his armour rang rattling round him.
Meriones then killed Phereclus the soM
n of Tecton, who was the son
of Hermon, a man whose hand was skilled in all manner of cunning workmanship,
for Pallas Minerva had dearly loved him. He it was that made the ships
for Alexandrus, which were the beginning of all mischief, and brought
evil alike both on the Trojans and on Alexandrus himself; for he heeded
not the decrees of heaven. Meriones overtook him as he was flying,
and struck him on the right buttock. The point of the spear went through
the bone into the bladder, and death came upon him asM
and fell forward on his knees.
Meges, moreover, slew Pedaeus, son of Antenor, who, though he was
a bastard, had been brought up by Theano as one of her own children,
for the love she bore her husband. The son of Phyleus got close up
to him and drove a spear into the nape of his neck: it went under
his tongue all among his teeth, so he bit the cold bronze, and fell
And Eurypylus, son of Euaemon, killed Hypsenor, the son of noble Dolopion,
who had been made priest of tM
he river Scamander, and was honoured
among the people as though he were a god. Eurypylus gave him chase
as he was flying before him, smote him with his sword upon the arm,
and lopped his strong hand from off it. The bloody hand fell to the
ground, and the shades of death, with fate that no man can withstand,
came over his eyes.
Thus furiously did the battle rage between them. As for the son of
Tydeus, you could not say whether he was more among the Achaeans or
the Trojans. He rushed across the plain likeM
a winter torrent that
has burst its barrier in full flood; no dykes, no walls of fruitful
vineyards can embank it when it is swollen with rain from heaven,
but in a moment it comes tearing onward, and lays many a field waste
that many a strong man hand has reclaimed- even so were the dense
phalanxes of the Trojans driven in rout by the son of Tydeus, and
many though they were, they dared not abide his onslaught.
Now when the son of Lycaon saw him scouring the plain and driving
the Trojans pell-mell beforM
e him, he aimed an arrow and hit the front
part of his cuirass near the shoulder: the arrow went right through
the metal and pierced the flesh, so that the cuirass was covered with
blood. On this the son of Lycaon shouted in triumph, "Knights Trojans,
come on; the bravest of the Achaeans is wounded, and he will not hold
out much longer if King Apollo was indeed with me when I sped from
Thus did he vaunt; but his arrow had not killed Diomed, who withdrew
and made for the chariot and horses M
of Sthenelus, the son of Capaneus.
"Dear son of Capaneus," said he, "come down from your chariot, and
draw the arrow out of my shoulder."
Sthenelus sprang from his chariot, and drew the arrow from the wound,
whereon the blood came spouting out through the hole that had been
made in his shirt. Then Diomed prayed, saying, "Hear me, daughter
of aegis-bearing Jove, unweariable, if ever you loved my father well
and stood by him in the thick of a fight, do the like now by me; grant
me to come within a spear's M
throw of that man and kill him. He has
been too quick for me and has wounded me; and now he is boasting that
I shall not see the light of the sun much longer."
Thus he prayed, and Pallas Minerva heard him; she made his limbs supple
and quickened his hands and his feet. Then she went up close to him
and said, "Fear not, Diomed, to do battle with the Trojans, for I
have set in your heart the spirit of your knightly father Tydeus.
Moreover, I have withdrawn the veil from your eyes, that you know
n apart. If, then, any other god comes here and offers
you battle, do not fight him; but should Jove's daughter Venus come,
strike her with your spear and wound her."
When she had said this Minerva went away, and the son of Tydeus again
took his place among the foremost fighters, three times more fierce
even than he had been before. He was like a lion that some mountain
shepherd has wounded, but not killed, as he is springing over the
wall of a sheep-yard to attack the sheep. The shepherd has roused
brute to fury but cannot defend his flock, so he takes shelter
under cover of the buildings, while the sheep, panic-stricken on being
deserted, are smothered in heaps one on top of the other, and the
angry lion leaps out over the sheep-yard wall. Even thus did Diomed
go furiously about among the Trojans.
He killed Astynous, and shepherd of his people, the one with a thrust
of his spear, which struck him above the nipple, the other with a
sword- cut on the collar-bone, that severed his shoulder from his
eck and back. He let both of them lie, and went in pursuit of Abas
and Polyidus, sons of the old reader of dreams Eurydamas: they never
came back for him to read them any more dreams, for mighty Diomed
made an end of them. He then gave chase to Xanthus and Thoon, the
two sons of Phaenops, both of them very dear to him, for he was now
worn out with age, and begat no more sons to inherit his possessions.
But Diomed took both their lives and left their father sorrowing bitterly,
for he nevermore saw them come hM
ome from battle alive, and his kinsmen
divided his wealth among themselves.
Then he came upon two sons of Priam, Echemmon and Chromius, as they
were both in one chariot. He sprang upon them as a lion fastens on
the neck of some cow or heifer when the herd is feeding in a coppice.
For all their vain struggles he flung them both from their chariot
and stripped the armour from their bodies. Then he gave their horses
to his comrades to take them back to the ships.
When Aeneas saw him thus making havoc amoM
ng the ranks, he went through
the fight amid the rain of spears to see if he could find Pandarus.
When he had found the brave son of Lycaon he said, "Pandarus, where
is now your bow, your winged arrows, and your renown as an archer,
in respect of which no man here can rival you nor is there any in
Lycia that can beat you? Lift then your hands to Jove and send an
arrow at this fellow who is going so masterfully about, and has done
such deadly work among the Trojans. He has killed many a brave man-
eed he is some god who is angry with the Trojans about their
sacrifices, and and has set his hand against them in his displeasure."
And the son of Lycaon answered, "Aeneas, I take him for none other
than the son of Tydeus. I know him by his shield, the visor of his
helmet, and by his horses. It is possible that he may be a god, but
if he is the man I say he is, he is not making all this havoc without
heaven's help, but has some god by his side who is shrouded in a cloud
of darkness, and who turned my arrowM
aside when it had hit him. I
have taken aim at him already and hit him on the right shoulder; my
arrow went through the breastpiece of his cuirass; and I made sure
I should send him hurrying to the world below, but it seems that I
have not killed him. There must be a god who is angry with me. Moreover
I have neither horse nor chariot. In my father's stables there are
eleven excellent chariots, fresh from the builder, quite new, with
cloths spread over them; and by each of them there stand a pair of
champing barley and rye; my old father Lycaon urged me again
and again when I was at home and on the point of starting, to take
chariots and horses with me that I might lead the Trojans in battle,
but I would not listen to him; it would have been much better if I
had done so, but I was thinking about the horses, which had been used
to eat their fill, and I was afraid that in such a great gathering
of men they might be ill-fed, so I left them at home and came on foot
to Ilius armed only with my bow and arrowM
s. These it seems, are of
no use, for I have already hit two chieftains, the sons of Atreus
and of Tydeus, and though I drew blood surely enough, I have only
made them still more furious. I did ill to take my bow down from its
peg on the day I led my band of Trojans to Ilius in Hector's service,
and if ever I get home again to set eyes on my native place, my wife,
and the greatness of my house, may some one cut my head off then and
there if I do not break the bow and set it on a hot fire- such pranks
Aeneas answered, "Say no more. Things will not mend till we two go
against this man with chariot and horses and bring him to a trial
of arms. Mount my chariot, and note how cleverly the horses of Tros
can speed hither and thither over the plain in pursuit or flight.
If Jove again vouchsafes glory to the son of Tydeus they will carry
us safely back to the city. Take hold, then, of the whip and reins
while I stand upon the car to fight, or else do you wait this man's
onset while I look after theM
"Aeneas." replied the son of Lycaon, "take the reins and drive; if
we have to fly before the son of Tydeus the horses will go better
for their own driver. If they miss the sound of your voice when they
expect it they may be frightened, and refuse to take us out of the
fight. The son of Tydeus will then kill both of us and take the horses.
Therefore drive them yourself and I will be ready for him with my
They then mounted the chariot and drove full-speed towards the son
henelus, son of Capaneus, saw them coming and said to
Diomed, "Diomed, son of Tydeus, man after my own heart, I see two
heroes speeding towards you, both of them men of might the one a skilful
archer, Pandarus son of Lycaon, the other, Aeneas, whose sire is Anchises,
while his mother is Venus. Mount the chariot and let us retreat. Do
not, I pray you, press so furiously forward, or you may get killed."
Diomed looked angrily at him and answered: "Talk not of flight, for
I shall not listen to you: I am of a rM
ace that knows neither flight
nor fear, and my limbs are as yet unwearied. I am in no mind to mount,
but will go against them even as I am; Pallas Minerva bids me be afraid
of no man, and even though one of them escape, their steeds shall
not take both back again. I say further, and lay my saying to your
heart- if Minerva sees fit to vouchsafe me the glory of killing both,
stay your horses here and make the reins fast to the rim of the chariot;
then be sure you spring Aeneas' horses and drive them from the TM
to the Achaean ranks. They are of the stock that great Jove gave to
Tros in payment for his son Ganymede, and are the finest that live
and move under the sun. King Anchises stole the blood by putting his
mares to them without Laomedon's knowledge, and they bore him six
foals. Four are still in his stables, but he gave the other two to
Aeneas. We shall win great glory if we can take them."
Thus did they converse, but the other two had now driven close up
to them, and the son of Lycaon spoke first. "M
Great and mighty son,"
said he, "of noble Tydeus, my arrow failed to lay you low, so I will
now try with my spear."
He poised his spear as he spoke and hurled it from him. It struck
the shield of the son of Tydeus; the bronze point pierced it and passed
on till it reached the breastplate. Thereon the son of Lycaon shouted
out and said, "You are hit clean through the belly; you will not stand
out for long, and the glory of the fight is mine."
But Diomed all undismayed made answer, "You have missed, notM
and before you two see the end of this matter one or other of you
shall glut tough-shielded Mars with his blood."
With this he hurled his spear, and Minerva guided it on to Pandarus's
nose near the eye. It went crashing in among his white teeth; the
bronze point cut through the root of his to tongue, coming out under
his chin, and his glistening armour rang rattling round him as he
fell heavily to the ground. The horses started aside for fear, and
he was reft of life and strength.
from his chariot armed with shield and spear, fearing
lest the Achaeans should carry off the body. He bestrode it as a lion
in the pride of strength, with shield and on spear before him and
a cry of battle on his lips resolute to kill the first that should
dare face him. But the son of Tydeus caught up a mighty stone, so
huge and great that as men now are it would take two to lift it; nevertheless
he bore it aloft with ease unaided, and with this he struck Aeneas
on the groin where the hip turns in the joinM
t that is called the "cup-bone."
The stone crushed this joint, and broke both the sinews, while its
jagged edges tore away all the flesh. The hero fell on his knees,
and propped himself with his hand resting on the ground till the darkness
of night fell upon his eyes. And now Aeneas, king of men, would have
perished then and there, had not his mother, Jove's daughter Venus,
who had conceived him by Anchises when he was herding cattle, been
quick to mark, and thrown her two white arms about the body of her
ear son. She protected him by covering him with a fold of her own
fair garment, lest some Danaan should drive a spear into his breast
Thus, then, did she bear her dear son out of the fight. But the son
of Capaneus was not unmindful of the orders that Diomed had given
him. He made his own horses fast, away from the hurly-burly, by binding
the reins to the rim of the chariot. Then he sprang upon Aeneas's
horses and drove them from the Trojan to the Achaean ranks. When he
had so done he gave tM
hem over to his chosen comrade Deipylus, whom
he valued above all others as the one who was most like-minded with
himself, to take them on to the ships. He then remounted his own chariot,
seized the reins, and drove with all speed in search of the son of
Now the son of Tydeus was in pursuit of the Cyprian goddess, spear
in hand, for he knew her to be feeble and not one of those goddesses
that can lord it among men in battle like Minerva or Enyo the waster
of cities, and when at last after a long M
chase he caught her up, he
flew at her and thrust his spear into the flesh of her delicate hand.
The point tore through the ambrosial robe which the Graces had woven
for her, and pierced the skin between her wrist and the palm of her
hand, so that the immortal blood, or ichor, that flows in the veins
of the blessed gods, came pouring from the wound; for the gods do
not eat bread nor drink wine, hence they have no blood such as ours,
and are immortal. Venus screamed aloud, and let her son fall, but
pollo caught him in his arms, and hid him in a cloud of darkness,
lest some Danaan should drive a spear into his breast and kill him;
and Diomed shouted out as he left her, "Daughter of Jove, leave war
and battle alone, can you not be contented with beguiling silly women?
If you meddle with fighting you will get what will make you shudder
at the very name of war."
The goddess went dazed and discomfited away, and Iris, fleet as the
wind, drew her from the throng, in pain and with her fair skin all
hed. She found fierce Mars waiting on the left of the battle,
with his spear and his two fleet steeds resting on a cloud; whereon
she fell on her knees before her brother and implored him to let her
have his horses. "Dear brother," she cried, "save me, and give me
your horses to take me to Olympus where the gods dwell. I am badly
wounded by a mortal, the son of Tydeus, who would now fight even with
Thus she spoke, and Mars gave her his gold-bedizened steeds. She mounted
the chariot sick andM
sorry at heart, while Iris sat beside her and
took the reins in her hand. She lashed her horses on and they flew
forward nothing loth, till in a trice they were at high Olympus, where
the gods have their dwelling. There she stayed them, unloosed them
from the chariot, and gave them their ambrosial forage; but Venus
flung herself on to the lap of her mother Dione, who threw her arms
about her and caressed her, saying, "Which of the heavenly beings
has been treating you in this way, as though you had been doiM
wrong in the face of day?"
And laughter-loving Venus answered, "Proud Diomed, the son of Tydeus,
wounded me because I was bearing my dear son Aeneas, whom I love best
of all mankind, out of the fight. The war is no longer one between
Trojans and Achaeans, for the Danaans have now taken to fighting with
"Bear it, my child," replied Dione, "and make the best of it. We dwellers
in Olympus have to put up with much at the hands of men, and we lay
much suffering on one another.M
Mars had to suffer when Otus and Ephialtes,
children of Aloeus, bound him in cruel bonds, so that he lay thirteen
months imprisoned in a vessel of bronze. Mars would have then perished
had not fair Eeriboea, stepmother to the sons of Aloeus, told Mercury,
who stole him away when he was already well-nigh worn out by the severity
of his bondage. Juno, again, suffered when the mighty son of Amphitryon
wounded her on the right breast with a three-barbed arrow, and nothing
could assuage her pain. So, also, did hM
uge Hades, when this same man,
the son of aegis-bearing Jove, hit him with an arrow even at the gates
of hell, and hurt him badly. Thereon Hades went to the house of Jove
on great Olympus, angry and full of pain; and the arrow in his brawny
shoulder caused him great anguish till Paeeon healed him by spreading
soothing herbs on the wound, for Hades was not of mortal mould. Daring,
head-strong, evildoer who recked not of his sin in shooting the gods
that dwell in Olympus. And now Minerva has egged this son of M
on against yourself, fool that he is for not reflecting that no man
who fights with gods will live long or hear his children prattling
about his knees when he returns from battle. Let, then, the son of
Tydeus see that he does not have to fight with one who is stronger
than you are. Then shall his brave wife Aegialeia, daughter of Adrestus,
rouse her whole house from sleep, wailing for the loss of her wedded
lord, Diomed the bravest of the Achaeans."
So saying, she wiped the ichor from the wrist ofM
both hands, whereon the pain left her, and her hand was healed. But
Minerva and Juno, who were looking on, began to taunt Jove with their
mocking talk, and Minerva was first to speak. "Father Jove," said
she, "do not be angry with me, but I think the Cyprian must have been
persuading some one of the Achaean women to go with the Trojans of
whom she is so very fond, and while caressing one or other of them
she must have torn her delicate hand with the gold pin of the woman's
e sire of gods and men smiled, and called golden Venus to his side.
"My child," said he, "it has not been given you to be a warrior. Attend,
henceforth, to your own delightful matrimonial duties, and leave all
this fighting to Mars and to Minerva."
Thus did they converse. But Diomed sprang upon Aeneas, though he knew
him to be in the very arms of Apollo. Not one whit did he fear the
mighty god, so set was he on killing Aeneas and stripping him of his
armour. Thrice did he spring forward with might and maiM
and thrice did Apollo beat back his gleaming shield. When he was coming
on for the fourth time, as though he were a god, Apollo shouted to
him with an awful voice and said, "Take heed, son of Tydeus, and draw
off; think not to match yourself against gods, for men that walk the
earth cannot hold their own with the immortals."
The son of Tydeus then gave way for a little space, to avoid the anger
of the god, while Apollo took Aeneas out of the crowd and set him
in sacred Pergamus, where his M
temple stood. There, within the mighty
sanctuary, Latona and Diana healed him and made him glorious to behold,
while Apollo of the silver bow fashioned a wraith in the likeness
of Aeneas, and armed as he was. Round this the Trojans and Achaeans
hacked at the bucklers about one another's breasts, hewing each other's
round shields and light hide-covered targets. Then Phoebus Apollo
said to Mars, "Mars, Mars, bane of men, blood-stained stormer of cities,
can you not go to this man, the son of Tydeus, who would M
even with father Jove, and draw him out of the battle? He first went
up to the Cyprian and wounded her in the hand near her wrist, and
afterwards sprang upon me too, as though he were a god."
He then took his seat on the top of Pergamus, while murderous Mars
went about among the ranks of the Trojans, cheering them on, in the
likeness of fleet Acamas chief of the Thracians. "Sons of Priam,"
said he, "how long will you let your people be thus slaughtered by
the Achaeans? Would you wait till they aM
re at the walls of Troy? Aeneas
the son of Anchises has fallen, he whom we held in as high honour
as Hector himself. Help me, then, to rescue our brave comrade from
the stress of the fight."
With these words he put heart and soul into them all. Then Sarpedon
rebuked Hector very sternly. "Hector," said he, "where is your prowess
now? You used to say that though you had neither people nor allies
you could hold the town alone with your brothers and brothers-in-law.
I see not one of them here; they cower as M
hounds before a lion; it
is we, your allies, who bear the brunt of the battle. I have come
from afar, even from Lycia and the banks of the river Xanthus, where
I have left my wife, my infant son, and much wealth to tempt whoever
is needy; nevertheless, I head my Lycian soldiers and stand my ground
against any who would fight me though I have nothing here for the
Achaeans to plunder, while you look on, without even bidding your
men stand firm in defence of their wives. See that you fall not into
your foes as men caught in the meshes of a net, and they
sack your fair city forthwith. Keep this before your mind night and
day, and beseech the captains of your allies to hold on without flinching,
and thus put away their reproaches from you."
So spoke Sarpedon, and Hector smarted under his words. He sprang from
his chariot clad in his suit of armour, and went about among the host
brandishing his two spears, exhorting the men to fight and raising
the terrible cry of battle. Then they rallied and again M
Achaeans, but the Argives stood compact and firm, and were not driven
back. As the breezes sport with the chaff upon some goodly threshing-floor,
when men are winnowing- while yellow Ceres blows with the wind to
sift the chaff from the grain, and the chaff- heaps grow whiter and
whiter- even so did the Achaeans whiten in the dust which the horses'
hoofs raised to the firmament of heaven, as their drivers turned them
back to battle, and they bore down with might upon the foe. Fierce
he Trojans, covered them in a veil of darkness, and
went about everywhere among them, inasmuch as Phoebus Apollo had told
him that when he saw Pallas, Minerva leave the fray he was to put
courage into the hearts of the Trojans- for it was she who was helping
the Danaans. Then Apollo sent Aeneas forth from his rich sanctuary,
and filled his heart with valour, whereon he took his place among
his comrades, who were overjoyed at seeing him alive, sound, and of
a good courage; but they could not ask him how it haM
for they were too busy with the turmoil raised by Mars and by Strife,
who raged insatiably in their midst.
The two Ajaxes, Ulysses and Diomed, cheered the Danaans on, fearless
of the fury and onset of the Trojans. They stood as still as clouds
which the son of Saturn has spread upon the mountain tops when there
is no air and fierce Boreas sleeps with the other boisterous winds
whose shrill blasts scatter the clouds in all directions- even so
did the Danaans stand firm and unflinching agaiM
nst the Trojans. The
son of Atreus went about among them and exhorted them. "My friends,"
said he, "quit yourselves like brave men, and shun dishonour in one
another's eyes amid the stress of battle. They that shun dishonour
more often live than get killed, but they that fly save neither life
As he spoke he hurled his spear and hit one of those who were in the
front rank, the comrade of Aeneas, Deicoon son of Pergasus, whom the
Trojans held in no less honour than the sons of Priam, for he was
ever quick to place himself among the foremost. The spear of King
Agamemnon struck his shield and went right through it, for the shield
stayed it not. It drove through his belt into the lower part of his
belly, and his armour rang rattling round him as he fell heavily to
Then Aeneas killed two champions of the Danaans, Crethon and Orsilochus.
Their father was a rich man who lived in the strong city of Phere
and was descended from the river Alpheus, whose broad stream flows
f the Pylians. The river begat Orsilochus, who ruled
over much people and was father to Diocles, who in his turn begat
twin sons, Crethon and Orsilochus, well skilled in all the arts of
war. These, when they grew up, went to Ilius with the Argive fleet
in the cause of Menelaus and Agamemnon sons of Atreus, and there they
both of them fell. As two lions whom their dam has reared in the depths
of some mountain forest to plunder homesteads and carry off sheep
and cattle till they get killed by the hand of man, M
two vanquished by Aeneas, and fell like high pine-trees to the ground.
Brave Menelaus pitied them in their fall, and made his way to the
front, clad in gleaming bronze and brandishing his spear, for Mars
egged him on to do so with intent that he should be killed by Aeneas;
but Antilochus the son of Nestor saw him and sprang forward, fearing
that the king might come to harm and thus bring all their labour to
nothing; when, therefore Aeneas and Menelaus were setting their hands
nst one another eager to do battle, Antilochus placed
himself by the side of Menelaus. Aeneas, bold though he was, drew
back on seeing the two heroes side by side in front of him, so they
drew the bodies of Crethon and Orsilochus to the ranks of the Achaeans
and committed the two poor fellows into the hands of their comrades.
They then turned back and fought in the front ranks.
They killed Pylaemenes peer of Mars, leader of the Paphlagonian warriors.
Menelaus struck him on the collar-bone as he was standiM
while Antilochus hit his charioteer and squire Mydon, the son of Atymnius,
who was turning his horses in flight. He hit him with a stone upon
the elbow, and the reins, enriched with white ivory, fell from his
hands into the dust. Antilochus rushed towards him and struck him
on the temples with his sword, whereon he fell head first from the
chariot to the ground. There he stood for a while with his head and
shoulders buried deep in the dust- for he had fallen on sandy soil
kicked him and laid him flat on the ground, as Antilochus
lashed them and drove them off to the host of the Achaeans.
But Hector marked them from across the ranks, and with a loud cry
rushed towards them, followed by the strong battalions of the Trojans.
Mars and dread Enyo led them on, she fraught with ruthless turmoil
of battle, while Mars wielded a monstrous spear, and went about, now
in front of Hector and now behind him.
Diomed shook with passion as he saw them. As a man crossing a wide
ismayed to find himself on the brink of some great river
rolling swiftly to the sea- he sees its boiling waters and starts
back in fear- even so did the son of Tydeus give ground. Then he said
to his men, "My friends, how can we wonder that Hector wields the
spear so well? Some god is ever by his side to protect him, and now
Mars is with him in the likeness of mortal man. Keep your faces therefore
towards the Trojans, but give ground backwards, for we dare not fight
As he spoke the Trojans drM
ew close up, and Hector killed two men,
both in one chariot, Menesthes and Anchialus, heroes well versed in
war. Ajax son of Telamon pitied them in their fall; he came close
up and hurled his spear, hitting Amphius the son of Selagus, a man
of great wealth who lived in Paesus and owned much corn-growing land,
but his lot had led him to come to the aid of Priam and his sons.
Ajax struck him in the belt; the spear pierced the lower part of his
belly, and he fell heavily to the ground. Then Ajax ran towards himM
to strip him of his armour, but the Trojans rained spears upon him,
many of which fell upon his shield. He planted his heel upon the body
and drew out his spear, but the darts pressed so heavily upon him
that he could not strip the goodly armour from his shoulders. The
Trojan chieftains, moreover, many and valiant, came about him with
their spears, so that he dared not stay; great, brave and valiant
though he was, they drove him from them and he was beaten back.
Thus, then, did the battle rage between thM
em. Presently the strong
hand of fate impelled Tlepolemus, the son of Hercules, a man both
brave and of great stature, to fight Sarpedon; so the two, son and
grandson of great Jove, drew near to one another, and Tlepolemus spoke
first. "Sarpedon," said he, "councillor of the Lycians, why should
you come skulking here you who are a man of peace? They lie who call
you son of aegis-bearing Jove, for you are little like those who were
of old his children. Far other was Hercules, my own brave and lion-hearted
ther, who came here for the horses of Laomedon, and though he had
six ships only, and few men to follow him, sacked the city of Ilius
and made a wilderness of her highways. You are a coward, and your
people are falling from you. For all your strength, and all your coming
from Lycia, you will be no help to the Trojans but will pass the gates
of Hades vanquished by my hand."
And Sarpedon, captain of the Lycians, answered, "Tlepolemus, your
father overthrew Ilius by reason of Laomedon's folly in refusing payM
to one who had served him well. He would not give your father the
horses which he had come so far to fetch. As for yourself, you shall
meet death by my spear. You shall yield glory to myself, and your
soul to Hades of the noble steeds."
Thus spoke Sarpedon, and Tlepolemus upraised his spear. They threw
at the same moment, and Sarpedon struck his foe in the middle of his
throat; the spear went right through, and the darkness of death fell
upon his eyes. Tlepolemus's spear struck Sarpedon on the left M
with such force that it tore through the flesh and grazed the bone,
but his father as yet warded off destruction from him.
His comrades bore Sarpedon out of the fight, in great pain by the
weight of the spear that was dragging from his wound. They were in
such haste and stress as they bore him that no one thought of drawing
the spear from his thigh so as to let him walk uprightly. Meanwhile
the Achaeans carried off the body of Tlepolemus, whereon Ulysses was
moved to pity, and panted for the fray aM
s he beheld them. He doubted
whether to pursue the son of Jove, or to make slaughter of the Lycian
rank and file; it was not decreed, however, that he should slay the
son of Jove; Minerva, therefore, turned him against the main body
of the Lycians. He killed Coeranus, Alastor, Chromius, Alcandrus,
Halius, Noemon, and Prytanis, and would have slain yet more, had not
great Hector marked him, and sped to the front of the fight clad in
his suit of mail, filling the Danaans with terror. Sarpedon was glad
saw him coming, and besought him, saying, "Son of Priam, let
me not he here to fall into the hands of the Danaans. Help me, and
since I may not return home to gladden the hearts of my wife and of
my infant son, let me die within the walls of your city."
Hector made him no answer, but rushed onward to fall at once upon
the Achaeans and. kill many among them. His comrades then bore Sarpedon
away and laid him beneath Jove's spreading oak tree. Pelagon, his
friend and comrade drew the spear out of his thigh, M
but Sarpedon fainted
and a mist came over his eyes. Presently he came to himself again,
for the breath of the north wind as it played upon him gave him new
life, and brought him out of the deep swoon into which he had fallen.
Meanwhile the Argives were neither driven towards their ships by Mars
and Hector, nor yet did they attack them; when they knew that Mars
was with the Trojans they retreated, but kept their faces still turned
towards the foe. Who, then, was first and who last to be slain by
ector? They were valiant Teuthras, and Orestes the renowned
charioteer, Trechus the Aetolian warrior, Oenomaus, Helenus the son
of Oenops, and Oresbius of the gleaming girdle, who was possessed
of great wealth, and dwelt by the Cephisian lake with the other Boeotians
who lived near him, owners of a fertile country.
Now when the goddess Juno saw the Argives thus falling, she said to
Minerva, "Alas, daughter of aegis-bearing Jove, unweariable, the promise
we made Menelaus that he should not return till he hM
city of Ilius will be of none effect if we let Mars rage thus furiously.
Let us go into the fray at once."
Minerva did not gainsay her. Thereon the august goddess, daughter
of great Saturn, began to harness her gold-bedizened steeds. Hebe
with all speed fitted on the eight-spoked wheels of bronze that were
on either side of the iron axle-tree. The felloes of the wheels were
of gold, imperishable, and over these there was a tire of bronze,
wondrous to behold. The naves of the wheels were silM
the axle upon either side. The car itself was made with plaited bands
of gold and silver, and it had a double top-rail running all round
it. From the body of the car there went a pole of silver, on to the
end of which she bound the golden yoke, with the bands of gold that
were to go under the necks of the horses Then Juno put her steeds
under the yoke, eager for battle and the war-cry.
Meanwhile Minerva flung her richly embroidered vesture, made with
her own hands, on to her father's tM
hreshold, and donned the shirt
of Jove, arming herself for battle. She threw her tasselled aegis
about. her shoulders, wreathed round with Rout as with a fringe, and
on it were Strife, and Strength, and Panic whose blood runs cold;
moreover there was the head of the dread monster Gorgon,, grim and
awful to behold, portent of aegis-bearing Jove. On her head she set
her helmet of gold, with four plumes, and coming to a peak both in
front and behind- decked with the emblems of a hundred cities; then
d into her flaming chariot and grasped the spear, so stout
and sturdy and strong, with which she quells the ranks of heroes who
have displeased her. Juno lashed the horses on, and the gates of heaven
bellowed as they flew open of their own accord -gates over which the
flours preside, in whose hands are Heaven and Olympus, either to open
the dense cloud that hides them, or to close it. Through these the
goddesses drove their obedient steeds, and found the son of Saturn
sitting all alone on the topmost ridges M
of Olympus. There Juno stayed
her horses, and spoke to Jove the son of Saturn, lord of all. "Father
Jove," said she, "are you not angry with Mars for these high doings?
how great and goodly a host of the Achaeans he has destroyed to my
great grief, and without either right or reason, while the Cyprian
and Apollo are enjoying it all at their ease and setting this unrighteous
madman on to do further mischief. I hope, Father Jove, that you will
not be angry if I hit Mars hard, and chase him out of the battle."
And Jove answered, "Set Minerva on to him, for she punishes him more
often than any one else does."
Juno did as he had said. She lashed her horses, and they flew forward
nothing loth midway betwixt earth and sky. As far as a man can see
when he looks out upon the sea from some high beacon, so far can the
loud-neighing horses of the gods spring at a single bound. When they
reached Troy and the place where its two flowing streams Simois and
Scamander meet, there Juno stayed them and took them from the chM
She hid them in a thick cloud, and Simois made ambrosia spring up
for them to eat; the two goddesses then went on, flying like turtledoves
in their eagerness to help the Argives. When they came to the part
where the bravest and most in number were gathered about mighty Diomed,
fighting like lions or wild boars of great strength and endurance,
there Juno stood still and raised a shout like that of brazen-voiced
Stentor, whose cry was as loud as that of fifty men together. "Argives,"
on cowardly creatures, brave in semblance only;
as long as Achilles was fighting, fi his spear was so deadly that
the Trojans dared not show themselves outside the Dardanian gates,
but now they sally far from the city and fight even at your ships."
With these words she put heart and soul into them all, while Minerva
sprang to the side of the son of Tydeus, whom she found near his chariot
and horses, cooling the wound that Pandarus had given him. For the
sweat caused by the hand that bore the weight of his M
the hurt: his arm was weary with pain, and he was lifting up the strap
to wipe away the blood. The goddess laid her hand on the yoke of his
horses and said, "The son of Tydeus is not such another as his father.
Tydeus was a little man, but he could fight, and rushed madly into
the fray even when I told him not to do so. When he went all unattended
as envoy to the city of Thebes among the Cadmeans, I bade him feast
in their houses and be at peace; but with that high spirit which was
sent with him, he challenged the youth of the Cadmeans, and
at once beat them in all that he attempted, so mightily did I help
him. I stand by you too to protect you, and I bid you be instant in
fighting the Trojans; but either you are tired out, or you are afraid
and out of heart, and in that case I say that you are no true son
of Tydeus the son of Oeneus."
Diomed answered, "I know you, goddess, daughter of aegis-bearing Jove,
and will hide nothing from you. I am not afraid nor out of heart,
e any slackness in me. I am only following your own instructions;
you told me not to fight any of the blessed gods; but if Jove's daughter
Venus came into battle I was to wound her with my spear. Therefore
I am retreating, and bidding the other Argives gather in this place,
for I know that Mars is now lording it in the field."
"Diomed, son of Tydeus," replied Minerva, "man after my own heart,
fear neither Mars nor any other of the immortals, for I will befriend
you. Nay, drive straight at Mars, and smite M
him in close combat; fear
not this raging madman, villain incarnate, first on one side and then
on the other. But now he was holding talk with Juno and myself, saying
he would help the Argives and attack the Trojans; nevertheless he
is with the Trojans, and has forgotten the Argives."
With this she caught hold of Sthenelus and lifted him off the chariot
on to the ground. In a second he was on the ground, whereupon the
goddess mounted the car and placed herself by the side of Diomed.
The oaken axle groaneM
d aloud under the burden of the awful goddess
and the hero; Pallas Minerva took the whip and reins, and drove straight
at Mars. He was in the act of stripping huge Periphas, son of Ochesius
and bravest of the Aetolians. Bloody Mars was stripping him of his
armour, and Minerva donned the helmet of Hades, that he might not
see her; when, therefore, he saw Diomed, he made straight for him
and let Periphas lie where he had fallen. As soon as they were at
close quarters he let fly with his bronze spear over the rM
yoke, thinking to take Diomed's life, but Minerva caught the spear
in her hand and made it fly harmlessly over the chariot. Diomed then
threw, and Pallas Minerva drove the spear into the pit of Mars's stomach
where his under-girdle went round him. There Diomed wounded him, tearing
his fair flesh and then drawing his spear out again. Mars roared as
loudly as nine or ten thousand men in the thick of a fight, and the
Achaeans and Trojans were struck with panic, so terrible was the cry
s a dark cloud in the sky when it comes on to blow after heat, even
so did Diomed son of Tydeus see Mars ascend into the broad heavens.
With all speed he reached high Olympus, home of the gods, and in great
pain sat down beside Jove the son of Saturn. He showed Jove the immortal
blood that was flowing from his wound, and spoke piteously, saying,
"Father Jove, are you not angered by such doings? We gods are continually
suffering in the most cruel manner at one another's hands while helping
mortals; and we allM
owe you a grudge for having begotten that mad
termagant of a daughter, who is always committing outrage of some
kind. We other gods must all do as you bid us, but her you neither
scold nor punish; you encourage her because the pestilent creature
is your daughter. See how she has been inciting proud Diomed to vent
his rage on the immortal gods. First he went up to the Cyprian and
wounded her in the hand near her wrist, and then he sprang upon me
too as though he were a god. Had I not run for it I must eitherM
lain there for long enough in torments among the ghastly corpes, or
have been eaten alive with spears till I had no more strength left
Jove looked angrily at him and said, "Do not come whining here, Sir
Facing-bothways. I hate you worst of all the gods in Olympus, for
you are ever fighting and making mischief. You have the intolerable
and stubborn spirit of your mother Juno: it is all I can do to manage
her, and it is her doing that you are now in this plight: still, I
cannot let you remaiM
n longer in such great pain; you are my own off-spring,
and it was by me that your mother conceived you; if, however, you
had been the son of any other god, you are so destructive that by
this time you should have been lying lower than the Titans."
He then bade Paeeon heal him, whereon Paeeon spread pain-killing herbs
upon his wound and cured him, for he was not of mortal mould. As the
juice of the fig-tree curdles milk, and thickens it in a moment though
it is liquid, even so instantly did Paeeon cure fieM
Hebe washed him, and clothed him in goodly raiment, and he took his
seat by his father Jove all glorious to behold.
But Juno of Argos and Minerva of Alalcomene, now that they had put
a stop to the murderous doings of Mars, went back again to the house
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The fight between Trojans and Achaeans was now left to rage as it
would, and the tide of war surged hither and thither over the plain
ed their bronze-shod spears at one another between the
streams of Simois and Xanthus.
First, Ajax son of Telamon, tower of strength to the Achaeans, broke
a phalanx of the Trojans, and came to the assistance of his comrades
by killing Acamas son of Eussorus, the best man among the Thracians,
being both brave and of great stature. The spear struck the projecting
peak of his helmet: its bronze point then went through his forehead
into the brain, and darkness veiled his eyes.
Then Diomed killed Axylus soM
n of Teuthranus, a rich man who lived
in the strong city of Arisbe, and was beloved by all men; for he had
a house by the roadside, and entertained every one who passed; howbeit
not one of his guests stood before him to save his life, and Diomed
killed both him and his squire Calesius, who was then his charioteer-
so the pair passed beneath the earth.
Euryalus killed Dresus and Opheltius, and then went in pursuit of
Aesepus and Pedasus, whom the naiad nymph Abarbarea had borne to noble
was eldest son to Laomedon, but he was a bastard.
While tending his sheep he had converse with the nymph, and she conceived
twin sons; these the son of Mecisteus now slew, and he stripped the
armour from their shoulders. Polypoetes then killed Astyalus, Ulysses
Pidytes of Percote, and Teucer Aretaon. Ablerus fell by the spear
of Nestor's son Antilochus, and Agamemnon, king of men, killed Elatus
who dwelt in Pedasus by the banks of the river Satnioeis. Leitus killed
Phylacus as he was flying, and Eurypylus sM
Then Menelaus of the loud war-cry took Adrestus alive, for his horses
ran into a tamarisk bush, as they were flying wildly over the plain,
and broke the pole from the car; they went on towards the city along
with the others in full flight, but Adrestus rolled out, and fell
in the dust flat on his face by the wheel of his chariot; Menelaus
came up to him spear in hand, but Adrestus caught him by the knees
begging for his life. "Take me alive," he cried, "son of Atreus, and
ull ransom for me: my father is rich and has much
treasure of gold, bronze, and wrought iron laid by in his house. From
this store he will give you a large ransom should he hear of my being
alive and at the ships of the Achaeans."
Thus did he plead, and Menelaus was for yielding and giving him to
a squire to take to the ships of the Achaeans, but Agamemnon came
running up to him and rebuked him. "My good Menelaus," said he, "this
is no time for giving quarter. Has, then, your house fared so well
ands of the Trojans? Let us not spare a single one of them-
not even the child unborn and in its mother's womb; let not a man
of them be left alive, but let all in Ilius perish, unheeded and forgotten."
Thus did he speak, and his brother was persuaded by him, for his words
were just. Menelaus, therefore, thrust Adrestus from him, whereon
King Agamemnon struck him in the flank, and he fell: then the son
of Atreus planted his foot upon his breast to draw his spear from
Meanwhile Nestor shouted M
to the Argives, saying, "My friends, Danaan
warriors, servants of Mars, let no man lag that he may spoil the dead,
and bring back much booty to the ships. Let us kill as many as we
can; the bodies will lie upon the plain, and you can despoil them
later at your leisure."
With these words he put heart and soul into them all. And now the
Trojans would have been routed and driven back into Ilius, had not
Priam's son Helenus, wisest of augurs, said to Hector and Aeneas,
"Hector and Aeneas, you two are the maiM
nstays of the Trojans and Lycians,
for you are foremost at all times, alike in fight and counsel; hold
your ground here, and go about among the host to rally them in front
of the gates, or they will fling themselves into the arms of their
wives, to the great joy of our foes. Then, when you have put heart
into all our companies, we will stand firm here and fight the Danaans
however hard they press us, for there is nothing else to be done.
Meanwhile do you, Hector, go to the city and tell our mother what
appening. Tell her to bid the matrons gather at the temple of
Minerva in the acropolis; let her then take her key and open the doors
of the sacred building; there, upon the knees of Minerva, let her
lay the largest, fairest robe she has in her house- the one she sets
most store by; let her, moreover, promise to sacrifice twelve yearling
heifers that have never yet felt the goad, in the temple of the goddess,
if she will take pity on the town, with the wives and little ones
of the Trojans, and keep the son ofM
Tydeus from falling on the goodly
city of Ilius; for he fights with fury and fills men's souls with
panic. I hold him mightiest of them all; we did not fear even their
great champion Achilles, son of a goddess though he be, as we do this
man: his rage is beyond all bounds, and there is none can vie with
Hector did as his brother bade him. He sprang from his chariot, and
went about everywhere among the host, brandishing his spears, urging
the men on to fight, and raising the dread cry of M
they rallied and again faced the Achaeans, who gave ground and ceased
their murderous onset, for they deemed that some one of the immortals
had come down from starry heaven to help the Trojans, so strangely
had they rallied. And Hector shouted to the Trojans, "Trojans and
allies, be men, my friends, and fight with might and main, while I
go to Ilius and tell the old men of our council and our wives to pray
to the gods and vow hecatombs in their honour."
With this he went his way, and the M
black rim of hide that went round
his shield beat against his neck and his ancles.
Then Glaucus son of Hippolochus, and the son of Tydeus went into the
open space between the hosts to fight in single combat. When they
were close up to one another Diomed of the loud war-cry was the first
to speak. "Who, my good sir," said he, "who are you among men? I have
never seen you in battle until now, but you are daring beyond all
others if you abide my onset. Woe to those fathers whose sons face
ver, you are one of the immortals and have come
down from heaven, I will not fight you; for even valiant Lycurgus,
son of Dryas, did not live long when he took to fighting with the
gods. He it was that drove the nursing women who were in charge of
frenzied Bacchus through the land of Nysa, and they flung their thyrsi
on the ground as murderous Lycurgus beat them with his oxgoad. Bacchus
himself plunged terror-stricken into the sea, and Thetis took him
to her bosom to comfort him, for he was scared by the furM
the man reviled him. Thereon the gods who live at ease were angry
with Lycurgus and the son of Saturn struck him blind, nor did he live
much longer after he had become hateful to the immortals. Therefore
I will not fight with the blessed gods; but if you are of them that
eat the fruit of the ground, draw near and meet your doom."
And the son of Hippolochus answered, son of Tydeus, why ask me of
my lineage? Men come and go as leaves year by year upon the trees.
Those of autumn the wind sheds uM
pon the ground, but when spring returns
the forest buds forth with fresh vines. Even so is it with the generations
of mankind, the new spring up as the old are passing away. If, then,
you would learn my descent, it is one that is well known to many.
There is a city in the heart of Argos, pasture land of horses, called
Ephyra, where Sisyphus lived, who was the craftiest of all mankind.
He was the son of Aeolus, and had a son named Glaucus, who was father
to Bellerophon, whom heaven endowed with the most surpaM
and beauty. But Proetus devised his ruin, and being stronger than
he, drove him from the land of the Argives, over which Jove had made
him ruler. For Antea, wife of Proetus, lusted after him, and would
have had him lie with her in secret; but Bellerophon was an honourable
man and would not, so she told lies about him to Proteus. 'Proetus,'
said she, 'kill Bellerophon or die, for he would have had converse
with me against my will.' The king was angered, but shrank from killing
o he sent him to Lycia with lying letters of introduction,
written on a folded tablet, and containing much ill against the bearer.
He bade Bellerophon show these letters to his father-in-law, to the
end that he might thus perish; Bellerophon therefore went to Lycia,
and the gods convoyed him safely.
"When he reached the river Xanthus, which is in Lycia, the king received
him with all goodwill, feasted him nine days, and killed nine heifers
in his honour, but when rosy-fingered morning appeared upon the teM
day, he questioned him and desired to see the letter from his son-in-law
Proetus. When he had received the wicked letter he first commanded
Bellerophon to kill that savage monster, the Chimaera, who was not
a human being, but a goddess, for she had the head of a lion and the
tail of a serpent, while her body was that of a goat, and she breathed
forth flames of fire; but Bellerophon slew her, for he was guided
by signs from heaven. He next fought the far-famed Solymi, and this,
he said, was the hardest oM
f all his battles. Thirdly, he killed the
Amazons, women who were the peers of men, and as he was returning
thence the king devised yet another plan for his destruction; he picked
the bravest warriors in all Lycia, and placed them in ambuscade, but
not a man ever came back, for Bellerophon killed every one of them.
Then the king knew that he must be the valiant offspring of a god,
so he kept him in Lycia, gave him his daughter in marriage, and made
him of equal honour in the kingdom with himself; and the LycM
him a piece of land, the best in all the country, fair with vineyards
and tilled fields, to have and to hold.
"The king's daughter bore Bellerophon three children, Isander, Hippolochus,
and Laodameia. Jove, the lord of counsel, lay with Laodameia, and
she bore him noble Sarpedon; but when Bellerophon came to be hated
by all the gods, he wandered all desolate and dismayed upon the Alean
plain, gnawing at his own heart, and shunning the path of man. Mars,
insatiate of battle, killed his son IsandM
er while he was fighting
the Solymi; his daughter was killed by Diana of the golden reins,
for she was angered with her; but Hippolochus was father to myself,
and when he sent me to Troy he urged me again and again to fight ever
among the foremost and outvie my peers, so as not to shame the blood
of my fathers who were the noblest in Ephyra and in all Lycia. This,
then, is the descent I claim."
Thus did he speak, and the heart of Diomed was glad. He planted his
spear in the ground, and spoke to him with M
friendly words. "Then,"
he said, you are an old friend of my father's house. Great Oeneus
once entertained Bellerophon for twenty days, and the two exchanged
presents. Oeneus gave a belt rich with purple, and Bellerophon a double
cup, which I left at home when I set out for Troy. I do not remember
Tydeus, for he was taken from us while I was yet a child, when the
army of the Achaeans was cut to pieces before Thebes. Henceforth,
however, I must be your host in middle Argos, and you mine in Lycia,
ever go there; let us avoid one another's spears even
during a general engagement; there are many noble Trojans and allies
whom I can kill, if I overtake them and heaven delivers them into
my hand; so again with yourself, there are many Achaeans whose lives
you may take if you can; we two, then, will exchange armour, that
all present may know of the old ties that subsist between us."
With these words they sprang from their chariots, grasped one another's
hands, and plighted friendship. But the son of SatuM
take leave of his wits, for he exchanged golden armour for bronze,
the worth of a hundred head of cattle for the worth of nine.
Now when Hector reached the Scaean gates and the oak tree, the wives
and daughters of the Trojans came running towards him to ask after
their sons, brothers, kinsmen, and husbands: he told them to set about
praying to the gods, and many were made sorrowful as they heard him.
Presently he reached the splendid palace of King Priam, adorned with
colonnades of hewn M
stone. In it there were fifty bedchambers- all
of hewn stone- built near one another, where the sons of Priam slept,
each with his wedded wife. Opposite these, on the other side the courtyard,
there were twelve upper rooms also of hewn stone for Priam's daughters,
built near one another, where his sons-in-law slept with their wives.
When Hector got there, his fond mother came up to him with Laodice
the fairest of her daughters. She took his hand within her own and
said, "My son, why have you left the battle M
to come hither? Are the
Achaeans, woe betide them, pressing you hard about the city that you
have thought fit to come and uplift your hands to Jove from the citadel?
Wait till I can bring you wine that you may make offering to Jove
and to the other immortals, and may then drink and be refreshed. Wine
gives a man fresh strength when he is wearied, as you now are with
fighting on behalf of your kinsmen."
And Hector answered, "Honoured mother, bring no wine, lest you unman
me and I forget my strength. I darM
e not make a drink-offering to Jove
with unwashed hands; one who is bespattered with blood and filth may
not pray to the son of Saturn. Get the matrons together, and go with
offerings to the temple of Minerva driver of the spoil; there, upon
the knees of Minerva, lay the largest and fairest robe you have in
your house- the one you set most store by; promise, moreover, to sacrifice
twelve yearling heifers that have never yet felt the goad, in the
temple of the goddess if she will take pity on the town, with tM
wives and little ones of the Trojans, and keep the son of Tydeus from
off the goodly city of Ilius, for he fights with fury, and fills men's
souls with panic. Go, then, to the temple of Minerva, while I seek
Paris and exhort him, if he will hear my words. Would that the earth
might open her jaws and swallow him, for Jove bred him to be the bane
of the Trojans, and of Priam and Priam's sons. Could I but see him
go down into the house of Hades, my heart would forget its heaviness."
His mother went into tM
he house and called her waiting-women who gathered
the matrons throughout the city. She then went down into her fragrant
store-room, where her embroidered robes were kept, the work of Sidonian
women, whom Alexandrus had brought over from Sidon when he sailed
the seas upon that voyage during which he carried off Helen. Hecuba
took out the largest robe, and the one that was most beautifully enriched
with embroidery, as an offering to Minerva: it glittered like a star,
and lay at the very bottom of the chest. WM
ith this she went on her
way and many matrons with her.
When they reached the temple of Minerva, lovely Theano, daughter of
Cisseus and wife of Antenor, opened the doors, for the Trojans had
made her priestess of Minerva. The women lifted up their hands to
the goddess with a loud cry, and Theano took the robe to lay it upon
the knees of Minerva, praying the while to the daughter of great Jove.
"Holy Minerva," she cried, "protectress of our city, mighty goddess,
break the spear of Diomed and lay him low bM
efore the Scaean gates.
Do this, and we will sacrifice twelve heifers that have never yet
known the goad, in your temple, if you will have pity upon the town,
with the wives and little ones If the Trojans." Thus she prayed, but
Pallas Minerva granted not her prayer.
While they were thus praying to the daughter of great Jove, Hector
went to the fair house of Alexandrus, which he had built for him by
the foremost builders in the land. They had built him his house, storehouse,
and courtyard near those of PrM
iam and Hector on the acropolis. Here
Hector entered, with a spear eleven cubits long in his hand; the bronze
point gleamed in front of him, and was fastened to the shaft of the
spear by a ring of gold. He found Alexandrus within the house, busied
about his armour, his shield and cuirass, and handling his curved
bow; there, too, sat Argive Helen with her women, setting them their
several tasks; and as Hector saw him he rebuked him with words of
scorn. "Sir," said he, "you do ill to nurse this rancour; the peM
perish fighting round this our town; you would yourself chide one
whom you saw shirking his part in the combat. Up then, or ere long
the city will be in a blaze."
And Alexandrus answered, "Hector, your rebuke is just; listen therefore,
and believe me when I tell you that I am not here so much through
rancour or ill-will towards the Trojans, as from a desire to indulge
my grief. My wife was even now gently urging me to battle, and I hold
it better that I should go, for victory is ever fickle. Wait, tM
while I put on my armour, or go first and I will follow. I shall be
sure to overtake you."
Hector made no answer, but Helen tried to soothe him. "Brother," said
she, "to my abhorred and sinful self, would that a whirlwind had caught
me up on the day my mother brought me forth, and had borne me to some
mountain or to the waves of the roaring sea that should have swept
me away ere this mischief had come about. But, since the gods have
devised these evils, would, at any rate, that I had been wife to a
better man- to one who could smart under dishonour and men's evil
speeches. This fellow was never yet to be depended upon, nor never
will be, and he will surely reap what he has sown. Still, brother,
come in and rest upon this seat, for it is you who bear the brunt
of that toil that has been caused by my hateful self and by the sin
of Alexandrus- both of whom Jove has doomed to be a theme of song
among those that shall be born hereafter."
And Hector answered, "Bid me not be seated, Helen, for all the gooM
you bear me. I cannot stay. I am in haste to help the Trojans, who
miss me greatly when I am not among them; but urge your husband, and
of his own self also let him make haste to overtake me before I am
out of the city. I must go home to see my household, my wife and my
little son, for I know not whether I shall ever again return to them,
or whether the gods will cause me to fill by the hands of the Achaeans."
Then Hector left her, and forthwith was at his own house. He did not
find Andromache, for M
she was on the wall with her child and one of
her maids, weeping bitterly. Seeing, then, that she was not within,
he stood on the threshold of the women's rooms and said, "Women, tell
me, and tell me true, where did Andromache go when she left the house?
Was it to my sisters, or to my brothers' wives? or is she at the temple
of Minerva where the other women are propitiating the awful goddess?"
His good housekeeper answered, "Hector, since you bid me tell you
truly, she did not go to your sisters nor to youM
nor yet to the temple of Minerva, where the other women are propitiating
the awful goddess, but she is on the high wall of Ilius, for she had
heard the Trojans were being hard pressed, and that the Achaeans were
in great force: she went to the wall in frenzied haste, and the nurse
went with her carrying the child."
Hector hurried from the house when she had done speaking, and went
down the streets by the same way that he had come. When he had gone
through the city and had reached the SM
caean gates through which he
would go out on to the plain, his wife came running towards him, Andromache,
daughter of great Eetion who ruled in Thebe under the wooded slopes
of Mt. Placus, and was king of the Cilicians. His daughter had married
Hector, and now came to meet him with a nurse who carried his little
child in her bosom- a mere babe. Hector's darling son, and lovely
as a star. Hector had named him Scamandrius, but the people called
him Astyanax, for his father stood alone as chief guardian of IliuM
Hector smiled as he looked upon the boy, but he did not speak, and
Andromache stood by him weeping and taking his hand in her own. "Dear
husband," said she, "your valour will bring you to destruction; think
on your infant son, and on my hapless self who ere long shall be your
widow- for the Achaeans will set upon you in a body and kill you.
It would be better for me, should I lose you, to lie dead and buried,
for I shall have nothing left to comfort me when you are gone, save
only sorrow. I have neither M
father nor mother now. Achilles slew my
father when he sacked Thebe the goodly city of the Cilicians. He slew
him, but did not for very shame despoil him; when he had burned him
in his wondrous armour, he raised a barrow over his ashes and the
mountain nymphs, daughters of aegis-bearing Jove, planted a grove
of elms about his tomb. I had seven brothers in my father's house,
but on the same day they all went within the house of Hades. Achilles
killed them as they were with their sheep and cattle. My mother- hM
who had been queen of all the land under Mt. Placus- he brought hither
with the spoil, and freed her for a great sum, but the archer- queen
Diana took her in the house of your father. Nay- Hector- you who to
me are father, mother, brother, and dear husband- have mercy upon
me; stay here upon this wall; make not your child fatherless, and
your wife a widow; as for the host, place them near the fig-tree,
where the city can be best scaled, and the wall is weakest. Thrice
have the bravest of them come thitheM
r and assailed it, under the two
Ajaxes, Idomeneus, the sons of Atreus, and the brave son of Tydeus,
either of their own bidding, or because some soothsayer had told them."
And Hector answered, "Wife, I too have thought upon all this, but
with what face should I look upon the Trojans, men or women, if I
shirked battle like a coward? I cannot do so: I know nothing save
to fight bravely in the forefront of the Trojan host and win renown
alike for my father and myself. Well do I know that the day will surely
come when mighty Ilius shall be destroyed with Priam and Priam's people,
but I grieve for none of these- not even for Hecuba, nor King Priam,
nor for my brothers many and brave who may fall in the dust before
their foes- for none of these do I grieve as for yourself when the
day shall come on which some one of the Achaeans shall rob you for
ever of your freedom, and bear you weeping away. It may be that you
will have to ply the loom in Argos at the bidding of a mistress, or
to fetch water from the springs MM
esseis or Hypereia, treated brutally
by some cruel task-master; then will one say who sees you weeping,
'She was wife to Hector, the bravest warrior among the Trojans during
the war before Ilius.' On this your tears will break forth anew for
him who would have put away the day of captivity from you. May I lie
dead under the barrow that is heaped over my body ere I hear your
cry as they carry you into bondage."
He stretched his arms towards his child, but the boy cried and nestled
in his nurse's bosom, scM
ared at the sight of his father's armour,
and at the horse-hair plume that nodded fiercely from his helmet.
His father and mother laughed to see him, but Hector took the helmet
from his head and laid it all gleaming upon the ground. Then he took
his darling child, kissed him, and dandled him in his arms, praying
over him the while to Jove and to all the gods. "Jove," he cried,
"grant that this my child may be even as myself, chief among the Trojans;
let him be not less excellent in strength, and let him ruleM
with his might. Then may one say of him as he comes from battle, 'The
son is far better than the father.' May he bring back the blood-stained
spoils of him whom he has laid low, and let his mother's heart be
With this he laid the child again in the arms of his wife, who took
him to her own soft bosom, smiling through her tears. As her husband
watched her his heart yearned towards her and he caressed her fondly,
saying, "My own wife, do not take these things too bitterly to heart.
an hurry me down to Hades before my time, but if a man's hour
is come, be he brave or be he coward, there is no escape for him when
he has once been born. Go, then, within the house, and busy yourself
with your daily duties, your loom, your distaff, and the ordering
of your servants; for war is man's matter, and mine above all others
of them that have been born in Ilius."
He took his plumed helmet from the ground, and his wife went back
again to her house, weeping bitterly and often looking back towards
him. When she reached her home she found her maidens within, and bade
them all join in her lament; so they mourned Hector in his own house
though he was yet alive, for they deemed that they should never see
him return safe from battle, and from the furious hands of the Achaeans.
Paris did not remain long in his house. He donned his goodly armour
overlaid with bronze, and hasted through the city as fast as his feet
could take him. As a horse, stabled and fed, breaks loose and gallops
gloriously over the plaM
in to the place where he is wont to bathe in
the fair-flowing river- he holds his head high, and his mane streams
upon his shoulders as he exults in his strength and flies like the
wind to the haunts and feeding ground of the mares- even so went forth
Paris from high Pergamus, gleaming like sunlight in his armour, and
he laughed aloud as he sped swiftly on his way. Forthwith he came
upon his brother Hector, who was then turning away from the place
where he had held converse with his wife, and he was himself M
to speak. "Sir," said he, "I fear that I have kept you waiting when
you are in haste, and have not come as quickly as you bade me."
"My good brother," answered Hector, you fight bravely, and no man
with any justice can make light of your doings in battle. But you
are careless and wilfully remiss. It grieves me to the heart to hear
the ill that the Trojans speak about you, for they have suffered much
on your account. Let us be going, and we will make things right hereafter,
should Jove vouchsafe M
us to set the cup of our deliverance before
ever-living gods of heaven in our own homes, when we have chased the
Achaeans from Troy."
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With these words Hector passed through the gates, and his brother
Alexandrus with him, both eager for the fray. As when heaven sends
a breeze to sailors who have long looked for one in vain, and have
laboured at their oars till they are faint with toil, even so welcome
was the sight of theM
se two heroes to the Trojans.
Thereon Alexandrus killed Menesthius the son of Areithous; he lived
in Ame, and was son of Areithous the Mace-man, and of Phylomedusa.
Hector threw a spear at Eioneus and struck him dead with a wound in
the neck under the bronze rim of his helmet. Glaucus, moreover, son
of Hippolochus, captain of the Lycians, in hard hand-to-hand fight
smote Iphinous son of Dexius on the shoulder, as he was springing
on to his chariot behind his fleet mares; so he fell to earth from
and there was no life left in him.
When, therefore, Minerva saw these men making havoc of the Argives,
she darted down to Ilius from the summits of Olympus, and Apollo,
who was looking on from Pergamus, went out to meet her; for he wanted
the Trojans to be victorious. The pair met by the oak tree, and King
Apollo son of Jove was first to speak. "What would you have said he,
"daughter of great Jove, that your proud spirit has sent you hither
from Olympus? Have you no pity upon the Trojans, and would you iM
the scales of victory in favour of the Danaans? Let me persuade you-
for it will be better thus- stay the combat for to-day, but let them
renew the fight hereafter till they compass the doom of Ilius, since
you goddesses have made up your minds to destroy the city."
And Minerva answered, "So be it, Far-Darter; it was in this mind that
I came down from Olympus to the Trojans and Achaeans. Tell me, then,
how do you propose to end this present fighting?"
Apollo, son of Jove, replied, "Let us inciteM
great Hector to challenge
some one of the Danaans in single combat; on this the Achaeans will
be shamed into finding a man who will fight him."
Minerva assented, and Helenus son of Priam divined the counsel of
the gods; he therefore went up to Hector and said, "Hector son of
Priam, peer of gods in counsel, I am your brother, let me then persuade
you. Bid the other Trojans and Achaeans all of them take their seats,
and challenge the best man among the Achaeans to meet you in single
combat. I have heard tM
he voice of the ever-living gods, and the hour
of your doom is not yet come."
Hector was glad when he heard this saying, and went in among the Trojans,
grasping his spear by the middle to hold them back, and they all sat
down. Agamemnon also bade the Achaeans be seated. But Minerva and
Apollo, in the likeness of vultures, perched on father Jove's high
oak tree, proud of their men; and the ranks sat close ranged together,
bristling with shield and helmet and spear. As when the rising west
ce of the sea and the waters grow dark beneath it,
so sat the companies of Trojans and Achaeans upon the plain. And Hector
"Hear me, Trojans and Achaeans, that I may speak even as I am minded;
Jove on his high throne has brought our oaths and covenants to nothing,
and foreshadows ill for both of us, till you either take the towers
of Troy, or are yourselves vanquished at your ships. The princes of
the Achaeans are here present in the midst of you; let him, then,
that will fight me stand forwM
ard as your champion against Hector.
Thus I say, and may Jove be witness between us. If your champion slay
me, let him strip me of my armour and take it to your ships, but let
him send my body home that the Trojans and their wives may give me
my dues of fire when I am dead. In like manner, if Apollo vouchsafe
me glory and I slay your champion, I will strip him of his armour
and take it to the city of Ilius, where I will hang it in the temple
of Apollo, but I will give up his body, that the Achaeans may bury
him at their ships, and the build him a mound by the wide waters of
the Hellespont. Then will one say hereafter as he sails his ship over
the sea, 'This is the monument of one who died long since a champion
who was slain by mighty Hector.' Thus will one say, and my fame shall
Thus did he speak, but they all held their peace, ashamed to decline
the challenge, yet fearing to accept it, till at last Menelaus rose
and rebuked them, for he was angry. "Alas," he cried, "vain braggarts,
sooth not men, double-dyed indeed will be the stain upon
us if no man of the Danaans will now face Hector. May you be turned
every man of you into earth and water as you sit spiritless and inglorious
in your places. I will myself go out against this man, but the upshot
of the fight will be from on high in the hands of the immortal gods."
With these words he put on his armour; and then, O Menelaus, your
life would have come to an end at the hands of hands of Hector, for
he was far better the man, had not thM
e princes of the Achaeans sprung
upon you and checked you. King Agamemnon caught him by the right hand
and said, "Menelaus, you are mad; a truce to this folly. Be patient
in spite of passion, do not think of fighting a man so much stronger
than yourself as Hector son of Priam, who is feared by many another
as well as you. Even Achilles, who is far more doughty than you are,
shrank from meeting him in battle. Sit down your own people, and the
Achaeans will send some other champion to fight Hector; fearless anM
fond of battle though he be, I ween his knees will bend gladly under
him if he comes out alive from the hurly-burly of this fight."
With these words of reasonable counsel he persuaded his brother, whereon
his squires gladly stripped the armour from off his shoulders. Then
Nestor rose and spoke, "Of a truth," said he, "the Achaean land is
fallen upon evil times. The old knight Peleus, counsellor and orator
among the Myrmidons, loved when I was in his house to question me
concerning the race and lineage oM
f all the Argives. How would it not
grieve him could he hear of them as now quailing before Hector? Many
a time would he lift his hands in prayer that his soul might leave
his body and go down within the house of Hades. Would, by father Jove,
Minerva, and Apollo, that I were still young and strong as when the
Pylians and Arcadians were gathered in fight by the rapid river Celadon
under the walls of Pheia, and round about the waters of the river
Iardanus. The godlike hero Ereuthalion stood forward as their chM
with the armour of King Areithous upon his shoulders- Areithous whom
men and women had surnamed 'the Mace-man,' because he fought neither
with bow nor spear, but broke the battalions of the foe with his iron
mace. Lycurgus killed him, not in fair fight, but by entrapping him
in a narrow way where his mace served him in no stead; for Lycurgus
was too quick for him and speared him through the middle, so he fell
to earth on his back. Lycurgus then spoiled him of the armour which
Mars had given him, andM
bore it in battle thenceforward; but when
he grew old and stayed at home, he gave it to his faithful squire
Ereuthalion, who in this same armour challenged the foremost men among
us. The others quaked and quailed, but my high spirit bade me fight
him though none other would venture; I was the youngest man of them
all; but when I fought him Minerva vouchsafed me victory. He was the
biggest and strongest man that ever I killed, and covered much ground
as he lay sprawling upon the earth. Would that I were stilM
and strong as I then was, for the son of Priam would then soon find
one who would face him. But you, foremost among the whole host though
you be, have none of you any stomach for fighting Hector."
Thus did the old man rebuke them, and forthwith nine men started to
their feet. Foremost of all uprose King Agamemnon, and after him brave
Diomed the son of Tydeus. Next were the two Ajaxes, men clothed in
valour as with a garment, and then Idomeneus, and Meriones his brother
in arms. After these EurypylM
us son of Euaemon, Thoas the son of Andraemon,
and Ulysses also rose. Then Nestor knight of Gerene again spoke, saying:
"Cast lots among you to see who shall be chosen. If he come alive
out of this fight he will have done good service alike to his own
soul and to the Achaeans."
Thus he spoke, and when each of them had marked his lot, and had thrown
it into the helmet of Agamemnon son of Atreus, the people lifted their
hands in prayer, and thus would one of them say as he looked into
the vault of heaven, M
"Father Jove, grant that the lot fall on Ajax,
or on the son of Tydeus, or upon the king of rich Mycene himself."
As they were speaking, Nestor knight of Gerene shook the helmet, and
from it there fell the very lot which they wanted- the lot of Ajax.
The herald bore it about and showed it to all the chieftains of the
Achaeans, going from left to right; but they none of of them owned
it. When, however, in due course he reached the man who had written
upon it and had put it into the helmet, brave Ajax held oM
and the herald gave him the lot. When Ajax saw him mark he knew it
and was glad; he threw it to the ground and said, "My friends, the
lot is mine, and I rejoice, for I shall vanquish Hector. I will put
on my armour; meanwhile, pray to King Jove in silence among yourselves
that the Trojans may not hear you- or aloud if you will, for we fear
no man. None shall overcome me, neither by force nor cunning, for
I was born and bred in Salamis, and can hold my own in all things."
With this they fell pM
raying to King Jove the son of Saturn, and thus
would one of them say as he looked into the vault of heaven, "Father
Jove that rulest from Ida, most glorious in power, vouchsafe victory
to Ajax, and let him win great glory: but if you wish well to Hector
also and would protect him, grant to each of them equal fame and prowess.
Thus they prayed, and Ajax armed himself in his suit of gleaming bronze.
When he was in full array he sprang forward as monstrous Mars when
he takes part among men whom Jove has set M
fighting with one another-
even so did huge Ajax, bulwark of the Achaeans, spring forward with
a grim smile on his face as he brandished his long spear and strode
onward. The Argives were elated as they beheld him, but the Trojans
trembled in every limb, and the heart even of Hector beat quickly,
but he could not now retreat and withdraw into the ranks behind him,
for he had been the challenger. Ajax came up bearing his shield in
front of him like a wall- a shield of bronze with seven folds of oxhide-
ork of Tychius, who lived in Hyle and was by far the best worker
in leather. He had made it with the hides of seven full-fed bulls,
and over these he had set an eighth layer of bronze. Holding this
shield before him, Ajax son of Telamon came close up to Hector, and
menaced him saying, "Hector, you shall now learn, man to man, what
kind of champions the Danaans have among them even besides lion-hearted
Achilles cleaver of the ranks of men. He now abides at the ships in
anger with Agamemnon shepherd of his peoM
ple, but there are many of
us who are well able to face you; therefore begin the fight."
And Hector answered, "Noble Ajax, son of Telamon, captain of the host,
treat me not as though I were some puny boy or woman that cannot fight.
I have been long used to the blood and butcheries of battle. I am
quick to turn my leathern shield either to right or left, for this
I deem the main thing in battle. I can charge among the chariots and
horsemen, and in hand to hand fighting can delight the heart of Mars;
t I would not take such a man as you are off his guard- but
I will smite you openly if I can."
He poised his spear as he spoke, and hurled it from him. It struck
the sevenfold shield in its outermost layer- the eighth, which was
of bronze- and went through six of the layers but in the seventh hide
it stayed. Then Ajax threw in his turn, and struck the round shield
of the son of Priam. The terrible spear went through his gleaming
shield, and pressed onward through his cuirass of cunning workmanship;
erced the shirt against his side, but he swerved and thus saved
his life. They then each of them drew out the spear from his shield,
and fell on one another like savage lions or wild boars of great strength
and endurance: the son of Priam struck the middle of Ajax's shield,
but the bronze did not break, and the point of his dart was turned.
Ajax then sprang forward and pierced the shield of Hector; the spear
went through it and staggered him as he was springing forward to attack;
it gashed his neck and the bM
lood came pouring from the wound, but
even so Hector did not cease fighting; he gave ground, and with his
brawny hand seized a stone, rugged and huge, that was lying upon the
plain; with this he struck the shield of Ajax on the boss that was
in its middle, so that the bronze rang again. But Ajax in turn caught
up a far larger stone, swung it aloft, and hurled it with prodigious
force. This millstone of a rock broke Hector's shield inwards and
threw him down on his back with the shield crushing him under it,
but Apollo raised him at once. Thereon they would have hacked at one
another in close combat with their swords, had not heralds, messengers
of gods and men, come forward, one from the Trojans and the other
from the Achaeans- Talthybius and Idaeus both of them honourable men;
these parted them with their staves, and the good herald Idaeus said,
"My sons, fight no longer, you are both of you valiant, and both are
dear to Jove; we know this; but night is now falling, and the behests
of night may not be well gaM
Ajax son of Telamon answered, "Idaeus, bid Hector say so, for it was
he that challenged our princes. Let him speak first and I will accept
Then Hector said, "Ajax, heaven has vouchsafed you stature and strength,
and judgement; and in wielding the spear you excel all others of the
Achaeans. Let us for this day cease fighting; hereafter we will fight
anew till heaven decide between us, and give victory to one or to
the other; night is now falling, and the behests of night may not
be well gainsaid. Gladden, then, the hearts of the Achaeans at your
ships, and more especially those of your own followers and clansmen,
while I, in the great city of King Priam, bring comfort to the Trojans
and their women, who vie with one another in their prayers on my behalf.
Let us, moreover, exchange presents that it may be said among the
Achaeans and Trojans, 'They fought with might and main, but were reconciled
and parted in friendship.'
On this he gave Ajax a silver-studded sword with its sheath M
baldric, and in return Ajax gave him a girdle dyed with purple. Thus
they parted, the one going to the host of the Achaeans, and the other
to that of the Trojans, who rejoiced when they saw their hero come
to them safe and unharmed from the strong hands of mighty Ajax. They
led him, therefore, to the city as one that had been saved beyond
their hopes. On the other side the Achaeans brought Ajax elated with
victory to Agamemnon.
When they reached the quarters of the son of Atreus, Agamemnon sM
for them a five-year-old bull in honour of Jove the son of Saturn.
They flayed the carcass, made it ready, and divided it into joints;
these they cut carefully up into smaller pieces, putting them on the
spits, roasting them sufficiently, and then drawing them off. When
they had done all this and had prepared the feast, they ate it, and
every man had his full and equal share, so that all were satisfied,
and King Agamemnon gave Ajax some slices cut lengthways down the loin,
as a mark of special honM
our. As soon as they had had enough to cat
and drink, old Nestor whose counsel was ever truest began to speak;
with all sincerity and goodwill, therefore, he addressed them thus:-
"Son of Atreus, and other chieftains, inasmuch as many of the Achaeans
are now dead, whose blood Mars has shed by the banks of the Scamander,
and their souls have gone down to the house of Hades, it will be well
when morning comes that we should cease fighting; we will then wheel
our dead together with oxen and mules and burn theM
ships, that when we sail hence we may take the bones of our comrades
home to their children. Hard by the funeral pyre we will build a barrow
that shall be raised from the plain for all in common; near this let
us set about building a high wall, to shelter ourselves and our ships,
and let it have well-made gates that there may be a way through them
for our chariots. Close outside we will dig a deep trench all round
it to keep off both horse and foot, that the Trojan chieftains may
Thus he spoke, and the princess shouted in applause. Meanwhile the
Trojans held a council, angry and full of discord, on the acropolis
by the gates of King Priam's palace; and wise Antenor spoke. "Hear
me he said, "Trojans, Dardanians, and allies, that I may speak even
as I am minded. Let us give up Argive Helen and her wealth to the
sons of Atreus, for we are now fighting in violation of our solemn
covenants, and shall not prosper till we have done as I say."
He then sat down and AlexaM
ndrus husband of lovely Helen rose to speak.
"Antenor," said he, "your words are not to my liking; you can find
a better saying than this if you will; if, however, you have spoken
in good earnest, then indeed has heaven robbed you of your reason.
I will speak plainly, and hereby notify to the Trojans that I will
not give up the woman; but the wealth that I brought home with her
from Argos I will restore, and will add yet further of my own."
On this, when Paris had spoken and taken his seat, Priam of the raM
of Dardanus, peer of gods in council, rose and with all sincerity
and goodwill addressed them thus: "Hear me, Trojans, Dardanians, and
allies, that I may speak even as I am minded. Get your suppers now
as hitherto throughout the city, but keep your watches and be wakeful.
At daybreak let Idaeus go to the ships, and tell Agamemnon and Menelaus
sons of Atreus the saying of Alexandrus through whom this quarrel
has come about; and let him also be instant with them that they now
cease fighting till we burn ouM
r dead; hereafter we will fight anew,
till heaven decide between us and give victory to one or to the other."
Thus did he speak, and they did even as he had said. They took supper
in their companies and at daybreak Idaeus went his wa to the ships.
He found the Danaans, servants of Mars, in council at the stern of
Agamemnon's ship, and took his place in the midst of them. "Son of
Atreus," he said, "and princes of the Achaean host, Priam and the
other noble Trojans have sent me to tell you the saying of AlexM
through whom this quarrel has come about, if so be that you may find
it acceptable. All the treasure he took with him in his ships to Troy-
would that he had sooner perished- he will restore, and will add yet
further of his own, but he will not give up the wedded wife of Menelaus,
though the Trojans would have him do so. Priam bade me inquire further
if you will cease fighting till we burn our dead; hereafter we will
fight anew, till heaven decide between us and give victory to one
They all held their peace, but presently Diomed of the loud war-cry
spoke, saying, "Let there be no taking, neither treasure, nor yet
Helen, for even a child may see that the doom of the Trojans is at
The sons of the Achaeans shouted applause at the words that Diomed
had spoken, and thereon King Agamemnon said to Idaeus, "Idaeus, you
have heard the answer the Achaeans make you-and I with them. But as
concerning the dead, I give you leave to burn them, for when men are
once dead there should beM
no grudging them the rites of fire. Let
Jove the mighty husband of Juno be witness to this covenant."
As he spoke he upheld his sceptre in the sight of all the gods, and
Idaeus went back to the strong city of Ilius. The Trojans and Dardanians
were gathered in council waiting his return; when he came, he stood
in their midst and delivered his message. As soon as they heard it
they set about their twofold labour, some to gather the corpses, and
others to bring in wood. The Argives on their part also hasteneM
their ships, some to gather the corpses, and others to bring in wood.
The sun was beginning to beat upon the fields, fresh risen into the
vault of heaven from the slow still currents of deep Oceanus, when
the two armies met. They could hardly recognise their dead, but they
washed the clotted gore from off them, shed tears over them, and lifted
them upon their waggons. Priam had forbidden the Trojans to wail aloud,
so they heaped their dead sadly and silently upon the pyre, and having
nt back to the city of Ilius. The Achaeans in like manner
heaped their dead sadly and silently on the pyre, and having burned
them went back to their ships.
Now in the twilight when it was not yet dawn, chosen bands of the
Achaeans were gathered round the pyre and built one barrow that was
raised in common for all, and hard by this they built a high wall
to shelter themselves and their ships; they gave it strong gates that
there might be a way through them for their chariots, and close outside
g a trench deep and wide, and they planted it within with
Thus did the Achaeans toil, and the gods, seated by the side of Jove
the lord of lightning, marvelled at their great work; but Neptune,
lord of the earthquake, spoke, saying, "Father Jove, what mortal in
the whole world will again take the gods into his counsel? See you
not how the Achaeans have built a wall about their ships and driven
a trench all round it, without offering hecatombs to the gods? The
The fame of this wall will reach as fM
ar as dawn itself, and men will
no longer think anything of the one which Phoebus Apollo and myself
built with so much labour for Laomedon."
Jove was displeased and answered, "What, O shaker of the earth, are
you talking about? A god less powerful than yourself might be alarmed
at what they are doing, but your fame reaches as far as dawn itself.
Surely when the Achaeans have gone home with their ships, you can
shatter their wall and Ring it into the sea; you can cover the beach
with sand again, and the gM
reat wall of the Achaeans will then be utterly
Thus did they converse, and by sunset the work of the Achaeans was
completed; they then slaughtered oxen at their tents and got their
supper. Many ships had come with wine from Lemnos, sent by Euneus
the son of Jason, born to him by Hypsipyle. The son of Jason freighted
them with ten thousand measures of wine, which he sent specially to
the sons of Atreus, Agamemnon and Menelaus. From this supply the Achaeans
bought their wine, some with bronze, soM
me with iron, some with hides,
some with whole heifers, and some again with captives. They spread
a goodly banquet and feasted the whole night through, as also did
the Trojans and their allies in the city. But all the time Jove boded
them ill and roared with his portentous thunder. Pale fear got hold
upon them, and they spilled the wine from their cups on to the ground,
nor did any dare drink till he had made offerings to the most mighty
son of Saturn. Then they laid themselves down to rest and enjoyed
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Now when Morning, clad in her robe of saffron, had begun to suffuse
light over the earth, Jove called the gods in council on the topmost
crest of serrated Olympus. Then he spoke and all the other gods gave
ear. "Hear me," said he, "gods and goddesses, that I may speak even
as I am minded. Let none of you neither goddess nor god try to cross
me, but obey me every one of you that I may bring this matter to aM
end. If I see anyone acting apart and helping either Trojans or Danaans,
he shall be beaten inordinately ere he come back again to Olympus;
or I will hurl him down into dark Tartarus far into the deepest pit
under the earth, where the gates are iron and the floor bronze, as
far beneath Hades as heaven is high above the earth, that you may
learn how much the mightiest I am among you. Try me and find out for
yourselves. Hangs me a golden chain from heaven, and lay hold of it
all of you, gods and goddesses tM
ogether- tug as you will, you will
not drag Jove the supreme counsellor from heaven to earth; but were
I to pull at it myself I should draw you up with earth and sea into
the bargain, then would I bind the chain about some pinnacle of Olympus
and leave you all dangling in the mid firmament. So far am I above
all others either of gods or men."
They were frightened and all of them of held their peace, for he had
spoken masterfully; but at last Minerva answered, "Father, son of
Saturn, king of kings, we allM
know that your might is not to be gainsaid,
but we are also sorry for the Danaan warriors, who are perishing and
coming to a bad end. We will, however, since you so bid us, refrain
from actual fighting, but we will make serviceable suggestions to
the Argives that they may not all of them perish in your displeasure."
Jove smiled at her and answered, "Take heart, my child, Trito-born;
I am not really in earnest, and I wish to be kind to you."
With this he yoked his fleet horses, with hoofs of bronze and mM
of glittering gold. He girded himself also with gold about the body,
seized his gold whip and took his seat in his chariot. Thereon he
lashed his horses and they flew forward nothing loth midway twixt
earth and starry heaven. After a while he reached many-fountained
Ida, mother of wild beasts, and Gargarus, where are his grove and
fragrant altar. There the father of gods and men stayed his horses,
took them from the chariot, and hid them in a thick cloud; then he
took his seat all glorious upon the topM
most crests, looking down upon
the city of Troy and the ships of the Achaeans.
The Achaeans took their morning meal hastily at the ships, and afterwards
put on their armour. The Trojans on the other hand likewise armed
themselves throughout the city, fewer in numbers but nevertheless
eager perforce to do battle for their wives and children. All the
gates were flung wide open, and horse and foot sallied forth with
the tramp as of a great multitude.
When they were got together in one place, shield clashM
and spear with spear, in the conflict of mail-clad men. Mighty was
the din as the bossed shields pressed hard on one another- death-
cry and shout of triumph of slain and slayers, and the earth ran red
Now so long as the day waxed and it was still morning their weapons
beat against one another, and the people fell, but when the sun had
reached mid-heaven, the sire of all balanced his golden scales, and
put two fates of death within them, one for the Trojans and the other
the Achaeans. He took the balance by the middle, and when he lifted
it up the day of the Achaeans sank; the death-fraught scale of the
Achaeans settled down upon the ground, while that of the Trojans rose
heavenwards. Then he thundered aloud from Ida, and sent the glare
of his lightning upon the Achaeans; when they saw this, pale fear
fell upon them and they were sore afraid.
Idomeneus dared not stay nor yet Agamemnon, nor did the two Ajaxes,
servants of Mars, hold their ground. Nestor knight of Gerene alM
stood firm, bulwark of the Achaeans, not of his own will, but one
of his horses was disabled. Alexandrus husband of lovely Helen had
hit it with an arrow just on the top of its head where the mane begins
to grow away from the skull, a very deadly place. The horse bounded
in his anguish as the arrow pierced his brain, and his struggles threw
others into confusion. The old man instantly began cutting the traces
with his sword, but Hector's fleet horses bore down upon him through
the rout with their bold cM
harioteer, even Hector himself, and the
old man would have perished there and then had not Diomed been quick
to mark, and with a loud cry called Ulysses to help him.
"Ulysses," he cried, "noble son of Laertes where are you flying to,
with your back turned like a coward? See that you are not struck with
a spear between the shoulders. Stay here and help me to defend Nestor
from this man's furious onset."
Ulysses would not give ear, but sped onward to the ships of the Achaeans,
and the son of Tydeus flingM
ing himself alone into the thick of the
fight took his stand before the horses of the son of Neleus. "Sir,"
said he, "these young warriors are pressing you hard, your force is
spent, and age is heavy upon you, your squire is naught, and your
horses are slow to move. Mount my chariot and see what the horses
of Tros can do- how cleverly they can scud hither and thither over
the plain either in flight or in pursuit. I took them from the hero
Aeneas. Let our squires attend to your own steeds, but let us drive
ine straight at the Trojans, that Hector may learn how furiously
I too can wield my spear."
Nestor knight of Gerene hearkened to his words. Thereon the doughty
squires, Sthenelus and kind-hearted Eurymedon, saw to Nestor's horses,
while the two both mounted Diomed's chariot. Nestor took the reins
in his hands and lashed the horses on; they were soon close up with
Hector, and the son of Tydeus aimed a spear at him as he was charging
full speed towards them. He missed him, but struck his charioteer
ire Eniopeus son of noble Thebaeus in the breast by the nipple
while the reins were in his hands, so that he died there and then,
and the horses swerved as he fell headlong from the chariot. Hector
was greatly grieved at the loss of his charioteer, but let him lie
for all his sorrow, while he went in quest of another driver; nor
did his steeds have to go long without one, for he presently found
brave Archeptolemus the son of Iphitus, and made him get up behind
the horses, giving the reins into his hand.
All had then been lost and no help for it, for they would have been
penned up in Ilius like sheep, had not the sire of gods and men been
quick to mark, and hurled a fiery flaming thunderbolt which fell just
in front of Diomed's horses with a flare of burning brimstone. The
horses were frightened and tried to back beneath the car, while the
reins dropped from Nestor's hands. Then he was afraid and said to
Diomed, "Son of Tydeus, turn your horses in flight; see you not that
the hand of Jove is against you? To-M
day he vouchsafes victory to Hector;
to-morrow, if it so please him, he will again grant it to ourselves;
no man, however brave, may thwart the purpose of Jove, for he is far
stronger than any."
Diomed answered, "All that you have said is true; there is a grief
however which pierces me to the very heart, for Hector will talk among
the Trojans and say, 'The son of Tydeus fled before me to the ships.'
This is the vaunt he will make, and may earth then swallow me."
"Son of Tydeus," replied Nestor, "what mM
ean you? Though Hector say
that you are a coward the Trojans and Dardanians will not believe
him, nor yet the wives of the mighty warriors whom you have laid low."
So saying he turned the horses back through the thick of the battle,
and with a cry that rent the air the Trojans and Hector rained their
darts after them. Hector shouted to him and said, "Son of Tydeus,
the Danaans have done you honour hitherto as regards your place at
table, the meals they give you, and the filling of your cup with wine.
eforth they will despise you, for you are become no better than
a woman. Be off, girl and coward that you are, you shall not scale
our walls through any Hinching upon my part; neither shall you carry
off our wives in your ships, for I shall kill you with my own hand."
The son of Tydeus was in two minds whether or no to turn his horses
round again and fight him. Thrice did he doubt, and thrice did Jove
thunder from the heights of. Ida in token to the Trojans that he would
turn the battle in their favour. HeM
ctor then shouted to them and said,
"Trojans, Lycians, and Dardanians, lovers of close fighting, be men,
my friends, and fight with might and with main; I see that Jove is
minded to vouchsafe victory and great glory to myself, while he will
deal destruction upon the Danaans. Fools, for having thought of building
this weak and worthless wall. It shall not stay my fury; my horses
will spring lightly over their trench, and when I am at their ships
forget not to bring me fire that I may burn them, while I slaughM
the Argives who will be all dazed and bewildered by the smoke."
Then he cried to his horses, "Xanthus and Podargus, and you Aethon
and goodly Lampus, pay me for your keep now and for all the honey-sweet
corn with which Andromache daughter of great Eetion has fed you, and
for she has mixed wine and water for you to drink whenever you would,
before doing so even for me who am her own husband. Haste in pursuit,
that we may take the shield of Nestor, the fame of which ascends to
heaven, for it is of solidM
gold, arm-rods and all, and that we may
strip from the shoulders of Diomed. the cuirass which Vulcan made
him. Could we take these two things, the Achaeans would set sail in
their ships this self-same night."
Thus did he vaunt, but Queen Juno made high Olympus quake as she shook
with rage upon her throne. Then said she to the mighty god of Neptune,
"What now, wide ruling lord of the earthquake? Can you find no compassion
in your heart for the dying Danaans, who bring you many a welcome
e and to Aegae? Wish them well then. If all of us
who are with the Danaans were to drive the Trojans back and keep Jove
from helping them, he would have to sit there sulking alone on Ida."
King Neptune was greatly troubled and answered, "Juno, rash of tongue,
what are you talking about? We other gods must not set ourselves against
Jove, for he is far stronger than we are."
Thus did they converse; but the whole space enclosed by the ditch,
from the ships even to the wall, was filled with horses and warriM
who were pent up there by Hector son of Priam, now that the hand of
Jove was with him. He would even have set fire to the ships and burned
them, had not Queen Juno put it into the mind of Agamemnon, to bestir
himself and to encourage the Achaeans. To this end he went round the
ships and tents carrying a great purple cloak, and took his stand
by the huge black hull of Ulysses' ship, which was middlemost of all;
it was from this place that his voice would carry farthest, on the
one hand towards the tentsM
of Ajax son of Telamon, and on the other
towards those of Achilles- for these two heroes, well assured of their
own strength, had valorously drawn up their ships at the two ends
of the line. From this spot then, with a voice that could be heard
afar, he shouted to the Danaans, saying, "Argives, shame on you cowardly
creatures, brave in semblance only; where are now our vaunts that
we should prove victorious- the vaunts we made so vaingloriously in
Lemnos, when we ate the flesh of horned cattle and filled ouM
to the brim? You vowed that you would each of you stand against a
hundred or two hundred men, and now you prove no match even for one-
for Hector, who will be ere long setting our ships in a blaze. Father
Jove, did you ever so ruin a great king and rob him so utterly of
his greatness? yet, when to my sorrow I was coming hither, I never
let my ship pass your altars without offering the fat and thigh-bones
of heifers upon every one of them, so eager was I to sack the city
of Troy. Vouchsafe me M
then this prayer- suffer us to escape at any
rate with our lives, and let not the Achaeans be so utterly vanquished
Thus did he pray, and father Jove pitying his tears vouchsafed him
that his people should live, not die; forthwith he sent them an eagle,
most unfailingly portentous of all birds, with a young fawn in its
talons; the eagle dropped the fawn by the altar on which the Achaeans
sacrificed to Jove the lord of omens; When, therefore, the people
saw that the bird had come from JovM
e, they sprang more fiercely upon
the Trojans and fought more boldly.
There was no man of all the many Danaans who could then boast that
he had driven his horses over the trench and gone forth to fight sooner
than the son of Tydeus; long before any one else could do so he slew
an armed warrior of the Trojans, Agelaus the son of Phradmon. He had
turned his horses in flight, but the spear struck him in the back
midway between his shoulders and went right through his chest, and
his armour rang rattling rounM
d him as he fell forward from his chariot.
After him came Agamemnon and Menelaus, sons of Atreus, the two Ajaxes
clothed in valour as with a garment, Idomeneus and his companion in
arms Meriones, peer of murderous Mars, and Eurypylus the brave son
of Euaemon. Ninth came Teucer with his bow, and took his place under
cover of the shield of Ajax son of Telamon. When Ajax lifted his shield
Teucer would peer round, and when he had hit any one in the throng,
the man would fall dead; then Teucer would hie back toM
to its mother, and again duck down under his shield.
Which of the Trojans did brave Teucer first kill? Orsilochus, and
then Ormenus and Ophelestes, Daetor, Chromius, and godlike Lycophontes,
Amopaon son of Polyaemon, and Melanippus. these in turn did he lay
low upon the earth, and King Agamemnon was glad when he saw him making
havoc of the Trojans with his mighty bow. He went up to him and said,
"Teucer, man after my own heart, son of Telamon, captain among the
host, shoot on, and be at M
once the saving of the Danaans and the glory
of your father Telamon, who brought you up and took care of you in
his own house when you were a child, bastard though you were. Cover
him with glory though he is far off; I will promise and I will assuredly
perform; if aegis-bearing Jove and Minerva grant me to sack the city
of Ilius, you shall have the next best meed of honour after my own-
a tripod, or two horses with their chariot, or a woman who shall go
And Teucer answered, "Most nobleM
son of Atreus, you need not urge
me; from the moment we began to drive them back to Ilius, I have never
ceased so far as in me lies to look out for men whom I can shoot and
kill; I have shot eight barbed shafts, and all of them have been buried
in the flesh of warlike youths, but this mad dog I cannot hit."
As he spoke he aimed another arrow straight at Hector, for he was
bent on hitting him; nevertheless he missed him, and the arrow hit
Priam's brave son Gorgythion in the breast. His mother, fair CastianM
lovely as a goddess, had been married from Aesyme, and now he bowed
his head as a garden poppy in full bloom when it is weighed down by
showers in spring- even thus heavy bowed his head beneath the weight
Again he aimed at Hector, for he was longing to hit him, and again
his arrow missed, for Apollo turned it aside; but he hit Hector's
brave charioteer Archeptolemus in the breast, by the nipple, as he
was driving furiously into the fight. The horses swerved aside as
from the chariot, and there was no life left in him.
Hector was greatly grieved at the loss of his charioteer, but for
all his sorrow he let him lie where he fell, and bade his brother
Cebriones, who was hard by, take the reins. Cebriones did as he had
said. Hector thereon with a loud cry sprang from his chariot to the
ground, and seizing a great stone made straight for Teucer with intent
kill him. Teucer had just taken an arrow from his quiver and had laid
it upon the bow-string, but Hector struck him withM
as he was taking aim and drawing the string to his shoulder; he hit
him just where the collar-bone divides the neck from the chest, a
very deadly place, and broke the sinew of his arm so that his wrist
was less, and the bow dropped from his hand as he fell forward on
his knees. Ajax saw that his brother had fallen, and running towards
him bestrode him and sheltered him with his shield. Meanwhile his
two trusty squires, Mecisteus son of Echius, and Alastor, came up
and bore him to the shipsM
groaning in his great pain.
Jove now again put heart into the Trojans, and they drove the Achaeans
to their deep trench with Hector in all his glory at their head. As
a hound grips a wild boar or lion in flank or buttock when he gives
him chase, and watches warily for his wheeling, even so did Hector
follow close upon the Achaeans, ever killing the hindmost as they
rushed panic-stricken onwards. When they had fled through the set
stakes and trench and many Achaeans had been laid low at the hands
Trojans, they halted at their ships, calling upon one another
and praying every man instantly as they lifted up their hands to the
gods; but Hector wheeled his horses this way and that, his eyes glaring
like those of Gorgo or murderous Mars.
Juno when she saw them had pity upon them, and at once said to Minerva,
"Alas, child of aegis-bearing Jove, shall you and I take no more thought
for the dying Danaans, though it be the last time we ever do so? See
how they perish and come to a bad end before the onsetM
man. Hector the son of Priam rages with intolerable fury, and has
already done great mischief."
Minerva answered, "Would, indeed, this fellow might die in his own
land, and fall by the hands of the Achaeans; but my father Jove is
mad with spleen, ever foiling me, ever headstrong and unjust. He forgets
how often I saved his son when he was worn out by the labours Eurystheus
had laid on him. He would weep till his cry came up to heaven, and
then Jove would send me down to help him; if I haM
foresee all this, when Eurystheus sent him to the house of Hades,
to fetch the hell-hound from Erebus, he would never have come back
alive out of the deep waters of the river Styx. And now Jove hates
me, while he lets Thetis have her way because she kissed his knees
and took hold of his beard, when she was begging him to do honour
to Achilles. I shall know what to do next time he begins calling me
his grey-eyed darling. Get our horses ready, while I go within the
house of aegis-bearing JoM
ve and put on my armour; we shall then find
out whether Priam's son Hector will be glad to meet us in the highways
of battle, or whether the Trojans will glut hounds and vultures with
the fat of their flesh as they he dead by the ships of the Achaeans."
Thus did she speak and white-armed Juno, daughter of great Saturn,
obeyed her words; she set about harnessing her gold-bedizened steeds,
while Minerva daughter of aegis-bearing Jove flung her richly vesture,
made with her own hands, on to the threshold of hM
er father, and donned
the shirt of Jove, arming herself for battle. Then she stepped into
her flaming chariot, and grasped the spear so stout and sturdy and
strong with which she quells the ranks of heroes who have displeased
her. Juno lashed her horses, and the gates of heaven bellowed as they
flew open of their own accord- gates over which the Hours preside,
in whose hands are heaven and Olympus, either to open the dense cloud
that hides them or to close it. Through these the goddesses drove
But father Jove when he saw them from Ida was very angry, and sent
winged Iris with a message to them. "Go," said he, "fleet Iris, turn
them back, and see that they do not come near me, for if we come to
fighting there will be mischief. This is what I say, and this is what
I mean to do. I will lame their horses for them; I will hurl them
from their chariot, and will break it in pieces. It will take them
all ten years to heal the wounds my lightning shall inflict upon them;
my grey-eyed daughterM
will then learn what quarrelling with her father
means. I am less surprised and angry with Juno, for whatever I say
she always contradicts me."
With this Iris went her way, fleet as the wind, from the heights of
Ida to the lofty summits of Olympus. She met the goddesses at the
outer gates of its many valleys and gave them her message. "What,"
said she, "are you about? Are you mad? The son of Saturn forbids going.
This is what he says, and this is he means to do, he will lame your
horses for you, he willM
hurl you from your chariot, and will break
it in pieces. It will take you all ten years to heal the wounds his
lightning will inflict upon you, that you may learn, grey-eyed goddess,
what quarrelling with your father means. He is less hurt and angry
with Juno, for whatever he says she always contradicts him but you,
bold bold hussy, will you really dare to raise your huge spear in
With this she left them, and Juno said to Minerva, "Of a truth, child
of aegis-bearing Jove, I am not forM
fighting men's battles further
in defiance of Jove. Let them live or die as luck will have it, and
let Jove mete out his judgements upon the Trojans and Danaans according
to his own pleasure."
She turned her steeds; the Hours presently unyoked them, made them
fast to their ambrosial mangers, and leaned the chariot against the
end wall of the courtyard. The two goddesses then sat down upon their
golden thrones, amid the company of the other gods; but they were
Presently father Jove drove M
his chariot to Olympus, and entered the
assembly of gods. The mighty lord of the earthquake unyoked his horses
for him, set the car upon its stand, and threw a cloth over it. Jove
then sat down upon his golden throne and Olympus reeled beneath him.
Minerva and Juno sat alone, apart from Jove, and neither spoke nor
asked him questions, but Jove knew what they meant, and said, "Minerva
and Juno, why are you so angry? Are you fatigued with killing so many
of your dear friends the Trojans? Be this as it may, sucM
of my hands that all the gods in Olympus cannot turn me; you were
both of you trembling all over ere ever you saw the fight and its
terrible doings. I tell you therefore-and it would have surely been-
I should have struck you with lighting, and your chariots would never
have brought you back again to Olympus."
Minerva and Juno groaned in spirit as they sat side by side and brooded
mischief for the Trojans. Minerva sat silent without a word, for she
was in a furious passion and bitterly incM
ensed against her father;
but Juno could not contain herself and said, "What, dread son of Saturn,
are you talking about? We know how great your power is, nevertheless
we have compassion upon the Danaan warriors who are perishing and
coming to a bad end. We will, however, since you so bid us, refrain
from actual fighting, but we will make serviceable suggestions to
the Argives, that they may not all of them perish in your displeasure."
And Jove answered, "To-morrow morning, Juno, if you choose to do so,
ou will see the son of Saturn destroying large numbers of the Argives,
for fierce Hector shall not cease fighting till he has roused the
son of Peleus when they are fighting in dire straits at their ships'
sterns about the body of Patroclus. Like it or no, this is how it
is decreed; for aught I care, you may go to the lowest depths beneath
earth and sea, where Iapetus and Saturn dwell in lone Tartarus with
neither ray of light nor breath of wind to cheer them. You may go
on and on till you get there, and I sM
hall not care one whit for your
displeasure; you are the greatest vixen living."
Juno made him no answer. The sun's glorious orb now sank into Oceanus
and drew down night over the land. Sorry indeed were the Trojans when
light failed them, but welcome and thrice prayed for did darkness
fall upon the Achaeans.
Then Hector led the Trojans back from the ships, and held a council
on the open space near the river, where there was a spot ear corpses.
They left their chariots and sat down on the ground to heM
he made them. He grasped a spear eleven cubits long, the bronze point
of which gleamed in front of it, while the ring round the spear-head
was of gold Spear in hand he spoke. "Hear me," said he, "Trojans,
Dardanians, and allies. I deemed but now that I should destroy the
ships and all the Achaeans with them ere I went back to Ilius, but
darkness came on too soon. It was this alone that saved them and their
ships upon the seashore. Now, therefore, let us obey the behests of
night, and prepare oM
ur suppers. Take your horses out of their chariots
and give them their feeds of corn; then make speed to bring sheep
and cattle from the city; bring wine also and corn for your horses
and gather much wood, that from dark till dawn we may burn watchfires
whose flare may reach to heaven. For the Achaeans may try to fly beyond
the sea by night, and they must not embark scatheless and unmolested;
many a man among them must take a dart with him to nurse at home,
hit with spear or arrow as he is leaping on board hM
is ship, that others
may fear to bring war and weeping upon the Trojans. Moreover let the
heralds tell it about the city that the growing youths and grey-bearded
men are to camp upon its heaven-built walls. Let the women each of
them light a great fire in her house, and let watch be safely kept
lest the town be entered by surprise while the host is outside. See
to it, brave Trojans, as I have said, and let this suffice for the
moment; at daybreak I will instruct you further. I pray in hope to
e gods that we may then drive those fate-sped hounds
from our land, for 'tis the fates that have borne them and their ships
hither. This night, therefore, let us keep watch, but with early morning
let us put on our armour and rouse fierce war at the ships of the
Achaeans; I shall then know whether brave Diomed the son of Tydeus
will drive me back from the ships to the wall, or whether I shall
myself slay him and carry off his bloodstained spoils. To-morrow let
him show his mettle, abide my spear if he dare. M
I ween that at break
of day, he shall be among the first to fall and many another of his
comrades round him. Would that I were as sure of being immortal and
never growing old, and of being worshipped like Minerva and Apollo,
as I am that this day will bring evil to the Argives."
Thus spoke Hector and the Trojans shouted applause. They took their
sweating steeds from under the yoke, and made them fast each by his
own chariot. They made haste to bring sheep and cattle from the city,
they brought wine also M
and corn from their houses and gathered much
wood. They then offered unblemished hecatombs to the immortals, and
the wind carried the sweet savour of sacrifice to heaven- but the
blessed gods partook not thereof, for they bitterly hated Ilius with
Priam and Priam's people. Thus high in hope they sat through the livelong
night by the highways of war, and many a watchfire did they kindle.
As when the stars shine clear, and the moon is bright- there is not
a breath of air, not a peak nor glade nor jutting headlM
stands out in the ineffable radiance that breaks from the serene of
heaven; the stars can all of them be told and the heart of the shepherd
is glad- even thus shone the watchfires of the Trojans before Ilius
midway between the ships and the river Xanthus. A thousand camp-fires
gleamed upon the plain, and in the glow of each there sat fifty men,
while the horses, champing oats and corn beside their chariots, waited
till dawn should come.
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Thus did the Trojans watch. But Panic, comrade of blood-stained Rout,
had taken fast hold of the Achaeans and their princes were all of
them in despair. As when the two winds that blow from Thrace- the
north and the northwest- spring up of a sudden and rouse the fury
of the main- in a moment the dark waves uprear their heads and scatter
their sea-wrack in all directions- even thus troubled were the hearts
The son of Atreus in dismay bade the heralds call the peM
council man by man, but not to cry the matter aloud; he made haste
also himself to call them, and they sat sorry at heart in their assembly.
Agamemnon shed tears as it were a running stream or cataract on the
side of some sheer cliff; and thus, with many a heavy sigh he spoke
to the Achaeans. "My friends," said he, "princes and councillors of
the Argives, the hand of heaven has been laid heavily upon me. Cruel
Jove gave me his solemn promise that I should sack the city of Troy
before returning, buM
t he has played me false, and is now bidding me
go ingloriously back to Argos with the loss of much people. Such is
the will of Jove, who has laid many a proud city in the dust as he
will yet lay others, for his power is above all. Now, therefore, let
us all do as I say and sail back to our own country, for we shall
Thus he spoke, and the sons of the Achaeans for a long while sat sorrowful
there, but they all held their peace, till at last Diomed of the loud
battle-cry made answer saying,M
"Son of Atreus, I will chide your folly,
as is my right in council. Be not then aggrieved that I should do
so. In the first place you attacked me before all the Danaans and
said that I was a coward and no soldier. The Argives young and old
know that you did so. But the son of scheming Saturn endowed you by
halves only. He gave you honour as the chief ruler over us, but valour,
which is the highest both right and might he did not give you. Sir,
think you that the sons of the Achaeans are indeed as unwarlike M
cowardly as you say they are? If your own mind is set upon going home-
go- the way is open to you; the many ships that followed you from
Mycene stand ranged upon the seashore; but the rest of us stay here
till we have sacked Troy. Nay though these too should turn homeward
with their ships, Sthenelus and myself will still fight on till we
reach the goal of Ilius, for for heaven was with us when we came."
The sons of the Achaeans shouted applause at the words of Diomed,
and presently Nestor rose to speaM
k. "Son of Tydeus," said he, "in
war your prowess is beyond question, and in council you excel all
who are of your own years; no one of the Achaeans can make light of
what you say nor gainsay it, but you have not yet come to the end
of the whole matter. You are still young- you might be the youngest
of my own children- still you have spoken wisely and have counselled
the chief of the Achaeans not without discretion; nevertheless I am
older than you and I will tell you every" thing; therefore let no
even King Agamemnon, disregard my saying, for he that foments
civil discord is a clanless, hearthless outlaw.
"Now, however, let us obey the behests of night and get our suppers,
but let the sentinels every man of them camp by the trench that is
without the wall. I am giving these instructions to the young men;
when they have been attended to, do you, son of Atreus, give your
orders, for you are the most royal among us all. Prepare a feast for
your councillors; it is right and reasonable that you should M
there is abundance of wine in your tents, which the ships of the Achaeans
bring from Thrace daily. You have everything at your disposal wherewith
to entertain guests, and you have many subjects. When many are got
together, you can be guided by him whose counsel is wisest- and sorely
do we need shrewd and prudent counsel, for the foe has lit his watchfires
hard by our ships. Who can be other than dismayed? This night will
either be the ruin of our host, or save it."
Thus did he speak, and they did M
even as he had said. The sentinels
went out in their armour under command of Nestor's son Thrasymedes,
a captain of the host, and of the bold warriors Ascalaphus and Ialmenus:
there were also Meriones, Aphareus and Deipyrus, and the son of Creion,
noble Lycomedes. There were seven captains of the sentinels, and with
each there went a hundred youths armed with long spears: they took
their places midway between the trench and the wall, and when they
had done so they lit their fires and got every man his supperM
The son of Atreus then bade many councillors of the Achaeans to his
quarters prepared a great feast in their honour. They laid their hands
on the good things that were before them, and as soon as they had
enough to eat and drink, old Nestor, whose counsel was ever truest,
was the first to lay his mind before them. He, therefore, with all
sincerity and goodwill addressed them thus.
"With yourself, most noble son of Atreus, king of men, Agamemnon,
will I both begin my speech and end it, for you are kinM
people. Jove, moreover, has vouchsafed you to wield the sceptre and
to uphold righteousness, that you may take thought for your people
under you; therefore it behooves you above all others both to speak
and to give ear, and to out the counsel of another who shall have
been minded to speak wisely. All turns on you and on your commands,
therefore I will say what I think will be best. No man will be of
a truer mind than that which has been mine from the hour when you,
sir, angered Achilles by takinM
g the girl Briseis from his tent against
my judgment. I urged you not to do so, but you yielded to your own
pride, and dishonoured a hero whom heaven itself had honoured- for
you still hold the prize that had been awarded to him. Now, however,
let us think how we may appease him, both with presents and fair speeches
that may conciliate him."
And King Agamemnon answered, "Sir, you have reproved my folly justly.
I was wrong. I own it. One whom heaven befriends is in himself a host,
and Jove has shown that M
he befriends this man by destroying much people
of the Achaeans. I was blinded with passion and yielded to my worser
mind; therefore I will make amends, and will give him great gifts
by way of atonement. I will tell them in the presence of you all.
I will give him seven tripods that have never yet been on the fire,
and ten talents of gold. I will give him twenty iron cauldrons and
twelve strong horses that have won races and carried off prizes. Rich,
indeed, both in land and gold is he that has as many prizeM
horses have won me. I will give him seven excellent workwomen, Lesbians,
whom I chose for myself when he took Lesbos- all of surpassing beauty.
I will give him these, and with them her whom I erewhile took from
him, the daughter of Briseus; and I swear a great oath that I never
went up into her couch, nor have been with her after the manner of
"All these things will I give him now down, and if hereafter the gods
vouchsafe me to sack the city of Priam, let him come when we Achaeans
are dividing the spoil, and load his ship with gold and bronze to
his liking; furthermore let him take twenty Trojan women, the loveliest
after Helen herself. Then, when we reach Achaean Argos, wealthiest
of all lands, he shall be my son-in-law and I will show him like honour
with my own dear son Orestes, who is being nurtured in all abundance.
I have three daughters, Chrysothemis, Laodice, and lphianassa, let
him take the one of his choice, freely and without gifts of wooing,
to the house of Peleus; I willM
add such dower to boot as no man ever
yet gave his daughter, and will give him seven well established cities,
Cardamyle, Enope, and Hire, where there is grass; holy Pherae and
the rich meadows of Anthea; Aepea also, and the vine-clad slopes of
Pedasus, all near the sea, and on the borders of sandy Pylos. The
men that dwell there are rich in cattle and sheep; they will honour
him with gifts as though he were a god, and be obedient to his comfortable
ordinances. All this will I do if he will now forgo his angM
him then yieldit is only Hades who is utterly ruthless and unyielding-
and hence he is of all gods the one most hateful to mankind. Moreover
I am older and more royal than himself. Therefore, let him now obey
Then Nestor answered, "Most noble son of Atreus, king of men, Agamemnon.
The gifts you offer are no small ones, let us then send chosen messengers,
who may go to the tent of Achilles son of Peleus without delay. Let
those go whom I shall name. Let Phoenix, dear to Jove, lead the way;
et Ajax and Ulysses follow, and let the heralds Odius and Eurybates
go with them. Now bring water for our hands, and bid all keep silence
while we pray to Jove the son of Saturn, if so be that he may have
Thus did he speak, and his saying pleased them well. Men-servants
poured water over the hands of the guests, while pages filled the
mixing-bowls with wine and water, and handed it round after giving
every man his drink-offering; then, when they had made their offerings,
h as much as he was minded, the envoys set out from
the tent of Agamemnon son of Atreus; and Nestor, looking first to
one and then to another, but most especially at Ulysses, was instant
with them that they should prevail with the noble son of Peleus.
They went their way by the shore of the sounding sea, and prayed earnestly
to earth-encircling Neptune that the high spirit of the son of Aeacus
might incline favourably towards them. When they reached the ships
and tents of the Myrmidons, they found AchillesM
fair, of cunning workmanship, and its cross-bar was of silver. It
was part of the spoils which he had taken when he sacked the city
of Eetion, and he was now diverting himself with it and singing the
feats of heroes. He was alone with Patroclus, who sat opposite to
him and said nothing, waiting till he should cease singing. Ulysses
and Ajax now came in- Ulysses leading the way -and stood before him.
Achilles sprang from his seat with the lyre still in his hand, and
Patroclus, when he sawM
the strangers, rose also. Achilles then greeted
them saying, "All hail and welcome- you must come upon some great
matter, you, who for all my anger are still dearest to me of the Achaeans."
With this he led them forward, and bade them sit on seats covered
with purple rugs; then he said to Patroclus who was close by him,
"Son of Menoetius, set a larger bowl upon the table, mix less water
with the wine, and give every man his cup, for these are very dear
friends, who are now under my roof."
d as his comrade bade him; he set the chopping-block in
front of the fire, and on it he laid the loin of a sheep, the loin
also of a goat, and the chine of a fat hog. Automedon held the meat
while Achilles chopped it; he then sliced the pieces and put them
on spits while the son of Menoetius made the fire burn high. When
the flame had died down, he spread the embers, laid the spits on top
of them, lifting them up and setting them upon the spit-racks; and
he sprinkled them with salt. When the meat was roastedM
on platters, and handed bread round the table in fair baskets, while
Achilles dealt them their portions. Then Achilles took his seat facing
Ulysses against the opposite wall, and bade his comrade Patroclus
offer sacrifice to the gods; so he cast the offerings into the fire,
and they laid their hands upon the good things that were before them.
As soon as they had had enough to eat and drink, Ajax made a sign
to Phoenix, and when he saw this, Ulysses filled his cup with wine
and pledged Achilles. M
"Hail," said he, "Achilles, we have had no scant of good cheer, neither
in the tent of Agamemnon, nor yet here; there has been plenty to eat
and drink, but our thought turns upon no such matter. Sir, we are
in the face of great disaster, and without your help know not whether
we shall save our fleet or lose it. The Trojans and their allies have
camped hard by our ships and by the wall; they have lit watchfires
throughout their host and deem that nothing can now prevent them from
falling on our fleet. JovM
e, moreover, has sent his lightnings on their
right; Hector, in all his glory, rages like a maniac; confident that
Jove is with him he fears neither god nor man, but is gone raving
mad, and prays for the approach of day. He vows that he will hew the
high sterns of our ships in pieces, set fire to their hulls, and make
havoc of the Achaeans while they are dazed and smothered in smoke;
I much fear that heaven will make good his boasting, and it will prove
our lot to perish at Troy far from our home in Argos. UM
late though it be, save the sons of the Achaeans who faint before
the fury of the Trojans. You will repent bitterly hereafter if you
do not, for when the harm is done there will be no curing it; consider
ere it be too late, and save the Danaans from destruction.
"My good friend, when your father Peleus sent you from Phthia to Agamemnon,
did he not charge you saying, 'Son, Minerva and Juno will make you
strong if they choose, but check your high temper, for the better
part is in goodwill. EschM
ew vain quarrelling, and the Achaeans old
and young will respect you more for doing so.' These were his words,
but you have forgotten them. Even now, however, be appeased, and put
away your anger from you. Agamemnon will make you great amends if
you will forgive him; listen, and I will tell you what he has said
in his tent that he will give you. He will give you seven tripods
that have never yet been on the fire, and ten talents of gold; twenty
iron cauldrons, and twelve strong horses that have won races andM
off prizes. Rich indeed both in land and gold is he who has as many
prizes as these horses have won for Agamemnon. Moreover he will give
you seven excellent workwomen, Lesbians, whom he chose for himself,
when you took Lesbos- all of surpassing beauty. He will give you these,
and with them her whom he erewhile took from you, the daughter of
Briseus, and he will swear a great oath, he has never gone up into
her couch nor been with her after the manner of men and women. All
these things will he give M
you now down, and if hereafter the gods
vouchsafe him to sack the city of Priam, you can come when we Achaeans
are dividing the spoil, and load your ship with gold and bronze to
your liking. You can take twenty Trojan women, the loveliest after
Helen herself. Then, when we reach Achaean Argos, wealthiest of all
lands, you shall be his son-in-law, and he will show you like honour
with his own dear son Orestes, who is being nurtured in all abundance.
Agamemnon has three daughters, Chrysothemis, Laodice, and IpM
you may take the one of your choice, freely and without gifts of wooing,
to the house of Peleus; he will add such dower to boot as no man ever
yet gave his daughter, and will give you seven well-established cities,
Cardamyle, Enope, and Hire where there is grass; holy Pheras and the
rich meadows of Anthea; Aepea also, and the vine-clad slopes of Pedasus,
all near the sea, and on the borders of sandy Pylos. The men that
dwell there are rich in cattle and sheep; they will honour you with
ough were a god, and be obedient to your comfortable ordinances.
All this will he do if you will now forgo your anger. Moreover, though
you hate both him and his gifts with all your heart, yet pity the
rest of the Achaeans who are being harassed in all their host; they
will honour you as a god, and you will earn great glory at their hands.
You might even kill Hector; he will come within your reach, for he
is infatuated, and declares that not a Danaan whom the ships have
brought can hold his own against him."M
Achilles answered, "Ulysses, noble son of Laertes, I should give you
formal notice plainly and in all fixity of purpose that there be no
more of this cajoling, from whatsoever quarter it may come. Him do
I hate even as the gates of hell who says one thing while he hides
another in his heart; therefore I will say what I mean. I will be
appeased neither by Agamemnon son of Atreus nor by any other of the
Danaans, for I see that I have no thanks for all my fighting. He that
fights fares no better than he thM
at does not; coward and hero are
held in equal honour, and death deals like measure to him who works
and him who is idle. I have taken nothing by all my hardships- with
my life ever in my hand; as a bird when she has found a morsel takes
it to her nestlings, and herself fares hardly, even so man a long
night have I been wakeful, and many a bloody battle have I waged by
day against those who were fighting for their women. With my ships
I have taken twelve cities, and eleven round about Troy have I stormed
th my men by land; I took great store of wealth from every one of
them, but I gave all up to Agamemnon son of Atreus. He stayed where
he was by his ships, yet of what came to him he gave little, and kept
"Nevertheless he did distribute some meeds of honour among the chieftains
and kings, and these have them still; from me alone of the Achaeans
did he take the woman in whom I delighted- let him keep her and sleep
with her. Why, pray, must the Argives needs fight the Trojans? What
n of Atreus gather the host and bring them? Was it not
for the sake of Helen? Are the sons of Atreus the only men in the
world who love their wives? Any man of common right feeling will love
and cherish her who is his own, as I this woman, with my whole heart,
though she was but a fruitling of my spear. Agamemnon has taken her
from me; he has played me false; I know him; let him tempt me no further,
for he shall not move me. Let him look to you, Ulysses, and to the
other princes to save his ships from burninM
g. He has done much without
me already. He has built a wall; he has dug a trench deep and wide
all round it, and he has planted it within with stakes; but even so
he stays not the murderous might of Hector. So long as I fought the
Achaeans Hector suffered not the battle range far from the city walls;
he would come to the Scaean gates and to the oak tree, but no further.
Once he stayed to meet me and hardly did he escape my onset: now,
however, since I am in no mood to fight him, I will to-morrow offer
fice to Jove and to all the gods; I will draw my ships into the
water and then victual them duly; to-morrow morning, if you care to
look, you will see my ships on the Hellespont, and my men rowing out
to sea with might and main. If great Neptune vouchsafes me a fair
passage, in three days I shall be in Phthia. I have much there that
I left behind me when I came here to my sorrow, and I shall bring
back still further store of gold, of red copper, of fair women, and
of iron, my share of the spoils that we haveM
taken; but one prize,
he who gave has insolently taken away. Tell him all as I now bid you,
and tell him in public that the Achaeans may hate him and beware of
him should he think that he can yet dupe others for his effrontery
"As for me, hound that he is, he dares not look me in the face. I
will take no counsel with him, and will undertake nothing in common
with him. He has wronged me and deceived me enough, he shall not cozen
me further; let him go his own way, for Jove has robbed himM
reason. I loathe his presents, and for himself care not one straw.
He may offer me ten or even twenty times what he has now done, nay-
not though it be all that he has in the world, both now or ever shall
have; he may promise me the wealth of Orchomenus or of Egyptian Thebes,
which is the richest city in the whole world, for it has a hundred
gates through each of which two hundred men may drive at once with
their chariots and horses; he may offer me gifts as the sands of the
sea or the dust of the pM
lain in multitude, but even so he shall not
move me till I have been revenged in full for the bitter wrong he
has done me. I will not marry his daughter; she may be fair as Venus,
and skilful as Minerva, but I will have none of her: let another take
her, who may be a good match for her and who rules a larger kingdom.
If the gods spare me to return home, Peleus will find me a wife; there
are Achaean women in Hellas and Phthia, daughters of kings that have
cities under them; of these I can take whom I will andM
Many a time was I minded when at home in Phthia to woo and wed a woman
who would make me a suitable wife, and to enjoy the riches of my old
father Peleus. My life is more to me than all the wealth of Ilius
while it was yet at peace before the Achaeans went there, or than
all the treasure that lies on the stone floor of Apollo's temple beneath
the cliffs of Pytho. Cattle and sheep are to be had for harrying,
and a man buy both tripods and horses if he wants them, but when his
life has once left hM
im it can neither be bought nor harried back again.
"My mother Thetis tells me that there are two ways in which I may
meet my end. If I stay here and fight, I shall not return alive but
my name will live for ever: whereas if I go home my name will die,
but it will be long ere death shall take me. To the rest of you, then,
I say, 'Go home, for you will not take Ilius.' Jove has held his hand
over her to protect her, and her people have taken heart. Go, therefore,
as in duty bound, and tell the princes of thM
e Achaeans the message
that I have sent them; tell them to find some other plan for the saving
of their ships and people, for so long as my displeasure lasts the
one that they have now hit upon may not be. As for Phoenix, let him
sleep here that he may sail with me in the morning if he so will.
But I will not take him by force."
They all held their peace, dismayed at the sternness with which he
had denied them, till presently the old knight Phoenix in his great
fear for the ships of the Achaeans, burst iM
nto tears and said, "Noble
Achilles, if you are now minded to return, and in the fierceness of
your anger will do nothing to save the ships from burning, how, my
son, can I remain here without you? Your father Peleus bade me go
with you when he sent you as a mere lad from Phthia to Agamemnon.
You knew nothing neither of war nor of the arts whereby men make their
mark in council, and he sent me with you to train you in all excellence
of speech and action. Therefore, my son, I will not stay here without
no, not though heaven itself vouchsafe to strip my years from
off me, and make me young as I was when I first left Hellas the land
of fair women. I was then flying the anger of father Amyntor, son
of Ormenus, who was furious with me in the matter of his concubine,
of whom he was enamoured to the wronging of his wife my mother. My
mother, therefore, prayed me without ceasing to lie with the woman
myself, that so she hate my father, and in the course of time I yielded.
But my father soon came to know, and cursM
ed me bitterly, calling the
dread Erinyes to witness. He prayed that no son of mine might ever
sit upon knees- and the gods, Jove of the world below and awful Proserpine,
fulfilled his curse. I took counsel to kill him, but some god stayed
my rashness and bade me think on men's evil tongues and how I should
be branded as the murderer of my father: nevertheless I could not
bear to stay in my father's house with him so bitter a against me.
My cousins and clansmen came about me, and pressed me sorely to remain;M
many a sheep and many an ox did they slaughter, and many a fat hog
did they set down to roast before the fire; many a jar, too, did they
broach of my father's wine. Nine whole nights did they set a guard
over me taking it in turns to watch, and they kept a fire always burning,
both in the cloister of the outer court and in the inner court at
the doors of the room wherein I lay; but when the darkness of the
tenth night came, I broke through the closed doors of my room, and
climbed the wall of the outer courM
t after passing quickly and unperceived
through the men on guard and the women servants. I then fled through
Hellas till I came to fertile Phthia, mother of sheep, and to King
Peleus, who made me welcome and treated me as a father treats an only
son who will be heir to all his wealth. He made me rich and set me
over much people, establishing me on the borders of Phthia where I
was chief ruler over the Dolopians.
"It was I, Achilles, who had the making of you; I loved you with all
my heart: for you would M
eat neither at home nor when you had gone
out elsewhere, till I had first set you upon my knees, cut up the
dainty morsel that you were to eat, and held the wine-cup to your
lips. Many a time have you slobbered your wine in baby helplessness
over my shirt; I had infinite trouble with you, but I knew that heaven
had vouchsafed me no offspring of my own, and I made a son of you,
Achilles, that in my hour of need you might protect me. Now, therefore,
I say battle with your pride and beat it; cherish not your anM
ever; the might and majesty of heaven are more than ours, but even
heaven may be appeased; and if a man has sinned he prays the gods,
and reconciles them to himself by his piteous cries and by frankincense,
with drink-offerings and the savour of burnt sacrifice. For prayers
are as daughters to great Jove; halt, wrinkled, with eyes askance,
they follow in the footsteps of sin, who, being fierce and fleet of
foot, leaves them far behind him, and ever baneful to mankind outstrips
them even to the ends M
of the world; but nevertheless the prayers come
hobbling and healing after. If a man has pity upon these daughters
of Jove when they draw near him, they will bless him and hear him
too when he is praying; but if he deny them and will not listen to
them, they go to Jove the son of Saturn and pray that he may presently
fall into sin- to his ruing bitterly hereafter. Therefore, Achilles,
give these daughters of Jove due reverence, and bow before them as
all good men will bow. Were not the son of Atreus offeringM
and promising others later- if he were still furious and implacable-
I am not he that would bid you throw off your anger and help the Achaeans,
no matter how great their need; but he is giving much now, and more
hereafter; he has sent his captains to urge his suit, and has chosen
those who of all the Argives are most acceptable to you; make not
then their words and their coming to be of none effect. Your anger
has been righteous so far. We have heard in song how heroes of old
time quarrelled whenM
they were roused to fury, but still they could
be won by gifts, and fair words could soothe them.
"I have an old story in my mind- a very old one- but you are all friends
and I will tell it. The Curetes and the Aetolians were fighting and
killing one another round Calydon- the Aetolians defending the city
and the Curetes trying to destroy it. For Diana of the golden throne
was angry and did them hurt because Oeneus had not offered her his
harvest first-fruits. The other gods had all been feasted with hecM
but to the daughter of great Jove alone he had made no sacrifice.
He had forgotten her, or somehow or other it had escaped him, and
this was a grievous sin. Thereon the archer goddess in her displeasure
sent a prodigious creature against him- a savage wild boar with great
white tusks that did much harm to his orchard lands, uprooting apple-trees
in full bloom and throwing them to the ground. But Meleager son of
Oeneus got huntsmen and hounds from many cities and killed it- for
it was so monstrous thM
at not a few were needed, and many a man did
it stretch upon his funeral pyre. On this the goddess set the Curetes
and the Aetolians fighting furiously about the head and skin of the
"So long as Meleager was in the field things went badly with the Curetes,
and for all their numbers they could not hold their ground under the
city walls; but in the course of time Meleager was angered as even
a wise man will sometimes be. He was incensed with his mother Althaea,
and therefore stayed at home with his wM
edded wife fair Cleopatra,
who was daughter of Marpessa daughter of Euenus, and of Ides the man
then living. He it was who took his bow and faced King Apollo himself
for fair Marpessa's sake; her father and mother then named her Alcyone,
because her mother had mourned with the plaintive strains of the halcyon-bird
when Phoebus Apollo had carried her off. Meleager, then, stayed at
home with Cleopatra, nursing the anger which he felt by reason of
his mother's curses. His mother, grieving for the death of her bM
prayed the gods, and beat the earth with her hands, calling upon Hades
and on awful Proserpine; she went down upon her knees and her bosom
was wet with tears as she prayed that they would kill her son- and
Erinys that walks in darkness and knows no ruth heard her from Erebus.
"Then was heard the din of battle about the gates of Calydon, and
the dull thump of the battering against their walls. Thereon the elders
of the Aetolians besought Meleager; they sent the chiefest of their
priests, and beggedM
him to come out and help them, promising him a
great reward. They bade him choose fifty plough-gates, the most fertile
in the plain of Calydon, the one-half vineyard and the other open
plough-land. The old warrior Oeneus implored him, standing at the
threshold of his room and beating the doors in supplication. His sisters
and his mother herself besought him sore, but he the more refused
them; those of his comrades who were nearest and dearest to him also
prayed him, but they could not move him till the foe M
at the very doors of his chamber, and the Curetes had scaled the walls
and were setting fire to the city. Then at last his sorrowing wife
detailed the horrors that befall those whose city is taken; she reminded
him how the men are slain, and the city is given over to the flames,
while the women and children are carried into captivity; when he heard
all this, his heart was touched, and he donned his armour to go forth.
Thus of his own inward motion he saved the city of the Aetolians;
ow gave him nothing of those rich rewards that they had
offered earlier, and though he saved the city he took nothing by it.
Be not then, my son, thus minded; let not heaven lure you into any
such course. When the ships are burning it will be a harder matter
to save them. Take the gifts, and go, for the Achaeans will then honour
you as a god; whereas if you fight without taking them, you may beat
the battle back, but you will not be held in like honour."
And Achilles answered, "Phoenix, old friend and fathM
need of such honour. I have honour from Jove himself, which will abide
with me at my ships while I have breath in my body, and my limbs are
strong. I say further- and lay my saying to your heart- vex me no
more with this weeping and lamentation, all in the cause of the son
of Atreus. Love him so well, and you may lose the love I bear you.
You ought to help me rather in troubling those that trouble me; be
king as much as I am, and share like honour with myself; the others
shall take my answer; M
stay here yourself and sleep comfortably in
your bed; at daybreak we will consider whether to remain or go."
On this she nodded quietly to Patroclus as a sign that he was to prepare
a bed for Phoenix, and that the others should take their leave. Ajax
son of Telamon then said, "Ulysses, noble son of Laertes, let us be
gone, for I see that our journey is vain. We must now take our answer,
unwelcome though it be, to the Danaans who are waiting to receive
it. Achilles is savage and remorseless; he is cruel, anM
for the love his comrades lavished upon him more than on all the others.
He is implacable- and yet if a man's brother or son has been slain
he will accept a fine by way of amends from him that killed him, and
the wrong-doer having paid in full remains in peace among his own
people; but as for you, Achilles, the gods have put a wicked unforgiving
spirit in your heart, and this, all about one single girl, whereas
we now offer you the seven best we have, and much else into the bargain.
of a more gracious mind, respect the hospitality of your own
roof. We are with you as messengers from the host of the Danaans,
and would fain he held nearest and dearest to yourself of all the
"Ajax," replied Achilles, "noble son of Telamon, you have spoken much
to my liking, but my blood boils when I think it all over, and remember
how the son of Atreus treated me with contumely as though I were some
vile tramp, and that too in the presence of the Argives. Go, then,
and deliver your message; M
say that I will have no concern with fighting
till Hector, son of noble Priam, reaches the tents of the Myrmidons
in his murderous course, and flings fire upon their ships. For all
his lust of battle, I take it he will be held in check when he is
at my own tent and ship."
On this they took every man his double cup, made their drink-offerings,
and went back to the ships, Ulysses leading the way. But Patroclus
told his men and the maid-servants to make ready a comfortable bed
for Phoenix; they therefore diM
d so with sheepskins, a rug, and a sheet
of fine linen. The old man then laid himself down and waited till
morning came. But Achilles slept in an inner room, and beside him
the daughter of Phorbas lovely Diomede, whom he had carried off from
Lesbos. Patroclus lay on the other side of the room, and with him
fair Iphis whom Achilles had given him when he took Scyros the city
When the envoys reached the tents of the son of Atreus, the Achaeans
rose, pledged them in cups of gold, and began to quesM
Agamemnon was the first to do so. Tell me, Ulysses," said he, "will
he save the ships from burning, or did be refuse, and is he still
Ulysses answered, "Most noble son of Atreus, king of men, Agamemnon,
Achilles will not be calmed, but is more fiercely angry than ever,
and spurns both you and your gifts. He bids you take counsel with
the Achaeans to save the ships and host as you best may; as for himself,
he said that at daybreak he should draw his ships into the water.
further that he should advise every one to sail home likewise,
for that you will not reach the goal of Ilius. 'Jove,' he said, 'has
laid his hand over the city to protect it, and the people have taken
heart.' This is what he said, and the others who were with me can
tell you the same story- Ajax and the two heralds, men, both of them,
who may be trusted. The old man Phoenix stayed where he was to sleep,
for so Achilles would have it, that he might go home with him in the
morning if he so would; but he will M
not take him by force."
They all held their peace, sitting for a long time silent and dejected,
by reason of the sternness with which Achilles had refused them, till
presently Diomed said, "Most noble son of Atreus, king of men, Agamemnon,
you ought not to have sued the son of Peleus nor offered him gifts.
He is proud enough as it is, and you have encouraged him in his pride
am further. Let him stay or go as he will. He will fight later when
he is in the humour, and heaven puts it in his mind to do so. NowM
therefore, let us all do as I say; we have eaten and drunk our fill,
let us then take our rest, for in rest there is both strength and
stay. But when fair rosy-fingered morn appears, forthwith bring out
your host and your horsemen in front of the ships, urging them on,
and yourself fighting among the foremost."
Thus he spoke, and the other chieftains approved his words. They then
made their drink-offerings and went every man to his own tent, where
they laid down to rest and enjoyed the boon of sleep.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Now the other princes of the Achaeans slept soundly the whole night
through, but Agamemnon son of Atreus was troubled, so that he could
get no rest. As when fair Juno's lord flashes his lightning in token
of great rain or hail or snow when the snow-flakes whiten the ground,
or again as a sign that he will open the wide jaws of hungry war,
even so did Agamemnon heave many a heavy sigh, for his soul trembled
he looked upon the plain of Troy he marvelled at
the many watchfires burning in front of Ilius, and at the sound of
pipes and flutes and of the hum of men, but when presently he turned
towards the ships and hosts of the Achaeans, he tore his hair by handfuls
before Jove on high, and groaned aloud for the very disquietness of
his soul. In the end he deemed it best to go at once to Nestor son
of Neleus, and see if between them they could find any way of the
Achaeans from destruction. He therefore rose, put on M
his sandals about his comely feet, flung the skin of a huge tawny
lion over his shoulders- a skin that reached his feet- and took his
Neither could Menelaus sleep, for he, too, boded ill for the Argives
who for his sake had sailed from far over the seas to fight the Trojans.
He covered his broad back with the skin of a spotted panther, put
a casque of bronze upon his head, and took his spear in his brawny
hand. Then he went to rouse his brother, who was by far the mostM
of the Achaeans, and was honoured by the people as though he were
a god. He found him by the stern of his ship already putting his goodly
array about his shoulders, and right glad was he that his brother
Menelaus spoke first. "Why," said he, "my dear brother, are you thus
arming? Are you going to send any of our comrades to exploit the Trojans?
I greatly fear that no one will do you this service, and spy upon
the enemy alone in the dead of night. It will be a deed of great daring."
And King Agamemnon answered, "Menelaus, we both of us need shrewd
counsel to save the Argives and our ships, for Jove has changed his
mind, and inclines towards Hector's sacrifices rather than ours. I
never saw nor heard tell of any man as having wrought such ruin in
one day as Hector has now wrought against the sons of the Achaeans-
and that too of his own unaided self, for he is son neither to god
nor goddess. The Argives will rue it long and deeply. Run, therefore,
with all speed by the line of the shipsM
, and call Ajax and Idomeneus.
Meanwhile I will go to Nestor, and bid him rise and go about among
the companies of our sentinels to give them their instructions; they
will listen to him sooner than to any man, for his own son, and Meriones
brother in arms to Idomeneus, are captains over them. It was to them
more particularly that we gave this charge."
Menelaus replied, "How do I take your meaning? Am I to stay with them
and wait your coming, or shall I return here as soon as I have given
ait," answered King Agamemnon, "for there are so many
paths about the camp that we might miss one another. Call every man
on your way, and bid him be stirring; name him by his lineage and
by his father's name, give each all titular observance, and stand
not too much upon your own dignity; we must take our full share of
toil, for at our birth Jove laid this heavy burden upon us."
With these instructions he sent his brother on his way, and went on
to Nestor shepherd of his people. He found him sleeping in hiM
hard by his own ship; his goodly armour lay beside him- his shield,
his two spears and his helmet; beside him also lay the gleaming girdle
with which the old man girded himself when he armed to lead his people
into battle- for his age stayed him not. He raised himself on his
elbow and looked up at Agamemnon. "Who is it," said he, "that goes
thus about the host and the ships alone and in the dead of night,
when men are sleeping? Are you looking for one of your mules or for
some comrade? Do not stand tM
here and say nothing, but speak. What
And Agamemnon answered, "Nestor, son of Neleus, honour to the Achaean
name, it is I, Agamemnon son of Atreus, on whom Jove has laid labour
and sorrow so long as there is breath in my body and my limbs carry
me. I am thus abroad because sleep sits not upon my eyelids, but my
heart is big with war and with the jeopardy of the Achaeans. I am
in great fear for the Danaans. I am at sea, and without sure counsel;
my heart beats as though it would leap ouM
t of my body, and my limbs
fail me. If then you can do anything- for you too cannot sleep- let
us go the round of the watch, and see whether they are drowsy with
toil and sleeping to the neglect of their duty. The enemy is encamped
hard and we know not but he may attack us by night."
Nestor replied, "Most noble son of Atreus, king of men, Agamemnon,
Jove will not do all for Hector that Hector thinks he will; he will
have troubles yet in plenty if Achilles will lay aside his anger.
I will go with you, andM
we will rouse others, either the son of Tydeus,
or Ulysses, or fleet Ajax and the valiant son of Phyleus. Some one
had also better go and call Ajax and King Idomeneus, for their ships
are not near at hand but the farthest of all. I cannot however refrain
from blaming Menelaus, much as I love him and respect him- and I will
say so plainly, even at the risk of offending you- for sleeping and
leaving all this trouble to yourself. He ought to be going about imploring
aid from all the princes of the Achaeans, foM
r we are in extreme danger."
And Agamemnon answered, "Sir, you may sometimes blame him justly,
for he is often remiss and unwilling to exert himself- not indeed
from sloth, nor yet heedlessness, but because he looks to me and expects
me to take the lead. On this occasion, however, he was awake before
I was, and came to me of his own accord. I have already sent him to
call the very men whom you have named. And now let us be going. We
shall find them with the watch outside the gates, for it was there
that we would meet them."
"In that case," answered Nestor, "the Argives will not blame him nor
disobey his orders when he urges them to fight or gives them instructions."
With this he put on his shirt, and bound his sandals about his comely
feet. He buckled on his purple coat, of two thicknesses, large, and
of a rough shaggy texture, grasped his redoubtable bronze-shod spear,
and wended his way along the line of the Achaean ships. First he called
loudly to Ulysses peer of gods in counsel and woke him, M
soon roused by the sound of the battle-cry. He came outside his tent
and said, "Why do you go thus alone about the host, and along the
line of the ships in the stillness of the night? What is it that you
find so urgent?" And Nestor knight of Gerene answered, "Ulysses, noble
son of Laertes, take it not amiss, for the Achaeans are in great straits.
Come with me and let us wake some other, who may advise well with
us whether we shall fight or fly."
On this Ulysses went at once into his tent, put M
his shield about his
shoulders and came out with them. First they went to Diomed son of
Tydeus, and found him outside his tent clad in his armour with his
comrades sleeping round him and using their shields as pillows; as
for their spears, they stood upright on the spikes of their butts
that were driven into the ground, and the burnished bronze flashed
afar like the lightning of father Jove. The hero was sleeping upon
the skin of an ox, with a piece of fine carpet under his head; Nestor
went up to him and sM
tirred him with his heel to rouse him, upbraiding
him and urging him to bestir himself. "Wake up," he exclaimed, "son
of Tydeus. How can you sleep on in this way? Can you not see that
the Trojans are encamped on the brow of the plain hard by our ships,
with but a little space between us and them?"
On these words Diomed leaped up instantly and said, "Old man, your
heart is of iron; you rest not one moment from your labours. Are there
no younger men among the Achaeans who could go about to rouse the
s? There is no tiring you."
And Nestor knight of Gerene made answer, "My son, all that you have
said is true. I have good sons, and also much people who might call
the chieftains, but the Achaeans are in the gravest danger; life and
death are balanced as it were on the edge of a razor. Go then, for
you are younger than I, and of your courtesy rouse Ajax and the fleet
Diomed threw the skin of a great tawny lion about his shoulders- a
skin that reached his feet- and grasped his spear. WM
the heroes, he brought them back with him; they then went the round
of those who were on guard, and found the captains not sleeping at
their posts but wakeful and sitting with their arms about them. As
sheep dogs that watch their flocks when they are yarded, and hear
a wild beast coming through the mountain forest towards them- forthwith
there is a hue and cry of dogs and men, and slumber is broken- even
so was sleep chased from the eyes of the Achaeans as they kept the
watches of the wickM
ed night, for they turned constantly towards the
plain whenever they heard any stir among the Trojans. The old man
was glad bade them be of good cheer. "Watch on, my children," said
he, "and let not sleep get hold upon you, lest our enemies triumph
With this he passed the trench, and with him the other chiefs of the
Achaeans who had been called to the council. Meriones and the brave
son of Nestor went also, for the princes bade them. When they were
beyond the trench that was dug round the wall M
they held their meeting
on the open ground where there was a space clear of corpses, for it
was here that when night fell Hector had turned back from his onslaught
on the Argives. They sat down, therefore, and held debate with one
Nestor spoke first. "My friends," said he, "is there any man bold
enough to venture the Trojans, and cut off some straggler, or us news
of what the enemy mean to do whether they will stay here by the ships
away from the city, or whether, now that they have worsted the M
they will retire within their walls. If he could learn all this and
come back safely here, his fame would be high as heaven in the mouths
of all men, and he would be rewarded richly; for the chiefs from all
our ships would each of them give him a black ewe with her lamb- which
is a present of surpassing value- and he would be asked as a guest
to all feasts and clan-gatherings."
They all held their peace, but Diomed of the loud war-cry spoke saying,
"Nestor, gladly will I visit the host of the TM
us, but if another will go with me I shall do so in greater confidence
and comfort. When two men are together, one of them may see some opportunity
which the other has not caught sight of; if a man is alone he is less
full of resource, and his wit is weaker."
On this several offered to go with Diomed. The two Ajaxes, servants
of Mars, Meriones, and the son of Nestor all wanted to go, so did
Menelaus son of Atreus; Ulysses also wished to go among the host of
the Trojans, for he was eveM
r full of daring, and thereon Agamemnon
king of men spoke thus: "Diomed," said he, "son of Tydeus, man after
my own heart, choose your comrade for yourself- take the best man
of those that have offered, for many would now go with you. Do not
through delicacy reject the better man, and take the worst out of
respect for his lineage, because he is of more royal blood."
He said this because he feared for Menelaus. Diomed answered, "If
you bid me take the man of my own choice, how in that case can I fail
ink of Ulysses, than whom there is no man more eager to face
all kinds of danger- and Pallas Minerva loves him well? If he were
to go with me we should pass safely through fire itself, for he is
quick to see and understand."
"Son of Tydeus," replied Ulysses, "say neither good nor ill about
me, for you are among Argives who know me well. Let us be going, for
the night wanes and dawn is at hand. The stars have gone forward,
two-thirds of the night are already spent, and the third is alone
y then put on their armour. Brave Thrasymedes provided the son
of Tydeus with a sword and a shield (for he had left his own at his
ship) and on his head he set a helmet of bull's hide without either
peak or crest; it is called a skull-cap and is a common headgear.
Meriones found a bow and quiver for Ulysses, and on his head he set
a leathern helmet that was lined with a strong plaiting of leathern
thongs, while on the outside it was thickly studded with boar's teeth,
well and skilfully set into it; next the M
head there was an inner lining
of felt. This helmet had been stolen by Autolycus out of Eleon when
he broke into the house of Amyntor son of Ormenus. He gave it to Amphidamas
of Cythera to take to Scandea, and Amphidamas gave it as a guest-gift
to Molus, who gave it to his son Meriones; and now it was set upon
the head of Ulysses.
When the pair had armed, they set out, and left the other chieftains
behind them. Pallas Minerva sent them a heron by the wayside upon
their right hands; they could not see it M
for the darkness, but they
heard its cry. Ulysses was glad when he heard it and prayed to Minerva:
"Hear me," he cried, "daughter of aegis-bearing Jove, you who spy
out all my ways and who are with me in all my hardships; befriend
me in this mine hour, and grant that we may return to the ships covered
with glory after having achieved some mighty exploit that shall bring
sorrow to the Trojans."
Then Diomed of the loud war-cry also prayed: "Hear me too," said he,
"daughter of Jove, unweariable; be with me M
even as you were with my
noble father Tydeus when he went to Thebes as envoy sent by the Achaeans.
He left the Achaeans by the banks of the river Aesopus, and went to
the city bearing a message of peace to the Cadmeians; on his return
thence, with your help, goddess, he did great deeds of daring, for
you were his ready helper. Even so guide me and guard me now, and
in return I will offer you in sacrifice a broad-browed heifer of a
year old, unbroken, and never yet brought by man under the yoke. I
her horns and will offer her up to you in sacrifice."
Thus they prayed, and Pallas Minerva heard their prayer. When they
had done praying to the daughter of great Jove, they went their way
like two lions prowling by night amid the armour and blood-stained
bodies of them that had fallen.
Neither again did Hector let the Trojans sleep; for he too called
the princes and councillors of the Trojans that he might set his counsel
before them. "Is there one," said he, "who for a great reward will
vice of which I will tell you? He shall be well paid
if he will. I will give him a chariot and a couple of horses, the
fleetest that can be found at the ships of the Achaeans, if he will
dare this thing; and he will win infinite honour to boot; he must
go to the ships and find out whether they are still guarded as heretofore,
or whether now that we have beaten them the Achaeans design to fly,
and through sheer exhaustion are neglecting to keep their watches."
They all held their peace; but there was among M
the Trojans a certain
man named Dolon, son of Eumedes, the famous herald- a man rich in
gold and bronze. He was ill-favoured, but a good runner, and was an
only son among five sisters. He it was that now addressed the Trojans.
"I, Hector," said he, "Will to the ships and will exploit them. But
first hold up your sceptre and swear that you will give me the chariot,
bedight with bronze, and the horses that now carry the noble son of
Peleus. I will make you a good scout, and will not fail you. I will
h the host from one end to the other till I come to the ship
of Agamemnon, where I take it the princes of the Achaeans are now
consulting whether they shall fight or fly."
When he had done speaking Hector held up his sceptre, and swore him
his oath saying, "May Jove the thundering husband of Juno bear witness
that no other Trojan but yourself shall mount those steeds, and that
you shall have your will with them for ever."
The oath he swore was bootless, but it made Dolon more keen on going.
s bow over his shoulder, and as an overall he wore the skin
of a grey wolf, while on his head he set a cap of ferret skin. Then
he took a pointed javelin, and left the camp for the ships, but he
was not to return with any news for Hector. When he had left the horses
and the troops behind him, he made all speed on his way, but Ulysses
perceived his coming and said to Diomed, "Diomed, here is some one
from the camp; I am not sure whether he is a spy, or whether it is
some thief who would plunder the bodies of M
the dead; let him get a
little past us, we can then spring upon him and take him. If, however,
he is too quick for us, go after him with your spear and hem him in
towards the ships away from the Trojan camp, to prevent his getting
With this they turned out of their way and lay down among the corpses.
Dolon suspected nothing and soon passed them, but when he had got
about as far as the distance by which a mule-plowed furrow exceeds
one that has been ploughed by oxen (for mules can plow M
quicker than oxen) they ran after him, and when he heard their footsteps
he stood still, for he made sure they were friends from the Trojan
camp come by Hector's orders to bid him return; when, however, they
were only a spear's cast, or less away form him, he saw that they
were enemies as fast as his legs could take him. The others gave chase
at once, and as a couple of well-trained hounds press forward after
a doe or hare that runs screaming in front of them, even so did the
son of Tydeus and UM
lysses pursue Dolon and cut him off from his own
people. But when he had fled so far towards the ships that he would
soon have fallen in with the outposts, Minerva infused fresh strength
into the son of Tydeus for fear some other of the Achaeans might have
the glory of being first to hit him, and he might himself be only
second; he therefore sprang forward with his spear and said, "Stand,
or I shall throw my spear, and in that case I shall soon make an end
He threw as he spoke, but missed his aiM
m on purpose. The dart flew
over the man's right shoulder, and then stuck in the ground. He stood
stock still, trembling and in great fear; his teeth chattered, and
he turned pale with fear. The two came breathless up to him and seized
his hands, whereon he began to weep and said, "Take me alive; I will
ransom myself; we have great store of gold, bronze, and wrought iron,
and from this my father will satisfy you with a very large ransom,
should he hear of my being alive at the ships of the Achaeans."
r not," replied Ulysses, "let no thought of death be in your mind;
but tell me, and tell me true, why are you thus going about alone
in the dead of night away from your camp and towards the ships, while
other men are sleeping? Is it to plunder the bodies of the slain,
or did Hector send you to spy out what was going on at the ships?
Or did you come here of your own mere notion?"
Dolon answered, his limbs trembling beneath him: "Hector, with his
vain flattering promises, lured me from my better judgement. M
he would give me the horses of the noble son of Peleus and his bronze-bedizened
chariot; he bade me go through the darkness of the flying night, get
close to the enemy, and find out whether the ships are still guarded
as heretofore, or whether, now that we have beaten them, the Achaeans
design to fly, and through sheer exhaustion are neglecting to keep
Ulysses smiled at him and answered, "You had indeed set your heart
upon a great reward, but the horses of the descendant of AeacusM
hardly to be kept in hand or driven by any other mortal man than Achilles
himself, whose mother was an immortal. But tell me, and tell me true,
where did you leave Hector when you started? Where lies his armour
and his horses? How, too, are the watches and sleeping-ground of the
Trojans ordered? What are their plans? Will they stay here by the
ships and away from the city, or now that they have worsted the Achaeans,
will they retire within their walls?"
And Dolon answered, "I will tell you truly allM
. Hector and the other
councillors are now holding conference by the monument of great Ilus,
away from the general tumult; as for the guards about which you ask
me, there is no chosen watch to keep guard over the host. The Trojans
have their watchfires, for they are bound to have them; they, therefore,
are awake and keep each other to their duty as sentinels; but the
allies who have come from other places are asleep and leave it to
the Trojans to keep guard, for their wives and children are not here."
sses then said, "Now tell me; are they sleeping among the Trojan
troops, or do they lie apart? Explain this that I may understand it."
"I will tell you truly all," replied Dolon. "To the seaward lie the
Carians, the Paeonian bowmen, the Leleges, the Cauconians, and the
noble Pelasgi. The Lysians and proud Mysians, with the Phrygians and
Meonians, have their place on the side towards Thymbra; but why ask
about an this? If you want to find your way into the host of the Trojans,
there are the Thracians, who hM
ave lately come here and lie apart from
the others at the far end of the camp; and they have Rhesus son of
Eioneus for their king. His horses are the finest and strongest that
I have ever seen, they are whiter than snow and fleeter than any wind
that blows. His chariot is bedight with silver and gold, and he has
brought his marvellous golden armour, of the rarest workmanship- too
splendid for any mortal man to carry, and meet only for the gods.
Now, therefore, take me to the ships or bind me securely here, uM
you come back and have proved my words whether they be false or true."
Diomed looked sternly at him and answered, "Think not, Dolon, for
all the good information you have given us, that you shall escape
now you are in our hands, for if we ransom you or let you go, you
will come some second time to the ships of the Achaeans either as
a spy or as an open enemy, but if I kill you and an end of you, you
will give no more trouble."
On this Dolon would have caught him by the beard to beseech him furtherM
but Diomed struck him in the middle of his neck with his sword and
cut through both sinews so that his head fell rolling in the dust
while he was yet speaking. They took the ferret-skin cap from his
head, and also the wolf-skin, the bow, and his long spear. Ulysses
hung them up aloft in honour of Minerva the goddess of plunder, and
prayed saying, "Accept these, goddess, for we give them to you in
preference to all the gods in Olympus: therefore speed us still further
towards the horses and sleeping-groundM
With these words he took the spoils and set them upon a tamarisk tree,
and they marked the place by pulling up reeds and gathering boughs
of tamarisk that they might not miss it as they came back through
the' flying hours of darkness. The two then went onwards amid the
fallen armour and the blood, and came presently to the company of
Thracian soldiers, who were sleeping, tired out with their day's toil;
their goodly armour was lying on the ground beside them all orderly
and each man had his yoke of horses beside him. Rhesus
was sleeping in the middle, and hard by him his horses were made fast
to the topmost rim of his chariot. Ulysses from some way off saw him
and said, "This, Diomed, is the man, and these are the horses about
which Dolon whom we killed told us. Do your very utmost; dally not
about your armour, but loose the horses at once- or else kill the
men yourself, while I see to the horses."
Thereon Minerva put courage into the heart of Diomed, and he smote
right and left. They made a hideous groaning as they were being
hacked about, and the earth was red with their blood. As a lion springs
furiously upon a flock of sheep or goats when he finds without their
shepherd, so did the son of Tydeus set upon the Thracian soldiers
till he had killed twelve. As he killed them Ulysses came and drew
them aside by their feet one by one, that the horses might go forward
freely without being frightened as they passed over the dead bodies,
for they were not yet used to them. M
When the son of Tydeus came to
the king, he killed him too (which made thirteen), as he was breathing
hard, for by the counsel of Minerva an evil dream, the seed of Oeneus,
hovered that night over his head. Meanwhile Ulysses untied the horses,
made them fast one to another and drove them off, striking them with
his bow, for he had forgotten to take the whip from the chariot. Then
he whistled as a sign to Diomed.
But Diomed stayed where he was, thinking what other daring deed he
might accomplish. He was dM
oubting whether to take the chariot in which
the king's armour was lying, and draw it out by the pole, or to lift
the armour out and carry it off; or whether again, he should not kill
some more Thracians. While he was thus hesitating Minerva came up
to him and said, "Get back, Diomed, to the ships or you may be driven
thither, should some other god rouse the Trojans."
Diomed knew that it was the goddess, and at once sprang upon the horses.
Ulysses beat them with his bow and they flew onward to the ships oM
But Apollo kept no blind look-out when he saw Minerva with the son
of Tydeus. He was angry with her, and coming to the host of the Trojans
he roused Hippocoon, a counsellor of the Thracians and a noble kinsman
of Rhesus. He started up out of his sleep and saw that the horses
were no longer in their place, and that the men were gasping in their
death-agony; on this he groaned aloud, and called upon his friend
by name. Then the whole Trojan camp was in an uproar as the people
together, and they marvelled at the deeds of the heroes
who had now got away towards the ships.
When they reached the place where they had killed Hector's scout,
Ulysses stayed his horses, and the son of Tydeus, leaping to the ground,
placed the blood-stained spoils in the hands of Ulysses and remounted:
then he lashed the horses onwards, and they flew forward nothing loth
towards the ships as though of their own free will. Nestor was first
to hear the tramp of their feet. "My friends," said he, "princesM
counsellors of the Argives, shall I guess right or wrong?- but I must
say what I think: there is a sound in my ears as of the tramp of horses.
I hope it may Diomed and Ulysses driving in horses from the Trojans,
but I much fear that the bravest of the Argives may have come to some
harm at their hands."
He had hardly done speaking when the two men came in and dismounted,
whereon the others shook hands right gladly with them and congratulated
them. Nestor knight of Gerene was first to question them. "M
said he, "renowned Ulysses, how did you two come by these horses?
Did you steal in among the Trojan forces, or did some god meet you
and give them to you? They are like sunbeams. I am well conversant
with the Trojans, for old warrior though I am I never hold back by
the ships, but I never yet saw or heard of such horses as these are.
Surely some god must have met you and given them to you, for you are
both of dear to Jove, and to Jove's daughter Minerva."
And Ulysses answered, "Nestor son of NeM
leus, honour to the Achaean
name, heaven, if it so will, can give us even better horses than these,
for the gods are far mightier than we are. These horses, however,
about which you ask me, are freshly come from Thrace. Diomed killed
their king with the twelve bravest of his companions. Hard by the
ships we took a thirteenth man- a scout whom Hector and the other
Trojans had sent as a spy upon our ships."
He laughed as he spoke and drove the horses over the ditch, while
the other Achaeans followed him glM
adly. When they reached the strongly
built quarters of the son of Tydeus, they tied the horses with thongs
of leather to the manger, where the steeds of Diomed stood eating
their sweet corn, but Ulysses hung the blood-stained spoils of Dolon
at the stern of his ship, that they might prepare a sacred offering
to Minerva. As for themselves, they went into the sea and washed the
sweat from their bodies, and from their necks and thighs. When the
sea-water had taken all the sweat from off them, and had refreshed
them, they went into the baths and washed themselves. After they had
so done and had anointed themselves with oil, they sat down to table,
and drawing from a full mixing-bowl, made a drink-offering of wine
----------------------------------------------------------------------
And now as Dawn rose from her couch beside Tithonus, harbinger of
light alike to mortals and immortals, Jove sent fierce Discord with
the ensign of war in her hands to the ships of the Achaeans. She took
r stand by the huge black hull of Ulysses' ship which was middlemost
of all, so that her voice might carry farthest on either side, on
the one hand towards the tents of Ajax son of Telamon, and on the
other towards those of Achilles- for these two heroes, well-assured
of their own strength, had valorously drawn up their ships at the
two ends of the line. There she took her stand, and raised a cry both
loud and shrill that filled the Achaeans with courage, giving them
heart to fight resolutely and with all thM
eir might, so that they had
rather stay there and do battle than go home in their ships.
The son of Atreus shouted aloud and bade the Argives gird themselves
for battle while he put on his armour. First he girded his goodly
greaves about his legs, making them fast with ankle clasps of silver;
and about his chest he set the breastplate which Cinyras had once
given him as a guest-gift. It had been noised abroad as far as Cyprus
that the Achaeans were about to sail for Troy, and therefore he gave
ing. It had ten courses of dark cyanus, twelve of gold,
and ten of tin. There were serpents of cyanus that reared themselves
up towards the neck, three upon either side, like the rainbows which
the son of Saturn has set in heaven as a sign to mortal men. About
his shoulders he threw his sword, studded with bosses of gold; and
the scabbard was of silver with a chain of gold wherewith to hang
it. He took moreover the richly-dight shield that covered his body
when he was in battle- fair to see, with ten circlesM
all round see, wit it. On the body of the shield there were twenty
bosses of white tin, with another of dark cyanus in the middle: this
last was made to show a Gorgon's head, fierce and grim, with Rout
and Panic on either side. The band for the arm to go through was of
silver, on which there was a writhing snake of cyanus with three heads
that sprang from a single neck, and went in and out among one another.
On his head Agamemnon set a helmet, with a peak before and behind,
s of horse-hair that nodded menacingly above it; then
he grasped two redoubtable bronze-shod spears, and the gleam of his
armour shot from him as a flame into the firmament, while Juno and
Minerva thundered in honour of the king of rich Mycene.
Every man now left his horses in charge of his charioteer to hold
them in readiness by the trench, while he went into battle on foot
clad in full armour, and a mighty uproar rose on high into the dawning.
The chiefs were armed and at the trench before the horses goM
but these came up presently. The son of Saturn sent a portent of evil
sound about their host, and the dew fell red with blood, for he was
about to send many a brave man hurrying down to Hades.
The Trojans, on the other side upon the rising slope of the plain,
were gathered round great Hector, noble Polydamas, Aeneas who was
honoured by the Trojans like an immortal, and the three sons of Antenor,
Polybus, Agenor, and young Acamas beauteous as a god. Hector's round
shield showed in the front rank,M
and as some baneful star that shines
for a moment through a rent in the clouds and is again hidden beneath
them; even so was Hector now seen in the front ranks and now again
in the hindermost, and his bronze armour gleamed like the lightning
of aegis-bearing Jove.
And now as a band of reapers mow swathes of wheat or barley upon a
rich man's land, and the sheaves fall thick before them, even so did
the Trojans and Achaeans fall upon one another; they were in no mood
for yielding but fought like wolves, aM
nd neither side got the better
of the other. Discord was glad as she beheld them, for she was the
only god that went among them; the others were not there, but stayed
quietly each in his own home among the dells and valleys of Olympus.
All of them blamed the son of Saturn for wanting to Live victory to
the Trojans, but father Jove heeded them not: he held aloof from all,
and sat apart in his all-glorious majesty, looking down upon the city
of the Trojans, the ships of the Achaeans, the gleam of bronze, and
alike upon the slayers and on the slain.
Now so long as the day waxed and it was still morning, their darts
rained thick on one another and the people perished, but as the hour
drew nigh when a woodman working in some mountain forest will get
his midday meal- for he has felled till his hands are weary; he is
tired out, and must now have food- then the Danaans with a cry that
rang through all their ranks, broke the battalions of the enemy. Agamemnon
led them on, and slew first Bienor, a leader of his peoplM
his comrade and charioteer Oileus, who sprang from his chariot and
was coming full towards him; but Agamemnon struck him on the forehead
with his spear; his bronze visor was of no avail against the weapon,
which pierced both bronze and bone, so that his brains were battered
in and he was killed in full fight.
Agamemnon stripped their shirts from off them and left them with their
breasts all bare to lie where they had fallen. He then went on to
kill Isus and Antiphus two sons of Priam, tM
he one a bastard, the other
born in wedlock; they were in the same chariot- the bastard driving,
while noble Antiphus fought beside him. Achilles had once taken both
of them prisoners in the glades of Ida, and had bound them with fresh
withes as they were shepherding, but he had taken a ransom for them;
now, however, Agamemnon son of Atreus smote Isus in the chest above
the nipple with his spear, while he struck Antiphus hard by the ear
and threw him from his chariot. Forthwith he stripped their goodly
ur from off them and recognized them, for he had already seen
them at ships when Achilles brought them in from Ida. As a lion fastens
on the fawns of a hind and crushes them in his great jaws, robbing
them of their tender life while he on his way back to his lair- the
hind can do nothing for them even though she be close by, for she
is in an agony of fear, and flies through the thick forest, sweating,
and at her utmost speed before the mighty monster- so, no man of the
Trojans could help Isus and Antiphus, fM
or they were themselves flying
panic before the Argives.
Then King Agamemnon took the two sons of Antimachus, Pisander and
brave Hippolochus. It was Antimachus who had been foremost in preventing
Helen's being restored to Menelaus, for he was largely bribed by Alexandrus;
and now Agamemnon took his two sons, both in the same chariot, trying
to bring their horses to a stand- for they had lost hold of the reins
and the horses were mad with fear. The son of Atreus sprang upon them
like a lion, and the pair M
besought him from their chariot. "Take us
alive," they cried, "son of Atreus, and you shall receive a great
ransom for us. Our father Antimachus has great store of gold, bronze,
and wrought iron, and from this he will satisfy you with a very large
ransom should he hear of our being alive at the ships of the Achaeans."
With such piteous words and tears did they beseech the king, but they
heard no pitiful answer in return. "If," said Agamemnon, "you are
sons of Antimachus, who once at a council of Trojans prM
Menelaus and Ulysses, who had come to you as envoys, should be killed
and not suffered to return, you shall now pay for the foul iniquity
As he spoke he felled Pisander from his chariot to the earth, smiting
him on the chest with his spear, so that he lay face uppermost upon
the ground. Hippolochus fled, but him too did Agamemnon smite; he
cut off his hands and his head- which he sent rolling in among the
crowd as though it were a ball. There he let them both lie, and whereveM
the ranks were thickest thither he flew, while the other Achaeans
followed. Foot soldiers drove the foot soldiers of the foe in rout
before them, and slew them; horsemen did the like by horsemen, and
the thundering tramp of the horses raised a cloud of dust frim off
the plain. King Agamemnon followed after, ever slaying them and cheering
on the Achaeans. As when some mighty forest is all ablaze- the eddying
gusts whirl fire in all directions till the thickets shrivel and are
consumed before the blast of tM
he flame- even so fell the heads of
the flying Trojans before Agamemnon son of Atreus, and many a noble
pair of steeds drew an empty chariot along the highways of war, for
lack of drivers who were lying on the plain, more useful now to vultures
than to their wives.
Jove drew Hector away from the darts and dust, with the carnage and
din of battle; but the son of Atreus sped onwards, calling out lustily
to the Danaans. They flew on by the tomb of old Ilus, son of Dardanus,
in the middle of the plain, and pM
ast the place of the wild fig-tree
making always for the city- the son of Atreus still shouting, and
with hands all bedrabbled in gore; but when they had reached the Scaean
gates and the oak tree, there they halted and waited for the others
to come up. Meanwhile the Trojans kept on flying over the middle of
the plain like a herd cows maddened with fright when a lion has attacked
them in the dead of night- he springs on one of them, seizes her neck
in the grip of his strong teeth and then laps up her blood anM
himself upon her entrails- even so did King Agamemnon son of Atreus
pursue the foe, ever slaughtering the hindmost as they fled pell-mell
before him. Many a man was flung headlong from his chariot by the
hand of the son of Atreus, for he wielded his spear with fury.
But when he was just about to reach the high wall and the city, the
father of gods and men came down from heaven and took his seat, thunderbolt
in hand, upon the crest of many-fountained Ida. He then told Iris
of the golden wings to cM
arry a message for him. "Go," said he, "fleet
Iris, and speak thus to Hector- say that so long as he sees Agamemnon
heading his men and making havoc of the Trojan ranks, he is to keep
aloof and bid the others bear the brunt of the battle, but when Agamemnon
is wounded either by spear or arrow, and takes to his chariot, then
will I vouchsafe him strength to slay till he reach the ships and
night falls at the going down of the sun."
Iris hearkened and obeyed. Down she went to strong Ilius from the
f Ida, and found Hector son of Priam standing by his chariot
and horses. Then she said, "Hector son of Priam, peer of gods in counsel,
father Jove has sent me to bear you this message- so long as you see
Agamemnon heading his men and making havoc of the Trojan ranks, you
are to keep aloof and bid the others bear the brunt of the battle,
but when Agamemnon is wounded either by spear or arrow, and takes
to his chariot, then will Jove vouchsafe you strength to slay till
you reach the ships, and till night fallsM
at the going down of the
When she had thus spoken Iris left him, and Hector sprang full armed
from his chariot to the ground, brandishing his spear as he went about
everywhere among the host, cheering his men on to fight, and stirring
the dread strife of battle. The Trojans then wheeled round, and again
met the Achaeans, while the Argives on their part strengthened their
battalions. The battle was now in array and they stood face to face
with one another, Agamemnon ever pressing forward in his eagM
to be ahead of all others.
Tell me now ye Muses that dwell in the mansions of Olympus, who, whether
of the Trojans or of their allies, was first to face Agamemnon? It
was Iphidamas son of Antenor, a man both brave and of great stature,
who was brought up in fertile Thrace the mother of sheep. Cisses,
his mother's father, brought him up in his own house when he was a
child- Cisses, father to fair Theano. When he reached manhood, Cisses
would have kept him there, and was for giving him his daughter M
marriage, but as soon as he had married he set out to fight the Achaeans
with twelve ships that followed him: these he had left at Percote
and had come on by land to Ilius. He it was that naw met Agamemnon
son of Atreus. When they were close up with one another, the son of
Atreus missed his aim, and Iphidamas hit him on the girdle below the
cuirass and then flung himself upon him, trusting to his strength
of arm; the girdle, however, was not pierced, nor nearly so, for the
point of the spear struck againM
st the silver and was turned aside
as though it had been lead: King Agamemnon caught it from his hand,
and drew it towards him with the fury of a lion; he then drew his
sword, and killed Iphidamas by striking him on the neck. So there
the poor fellow lay, sleeping a sleep as it were of bronze, killed
in the defence of his fellow-citizens, far from his wedded wife, of
whom he had had no joy though he had given much for her: he had given
a hundred-head of cattle down, and had promised later on to give a
and sheep and goats mixed, from the countless flocks of which
he was possessed. Agamemnon son of Atreus then despoiled him, and
carried off his armour into the host of the Achaeans.
When noble Coon, Antenor's eldest son, saw this, sore indeed were
his eyes at the sight of his fallen brother. Unseen by Agamemnon he
got beside him, spear in hand, and wounded him in the middle of his
arm below the elbow, the point of the spear going right through the
arm. Agamemnon was convulsed with pain, but still not evenM
did he leave off struggling and fighting, but grasped his spear that
flew as fleet as the wind, and sprang upon Coon who was trying to
drag off the body of his brother- his father's son- by the foot, and
was crying for help to all the bravest of his comrades; but Agamemnon
struck him with a bronze-shod spear and killed him as he was dragging
the dead body through the press of men under cover of his shield:
he then cut off his head, standing over the body of Iphidamas. Thus
did the sons of Antenor M
meet their fate at the hands of the son of
Atreus, and go down into the house of Hades.
As long as the blood still welled warm from his wound Agamemnon went
about attacking the ranks of the enemy with spear and sword and with
great handfuls of stone, but when the blood had ceased to flow and
the wound grew dry, the pain became great. As the sharp pangs which
the Eilithuiae, goddesses of childbirth, daughters of Juno and dispensers
of cruel pain, send upon a woman when she is in labour- even so sharp
the pangs of the son of Atreus. He sprang on to his chariot,
and bade his charioteer drive to the ships, for he was in great agony.
With a loud clear voice he shouted to the Danaans, "My friends, princes
and counsellors of the Argives, defend the ships yourselves, for Jove
has not suffered me to fight the whole day through against the Trojans."
With this the charioteer turned his horses towards the ships, and
they flew forward nothing loth. Their chests were white with foam
and their bellies with dust, asM
they drew the wounded king out of
When Hector saw Agamemnon quit the field, he shouted to the Trojans
and Lycians saying, "Trojans, Lycians, and Dardanian warriors, be
men, my friends, and acquit yourselves in battle bravely; their best
man has left them, and Jove has vouchsafed me a great triumph; charge
the foe with your chariots that. you may win still greater glory."
With these words he put heart and soul into them all, and as a huntsman
hounds his dogs on against a lion or wild boar, M
peer of Mars, hound the proud Trojans on against the Achaeans. Full
of hope he plunged in among the foremost, and fell on the fight like
some fierce tempest that swoops down upon the sea, and lashes its
deep blue waters into fury.
What, then is the full tale of those whom Hector son of Priam killed
in the hour of triumph which Jove then vouchsafed him? First Asaeus,
Autonous, and Opites; Dolops son of Clytius, Opheltius and Agelaus;
Aesymnus, Orus and Hipponous steadfast in battle; thM
of the Achaeans did Hector slay, and then he fell upon the rank and
file. As when the west wind hustles the clouds of the white south
and beats them down with the fierceness of its fury- the waves of
the sea roll high, and the spray is flung aloft in the rage of the
wandering wind- even so thick were the heads of them that fell by
the hand of Hector.
All had then been lost and no help for it, and the Achaeans would
have fled pell-mell to their ships, had not Ulysses cried out to Diomed,
Son of Tydeus, what has happened to us that we thus forget our prowess?
Come, my good fellow, stand by my side and help me, we shall be shamed
for ever if Hector takes the ships."
And Diomed answered, "Come what may, I will stand firm; but we shall
have scant joy of it, for Jove is minded to give victory to the Trojans
rather than to us."
With these words he struck Thymbraeus from his chariot to the ground,
smiting him in the left breast with his spear, while Ulysses killed
Molion who was his squire. M
These they let lie, now that they had stopped
their fighting; the two heroes then went on playing havoc with the
foe, like two wild boars that turn in fury and rend the hounds that
hunt them. Thus did they turn upon the Trojans and slay them, and
the Achaeans were thankful to have breathing time in their flight
They then took two princes with their chariot, the two sons of Merops
of Percote, who excelled all others in the arts of divination. He
had forbidden his sons to go to the war, but thM
ey would not obey him,
for fate lured them to their fall. Diomed son of Tydeus slew them
both and stripped them of their armour, while Ulysses killed Hippodamus
And now the son of Saturn as he looked down from Ida ordained that
neither side should have the advantage, and they kept on killing one
another. The son of Tydeus speared Agastrophus son of Paeon in the
hip-joint with his spear. His chariot was not at hand for him to fly
with, so blindly confident had he been. His squire was in cM
it at some distance and he was fighting on foot among the foremost
until he lost his life. Hector soon marked the havoc Diomed and Ulysses
were making, and bore down upon them with a loud cry, followed by
the Trojan ranks; brave Diomed was dismayed when he saw them, and
said to Ulysses who was beside him, "Great Hector is bearing down
upon us and we shall be undone; let us stand firm and wait his onset."
He poised his spear as he spoke and hurled it, nor did he miss his
mark. He had aimed at HectM
or's head near the top of his helmet, but
bronze was turned by bronze, and Hector was untouched, for the spear
was stayed by the visored helm made with three plates of metal, which
Phoebus Apollo had given him. Hector sprang back with a great bound
under cover of the ranks; he fell on his knees and propped himself
with his brawny hand leaning on the ground, for darkness had fallen
on his eyes. The son of Tydeus having thrown his spear dashed in among
the foremost fighters, to the place where he had seen it sM
ground; meanwhile Hector recovered himself and springing back into
his chariot mingled with the crowd, by which means he saved his life.
But Diomed made at him with his spear and said, "Dog, you have again
got away though death was close on your heels. Phoebus Apollo, to
whom I ween you pray ere you go into battle, has again saved you,
nevertheless I will meet you and make and end of you hereafter, if
there is any god who will stand by me too and be my helper. For the
present I must pursue those IM
can lay hands on."
As he spoke he began stripping the spoils from the son of Paeon, but
Alexandrus husband of lovely Helen aimed an arrow at him, leaning
against a pillar of the monument which men had raised to Ilus son
of Dardanus, a ruler in days of old. Diomed had taken the cuirass
from off the breast of Agastrophus, his heavy helmet also, and the
shield from off his shoulders, when Paris drew his bow and let fly
an arrow that sped not from his hand in vain, but pierced the flat
of Diomed's right fooM
t, going right through it and fixing itself in
the ground. Thereon Paris with a hearty laugh sprang forward from
his hiding-place, and taunted him saying, "You are wounded- my arrow
has not been shot in vain; would that it had hit you in the belly
and killed you, for thus the Trojans, who fear you as goats fear a
lion, would have had a truce from evil."
Diomed all undaunted answered, "Archer, you who without your bow are
nothing, slanderer and seducer, if you were to be tried in single
full armour, your bow and your arrows would serve
you in little stead. Vain is your boast in that you have scratched
the sole of my foot. I care no more than if a girl or some silly boy
had hit me. A worthless coward can inflict but a light wound; when
I wound a man though I but graze his skin it is another matter, for
my weapon will lay him low. His wife will tear her cheeks for grief
and his children will be fatherless: there will he rot, reddening
the earth with his blood, and vultures, not women, will gM
Thus he spoke, but Ulysses came up and stood over him. Under this
cover he sat down to draw the arrow from his foot, and sharp was the
pain he suffered as he did so. Then he sprang on to his chariot and
bade the charioteer drive him to the ships, for he was sick at heart.
Ulysses was now alone; not one of the Argives stood by him, for they
were all panic-stricken. "Alas," said he to himself in his dismay,
"what will become of me? It is ill if I turn and fly before these
will be worse if I am left alone and taken prisoner,
for the son of Saturn has struck the rest of the Danaans with panic.
But why talk to myself in this way? Well do I know that though cowards
quit the field, a hero, whether he wound or be wounded, must stand
firm and hold his own."
While he was thus in two minds, the ranks of the Trojans advanced
and hemmed him in, and bitterly did they come to me it. As hounds
and lusty youths set upon a wild boar that sallies from his lair whetting
his white tusks- thM
ey attack him from every side and can hear the
gnashing of his jaws, but for all his fierceness they still hold their
ground- even so furiously did the Trojans attack Ulysses. First he
sprang spear in hand upon Deiopites and wounded him on the shoulder
with a downward blow; then he killed Thoon and Ennomus. After these
he struck Chersidamas in the loins under his shield as he had just
sprung down from his chariot; so he fell in the dust and clutched
the earth in the hollow of his hand. These he let lie, and M
to wound Charops son of Hippasus own brother to noble Socus. Socus,
hero that he was, made all speed to help him, and when he was close
to Ulysses he said, "Far-famed Ulysses, insatiable of craft and toil,
this day you shall either boast of having killed both the sons of
Hippasus and stripped them of their armour, or you shall fall before
With these words he struck the shield of Ulysses. The spear went through
the shield and passed on through his richly wrought cuirass, tearing
esh from his side, but Pallas Minerva did not suffer it to pierce
the entrails of the hero. Ulysses knew that his hour was not yet come,
but he gave ground and said to Socus, "Wretch, you shall now surely
die. You have stayed me from fighting further with the Trojans, but
you shall now fall by my spear, yielding glory to myself, and your
soul to Hades of the noble steeds."
Socus had turned in flight, but as he did so, the spear struck him
in the back midway between the shoulders, and went right through hiM
chest. He fell heavily to the ground and Ulysses vaunted over him
saying, "O Socus, son of Hippasus tamer of horses, death has been
too quick for you and you have not escaped him: poor wretch, not even
in death shall your father and mother close your eyes, but the ravening
vultures shall enshroud you with the flapping of their dark wings
and devour you. Whereas even though I fall the Achaeans will give
me my due rites of burial."
So saying he drew Socus's heavy spear out of his flesh and from his
ld, and the blood welled forth when the spear was withdrawn so
that he was much dismayed. When the Trojans saw that Ulysses was bleeding
they raised a great shout and came on in a body towards him; he therefore
gave ground, and called his comrades to come and help him. Thrice
did he cry as loudly as man can cry, and thrice did brave Menelaus
hear him; he turned, therefore, to Ajax who was close beside him and
said, "Ajax, noble son of Telamon, captain of your people, the cry
of Ulysses rings in my ears, as tM
hough the Trojans had cut him off
and were worsting him while he is single-handed. Let us make our way
through the throng; it will be well that we defend him; I fear he
may come to harm for all his valour if he be left without support,
and the Danaans would miss him sorely."
He led the way and mighty Ajax went with him. The Trojans had gathered
round Ulysses like ravenous mountain jackals round the carcase of
some homed stag that has been hit with an arrow- the stag has fled
at full speed so long as his M
blood was warm and his strength has lasted,
but when the arrow has overcome him, the savage jackals devour him
in the shady glades of the forest. Then heaven sends a fierce lion
thither, whereon the jackals fly in terror and the lion robs them
of their prey- even so did Trojans many and brave gather round crafty
Ulysses, but the hero stood at bay and kept them off with his spear.
Ajax then came up with his shield before him like a wall, and stood
hard by, whereon the Trojans fled in all directions. Menelaus M
Ulysses by the hand, and led him out of the press while his squire
brought up his chariot, but Ajax rushed furiously on the Trojans and
killed Doryclus, a bastard son of Priam; then he wounded Pandocus,
Lysandrus, Pyrasus, and Pylartes; as some swollen torrent comes rushing
in full flood from the mountains on to the plain, big with the rain
of heaven- many a dry oak and many a pine does it engulf, and much
mud does it bring down and cast into the sea- even so did brave Ajax
chase the foe furiously overM
the plain, slaying both men and horses.
Hector did not yet know what Ajax was doing, for he was fighting on
the extreme left of the battle by the banks of the river Scamander,
where the carnage was thickest and the war-cry loudest round Nestor
and brave Idomeneus. Among these Hector was making great slaughter
with his spear and furious driving, and was destroying the ranks that
were opposed to him; still the Achaeans would have given no ground,
had not Alexandrus husband of lovely Helen stayed the prowessM
shepherd of his people, by wounding him in the right shoulder with
a triple-barbed arrow. The Achaeans were in great fear that as the
fight had turned against them the Trojans might take him prisoner,
and Idomeneus said to Nestor, "Nestor son of Neleus, honour to the
Achaean name, mount your chariot at once; take Machaon with you and
drive your horses to the ships as fast as you can. A physician is
worth more than several other men put together, for he can cut out
arrows and spread healing herbsM
Nestor knight of Gerene did as Idomeneus had counselled; he at once
mounted his chariot, and Machaon son of the famed physician Aesculapius
went with him. He lashed his horses and they flew onward nothing loth
towards the ships, as though of their own free will.
Then Cebriones seeing the Trojans in confusion said to Hector from
his place beside him, "Hector, here are we two fighting on the extreme
wing of the battle, while the other Trojans are in pell-mell rout,
they and their horses. Ajax son of M
Telamon is driving them before
him; I know him by the breadth of his shield: let us turn our chariot
and horses thither, where horse and foot are fighting most desperately,
and where the cry of battle is loudest."
With this he lashed his goodly steeds, and when they felt the whip
they drew the chariot full speed among the Achaeans and Trojans, over
the bodies and shields of those that had fallen: the axle was bespattered
with blood, and the rail round the car was covered with splashes both
s' hoofs and from the tyres of the wheels. Hector tore
his way through and flung himself into the thick of the fight, and
his presence threw the Danaans into confusion, for his spear was not
long idle; nevertheless though he went among the ranks with sword
and spear, and throwing great stones, he avoided Ajax son of Telamon,
for Jove would have been angry with him if he had fought a better
Then father Jove from his high throne struck fear into the heart of
Ajax, so that he stood there dM
azed and threw his shield behind him-
looking fearfully at the throng of his foes as though he were some
wild beast, and turning hither and thither but crouching slowly backwards.
As peasants with their hounds chase a lion from their stockyard, and
watch by night to prevent his carrying off the pick of their herd-
he makes his greedy spring, but in vain, for the darts from many a
strong hand fall thick around him, with burning brands that scare
him for all his fury, and when morning comes he slinks foiled anM
angry away- even so did Ajax, sorely against his will, retreat angrily
before the Trojans, fearing for the ships of the Achaeans. Or as some
lazy ass that has had many a cudgel broken about his back, when he
into a field begins eating the corn- boys beat him but he is too many
for them, and though they lay about with their sticks they cannot
hurt him; still when he has had his fill they at last drive him from
the field- even so did the Trojans and their allies pursue great Ajax,
ever smiting the middle ofM
his shield with their darts. Now and again
he would turn and show fight, keeping back the battalions of the Trojans,
and then he would again retreat; but he prevented any of them from
making his way to the ships. Single-handed he stood midway between
the Trojans and Achaeans: the spears that sped from their hands stuck
some of them in his mighty shield, while many, though thirsting for
his blood, fell to the ground ere they could reach him to the wounding
Now when Eurypylus the brave M
son of Euaemon saw that Ajax was being
overpowered by the rain of arrows, he went up to him and hurled his
spear. He struck Apisaon son of Phausius in the liver below the midriff,
and laid him low. Eurypylus sprang upon him, and stripped the armour
from his shoulders; but when Alexandrus saw him, he aimed an arrow
at him which struck him in the right thigh; the arrow broke, but the
point that was left in the wound dragged on the thigh; he drew back,
therefore, under cover of his comrades to save his life, shM
as he did so to the Danaans, "My friends, princes and counsellors
of the Argives, rally to the defence of Ajax who is being overpowered,
and I doubt whether he will come out of the fight alive. Hither, then,
to the rescue of great Ajax son of Telamon."
Even so did he cry when he was wounded; thereon the others came near,
and gathered round him, holding their shields upwards from their shoulders
so as to give him cover. Ajax then made towards them, and turned round
to stand at bay as soon as he hadM
Thus then did they fight as it were a flaming fire. Meanwhile the
mares of Neleus, all in a lather with sweat, were bearing Nestor out
of the fight, and with him Machaon shepherd of his people. Achilles
saw and took note, for he was standing on the stern of his ship watching
the hard stress and struggle of the fight. He called from the ship
to his comrade Patroclus, who heard him in the tent and came out looking
like Mars himself- here indeed was the beginning of the ill that presently
befell him. "Why," said he, "Achilles do you call me? what do you
what do you want with me?" And Achilles answered, "Noble son of Menoetius,
man after my own heart, I take it that I shall now have the Achaeans
praying at my knees, for they are in great straits; go, Patroclus,
and ask Nestor who is that he is bearing away wounded from the field;
from his back I should say it was Machaon son of Aesculapius, but
I could not see his face for the horses went by me at full speed."
Patroclus did as his dear comraM
de had bidden him, and set off running
by the ships and tents of the Achaeans.
When Nestor and Machaon had reached the tents of the son of Neleus,
they dismounted, and an esquire, Eurymedon, took the horses from the
chariot. The pair then stood in the breeze by the seaside to dry the
sweat from their shirts, and when they had so done they came inside
and took their seats. Fair Hecamede, whom Nestor had had awarded to
him from Tenedos when Achilles took it, mixed them a mess; she was
daughter of wise ArsiM
nous, and the Achaeans had given her to Nestor
because he excelled all of them in counsel. First she set for them
a fair and well-made table that had feet of cyanus; on it there was
a vessel of bronze and an onion to give relish to the drink, with
honey and cakes of barley-meal. There was also a cup of rare workmanship
which the old man had brought with him from home, studded with bosses
of gold; it had four handles, on each of which there were two golden
doves feeding, and it had two feet to stand on. Any oM
hardly have been able to lift it from the table when it was full,
but Nestor could do so quite easily. In this the woman, as fair as
a goddess, mixed them a mess with Pramnian wine; she grated goat's
milk cheese into it with a bronze grater, threw in a handful of white
barley-meal, and having thus prepared the mess she bade them drink
it. When they had done so and had thus quenched their thirst, they
fell talking with one another, and at this moment Patroclus appeared
old man saw him he sprang from his seat, seized his hand,
led him into the tent, and bade him take his place among them; but
Patroclus stood where he was and said, "Noble sir, I may not stay,
you cannot persuade me to come in; he that sent me is not one to be
trifled with, and he bade me ask who the wounded man was whom you
were bearing away from the field. I can now see for myself that he
is Machaon shepherd of his people. I must go back and tell Achilles.
You, sir, know what a terrible man he is, and how M
where no blame should lie."
And Nestor answered, "Why should Achilles care to know how many of
the Achaeans may be wounded? He recks not of the dismay that reigns
in our host; our most valiant chieftains lie disabled, brave Diomed
son of Tydeus is wounded; so are Ulysses and Agamemnon; Eurypylus
has been hit with an arrow in the thigh, and I have just been bringing
this man from the field- he too wounded- with an arrow; nevertheless
Achilles, so valiant though he be, cares not and knoM
he wait till the ships, do what we may, are in a blaze, and we perish
one upon the other? As for me, I have no strength nor stay in me any
longer; would that I Were still young and strong as in the days when
there was a fight between us and the men of Elis about some cattle-raiding.
I then killed Itymoneus the valiant son of Hypeirochus a dweller in
Elis, as I was driving in the spoil; he was hit by a dart thrown my
hand while fighting in the front rank in defence of his cows, so he
d the country people around him were in great fear. We drove
off a vast quantity of booty from the plain, fifty herds of cattle
and as many flocks of sheep; fifty droves also of pigs, and as many
wide-spreading flocks of goats. Of horses moreover we seized a hundred
and fifty, all of them mares, and many had foals running with them.
All these did we drive by night to Pylus the city of Neleus, taking
them within the city; and the heart of Neleus was glad in that I had
taken so much, though it was the first tiM
me I had ever been in the
field. At daybreak the heralds went round crying that all in Elis
to whom there was a debt owing should come; and the leading Pylians
assembled to divide the spoils. There were many to whom the Epeans
owed chattels, for we men of Pylus were few and had been oppressed
with wrong; in former years Hercules had come, and had laid his hand
heavy upon us, so that all our best men had perished. Neleus had had
twelve sons, but I alone was left; the others had all been killed.
esuming upon all this had looked down upon us and had
done us much evil. My father chose a herd of cattle and a great flock
of sheep- three hundred in all- and he took their shepherds with him,
for there was a great debt due to him in Elis, to wit four horses,
winners of prizes. They and their chariots with them had gone to the
games and were to run for a tripod, but King Augeas took them, and
sent back their driver grieving for the loss of his horses. Neleus
was angered by what he had both said and done, anM
in return, but he divided the rest, that no man might have less than
"Thus did we order all things, and offer sacrifices to the gods throughout
the city; but three days afterwards the Epeans came in a body, many
in number, they and their chariots, in full array, and with them the
two Moliones in their armour, though they were still lads and unused
to fighting. Now there is a certain town, Thryoessa, perched upon
a rock on the river Alpheus, the border city Pylus; this tM
destroy, and pitched their camp about it, but when they had crossed
their whole plain, Minerva darted down by night from Olympus and bade
us set ourselves in array; and she found willing soldiers in Pylos,
for the men meant fighting. Neleus would not let me arm, and hid my
horses, for he said that as yet I could know nothing about war; nevertheless
Minerva so ordered the fight that, all on foot as I was, I fought
among our mounted forces and vied with the foremost of them. There
s that falls into the sea near Arene, and there
they that were mounted (and I with them) waited till morning, when
the companies of foot soldiers came up with us in force. Thence in
full panoply and equipment we came towards noon to the sacred waters
of the Alpheus, and there we offered victims to almighty Jove, with
a bull to Alpheus, another to Neptune, and a herd-heifer to Minerva.
After this we took supper in our companies, and laid us down to rest
each in his armour by the river.
"The Epeans were beM
leaguering the city and were determined to take
it, but ere this might be there was a desperate fight in store for
them. When the sun's rays began to fall upon the earth we joined battle,
praying to Jove and to Minerva, and when the fight had begun, I was
the first to kill my man and take his horses- to wit the warrior Mulius.
He was son-in-law to Augeas, having married his eldest daughter, golden-haired
Agamede, who knew the virtues of every herb which grows upon the face
of the earth. I speared him as he wM
as coming towards me, and when
he fell headlong in the dust, I sprang upon his chariot and took my
place in the front ranks. The Epeans fled in all directions when they
saw the captain of their horsemen (the best man they had) laid low,
and I swept down on them like a whirlwind, taking fifty chariots-
and in each of them two men bit the dust, slain by my spear. I should
have even killed the two Moliones sons of Actor, unless their real
father, Neptune lord of the earthquake, had hidden them in a thick
and borne them out of the fight. Thereon Jove vouchsafed the
Pylians a great victory, for we chased them far over the plain, killing
the men and bringing in their armour, till we had brought our horses
to Buprasium rich in wheat and to the Olenian rock, with the hill
that is called Alision, at which point Minerva turned the people back.
There I slew the last man and left him; then the Achaeans drove their
horses back from Buprasium to Pylos and gave thanks to Jove among
the gods, and among mortal men to NestM
"Such was I among my peers, as surely as ever was, but Achilles is
for keeping all his valour for himself; bitterly will he rue it hereafter
when the host is being cut to pieces. My good friend, did not Menoetius
charge you thus, on the day when he sent you from Phthia to Agamemnon?
Ulysses and I were in the house, inside, and heard all that he said
to you; for we came to the fair house of Peleus while beating up recruits
throughout all Achaea, and when we got there we found Menoetius and
nd Achilles with you. The old knight Peleus was in the
outer court, roasting the fat thigh-bones of a heifer to Jove the
lord of thunder; and he held a gold chalice in his hand from which
he poured drink-offerings of wine over the burning sacrifice. You
two were busy cutting up the heifer, and at that moment we stood at
the gates, whereon Achilles sprang to his feet, led us by the hand
into the house, placed us at table, and set before us such hospitable
entertainment as guests expect. When we had satisfied M
meat and drink, I said my say and urged both of you to join us. You
were ready enough to do so, and the two old men charged you much and
straitly. Old Peleus bade his son Achilles fight ever among the foremost
and outvie his peers, while Menoetius the son of Actor spoke thus
to you: 'My son,' said he, 'Achilles is of nobler birth than you are,
but you are older than he, though he is far the better man of the
two. Counsel him wisely, guide him in the right way, and he will follow
n profit.' Thus did your father charge you, but you have
forgotten; nevertheless, even now, say all this to Achilles if he
will listen to you. Who knows but with heaven's help you may talk
him over, for it is good to take a friend's advice. If, however, he
is fearful about some oracle, or if his mother has told him something
from Jove, then let him send you, and let the rest of the Myrmidons
follow with you, if perchance you may bring light and saving to the
Danaans. And let him send you into battle clad in M
that the Trojans may mistake you for him and leave off fighting; the
sons of the Achaeans may thus have time to get their breath, for they
are hard pressed and there is little breathing time in battle. You,
who are fresh, might easily drive a tired enemy back to his walls
and away from the tents and ships."
With these words he moved the heart of Patroclus, who set off running
by the line of the ships to Achilles, descendant of Aeacus. When he
had got as far as the ships of Ulysses, where M
was their place of assembly
and court of justice, with their altars dedicated to the gods, Eurypylus
son of Euaemon met him, wounded in the thigh with an arrow, and limping
out of the fight. Sweat rained from his head and shoulders, and black
blood welled from his cruel wound, but his mind did not wander. The
son of Menoetius when he saw him had compassion upon him and spoke
piteously saying, "O unhappy princes and counsellors of the Danaans,
are you then doomed to feed the hounds of Troy with your fat, far
from your friends and your native land? say, noble Eurypylus, will
the Achaeans be able to hold great Hector in check, or will they fall
now before his spear?"
Wounded Eurypylus made answer, "Noble Patroclus, there is no hope
left for the Achaeans but they will perish at their ships. All they
that were princes among us are lying struck down and wounded at the
hands of the Trojans, who are waxing stronger and stronger. But save
me and take me to your ship; cut out the arrow from my thigh; wash
blood from off it with warm water, and lay upon it those
gracious herbs which, so they say, have been shown you by Achilles,
who was himself shown them by Chiron, most righteous of all the centaurs.
For of the physicians Podalirius and Machaon, I hear that the one
is lying wounded in his tent and is himself in need of healing, while
the other is fighting the Trojans upon the plain."
"Hero Eurypylus," replied the brave son of Menoetius, "how may these
things be? What can I do? I am on my way to bear a messM
Achilles from Nestor of Gerene, bulwark of the Achaeans, but even
so I will not be unmindful your distress."
With this he clasped him round the middle and led him into the tent,
and a servant, when he saw him, spread bullock-skins on the ground
for him to lie on. He laid him at full length and cut out the sharp
arrow from his thigh; he washed the black blood from the wound with
warm water; he then crushed a bitter herb, rubbing it between his
hands, and spread it upon the wound; this was a vM
killed all pain; so the wound presently dried and the blood left off
----------------------------------------------------------------------
So the son of Menoetius was attending to the hurt of Eurypylus within
the tent, but the Argives and Trojans still fought desperately, nor
were the trench and the high wall above it, to keep the Trojans in
check longer. They had built it to protect their ships, and had dug
the trench all round it that it might safeguard both tM
the rich spoils which they had taken, but they had not offered hecatombs
to the gods. It had been built without the consent of the immortals,
and therefore it did not last. So long as Hector lived and Achilles
nursed his anger, and so long as the city of Priam remained untaken,
the great wall of the Achaeans stood firm; but when the bravest of
the Trojans were no more, and many also of the Argives, though some
were yet left alive when, moreover, the city was sacked in the tenth
gives had gone back with their ships to their own
country- then Neptune and Apollo took counsel to destroy the wall,
and they turned on to it the streams of all the rivers from Mount
Ida into the sea, Rhesus, Heptaporus, Caresus, Rhodius, Grenicus,
Aesopus, and goodly Scamander, with Simois, where many a shield and
helm had fallen, and many a hero of the race of demigods had bitten
the dust. Phoebus Apollo turned the mouths of all these rivers together
and made them flow for nine days against the wall, whileM
the whole time that he might wash it sooner into the sea. Neptune
himself, trident in hand, surveyed the work and threw into the sea
all the foundations of beams and stones which the Achaeans had laid
with so much toil; he made all level by the mighty stream of the Hellespont,
and then when he had swept the wall away he spread a great beach of
sand over the place where it had been. This done he turned the rivers
back into their old courses.
This was what Neptune and Apollo were to do in afteM
yet battle and turmoil were still raging round the wall till its timbers
rang under the blows that rained upon them. The Argives, cowed by
the scourge of Jove, were hemmed in at their ships in fear of Hector
the mighty minister of Rout, who as heretofore fought with the force
and fury of a whirlwind. As a lion or wild boar turns fiercely on
the dogs and men that attack him, while these form solid wall and
shower their javelins as they face him- his courage is all undaunted,
t will be the death of him; many a time does he
charge at his pursuers to scatter them, and they fall back as often
as he does so- even so did Hector go about among the host exhorting
his men, and cheering them on to cross the trench.
But the horses dared not do so, and stood neighing upon its brink,
for the width frightened them. They could neither jump it nor cross
it, for it had overhanging banks all round upon either side, above
which there were the sharp stakes that the sons of the Achaeans had
ted so close and strong as a defence against all who would assail
it; a horse, therefore, could not get into it and draw his chariot
after him, but those who were on foot kept trying their very utmost.
Then Polydamas went up to Hector and said, "Hector, and you other
captains of the Trojans and allies, it is madness for us to try and
drive our horses across the trench; it will be very hard to cross,
for it is full of sharp stakes, and beyond these there is the wall.
Our horses therefore cannot get down into M
it, and would be of no use
if they did; moreover it is a narrow place and we should come to harm.
If, indeed, great Jove is minded to help the Trojans, and in his anger
will utterly destroy the Achaeans, I would myself gladly see them
perish now and here far from Argos; but if they should rally and we
are driven back from the ships pell-mell into the trench there will
be not so much as a man get back to the city to tell the tale. Now,
therefore, let us all do as I say; let our squires hold our horses
trench, but let us follow Hector in a body on foot, clad in
full armour, and if the day of their doom is at hand the Achaeans
will not be able to withstand us."
Thus spoke Polydamas and his saying pleased Hector, who sprang in
full armour to the ground, and all the other Trojans, when they saw
him do so, also left their chariots. Each man then gave his horses
over to his charioteer in charge to hold them ready for him at the
trench. Then they formed themselves into companies, made themselves
in five bodies followed their leaders. Those that went
with Hector and Polydamas were the bravest and most in number, and
the most determined to break through the wall and fight at the ships.
Cebriones was also joined with them as third in command, for Hector
had left his chariot in charge of a less valiant soldier. The next
company was led by Paris, Alcathous, and Agenor; the third by Helenus
and Deiphobus, two sons of Priam, and with them was the hero Asius-
Asius the son of Hyrtacus, whose great black horM
ses of the breed that
comes from the river Selleis had brought him from Arisbe. Aeneas the
valiant son of Anchises led the fourth; he and the two sons of Antenor,
Archelochus and Acamas, men well versed in all the arts of war. Sarpedon
was captain over the allies, and took with him Glaucus and Asteropaeus
whom he deemed most valiant after himself- for he was far the best
man of them all. These helped to array one another in their ox-hide
shields, and then charged straight at the Danaans, for they felt sure
that they would not hold out longer and that they should themselves
now fall upon the ships.
The rest of the Trojans and their allies now followed the counsel
of Polydamas but Asius son of Hyrtacus would not leave his horses
and his esquire behind him; in his foolhardiness he took them on with
him towards the ships, nor did he fail to come by his end in consequence.
Nevermore was he to return to wind-beaten Ilius, exulting in his chariot
and his horses; ere he could do so, death of ill-omened name had oveM
him and he had fallen by the spear of Idomeneus the noble son of Deucalion.
He had driven towards the left wing of the ships, by which way the
Achaeans used to return with their chariots and horses from the plain.
Hither he drove and found the gates with their doors opened wide,
and the great bar down- for the gatemen kept them open so as to let
those of their comrades enter who might be flying towards the ships.
Hither of set purpose did he direct his horses, and his men followed
cry, for they felt sure that the Achaeans would not
hold out longer, and that they should now fall upon the ships. Little
did they know that at the gates they should find two of the bravest
chieftains, proud sons of the fighting Lapithae- the one, Polypoetes,
mighty son of Pirithous, and the other Leonteus, peer of murderous
Mars. These stood before the gates like two high oak trees upon the
mountains, that tower from their wide-spreading roots, and year after
year battle with wind and rain- even so did thesM
onset of great Asius confidently and without flinching. The Trojans
led by him and by Iamenus, Orestes, Adamas the son of Asius, Thoon
and Oenomaus, raised a loud cry of battle and made straight for the
wall, holding their shields of dry ox-hide above their heads; for
a while the two defenders remained inside and cheered the Achaeans
on to stand firm in the defence of their ships; when, however, they
saw that the Trojans were attacking the wall, while the Danaans were
crying out for helpM
and being routed, they rushed outside and fought
in front of the gates like two wild boars upon the mountains that
abide the attack of men and dogs, and charging on either side break
down the wood all round them tearing it up by the roots, and one can
hear the clattering of their tusks, till some one hits them and makes
an end of them- even so did the gleaming bronze rattle about their
breasts, as the weapons fell upon them; for they fought with great
fury, trusting to their own prowess and to those who werM
above them. These threw great stones at their assailants in defence
of themselves their tents and their ships. The stones fell thick as
the flakes of snow which some fierce blast drives from the dark clouds
and showers down in sheets upon the earth- even so fell the weapons
from the hands alike of Trojans and Achaeans. Helmet and shield rang
out as the great stones rained upon them, and Asius the son of Hyrtacus
in his dismay cried aloud and smote his two thighs. "Father Jove,"
truth you too are altogether given to lying. I made
sure the Argive heroes could not withstand us, whereas like slim-waisted
wasps, or bees that have their nests in the rocks by the wayside-
they leave not the holes wherein they have built undefended, but fight
for their little ones against all who would take them- even so these
men, though they be but two, will not be driven from the gates, but
stand firm either to slay or be slain."
He spoke, but moved not the mind of Jove, whose counsel it then was
o give glory to Hector. Meanwhile the rest of the Trojans were fighting
about the other gates; I, however, am no god to be able to tell about
all these things, for the battle raged everywhere about the stone
wall as it were a fiery furnace. The Argives, discomfited though they
were, were forced to defend their ships, and all the gods who were
defending the Achaeans were vexed in spirit; but the Lapithae kept
on fighting with might and main.
Thereon Polypoetes, mighty son of Pirithous, hit Damasus with a sM
upon his cheek-pierced helmet. The helmet did not protect him, for
the point of the spear went through it, and broke the bone, so that
the brain inside was scattered about, and he died fighting. He then
slew Pylon and Ormenus. Leonteus, of the race of Mars, killed Hippomachus
the son of Antimachus by striking him with his spear upon the girdle.
He then drew his sword and sprang first upon Antiphates whom he killed
in combat, and who fell face upwards on the earth. After him he killed
d Orestes, and laid them low one after the other.
While they were busy stripping the armour from these heroes, the youths
who were led on by Polydamas and Hector (and these were the greater
part and the most valiant of those that were trying to break through
the wall and fire the ships) were still standing by the trench, uncertain
what they should do; for they had seen a sign from heaven when they
had essayed to cross it- a soaring eagle that flew skirting the left
wing of their host, with a monstrous blooM
d-red snake in its talons
still alive and struggling to escape. The snake was still bent on
revenge, wriggling and twisting itself backwards till it struck the
bird that held it, on the neck and breast; whereon the bird being
in pain, let it fall, dropping it into the middle of the host, and
then flew down the wind with a sharp cry. The Trojans were struck
with terror when they saw the snake, portent of aegis-bearing Jove,
writhing in the midst of them, and Polydamas went up to Hector and
our councils of war you are ever given to rebuke
me, even when I speak wisely, as though it were not well, forsooth,
that one of the people should cross your will either in the field
or at the council board; you would have them support you always: nevertheless
I will say what I think will be best; let us not now go on to fight
the Danaans at their ships, for I know what will happen if this soaring
eagle which skirted the left wing of our with a monstrous blood-red
snake in its talons (the snake being still aM
live) was really sent
as an omen to the Trojans on their essaying to cross the trench. The
eagle let go her hold; she did not succeed in taking it home to her
little ones, and so will it be- with ourselves; even though by a mighty
effort we break through the gates and wall of the Achaeans, and they
give way before us, still we shall not return in good order by the
way we came, but shall leave many a man behind us whom the Achaeans
will do to death in defence of their ships. Thus would any seer who
t in these matters, and was trusted by the people, read the
Hector looked fiercely at him and said, "Polydamas, I like not of
your reading. You can find a better saying than this if you will.
If, however, you have spoken in good earnest, then indeed has heaven
robbed you of your reason. You would have me pay no heed to the counsels
of Jove, nor to the promises he made me- and he bowed his head in
confirmation; you bid me be ruled rather by the flight of wild-fowl.
What care I whether they fly tM
owards dawn or dark, and whether they
be on my right hand or on my left? Let us put our trust rather in
the counsel of great Jove, king of mortals and immortals. There is
one omen, and one only- that a man should fight for his country. Why
are you so fearful? Though we be all of us slain at the ships of the
Argives you are not likely to be killed yourself, for you are not
steadfast nor courageous. If you will. not fight, or would talk others
over from doing so, you shall fall forthwith before my spear."
ith these words he led the way, and the others followed after with
a cry that rent the air. Then Jove the lord of thunder sent the blast
of a mighty wind from the mountains of Ida, that bore the dust down
towards the ships; he thus lulled the Achaeans into security, and
gave victory to Hector and to the Trojans, who, trusting to their
own might and to the signs he had shown them, essayed to break through
the great wall of the Achaeans. They tore down the breastworks from
the walls, and overthrew the battlemeM
nts; they upheaved the buttresses,
which the Achaeans had set in front of the wall in order to support
it; when they had pulled these down they made sure of breaking through
the wall, but the Danaans still showed no sign of giving ground; they
still fenced the battlements with their shields of ox-hide, and hurled
their missiles down upon the foe as soon as any came below the wall.
The two Ajaxes went about everywhere on the walls cheering on the
Achaeans, giving fair words to some while they spoke sharply M
one whom they saw to be remiss. "My friends," they cried, "Argives
one and all- good bad and indifferent, for there was never fight yet,
in which all were of equal prowess- there is now work enough, as you
very well know, for all of you. See that you none of you turn in flight
towards the ships, daunted by the shouting of the foe, but press forward
and keep one another in heart, if it may so be that Olympian Jove
the lord of lightning will vouchsafe us to repel our foes, and drive
them back towards tM
Thus did the two go about shouting and cheering the Achaeans on. As
the flakes that fall thick upon a winter's day, when Jove is minded
to snow and to display these his arrows to mankind- he lulls the wind
to rest, and snows hour after hour till he has buried the tops of
the high mountains, the headlands that jut into the sea, the grassy
plains, and the tilled fields of men; the snow lies deep upon the
forelands, and havens of the grey sea, but the waves as they come
rolling in stay it that it M
can come no further, though all else is
wrapped as with a mantle so heavy are the heavens with snow- even
thus thickly did the stones fall on one side and on the other, some
thrown at the Trojans, and some by the Trojans at the Achaeans; and
the whole wall was in an uproar.
Still the Trojans and brave Hector would not yet have broken down
the gates and the great bar, had not Jove turned his son Sarpedon
against the Argives as a lion against a herd of horned cattle. Before
him he held his shield of hammerM
ed bronze, that the smith had beaten
so fair and round, and had lined with ox hides which he had made fast
with rivets of gold all round the shield; this he held in front of
him, and brandishing his two spears came on like some lion of the
wilderness, who has been long famished for want of meat and will dare
break even into a well-fenced homestead to try and get at the sheep.
He may find the shepherds keeping watch over their flocks with dogs
and spears, but he is in no mind to be driven from the fold till hM
has had a try for it; he will either spring on a sheep and carry it
off, or be hit by a spear from strong hand- even so was Sarpedon fain
to attack the wall and break down its battlements. Then he said to
Glaucus son of Hippolochus, "Glaucus, why in Lycia do we receive especial
honour as regards our place at table? Why are the choicest portions
served us and our cups kept brimming, and why do men look up to us
as though we were gods? Moreover we hold a large estate by the banks
of the river Xanthus, fair M
with orchard lawns and wheat-growing land;
it becomes us, therefore, to take our stand at the head of all the
Lycians and bear the brunt of the fight, that one may say to another,
Our princes in Lycia eat the fat of the land and drink best of wine,
but they are fine fellows; they fight well and are ever at the front
in battle.' My good friend, if, when we were once out of this fight,
we could escape old age and death thenceforward and for ever, I should
neither press forward myself nor bid you do so, but deaM
shapes hangs ever over our heads, and no man can elude him; therefore
let us go forward and either win glory for ourselves, or yield it
Glaucus heeded his saying, and the pair forthwith led on the host
of Lycians. Menestheus son of Peteos was dismayed when he saw them,
for it was against his part of the wall that they came- bringing destruction
with them; he looked along the wall for some chieftain to support
his comrades and saw the two Ajaxes, men ever eager for the frayM
and Teucer, who had just come from his tent, standing near them; but
he could not make his voice heard by shouting to them, so great an
uproar was there from crashing shields and helmets and the battering
of gates with a din which reached the skies. For all the gates had
been closed, and the Trojans were hammering at them to try and break
their way through them. Menestheus, therefore, sent Thootes with a
message to Ajax. "Run, good Thootes," said and call Ajax, or better
still bid both come, for it will bM
e all over with us here directly;
the leaders of the Lycians are upon us, men who have ever fought desperately
heretofore. But if the have too much on their hands to let them come,
at any rate let Ajax son of Telamon do so, and let Teucer the famous
bowman come with him."
The messenger did as he was told, and set off running along the wall
of the Achaeans. When he reached the Ajaxes he said to them, "Sirs,
princes of the Argives, the son of noble Peteos bids you come to him
for a while and help him. You M
had better both come if you can, or
it will be all over with him directly; the leaders of the Lycians
are upon him, men who have ever fought desperately heretofore; if
you have too much on your hands to let both come, at any rate let
Ajax son of Telamon do so, and let Teucer the famous bowman come with
Great Ajax, son of Telamon, heeded the message, and at once spoke
to the son of Oileus. "Ajax," said he, "do you two, yourself and brave
Lycomedes, stay here and keep the Danaans in heart to fight thM
hardest. I will go over yonder, and bear my part in the fray, but
I will come back here at once as soon as I have given them the help
With this, Ajax son of Telamon set off, and Teucer his brother by
the same father went also, with Pandion to carry Teucer's bow. They
went along inside the wall, and when they came to the tower where
Menestheus was (and hard pressed indeed did they find him) the brave
captains and leaders of the Lycians were storming the battlements
as it were a thick darkM
cloud, fighting in close quarters, and raising
the battle-cry aloud.
First, Ajax son of Telamon killed brave Epicles, a comrade of Sarpedon,
hitting him with a jagged stone that lay by the battlements at the
very top of the wall. As men now are, even one who is in the bloom
of youth could hardly lift it with his two hands, but Ajax raised
it high aloft and flung it down, smashing Epicles' four-crested helmet
so that the bones of his head were crushed to pieces, and he fell
from the high wall as though hM
e were diving, with no more life left
in him. Then Teucer wounded Glaucus the brave son of Hippolochus as
he was coming on to attack the wall. He saw his shoulder bare and
aimed an arrow at it, which made Glaucus leave off fighting. Thereon
he sprang covertly down for fear some of the Achaeans might see that
he was wounded and taunt him. Sarpedon was stung with grief when he
saw Glaucus leave him, still he did not leave off fighting, but aimed
his spear at Alcmaon the son of Thestor and hit him. He drew his M
back again Alcmaon came down headlong after it with his bronzed armour
rattling round him. Then Sarpedon seized the battlement in his strong
hands, and tugged at it till it an gave way together, and a breach
was made through which many might pass.
Ajax and Teucer then both of them attacked him. Teucer hit him with
an arrow on the band that bore the shield which covered his body,
but Jove saved his son from destruction that he might not fall by
the ships' sterns. Meanwhile Ajax sprang on him and pieM
but the spear did not go clean through, though it hustled him back
that he could come on no further. He therefore retired a little space
from the battlement, yet without losing all his ground, for he still
thought to cover himself with glory. Then he turned round and shouted
to the brave Lycians saying, "Lycians, why do you thus fail me? For
all my prowess I cannot break through the wall and open a way to the
ships single-handed. Come close on behind me, for the more there are
The Lycians, shamed by his rebuke, pressed closer round him who was
their counsellor their king. The Argives on their part got their men
in fighting order within the wall, and there was a deadly struggle
between them. The Lycians could not break through the wall and force
their way to the ships, nor could the Danaans drive the Lycians from
the wall now that they had once reached it. As two men, measuring-rods
in hand, quarrel about their boundaries in a field that they own in
common, and stickle foM
r their rights though they be but in a mere
strip, even so did the battlements now serve as a bone of contention,
and they beat one another's round shields for their possession. Many
a man's body was wounded with the pitiless bronze, as he turned round
and bared his back to the foe, and many were struck clean through
their shields; the wall and battlements were everywhere deluged with
the blood alike of Trojans and of Achaeans. But even so the Trojans
could not rout the Achaeans, who still held on; and as soM
hard-working woman weighs wool in her balance and sees that the scales
be true, for she would gain some pitiful earnings for her little ones,
even so was the fight balanced evenly between them till the time came
when Jove gave the greater glory to Hector son of Priam, who was first
to spring towards the wall of the Achaeans. As he did so, he cried
aloud to the Trojans, "Up, Trojans, break the wall of the Argives,
and fling fire upon their ships."
Thus did he hound them on, and in one body they M
the wall as he had bidden them, and scaled the battlements with sharp
spears in their hands. Hector laid hold of a stone that lay just outside
the gates and was thick at one end but pointed at the other; two of
the best men in a town, as men now are, could hardly raise it from
the ground and put it on to a waggon, but Hector lifted it quite easily
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Now when Jove had thus brought Hector and the Trojans to the ships,
he left them to their never-ending toil, and turned his keen eyes
away, looking elsewhither towards the horse-breeders of Thrace, the
Mysians, fighters at close quarters, the noble Hippemolgi, who live
on milk, and the Abians, justest of mankind. He no longer turned so
much as a glance towards Troy, for he did not think that any of the
immortals would go and help either Trojans or DanaM
But King Neptune had kept no blind look-out; he had been looking admiringly
on the battle from his seat on the topmost crests of wooded Samothrace,
whence he could see all Ida, with the city of Priam and the ships
of the Achaeans. He had come from under the sea and taken his place
here, for he pitied the Achaeans who were being overcome by the Trojans;
and he was furiously angry with Jove.
Presently he came down from his post on the mountain top, and as he
strode swiftly onwards the high hills anM
d the forest quaked beneath
the tread of his immortal feet. Three strides he took, and with the
fourth he reached his goal- Aegae, where is his glittering golden
palace, imperishable, in the depths of the sea. When he got there,
he yoked his fleet brazen-footed steeds with their manes of gold all
flying in the wind; he clothed himself in raiment of gold, grasped
his gold whip, and took his stand upon his chariot. As he went his
way over the waves the sea-monsters left their lairs, for they knew
and came gambolling round him from every quarter of the
deep, while the sea in her gladness opened a path before his chariot.
So lightly did the horses fly that the bronze axle of the car was
not even wet beneath it; and thus his bounding steeds took him to
the ships of the Achaeans.
Now there is a certain huge cavern in the depths of the sea midway
between Tenedos and rocky Imbrus; here Neptune lord of the earthquake
stayed his horses, unyoked them, and set before them their ambrosial
their feet with hobbles of gold which none could
either unloose or break, so that they might stay there in that place
until their lord should return. This done he went his way to the host
Now the Trojans followed Hector son of Priam in close array like a
storm-cloud or flame of fire, fighting with might and main and raising
the cry battle; for they deemed that they should take the ships of
the Achaeans and kill all their chiefest heroes then and there. Meanwhile
earth-encircling NeptuneM
lord of the earthquake cheered on the Argives,
for he had come up out of the sea and had assumed the form and voice
First he spoke to the two Ajaxes, who were doing their best already,
and said, "Ajaxes, you two can be the saving of the Achaeans if you
will put out all your strength and not let yourselves be daunted.
I am not afraid that the Trojans, who have got over the wall in force,
will be victorious in any other part, for the Achaeans can hold all
of them in check, but I much fear thatM
some evil will befall us here
where furious Hector, who boasts himself the son of great Jove himself,
is leading them on like a pillar of flame. May some god, then, put
it into your hearts to make a firm stand here, and to incite others
to do the like. In this case you will drive him from the ships even
though he be inspired by Jove himself."
As he spoke the earth-encircling lord of the earthquake struck both
of them with his sceptre and filled their hearts with daring. He made
their legs light and actiM
ve, as also their hands and their feet. Then,
as the soaring falcon poises on the wing high above some sheer rock,
and presently swoops down to chase some bird over the plain, even
so did Neptune lord of the earthquake wing his flight into the air
and leave them. Of the two, swift Ajax son of Oileus was the first
to know who it was that had been speaking with them, and said to Ajax
son of Telamon, "Ajax, this is one of the gods that dwell on Olympus,
who in the likeness of the prophet is bidding us fight harM
ships. It was not Calchas the seer and diviner of omens; I knew him
at once by his feet and knees as he turned away, for the gods are
soon recognised. Moreover I feel the lust of battle burn more fiercely
within me, while my hands and my feet under me are more eager for
And Ajax son of Telamon answered, "I too feel my hands grasp my spear
more firmly; my strength is greater, and my feet more nimble; I long,
moreover, to meet furious Hector son of Priam, even in single combat."
did they converse, exulting in the hunger after battle with which
the god had filled them. Meanwhile the earth-encircler roused the
Achaeans, who were resting in the rear by the ships overcome at once
by hard fighting and by grief at seeing that the Trojans had got over
the wall in force. Tears began falling from their eyes as they beheld
them, for they made sure that they should not escape destruction;
but the lord of the earthquake passed lightly about among them and
urged their battalions to the front.
First he went up to Teucer and Leitus, the hero Peneleos, and Thoas
and Deipyrus; Meriones also and Antilochus, valiant warriors; all
did he exhort. "Shame on you young Argives," he cried, "it was on
your prowess I relied for the saving of our ships; if you fight not
with might and main, this very day will see us overcome by the Trojans.
Of a truth my eyes behold a great and terrible portent which I had
never thought to see- the Trojans at our ships- they, who were heretofore
like panic-stricken hinds, thM
e prey of jackals and wolves in a forest,
with no strength but in flight for they cannot defend themselves.
Hitherto the Trojans dared not for one moment face the attack of the
Achaeans, but now they have sallied far from their city and are fighting
at our very ships through the cowardice of our leader and the disaffection
of the people themselves, who in their discontent care not to fight
in defence of the ships but are being slaughtered near them. True,
King Agamemnon son of Atreus is the cause of our disaM
insulted the son of Peleus, still this is no reason why we should
leave off fighting. Let us be quick to heal, for the hearts of the
brave heal quickly. You do ill to be thus remiss, you, who are the
finest soldiers in our whole army. I blame no man for keeping out
of battle if he is a weakling, but I am indignant with such men as
you are. My good friends, matters will soon become even worse through
this slackness; think, each one of you, of his own honour and credit,
for the hazard of the fiM
ght is extreme. Great Hector is now fighting
at our ships; he has broken through the gates and the strong bolt
Thus did the earth-encircler address the Achaeans and urge them on.
Thereon round the two Ajaxes there gathered strong bands of men, of
whom not even Mars nor Minerva, marshaller of hosts could make light
if they went among them, for they were the picked men of all those
who were now awaiting the onset of Hector and the Trojans. They made
a living fence, spear to spear, shield tM
o shield, buckler to buckler,
helmet to helmet, and man to man. The horse-hair crests on their gleaming
helmets touched one another as they nodded forward, so closely seffied
were they; the spears they brandished in their strong hands were interlaced,
and their hearts were set on battle.
The Trojans advanced in a dense body, with Hector at their head pressing
right on as a rock that comes thundering down the side of some mountain
from whose brow the winter torrents have torn it; the foundations
ll thing have been loosened by floods of rain, and as it
bounds headlong on its way it sets the whole forest in an uproar;
it swerves neither to right nor left till it reaches level ground,
but then for all its fury it can go no further- even so easily did
Hector for a while seem as though he would career through the tents
and ships of the Achaeans till he had reached the sea in his murderous
course; but the closely serried battalions stayed him when he reached
them, for the sons of the Achaeans thrust at hiM
m with swords and spears
pointed at both ends, and drove him from them so that he staggered
and gave ground; thereon he shouted to the Trojans, "Trojans, Lycians,
and Dardanians, fighters in close combat, stand firm: the Achaeans
have set themselves as a wall against me, but they will not check
me for long; they will give ground before me if the mightiest of the
gods, the thundering spouse of Juno, has indeed inspired my onset."
With these words he put heart and soul into them all. Deiphobus son
went about among them intent on deeds of daring with his
round shield before him, under cover of which he strode quickly forward.
Meriones took aim at him with a spear, nor did he fail to hit the
broad orb of ox-hide; but he was far from piercing it for the spear
broke in two pieces long ere he could do so; moreover Deiphobus had
seen it coming and had held his shield well away from him. Meriones
drew back under cover of his comrades, angry alike at having failed
to vanquish Deiphobus, and having broken his M
spear. He turned therefore
towards the ships and tents to fetch a spear which he had left behind
The others continued fighting, and the cry of battle rose up into
the heavens. Teucer son of Telamon was the first to kill his man,
to wit, the warrior Imbrius son of Mentor rich in horses. Until the
Achaeans came he had lived in Pedaeum, and had married Medesicaste
a bastard daughter of Priam; but on the arrival of the Danaan fleet
he had gone back to Ilius, and was a great man among the TrojansM
dwelling near Priam himself, who gave him like honour with his own
sons. The son of Telamon now struck him under the ear with a spear
which he then drew back again, and Imbrius fell headlong as an ash-tree
when it is felled on the crest of some high mountain beacon, and its
delicate green foliage comes toppling down to the ground. Thus did
he fall with his bronze-dight armour ringing harshly round him, and
Teucer sprang forward with intent to strip him of his armour; but
as he was doing so, Hector took aiM
m at him with a spear. Teucer saw
the spear coming and swerved aside, whereon it hit Amphimachus, son
of Cteatus son of Actor, in the chest as he was coming into battle,
and his armour rang rattling round him as he fell heavily to the ground.
Hector sprang forward to take Amphimachus's helmet from off his temples,
and in a moment Ajax threw a spear at him, but did not wound him,
for he was encased all over in his terrible armour; nevertheless the
spear struck the boss of his shield with such force as to drivM
back from the two corpses, which the Achaeans then drew off. Stichius
and Menestheus, captains of the Athenians, bore away Amphimachus to
the host of the Achaeans, while the two brave and impetuous Ajaxes
did the like by Imbrius. As two lions snatch a goat from the hounds
that have it in their fangs, and bear it through thick brushwood high
above the ground in their jaws, thus did the Ajaxes bear aloft the
body of Imbrius, and strip it of its armour. Then the son of Oileus
severed the head from the neM
ck in revenge for the death of Amphimachus,
and sent it whirling over the crowd as though it had been a ball,
till fell in the dust at Hector's feet.
Neptune was exceedingly angry that his grandson Amphimachus should
have fallen; he therefore went to the tents and ships of the Achaeans
to urge the Danaans still further, and to devise evil for the Trojans.
Idomeneus met him, as he was taking leave of a comrade, who had just
come to him from the fight, wounded in the knee. His fellow-soldiers
the field, and Idomeneus having given orders to the physicians
went on to his tent, for he was still thirsting for battle. Neptune
spoke in the likeness and with the voice of Thoas son of Andraemon
who ruled the Aetolians of all Pleuron and high Calydon, and was honoured
among his people as though he were a god. "Idomeneus," said he, "lawgiver
to the Cretans, what has now become of the threats with which the
sons of the Achaeans used to threaten the Trojans?"
And Idomeneus chief among the Cretans answeredM
, "Thoas, no one, so
far as I know, is in fault, for we can all fight. None are held back
neither by fear nor slackness, but it seems to be the of almighty
Jove that the Achaeans should perish ingloriously here far from Argos:
you, Thoas, have been always staunch, and you keep others in heart
if you see any fail in duty; be not then remiss now, but exhort all
to do their utmost."
To this Neptune lord of the earthquake made answer, "Idomeneus, may
he never return from Troy, but remain here for dogs to batM
who is this day wilfully slack in fighting. Get your armour and go,
we must make all haste together if we may be of any use, though we
are only two. Even cowards gain courage from companionship, and we
two can hold our own with the bravest."
Therewith the god went back into the thick of the fight, and Idomeneus
when he had reached his tent donned his armour, grasped his two spears,
and sallied forth. As the lightning which the son of Saturn brandishes
from bright Olympus when he would show a siM
gn to mortals, and its
gleam flashes far and wide- even so did his armour gleam about him
as he ran. Meriones his sturdy squire met him while he was still near
his tent (for he was going to fetch his spear) and Idomeneus said
"Meriones, fleet son of Molus, best of comrades, why have you left
the field? Are you wounded, and is the point of the weapon hurting
you? or have you been sent to fetch me? I want no fetching; I had
far rather fight than stay in my tent."
"Idomeneus," answered Meriones, "I come fM
or a spear, if I can find
one in my tent; I have broken the one I had, in throwing it at the
shield of Deiphobus."
And Idomeneus captain of the Cretans answered, "You will find one
spear, or twenty if you so please, standing up against the end wall
of my tent. I have taken them from Trojans whom I have killed, for
I am not one to keep my enemy at arm's length; therefore I have spears,
bossed shields, helmets, and burnished corslets."
Then Meriones said, "I too in my tent and at my ship have spoils takM
from the Trojans, but they are not at hand. I have been at all times
valorous, and wherever there has been hard fighting have held my own
among the foremost. There may be those among the Achaeans who do not
know how I fight, but you know it well enough yourself."
Idomeneus answered, "I know you for a brave man: you need not tell
me. If the best men at the ships were being chosen to go on an ambush-
and there is nothing like this for showing what a man is made of;
it comes out then who is cowardly and wM
ho brave; the coward will change
colour at every touch and turn; he is full of fears, and keeps shifting
his weight first on one knee and then on the other; his heart beats
fast as he thinks of death, and one can hear the chattering of his
teeth; whereas the brave man will not change colour nor be on finding
himself in ambush, but is all the time longing to go into action-
if the best men were being chosen for such a service, no one could
make light of your courage nor feats of arms. If you were struck by
dart or smitten in close combat, it would not be from behind, in
your neck nor back, but the weapon would hit you in the chest or belly
as you were pressing forward to a place in the front ranks. But let
us no longer stay here talking like children, lest we be ill spoken
of; go, fetch your spear from the tent at once."
On this Meriones, peer of Mars, went to the tent and got himself a
spear of bronze. He then followed after Idomeneus, big with great
deeds of valour. As when baneful Mars sallies forth to M
his son Panic so strong and dauntless goes with him, to strike terror
even into the heart of a hero- the pair have gone from Thrace to arm
themselves among the Ephyri or the brave Phlegyans, but they will
not listen to both the contending hosts, and will give victory to
one side or to the other- even so did Meriones and Idomeneus, captains
of men, go out to battle clad in their bronze armour. Meriones was
first to speak. "Son of Deucalion," said he, "where would you have
us begin fighting? On thM
e right wing of the host, in the centre, or
on the left wing, where I take it the Achaeans will be weakest?"
Idomeneus answered, "There are others to defend the centre- the two
Ajaxes and Teucer, who is the finest archer of all the Achaeans, and
is good also in a hand-to-hand fight. These will give Hector son of
Priam enough to do; fight as he may, he will find it hard to vanquish
their indomitable fury, and fire the ships, unless the son of Saturn
fling a firebrand upon them with his own hand. Great Ajax M
will yield to no man who is in mortal mould and eats the grain of
Ceres, if bronze and great stones can overthrow him. He would not
yield even to Achilles in hand-to-hand fight, and in fleetness of
foot there is none to beat him; let us turn therefore towards the
left wing, that we may know forthwith whether we are to give glory
to some other, or he to us."
Meriones, peer of fleet Mars, then led the way till they came to the
part of the host which Idomeneus had named.
ans saw Idomeneus coming on like a flame of fire,
him and his squire clad in their richly wrought armour, they shouted
and made towards him all in a body, and a furious hand-to-hand fight
raged under the ships' sterns. Fierce as the shrill winds that whistle
upon a day when dust lies deep on the roads, and the gusts raise it
into a thick cloud- even such was the fury of the combat, and might
and main did they hack at each other with spear and sword throughout
the host. The field bristled with the long and deM
they bore. Dazzling was the sheen of their gleaming helmets, their
fresh-burnished breastplates, and glittering shields as they joined
battle with one another. Iron indeed must be his courage who could
take pleasure in the sight of such a turmoil, and look on it without
Thus did the two mighty sons of Saturn devise evil for mortal heroes.
Jove was minded to give victory to the Trojans and to Hector, so as
to do honour to fleet Achilles, nevertheless he did not mean to utM
overthrow the Achaean host before Ilius, and only wanted to glorify
Thetis and her valiant son. Neptune on the other hand went about among
the Argives to incite them, having come up from the grey sea in secret,
for he was grieved at seeing them vanquished by the Trojans, and was
furiously angry with Jove. Both were of the same race and country,
but Jove was elder born and knew more, therefore Neptune feared to
defend the Argives openly, but in the likeness of man, he kept on
encouraging them throughouM
t their host. Thus, then, did these two
devise a knot of war and battle, that none could unloose or break,
and set both sides tugging at it, to the failing of men's knees beneath
And now Idomeneus, though his hair was already flecked with grey,
called loud on the Danaans and spread panic among the Trojans as he
leaped in among them. He slew Othryoneus from Cabesus, a sojourner,
who had but lately come to take part in the war. He sought Cassandra
the fairest of Priam's daughters in marriage, but offM
of wooing, for he promised a great thing, to wit, that he would drive
the sons of the Achaeans willy nilly from Troy; old King Priam had
given his consent and promised her to him, whereon he fought on the
strength of the promises thus made to him. Idomeneus aimed a spear,
and hit him as he came striding on. His cuirass of bronze did not
protect him, and the spear stuck in his belly, so that he fell heavily
to the ground. Then Idomeneus vaunted over him saying, "Othryoneus,
there is no one in tM
he world whom I shall admire more than I do you,
if you indeed perform what you have promised Priam son of Dardanus
in return for his daughter. We too will make you an offer; we will
give you the loveliest daughter of the son of Atreus, and will bring
her from Argos for you to marry, if you will sack the goodly city
of Ilius in company with ourselves; so come along with me, that we
may make a covenant at the ships about the marriage, and we will not
be hard upon you about gifts of wooing."
eneus began dragging him by the foot through the thick
of the fight, but Asius came up to protect the body, on foot, in front
of his horses which his esquire drove so close behind him that he
could feel their 'breath upon his shoulder. He was longing to strike
down Idomeneus, but ere he could do so Idomeneus smote him with his
spear in the throat under the chin, and the bronze point went clean
through it. He fell as an oak, or poplar, or pine which shipwrights
have felled for ship's timber upon the mountainsM
even thus did he lie full length in front of his chariot and horses,
grinding his teeth and clutching at the bloodstained just. His charioteer
was struck with panic and did not dare turn his horses round and escape:
thereupon Antilochus hit him in the middle of his body with a spear;
his cuirass of bronze did not protect him, and the spear stuck in
his belly. He fell gasping from his chariot and Antilochus great Nestor's
son, drove his horses from the Trojans to the Achaeans.
s then came close up to Idomeneus to avenge Asius, and took
aim at him with a spear, but Idomeneus was on the look-out and avoided
it, for he was covered by the round shield he always bore- a shield
of oxhide and bronze with two arm-rods on the inside. He crouched
under cover of this, and the spear flew over him, but the shield rang
out as the spear grazed it, and the weapon sped not in vain from the
strong hand of Deiphobus, for it struck Hypsenor son of Hippasus,
shepherd of his people, in the liver under M
the midriff, and his limbs
failed beneath him. Deiphobus vaunted over him and cried with a loud
voice saying, "Of a truth Asius has not fallen unavenied; he will
be glad even while passing into the house of Hades, strong warden
of the gate, that I have sent some one to escort him."
Thus did he vaunt, and the Argives were stung by his saying. Noble
Antilochus was more angry than any one, but grief did not make him
forget his friend and comrade. He ran up to him, bestrode him, and
covered him with his shieM
ld; then two of his staunch comrades, Mecisteus
son of Echius, and Alastor stooped down, and bore him away groaning
heavily to the ships. But Idomeneus ceased not his fury. He kept on
striving continually either to enshroud some Trojan in the darkness
of death, or himself to fall while warding off the evil day from the
Achaeans. Then fell Alcathous son of noble Aesyetes: he was son-in-law
to Anchises, having married his eldest daughter Hippodameia who was
the darling of her father and mother, and excelled alM
in beauty, accomplishments, and understanding, wherefore the bravest
man in all Troy had taken her to wife- him did Neptune lay low by
the hand of Idomeneus, blinding his bright eyes and binding his strong
limbs in fetters so that he could neither go back nor to one side,
but stood stock still like pillar or lofty tree when Idomeneus struck
him with a spear in the middle of his chest. The coat of mail that
had hitherto protected his body was now broken, and rang harshly as
rough it. He fell heavily to the ground, and the
spear stuck in his heart, which still beat, and made the butt-end
of the spear quiver till dread Mars put an end to his life. Idomeneus
vaunted over him and cried with a loud voice saying, "Deiphobus, since
you are in a mood to vaunt, shall we cry quits now that we have killed
three men to your one? Nay, sir, stand in fight with me yourself,
that you may learn what manner of Jove-begotten man am I that have
come hither. Jove first begot Minos chief ruler in CrM
in his turn begot a son, noble Deucalion; Deucalion begot me to be
a ruler over many men in Crete, and my ships have now brought me hither,
to be the bane of yourself, your father, and the Trojans."
Thus did he speak, and Deiphobus was in two minds, whether to go back
and fetch some other Trojan to help him, or to take up the challenge
single-handed. In the end, he deemed it best to go and fetch Aeneas,
whom he found standing in the rear, for he had long been aggrieved
with Priam because inM
spite his brave deeds he did not give him his
due share of honour. Deiphobus went up to him and said, "Aeneas, prince
among the Trojans, if you know any ties of kinship, help me now to
defend the body of your sister's husband; come with me to the rescue
of Alcathous, who being husband to your sister brought you up when
you were a child in his house, and now Idomeneus has slain him."
With these words he moved the heart of Aeneas, and he went in pursuit
of Idomeneus, big with great deeds of valour; but IdomM
to be thus daunted as though he were a mere child; he held his ground
as a wild boar at bay upon the mountains, who abides the coming of
a great crowd of men in some lonely place- the bristles stand upright
on his back, his eyes flash fire, and he whets his tusks in his eagerness
to defend himself against hounds and men- even so did famed Idomeneus
hold his ground and budge not at the coming of Aeneas. He cried aloud
to his comrades looking towards Ascalaphus, Aphareus, Deipyrus, Meriones,
Antilochus, all of them brave soldiers- "Hither my friends," he
cried, "and leave me not single-handed- I go in great fear by fleet
Aeneas, who is coming against me, and is a redoubtable dispenser of
death battle. Moreover he is in the flower of youth when a man's strength
is greatest; if I was of the same age as he is and in my present mind,
either he or I should soon bear away the prize of victory
On this, all of them as one man stood near him, shield on shoulder.
Aeneas on the other side called to his M
comrades, looking towards Deiphobus,
Paris, and Agenor, who were leaders of the Trojans along with himself,
and the people followed them as sheep follow the ram when they go
down to drink after they have been feeding, and the heart of the shepherd
is glad- even so was the heart of Aeneas gladdened when he saw his
Then they fought furiously in close combat about the body of Alcathous,
wielding their long spears; and the bronze armour about their bodies
rang fearfully as they took aim atM
one another in the press of the
fight, while the two heroes Aeneas and Idomeneus, peers of Mars, outxied
every one in their desire to hack at each other with sword and spear.
Aeneas took aim first, but Idomeneus was on the lookout and avoided
the spear, so that it sped from Aeneas' strong hand in vain, and fell
quivering in the ground. Idomeneus meanwhile smote Oenomaus in the
middle of his belly, and broke the plate of his corslet, whereon his
bowels came gushing out and he clutched the earth in the palms M
his hands as he fell sprawling in the dust. Idomeneus drew his spear
out of the body, but could not strip him of the rest of his armour
for the rain of darts that were showered upon him: moreover his strength
was now beginning to fail him so that he could no longer charge, and
could neither spring forward to recover his own weapon nor swerve
aside to avoid one that was aimed at him; therefore, though he still
defended himself in hand-to-hand fight, his heavy feet could not bear
him swiftly out of the batM
tle. Deiphobus aimed a spear at him as he
was retreating slowly from the field, for his bitterness against him
was as fierce as ever, but again he missed him, and hit Ascalaphus,
the son of Mars; the spear went through his shoulder, and he clutched
the earth in the palms of his hands as he fell sprawling in the dust.
Grim Mars of awful voice did not yet know that his son had fallen,
for he was sitting on the summits of Olympus under the golden clouds,
by command of Jove, where the other gods were also sittM
to take part in the battle. Meanwhile men fought furiously about the
body. Deiphobus tore the helmet from off his head, but Meriones sprang
upon him, and struck him on the arm with a spear so that the visored
helmet fell from his hand and came ringing down upon the ground. Thereon
Meriones sprang upon him like a vulture, drew the spear from his shoulder,
and fell back under cover of his men. Then Polites, own brother of
Deiphobus passed his arms around his waist, and bore him away from
ttle till he got to his horses that were standing in the rear
of the fight with the chariot and their driver. These took him towards
the city groaning and in great pain, with the blood flowing from his
The others still fought on, and the battle-cry rose to heaven without
ceasing. Aeneas sprang on Aphareus son of Caletor, and struck him
with a spear in his throat which was turned towards him; his head
fell on one side, his helmet and shield came down along with him,
and death, life's foe, was shed arM
ound him. Antilochus spied his chance,
flew forward towards Thoon, and wounded him as he was turning round.
He laid open the vein that runs all the way up the back to the neck;
he cut this vein clean away throughout its whole course, and Thoon
fell in the dust face upwards, stretching out his hands imploringly
towards his comrades. Antilochus sprang upon him and stripped the
armour from his shoulders, glaring round him fearfully as he did so.
The Trojans came about him on every side and struck his broad and
gleaming shield, but could not wound his body, for Neptune stood guard
over the son of Nestor, though the darts fell thickly round him. He
was never clear of the foe, but was always in the thick of the fight;
his spear was never idle; he poised and aimed it in every direction,
so eager was he to hit some one from a distance or to fight him hand
As he was thus aiming among the crowd, he was seen by Adamas son of
Asius, who rushed towards him and struck him with a spear in the middle
d, but Neptune made its point without effect, for he grudged
him the life of Antilochus. One half, therefore, of the spear stuck
fast like a charred stake in Antilochus's shield, while the other
lay on the ground. Adamas then sought shelter under cover of his men,
but Meriones followed after and hit him with a spear midway between
the private parts and the navel, where a wound is particualrly painful
to wretched mortals. There did Meriones transfix him, and he writhed
convulsively about the spear as some bulM
l whom mountain herdsmen have
bound with ropes of withes and are taking away perforce. Even so did
he move convulsively for a while, but not for very long, till Meriones
came up and drew the spear out of his body, and his eyes were veiled
Helenus then struck Deipyrus with a great Thracian sword, hitting
him on the temple in close combat and tearing the helmet from his
head; the helmet fell to the ground, and one of those who were fighting
on the Achaean side took charge of it as it rolled atM
the eyes of Deipyrus were closed in the darkness of death.
On this Menelaus was grieved, and made menacingly towards Helenus,
brandishing his spear; but Helenus drew his bow, and the two attacked
one another at one and the same moment, the one with his spear, and
the other with his bow and arrow. The son of Priam hit the breastplate
of Menelaus's corslet, but the arrow glanced from off it. As black
beans or pulse come pattering down on to a threshing-floor from the
broad winnowing-shovel, bM
lown by shrill winds and shaken by the shovel-
even so did the arrow glance off and recoil from the shield of Menelaus,
who in his turn wounded the hand with which Helenus carried his bow;
the spear went right through his hand and stuck in the bow itself,
so that to his life he retreated under cover of his men, with his
hand dragging by his side- for the spear weighed it down till Agenor
drew it out and bound the hand carefully up in a woollen sling which
his esquire had with him.
Pisander then made straM
ight at Menelaus- his evil destiny luring him
on to his doom, for he was to fall in fight with you, O Menelaus.
When the two were hard by one another the spear of the son of Atreus
turned aside and he missed his aim; Pisander then struck the shield
of brave Menelaus but could not pierce it, for the shield stayed the
spear and broke the shaft; nevertheless he was glad and made sure
of victory; forthwith, however, the son of Atreus drew his sword and
sprang upon him. Pisander then seized the bronze battle-axe,M
its long and polished handle of olive wood that hung by his side under
his shield, and the two made at one another. Pisander struck the peak
of Menelaus's crested helmet just under the crest itself, and Menelaus
hit Pisander as he was coming towards him, on the forehead, just at
the rise of his nose; the bones cracked and his two gore-bedrabbled
eyes fell by his feet in the dust. He fell backwards to the ground,
and Menelaus set his heel upon him, stripped him of his armour, and
vaunted over him sayinM
g, "Even thus shall you Trojans leave the ships
of the Achaeans, proud and insatiate of battle though you be: nor
shall you lack any of the disgrace and shame which you have heaped
upon myself. Cowardly she-wolves that you are, you feared not the
anger of dread Jove, avenger of violated hospitality, who will one
day destroy your city; you stole my wedded wife and wickedly carried
off much treasure when you were her guest, and now you would fling
fire upon our ships, and kill our heroes. A day will come when,M
as you may, you shall be stayed. O father Jove, you, who they say
art above all both gods and men in wisdom, and from whom all things
that befall us do proceed, how can you thus favour the Trojans- men
so proud and overweening, that they are never tired of fighting? All
things pall after a while- sleep, love, sweet song, and stately dance-
still these are things of which a man would surely have his fill rather
than of battle, whereas it is of battle that the Trojans are insatiate."
s stripped the blood-stained armour from the body
of Pisander, and handed it over to his men; then he again ranged himself
among those who were in the front of the fight.
Harpalion son of King Pylaemenes then sprang upon him; he had come
to fight at Troy along with his father, but he did not go home again.
He struck the middle of Menelaus's shield with his spear but could
not pierce it, and to save his life drew back under cover of his men,
looking round him on every side lest he should be wounded. But MeM
aimed a bronze-tipped arrow at him as he was leaving the field, and
hit him on the right buttock; the arrow pierced the bone through and
through, and penetrated the bladder, so he sat down where he was and
breathed his last in the arms of his comrades, stretched like a worm
upon the ground and watering the earth with the blood that flowed
from his wound. The brave Paphlagonians tended him with all due care;
they raised him into his chariot, and bore him sadly off to the city
of Troy; his father went M
also with him weeping bitterly, but there
was no ransom that could bring his dead son to life again.
Paris was deeply grieved by the death of Harpalion, who was his host
when he went among the Paphlagonians; he aimed an arrow, therefore,
in order to avenge him. Now there was a certain man named Euchenor,
son of Polyidus the prophet, a brave man and wealthy, whose home was
in Corinth. This Euchenor had set sail for Troy well knowing that
it would be the death of him, for his good old father Polyidus had
ten told him that he must either stay at home and die of a terrible
disease, or go with the Achaeans and perish at the hands of the Trojans;
he chose, therefore, to avoid incurring the heavy fine the Achaeans
would have laid upon him, and at the same time to escape the pain
and suffering of disease. Paris now smote him on the jaw under his
ear, whereon the life went out of him and he was enshrouded in the
Thus then did they fight as it were a flaming fire. But Hector had
and did not know that the Argives were making havoc
of his men on the left wing of the battle, where the Achaeans ere
long would have triumphed over them, so vigorously did Neptune cheer
them on and help them. He therefore held on at the point where he
had first forced his way through the gates and the wall, after breaking
through the serried ranks of Danaan warriors. It was here that the
ships of Ajax and Protesilaus were drawn up by the sea-shore; here
the wall was at its lowest, and the fight both of manM
most fiercely. The Boeotians and the Ionians with their long tunics,
the Locrians, the men of Phthia, and the famous force of the Epeans
could hardly stay Hector as he rushed on towards the ships, nor could
they drive him from them, for he was as a wall of fire. The chosen
men of the Athenians were in the van, led by Menestheus son of Peteos,
with whom were also Pheidas, Stichius, and stalwart Bias: Meges son
of Phyleus, Amphion, and Dracius commanded the Epeans, while Medon
arces led the men of Phthia. Of these, Medon was bastard
son to Oileus and brother of Ajax, but he lived in Phylace away from
his own country, for he had killed the brother of his stepmother Eriopis,
the wife of Oileus; the other, Podarces, was the son of Iphiclus son
of Phylacus. These two stood in the van of the Phthians, and defended
the ships along with the Boeotians.
Ajax son of Oileus never for a moment left the side of Ajax son of
Telamon, but as two swart oxen both strain their utmost at the plougM
which they are drawing in a fallow field, and the sweat steams upwards
from about the roots of their horns- nothing but the yoke divides
them as they break up the ground till they reach the end of the field-
even so did the two Ajaxes stand shoulder to shoulder by one another.
Many and brave comrades followed the son of Telamon, to relieve him
of his shield when he was overcome with sweat and toil, but the Locrians
did not follow so close after the son of Oileus, for they could not
hold their own in a hanM
d-to-hand fight. They had no bronze helmets
with plumes of horse-hair, neither had they shields nor ashen spears,
but they had come to Troy armed with bows, and with slings of twisted
wool from which they showered their missiles to break the ranks of
the Trojans. The others, therefore, with their heavy armour bore the
brunt of the fight with the Trojans and with Hector, while the Locrians
shot from behind, under their cover; and thus the Trojans began to
lose heart, for the arrows threw them into confusion. M
The Trojans would now have been driven in sorry plight from the ships
and tents back to windy Ilius, had not Polydamas presently said to
Hector, "Hector, there is no persuading you to take advice. Because
heaven has so richly endowed you with the arts of war, you think that
you must therefore excel others in counsel; but you cannot thus claim
preeminence in all things. Heaven has made one man an excellent soldier;
of another it has made a dancer or a singer and player on the lyre;
while yet in another JoM
ve has implanted a wise understanding of which
men reap fruit to the saving of many, and he himself knows more about
it than any one; therefore I will say what I think will be best. The
fight has hemmed you in as with a circle of fire, and even now that
the Trojans are within the wall some of them stand aloof in full armour,
while others are fighting scattered and outnumbered near the ships.
Draw back, therefore, and call your chieftains round you, that we
may advise together whether to fall now upon the shiM
that heaven may vouchsafe us victory, or to beat a retreat while we
can yet safely do so. I greatly fear that the Achaeans will pay us
their debt of yesterday in full, for there is one abiding at their
ships who is never weary of battle, and who will not hold aloof much
Thus spoke Polydamas, and his words pleased Hector well. He sprang
in full armour from his chariot and said, "Polydamas, gather the chieftains
here; I will go yonder into the fight, but will return at once when
have given them their orders."
He then sped onward, towering like a snowy mountain, and with a loud
cry flew through the ranks of the Trojans and their allies. When they
heard his voice they all hastened to gather round Polydamas the excellent
son of Panthous, but Hector kept on among the foremost, looking everywhere
to find Deiphobus and prince Helenus, Adamas son of Asius, and Asius
son of Hyrtacus; living, indeed, and scatheless he could no longer
find them, for the two last were lying by the sterns ofM
ships, slain by the Argives, while the others had been also stricken
and wounded by them; but upon the left wing of the dread battle he
found Alexandrus, husband of lovely Helen, cheering his men and urging
them on to fight. He went up to him and upbraided him. "Paris," said
he, "evil-hearted Paris, fair to see but woman-mad and false of tongue,
where are Deiphobus and King Helenus? Where are Adamas son of Asius,
and Asius son of Hyrtacus? Where too is Othryoneus? Ilius is undone
Alexandrus answered, "Hector, why find fault when there is no one
to find fault with? I should hold aloof from battle on any day rather
than this, for my mother bore me with nothing of the coward about
me. From the moment when you set our men fighting about the ships
we have been staying here and doing battle with the Danaans. Our comrades
about whom you ask me are dead; Deiphobus and King Helenus alone have
left the field, wounded both of them in the hand, but the son of Saturn
live. Now, therefore, lead on where you would have us
go, and we will follow with right goodwill; you shall not find us
fail you in so far as our strength holds out, but no man can do more
than in him lies, no matter how willing he may be."
With these words he satisfied his brother, and the two went towards
the part of the battle where the fight was thickest, about Cebriones,
brave Polydamas, Phalces, Orthaeus, godlike Polyphetes, Palmys, Ascanius,
and Morys son of Hippotion, who had come from fertile AscM
preceding day to relieve other troops. Then Jove urged them on to
fight. They flew forth like the blasts of some fierce wind that strike
earth in the van of a thunderstorm- they buffet the salt sea into
an uproar; many and mighty are the great waves that come crashing
in one after the other upon the shore with their arching heads all
crested with foam- even so did rank behind rank of Trojans arrayed
in gleaming armour follow their leaders onward. The way was led by
Hector son of Priam, peer of mM
urderous Mars, with his round shield
before him- his shield of ox-hides covered with plates of bronze-
and his gleaming helmet upon his temples. He kept stepping forward
under cover of his shield in every direction, making trial of the
ranks to see if they would give way be him, but he could not daunt
the courage of the Achaeans. Ajax was the first to stride out and
challenge him. "Sir," he cried, "draw near; why do you think thus
vainly to dismay the Argives? We Achaeans are excellent soldiers,
urge of Jove has fallen heavily upon us. Your heart, forsooth,
is set on destroying our ships, but we too have bands that can keep
you at bay, and your own fair town shall be sooner taken and sacked
by ourselves. The time is near when you shall pray Jove and all the
gods in your flight, that your steeds may be swifter than hawks as
they raise the dust on the plain and bear you back to your city."
As he was thus speaking a bird flew by upon his right hand, and the
host of the Achaeans shouted, for they tookM
heart at the omen. But
Hector answered, "Ajax, braggart and false of tongue, would that I
were as sure of being son for evermore to aegis-bearing Jove, with
Queen Juno for my mother, and of being held in like honour with Minerva
and Apollo, as I am that this day is big with the destruction of the
Achaeans; and you shall fall among them if you dare abide my spear;
it shall rend your fair body and bid you glut our hounds and birds
of prey with your fat and your flesh, as you fall by the ships of
With these words he led the way and the others followed after with
a cry that rent the air, while the host shouted behind them. The Argives
on their part raised a shout likewise, nor did they forget their prowess,
but stood firm against the onslaught of the Trojan chieftains, and
the cry from both the hosts rose up to heaven and to the brightness
of Jove's presence.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Nestor was sitting over his wine, but the cry of M
battle did not escape
him, and he said to the son of Aesculapius, "What, noble Machaon,
is the meaning of all this? The shouts of men fighting by our ships
grow stronger and stronger; stay here, therefore, and sit over your
wine, while fair Hecamede heats you a bath and washes the clotted
blood from off you. I will go at once to the look-out station and
see what it is all about."
As he spoke he took up the shield of his son Thrasymedes that was
lying in his tent, all gleaming with bronze, for ThrasymedesM
his father's shield; he grasped his redoubtable bronze-shod spear,
and as soon as he was outside saw the disastrous rout of the Achaeans
who, now that their wall was overthrown, were flying pell-mell before
the Trojans. As when there is a heavy swell upon the sea, but the
waves are dumb- they keep their eyes on the watch for the quarter
whence the fierce winds may spring upon them, but they stay where
they are and set neither this way nor that, till some particular wind
sweeps down from heaven toM
determine them- even so did the old man
ponder whether to make for the crowd of Danaans, or go in search of
Agamemnon. In the end he deemed it best to go to the son of Atreus;
but meanwhile the hosts were fighting and killing one another, and
the hard bronze rattled on their bodies, as they thrust at one another
with their swords and spears.
The wounded kings, the son of Tydeus, Ulysses, and Agamemnon son of
Atreus, fell in Nestor as they were coming up from their ships- for
theirs were drawn up some waM
y from where the fighting was going on,
being on the shore itself inasmuch as they had been beached first,
while the wall had been built behind the hindermost. The stretch of
the shore, wide though it was, did not afford room for all the ships,
and the host was cramped for space, therefore they had placed the
ships in rows one behind the other, and had filled the whole opening
of the bay between the two points that formed it. The kings, leaning
on their spears, were coming out to survey the fight, being in gM
anxiety, and when old Nestor met them they were filled with dismay.
Then King Agamemnon said to him, "Nestor son of Neleus, honour to
the Achaean name, why have you left the battle to come hither? I fear
that what dread Hector said will come true, when he vaunted among
the Trojans saying that he would not return to Ilius till he had fired
our ships and killed us; this is what he said, and now it is all coming
true. Alas! others of the Achaeans, like Achilles, are in anger with
me that they refuse to fiM
ght by the sterns of our ships."
Then Nestor knight of Gerene answered, "It is indeed as you say; it
is all coming true at this moment, and even Jove who thunders from
on high cannot prevent it. Fallen is the wall on which we relied as
an impregnable bulwark both for us and our fleet. The Trojans are
fighting stubbornly and without ceasing at the ships; look where you
may you cannot see from what quarter the rout of the Achaeans is coming;
they are being killed in a confused mass and the battle-cry ascendsM
to heaven; let us think, if counsel can be of any use, what we had
better do; but I do not advise our going into battle ourselves, for
a man cannot fight when he is wounded."
And King Agamemnon answered, "Nestor, if the Trojans are indeed fighting
at the rear of our ships, and neither the wall nor the trench has
served us- over which the Danaans toiled so hard, and which they deemed
would be an impregnable bulwark both for us and our fleet- I see it
must be the will of Jove that the Achaeans should periM
here, far from Argos. I knew when Jove was willing to defend us, and
I know now that he is raising the Trojans to like honour with the
gods, while us, on the other hand, he bas bound hand and foot. Now,
therefore, let us all do as I say; let us bring down the ships that
are on the beach and draw them into the water; let us make them fast
to their mooring-stones a little way out, against the fall of night-
if even by night the Trojans will desist from fighting; we may then
draw down the rest M
of the fleet. There is nothing wrong in flying
ruin even by night. It is better for a man that he should fly and
be saved than be caught and killed."
Ulysses looked fiercely at him and said, "Son of Atreus, what are
you talking about? Wretch, you should have commanded some other and
baser army, and not been ruler over us to whom Jove has allotted a
life of hard fighting from youth to old age, till we every one of
us perish. Is it thus that you would quit the city of Troy, to win
which we have suffered soM
much hardship? Hold your peace, lest some
other of the Achaeans hear you say what no man who knows how to give
good counsel, no king over so great a host as that of the Argives
should ever have let fall from his lips. I despise your judgement
utterly for what you have been saying. Would you, then, have us draw
down our ships into the water while the battle is raging, and thus
play further into the hands of the conquering Trojans? It would be
ruin; the Achaeans will not go on fighting when they see the shipsM
being drawn into the water, but will cease attacking and keep turning
their eyes towards them; your counsel, therefore, Sir captain, would
be our destruction."
Agamemnon answered, "Ulysses, your rebuke has stung me to the heart.
I am not, however, ordering the Achaeans to draw their ships into
the sea whether they will or no. Some one, it may be, old or young,
can offer us better counsel which I shall rejoice to hear."
Then said Diomed, "Such an one is at hand; he is not far to seek,
en to me and not resent my speaking though I am younger
than any of you. I am by lineage son to a noble sire, Tydeus, who
lies buried at Thebes. For Portheus had three noble sons, two of whom,
Agrius and Melas, abode in Pleuron and rocky Calydon. The third was
the knight Oeneus, my father's father, and he was the most valiant
of them all. Oeeneus remained in his own country, but my father (as
Jove and the other gods ordained it) migrated to Argos. He married
into the family of Adrastus, and his house was oneM
of great abundance,
for he had large estates of rich corn-growing land, with much orchard
ground as well, and he had many sheep; moreover he excelled all the
Argives in the use of the spear. You must yourselves have heard whether
these things are true or no; therefore when I say well despise not
my words as though I were a coward or of ignoble birth. I say, then,
let us go to the fight as we needs must, wounded though we be. When
there, we may keep out of the battle and beyond the range of the spears
we get fresh wounds in addition to what we have already, but
we can spur on others, who have been indulging their spleen and holding
aloof from battle hitherto."
Thus did he speak; whereon they did even as he had said and set out,
King Agamemnon leading the way.
Meanwhile Neptune had kept no blind look-out, and came up to them
in the semblance of an old man. He took Agamemnon's right hand in
his own and said, "Son of Atreus, I take it Achilles is glad now that
he sees the Achaeans routed and slain, foM
r he is utterly without remorse-
may he come to a bad end and heaven confound him. As for yourself,
the blessed gods are not yet so bitterly angry with you but that the
princes and counsellors of the Trojans shall again raise the dust
upon the plain, and you shall see them flying from the ships and tents
towards their city."
With this he raised a mighty cry of battle, and sped forward to the
plain. The voice that came from his deep chest was as that of nine
or ten thousand men when they are shouting in tM
he thick of a fight,
and it put fresh courage into the hearts of the Achaeans to wage war
and do battle without ceasing.
Juno of the golden throne looked down as she stood upon a peak of
Olympus and her heart was gladdened at the sight of him who was at
once her brother and her brother-in-law, hurrying hither and thither
amid the fighting. Then she turned her eyes to Jove as he sat on the
topmost crests of many-fountained Ida, and loathed him. She set herself
to think how she might hoodwink him, and in tM
he end she deemed that
it would be best for her to go to Ida and array herself in rich attire,
in the hope that Jove might become enamoured of her, and wish to embrace
her. While he was thus engaged a sweet and careless sleep might be
made to steal over his eyes and senses.
She went, therefore, to the room which her son Vulcan had made her,
and the doors of which he had cunningly fastened by means of a secret
key so that no other god could open them. Here she entered and closed
the doors behind her. She M
cleansed all the dirt from her fair body
with ambrosia, then she anointed herself with olive oil, ambrosial,
very soft, and scented specially for herself- if it were so much as
shaken in the bronze-floored house of Jove, the scent pervaded the
universe of heaven and earth. With this she anointed her delicate
skin, and then she plaited the fair ambrosial locks that flowed in
a stream of golden tresses from her immortal head. She put on the
wondrous robe which Minerva had worked for her with consummate art,
nd had embroidered with manifold devices; she fastened it about her
bosom with golden clasps, and she girded herself with a girdle that
had a hundred tassels: then she fastened her earrings, three brilliant
pendants that glistened most beautifully, through the pierced lobes
of her ears, and threw a lovely new veil over her head. She bound
her sandals on to her feet, and when she had arrayed herself perfectly
to her satisfaction, she left her room and called Venus to come aside
and speak to her. "My dear chilM
d," said she, "will you do what I am
going to ask of you, or will refuse me because you are angry at my
being on the Danaan side, while you are on the Trojan?"
Jove's daughter Venus answered, "Juno, august queen of goddesses,
daughter of mighty Saturn, say what you want, and I will do it for
at once, if I can, and if it can be done at all."
Then Juno told her a lying tale and said, "I want you to endow me
with some of those fascinating charms, the spells of which bring all
things mortal and immortal tM
o your feet. I am going to the world's
end to visit Oceanus (from whom all we gods proceed) and mother Tethys:
they received me in their house, took care of me, and brought me up,
having taken me over from Rhaea when Jove imprisoned great Saturn
in the depths that are under earth and sea. I must go and see them
that I may make peace between them; they have been quarrelling, and
are so angry that they have not slept with one another this long while;
if I can bring them round and restore them to one another's M
they will be grateful to me and love me for ever afterwards."
Thereon laughter-loving Venus said, "I cannot and must not refuse
you, for you sleep in the arms of Jove who is our king."
As she spoke she loosed from her bosom the curiously embroidered girdle
into which all her charms had been wrought- love, desire, and that
sweet flattery which steals the judgement even of the most prudent.
She gave the girdle to Juno and said, "Take this girdle wherein all
my charms reside and lay it in your boM
som. If you will wear it I promise
you that your errand, be it what it may, will not be bootless."
When she heard this Juno smiled, and still smiling she laid the girdle
Venus now went back into the house of Jove, while Juno darted down
from the summits of Olympus. She passed over Pieria and fair Emathia,
and went on and on till she came to the snowy ranges of the Thracian
horsemen, over whose topmost crests she sped without ever setting
foot to ground. When she came to Athos she went on M
of the sea till she reached Lemnos, the city of noble Thoas. There
she met Sleep, own brother to Death, and caught him by the hand, saying,
"Sleep, you who lord it alike over mortals and immortals, if you ever
did me a service in times past, do one for me now, and I shall be
grateful to you ever after. Close Jove's keen eyes for me in slumber
while I hold him clasped in my embrace, and I will give you a beautiful
golden seat, that can never fall to pieces; my clubfooted son Vulcan
it for you, and he shall give it a footstool for you to
rest your fair feet upon when you are at table."
Then Sleep answered, "Juno, great queen of goddesses, daughter of
mighty Saturn, I would lull any other of the gods to sleep without
compunction, not even excepting the waters of Oceanus from whom all
of them proceed, but I dare not go near Jove, nor send him to sleep
unless he bids me. I have had one lesson already through doing what
you asked me, on the day when Jove's mighty son Hercules set sail
from Ilius after having sacked the city of the Trojans. At your bidding
I suffused my sweet self over the mind of aegis-bearing Jove, and
laid him to rest; meanwhile you hatched a plot against Hercules, and
set the blasts of the angry winds beating upon the sea, till you took
him to the goodly city of Cos away from all his friends. Jove was
furious when he awoke, and began hurling the gods about all over the
house; he was looking more particularly for myself, and would have
flung me down through space into tM
he sea where I should never have
been heard of any more, had not Night who cows both men and gods protected
me. I fled to her and Jove left off looking for me in spite of his
being so angry, for he did not dare do anything to displease Night.
And now you are again asking me to do something on which I cannot
And Juno said, "Sleep, why do you take such notions as those into
your head? Do you think Jove will be as anxious to help the Trojans,
as he was about his own son? Come, I will marry you to M
youngest of the Graces, and she shall be your own- Pasithea, whom
you have always wanted to marry."
Sleep was pleased when he heard this, and answered, "Then swear it
to me by the dread waters of the river Styx; lay one hand on the bounteous
earth, and the other on the sheen of the sea, so that all the gods
who dwell down below with Saturn may be our witnesses, and see that
you really do give me one of the youngest of the Graces- Pasithea,
whom I have always wanted to marry."
e had said. She swore, and invoked all the gods of the
nether world, who are called Titans, to witness. When she had completed
her oath, the two enshrouded themselves in a thick mist and sped lightly
forward, leaving Lemnos and Imbrus behind them. Presently they reached
many-fountained Ida, mother of wild beasts, and Lectum where they
left the sea to go on by land, and the tops of the trees of the forest
soughed under the going of their feet. Here Sleep halted, and ere
Jove caught sight of him he climbed a lM
ofty pine-tree- the tallest
that reared its head towards heaven on all Ida. He hid himself behind
the branches and sat there in the semblance of the sweet-singing bird
that haunts the mountains and is called Chalcis by the gods, but men
call it Cymindis. Juno then went to Gargarus, the topmost peak of
Ida, and Jove, driver of the clouds, set eyes upon her. As soon as
he did so he became inflamed with the same passionate desire for her
that he had felt when they had first enjoyed each other's embraces,
lept with one another without their dear parents knowing anything
about it. He went up to her and said, "What do you want that you have
come hither from Olympus- and that too with neither chariot nor horses
Then Juno told him a lying tale and said, "I am going to the world's
end, to visit Oceanus, from whom all we gods proceed, and mother Tethys;
they received me into their house, took care of me, and brought me
up. I must go and see them that I may make peace between them: they
quarrelling, and are so angry that they have not slept with
one another this long time. The horses that will take me over land
and sea are stationed on the lowermost spurs of many-fountained Ida,
and I have come here from Olympus on purpose to consult you. I was
afraid you might be angry with me later on, if I went to the house
of Oceanus without letting you know."
And Jove said, "Juno, you can choose some other time for paying your
visit to Oceanus- for the present let us devote ourselves to love
o the enjoyment of one another. Never yet have I been so overpowered
by passion neither for goddess nor mortal woman as I am at this moment
for yourself- not even when I was in love with the wife of Ixion who
bore me Pirithous, peer of gods in counsel, nor yet with Danae the
daintily-ancled daughter of Acrisius, who bore me the famed hero Perseus.
Then there was the daughter of Phoenix, who bore me Minos and Rhadamanthus:
there was Semele, and Alcmena in Thebes by whom I begot my lion-hearted
hile Semele became mother to Bacchus the comforter
of mankind. There was queen Ceres again, and lovely Leto, and yourself-
but with none of these was I ever so much enamoured as I now am with
Juno again answered him with a lying tale. "Most dread son of Saturn,"
she exclaimed, "what are you talking about? Would you have us enjoy
one another here on the top of Mount Ida, where everything can be
seen? What if one of the ever-living gods should see us sleeping together,
and tell the others? It would bM
e such a scandal that when I had risen
from your embraces I could never show myself inside your house again;
but if you are so minded, there is a room which your son Vulcan has
made me, and he has given it good strong doors; if you would so have
it, let us go thither and lie down."
And Jove answered, "Juno, you need not be afraid that either god or
man will see you, for I will enshroud both of us in such a dense golden
cloud, that the very sun for all his bright piercing beams shall not
With this the son of Saturn caught his wife in his embrace; whereon
the earth sprouted them a cushion of young grass, with dew-bespangled
lotus, crocus, and hyacinth, so soft and thick that it raised them
well above the ground. Here they laid themselves down and overhead
they were covered by a fair cloud of gold, from which there fell glittering
Thus, then, did the sire of all things repose peacefully on the crest
of Ida, overcome at once by sleep and love, and he held his spouse
ms. Meanwhile Sleep made off to the ships of the Achaeans,
to tell earth-encircling Neptune, lord of the earthquake. When he
had found him he said, "Now, Neptune, you can help the Danaans with
a will, and give them victory though it be only for a short time while
Jove is still sleeping. I have sent him into a sweet slumber, and
Juno has beguiled him into going to bed with her."
Sleep now departed and went his ways to and fro among mankind, leaving
Neptune more eager than ever to help the Danaans. He darteM
among the first ranks and shouted saying, "Argives, shall we let Hector
son of Priam have the triumph of taking our ships and covering himself
with glory? This is what he says that he shall now do, seeing that
Achilles is still in dudgeon at his ship; We shall get on very well
without him if we keep each other in heart and stand by one another.
Now, therefore, let us all do as I say. Let us each take the best
and largest shield we can lay hold of, put on our helmets, and sally
forth with our longeM
st spears in our hands; will lead you on, and
Hector son of Priam, rage as he may, will not dare to hold out against
us. If any good staunch soldier has only a small shield, let him hand
it over to a worse man, and take a larger one for himself."
Thus did he speak, and they did even as he had said. The son of Tydeus,
Ulysses, and Agamemnon, wounded though they were, set the others in
array, and went about everywhere effecting the exchanges of armour;
the most valiant took the best armour, and gave the worsM
man. When they had donned their bronze armour they marched on with
Neptune at their head. In his strong hand he grasped his terrible
sword, keen of edge and flashing like lightning; woe to him who comes
across it in the day of battle; all men quake for fear and keep away
Hector on the other side set the Trojans in array. Thereon Neptune
and Hector waged fierce war on one another- Hector on the Trojan and
Neptune on the Argive side. Mighty was the uproar as the two forces
sea came rolling in towards the ships and tents of the Achaeans,
but waves do not thunder on the shore more loudly when driven before
the blast of Boreas, nor do the flames of a forest fire roar more
fiercely when it is well alight upon the mountains, nor does the wind
bellow with ruder music as it tears on through the tops of when it
is blowing its hardest, than the terrible shout which the Trojans
and Achaeans raised as they sprang upon one another.
Hector first aimed his spear at Ajax, who was turned M
him, nor did he miss his aim. The spear struck him where two bands
passed over his chest- the band of his shield and that of his silver-studded
sword- and these protected his body. Hector was angry that his spear
should have been hurled in vain, and withdrew under cover of his men.
As he was thus retreating, Ajax son of Telamon struck him with a stone,
of which there were many lying about under the men's feet as they
fought- brought there to give support to the ships' sides as they
hore. Ajax caught up one of them and struck Hector above
the rim of his shield close to his neck; the blow made him spin round
like a top and reel in all directions. As an oak falls headlong when
uprooted by the lightning flash of father Jove, and there is a terrible
smell of brimstone- no man can help being dismayed if he is standing
near it, for a thunderbolt is a very awful thing- even so did Hector
fall to earth and bite the dust. His spear fell from his hand, but
his shield and helmet were made fast aboM
ut his body, and his bronze
armour rang about him.
The sons of the Achaeans came running with a loud cry towards him,
hoping to drag him away, and they showered their darts on the Trojans,
but none of them could wound him before he was surrounded and covered
by the princes Polydamas, Aeneas, Agenor, Sarpedon captain of the
Lycians, and noble Glaucus: of the others, too, there was not one
who was unmindful of him, and they held their round shields over him
to cover him. His comrades then lifted him off thM
him away from the battle to the place where his horses stood waiting
for him at the rear of the fight with their driver and the chariot;
these then took him towards the city groaning and in great pain. When
they reached the ford of the air stream of Xanthus, begotten of Immortal
Jove, they took him from off his chariot and laid him down on the
ground; they poured water over him, and as they did so he breathed
again and opened his eyes. Then kneeling on his knees he vomited blood,
fell back on to the ground, and his eyes were again closed
in darkness for he was still sturined by the blow.
When the Argives saw Hector leaving the field, they took heart and
set upon the Trojans yet more furiously. Ajax fleet son of Oileus
began by springing on Satnius son of Enops and wounding him with his
spear: a fair naiad nymph had borne him to Enops as he was herding
cattle by the banks of the river Satnioeis. The son of Oileus came
up to him and struck him in the flank so that he fell, and a fieM
fight between Trojans and Danaans raged round his body. Polydamas
son of Panthous drew near to avenge him, and wounded Prothoenor son
of Areilycus on the right shoulder; the terrible spear went right
through his shoulder, and he clutched the earth as he fell in the
dust. Polydamas vaunted loudly over him saying, "Again I take it that
the spear has not sped in vain from the strong hand of the son of
Panthous; an Argive has caught it in his body, and it will serve him
for a staff as he goes down into the M
The Argives were maddened by this boasting. Ajax son of Telamon was
more angry than any, for the man had fallen close be, him; so he aimed
at Polydamas as he was retreating, but Polydamas saved himself by
swerving aside and the spear struck Archelochus son of Antenor, for
heaven counselled his destruction; it struck him where the head springs
from the neck at the top joint of the spine, and severed both the
tendons at the back of the head. His head, mouth, and nostrils reached
long before his legs and knees could do so, and Ajax shouted
to Polydamas saying, "Think, Polydamas, and tell me truly whether
this man is not as well worth killing as Prothoenor was: he seems
rich, and of rich family, a brother, it may be, or son of the knight
Antenor, for he is very like him."
But he knew well who it was, and the Trojans were greatly angered.
Acamas then bestrode his brother's body and wounded Promachus the
Boeotian with his spear, for he was trying to drag his brother's body
amas vaunted loudly over him saying, "Argive archers, braggarts
that you are, toil and suffering shall not be for us only, but some
of you too shall fall here as well as ourselves. See how Promachus
now sleeps, vanquished by my spear; payment for my brother's blood
has not long delayed; a man, therefore, may well be thankful if he
leaves a kinsman in his house behind him to avenge his fall."
His taunts infuriated the Argives, and Peneleos was more enraged than
any of them. He sprang towards Acamas, but AcaM
mas did not stand his
ground, and he killed Ilioneus son of the rich flock-master Phorbas,
whom Mercury had favoured and endowed with greater wealth than any
other of the Trojans. Ilioneus was his only son, and Peneleos now
wounded him in the eye under his eyebrows, tearing the eye-ball from
its socket: the spear went right through the eye into the nape of
the neck, and he fell, stretching out both hands before him. Peneleos
then drew his sword and smote him on the neck, so that both head and
mbling down to the ground with the spear still sticking
in the eye; he then held up the head, as though it had been a poppy-head,
and showed it to the Trojans, vaunting over them as he did so. "Trojans,"
he cried, "bid the father and mother of noble Ilioneus make moan for
him in their house, for the wife also of Promachus son of Alegenor
will never be gladdened by the coming of her dear husband- when we
Argives return with our ships from Troy."
As he spoke fear fell upon them, and every man looked round aM
to see whither he might fly for safety.
Tell me now, O Muses that dwell on Olympus, who was the first of the
Argives to bear away blood-stained spoils after Neptune lord of the
earthquake had turned the fortune of war. Ajax son of Telamon was
first to wound Hyrtius son of Gyrtius, captain of the staunch Mysians.
Antilochus killed Phalces and Mermerus, while Meriones slew Morys
and Hippotion, Teucer also killed Prothoon and Periphetes. The son
of Atreus then wounded Hyperenor shepherd of his people, M
and the bronze point made his entrails gush out as it tore in among
them; on this his life came hurrying out of him at the place where
he had been wounded, and his eyes were closed in darkness. Ajax son
of Oileus killed more than any other, for there was no man so fleet
as he to pursue flying foes when Jove had spread panic among them.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
But when their flight had taken them past the trench and the set
nd many had fallen by the hands of the Danaans, the Trojans
made a halt on reaching their chariots, routed and pale with fear.
Jove now woke on the crests of Ida, where he was lying with golden-throned
Juno by his side, and starting to his feet he saw the Trojans and
Achaeans, the one thrown into confusion, and the others driving them
pell-mell before them with King Neptune in their midst. He saw Hector
lying on the ground with his comrades gathered round him, gasping
for breath, wandering in mind and vomitiM
ng blood, for it was not the
feeblest of the Achaeans who struck him.
The sire of gods and men had pity on him, and looked fiercely on Juno.
"I see, Juno," said he, "you mischief- making trickster, that your
cunning has stayed Hector from fighting and has caused the rout of
his host. I am in half a mind to thrash you, in which case you will
be the first to reap the fruits of your scurvy knavery. Do you not
remember how once upon a time I had you hanged? I fastened two anvils
on to your feet, and bound yoM
ur hands in a chain of gold which none
might break, and you hung in mid-air among the clouds. All the gods
in Olympus were in a fury, but they could not reach you to set you
free; when I caught any one of them I gripped him and hurled him from
the heavenly threshold till he came fainting down to earth; yet even
this did not relieve my mind from the incessant anxiety which I felt
about noble Hercules whom you and Boreas had spitefully conveyed beyond
the seas to Cos, after suborning the tempests; but I rescueM
and notwithstanding all his mighty labours I brought him back again
to Argos. I would remind you of this that you may learn to leave off
being so deceitful, and discover how much you are likely to gain by
the embraces out of which you have come here to trick me."
Juno trembled as he spoke, and said, "May heaven above and earth below
be my witnesses, with the waters of the river Styx- and this is the
most solemn oath that a blessed god can take- nay, I swear also by
your own almighty head and by ourM
bridal bed- things over which I
could never possibly perjure myself- that Neptune is not punishing
Hector and the Trojans and helping the Achaeans through any doing
of mine; it is all of his own mere motion because he was sorry to
see the Achaeans hard pressed at their ships: if I were advising him,
I should tell him to do as you bid him."
The sire of gods and men smiled and answered, "If you, Juno, were
always to support me when we sit in council of the gods, Neptune,
like it or no, would soon come rouM
nd to your and my way of thinking.
If, then, you are speaking the truth and mean what you say, go among
the rank and file of the gods, and tell Iris and Apollo lord of the
bow, that I want them- Iris, that she may go to the Achaean host and
tell Neptune to leave off fighting and go home, and Apollo, that he
may send Hector again into battle and give him fresh strength; he
will thus forget his present sufferings, and drive the Achaeans back
in confusion till they fall among the ships of Achilles son of PeleusM
Achilles will then send his comrade Patroclus into battle, and Hector
will kill him in front of Ilius after he has slain many warriors,
and among them my own noble son Sarpedon. Achilles will kill Hector
to avenge Patroclus, and from that time I will bring it about that
the Achaeans shall persistently drive the Trojans back till they fulfil
the counsels of Minerva and take Ilius. But I will not stay my anger,
nor permit any god to help the Danaans till I have accomplished the
desire of the son of Peleus, M
according to the promise I made by bowing
my head on the day when Thetis touched my knees and besought me to
Juno heeded his words and went from the heights of Ida to great Olympus.
Swift as the thought of one whose fancy carries him over vast continents,
and he says to himself, "Now I will be here, or there," and he would
have all manner of things- even so swiftly did Juno wing her way till
she came to high Olympus and went in among the gods who were gathered
in the house of Jove. WhenM
they saw her they all of them came up to
her, and held out their cups to her by way of greeting. She let the
others be, but took the cup offered her by lovely Themis, who was
first to come running up to her. "Juno," said she, "why are you here?
And you seem troubled- has your husband the son of Saturn been frightening
And Juno answered, "Themis, do not ask me about it. You know what
a proud and cruel disposition my husband has. Lead the gods to table,
where you and all the immortals can hear the wM
he has avowed. Many a one, mortal and immortal, will be angered by
them, however peaceably he may be feasting now."
On this Juno sat down, and the gods were troubled throughout the house
of Jove. Laughter sat on her lips but her brow was furrowed with care,
and she spoke up in a rage. "Fools that we are," she cried, "to be
thus madly angry with Jove; we keep on wanting to go up to him and
stay him by force or by persuasion, but he sits aloof and cares for
nobody, for he knows that he M
is much stronger than any other of the
immortals. Make the best, therefore, of whatever ills he may choose
to send each one of you; Mars, I take it, has had a taste of them
already, for his son Ascalaphus has fallen in battle- the man whom
of all others he loved most dearly and whose father he owns himself
When he heard this Mars smote his two sturdy thighs with the flat
of his hands, and said in anger, "Do not blame me, you gods that dwell
in heaven, if I go to the ships of the Achaeans and avenM
of my son, even though it end in my being struck by Jove's lightning
and lying in blood and dust among the corpses."
As he spoke he gave orders to yoke his horses Panic and Rout, while
he put on his armour. On this, Jove would have been roused to still
more fierce and implacable enmity against the other immortals, had
not Minerva, ararmed for the safety of the gods, sprung from her seat
and hurried outside. She tore the helmet from his head and the shield
from his shoulders, and she took theM
bronze spear from his strong
hand and set it on one side; then she said to Mars, "Madman, you are
undone; you have ears that hear not, or you have lost all judgement
and understanding; have you not heard what Juno has said on coming
straight from the presence of Olympian Jove? Do you wish to go through
all kinds of suffering before you are brought back sick and sorry
to Olympus, after having caused infinite mischief to all us others?
Jove would instantly leave the Trojans and Achaeans to themselves;
ld come to Olympus to punish us, and would grip us up one after
another, guilty or not guilty. Therefore lay aside your anger for
the death of your son; better men than he have either been killed
already or will fall hereafter, and one cannot protect every one's
With these words she took Mars back to his seat. Meanwhile Juno called
Apollo outside, with Iris the messenger of the gods. "Jove," she said
to them, "desires you to go to him at once on Mt. Ida; when you have
seen him you are to dM
o as he may then bid you."
Thereon Juno left them and resumed her seat inside, while Iris and
Apollo made all haste on their way. When they reached many-fountained
Ida, mother of wild beasts, they found Jove seated on topmost Gargarus
with a fragrant cloud encircling his head as with a diadem. They stood
before his presence, and he was pleased with them for having been
so quick in obeying the orders his wife had given them.
He spoke to Iris first. "Go," said he, "fleet Iris, tell King Neptune
ow bid you- and tell him true. Bid him leave off fighting,
and either join the company of the gods, or go down into the sea.
If he takes no heed and disobeys me, let him consider well whether
he is strong enough to hold his own against me if I attack him. I
am older and much stronger than he is; yet he is not afraid to set
himself up as on a level with myself, of whom all the other gods stand
Iris, fleet as the wind, obeyed him, and as the cold hail or snowflakes
that fly from out the clouds befM
ore the blast of Boreas, even so did
she wing her way till she came close up to the great shaker of the
earth. Then she said, "I have come, O dark-haired king that holds
the world in his embrace, to bring you a message from Jove. He bids
you leave off fighting, and either join the company of the gods or
go down into the sea; if, however, you take no heed and disobey him,
he says he will come down here and fight you. He would have you keep
out of his reach, for he is older and much stronger than you are,
yet you are not afraid to set yourself up as on a level with himself,
of whom all the other gods stand in awe."
Neptune was very angry and said, "Great heavens! strong as Jove may
be, he has said more than he can do if he has threatened violence
against me, who am of like honour with himself. We were three brothers
whom Rhea bore to Saturn- Jove, myself, and Hades who rules the world
below. Heaven and earth were divided into three parts, and each of
us was to have an equal share. When we cast lots, it feM
have my dwelling in the sea for evermore; Hades took the darkness
of the realms under the earth, while air and sky and clouds were the
portion that fell to Jove; but earth and great Olympus are the common
property of all. Therefore I will not walk as Jove would have me.
For all his strength, let him keep to his own third share and be contented
without threatening to lay hands upon me as though I were nobody.
Let him keep his bragging talk for his own sons and daughters, who
must perforce obey hiM
Iris fleet as the wind then answered, "Am I really, Neptune, to take
this daring and unyielding message to Jove, or will you reconsider
your answer? Sensible people are open to argument, and you know that
the Erinyes always range themselves on the side of the older person."
Neptune answered, "Goddess Iris, your words have been spoken in season.
It is well when a messenger shows so much discretion. Nevertheless
it cuts me to the very heart that any one should rebuke so angrily
another who is his own M
peer, and of like empire with himself. Now,
however, I will give way in spite of my displeasure; furthermore let
me tell you, and I mean what I say- if contrary to the desire of myself,
Minerva driver of the spoil, Juno, Mercury, and King Vulcan, Jove
spares steep Ilius, and will not let the Achaeans have the great triumph
of sacking it, let him understand that he will incur our implacable
Neptune now left the field to go down under the sea, and sorely did
the Achaeans miss him. Then Jove saM
id to Apollo, "Go, dear Phoebus,
to Hector, for Neptune who holds the earth in his embrace has now
gone down under the sea to avoid the severity of my displeasure. Had
he not done so those gods who are below with Saturn would have come
to hear of the fight between us. It is better for both of us that
he should have curbed his anger and kept out of my reach, for I should
have had much trouble with him. Take, then, your tasselled aegis,
and shake it furiously, so as to set the Achaean heroes in a panic;
moreover, brave Hector, O Far-Darter, into your own care, and
rouse him to deeds of daring, till the Achaeans are sent flying back
to their ships and to the Hellespont. From that point I will think
it well over, how the Achaeans may have a respite from their troubles."
Apollo obeyed his father's saying, and left the crests of Ida, flying
like a falcon, bane of doves and swiftest of all birds. He found Hector
no longer lying upon the ground, but sitting up, for he had just come
to himself again. He knew thM
ose who were about him, and the sweat
and hard breathing had left him from the moment when the will of aegis-bearing
Jove had revived him. Apollo stood beside him and said, "Hector, son
of Priam, why are you so faint, and why are you here away from the
others? Has any mishap befallen you?"
Hector in a weak voice answered, "And which, kind sir, of the gods
are you, who now ask me thus? Do you not know that Ajax struck me
on the chest with a stone as I was killing his comrades at the ships
and compelled me to leave off fighting? I made sure
that this very day I should breathe my last and go down into the house
Then King Apollo said to him, "Take heart; the son of Saturn has sent
you a mighty helper from Ida to stand by you and defend you, even
me, Phoebus Apollo of the golden sword, who have been guardian hitherto
not only of yourself but of your city. Now, therefore, order your
horsemen to drive their chariots to the ships in great multitudes.
I will go before your horses to sM
mooth the way for them, and will
turn the Achaeans in flight."
As he spoke he infused great strength into the shepherd of his people.
And as a horse, stabled and full-fed, breaks loose and gallops gloriously
over the plain to the place where he is wont to take his bath in the
river- he tosses his head, and his mane streams over his shoulders
as in all the pride of his strength he flies full speed to the pastures
where the mares are feeding- even so Hector, when he heard what the
god said, urged his horseM
men on, and sped forward as fast as his limbs
could take him. As country peasants set their hounds on to a homed
stag or wild goat- he has taken shelter under rock or thicket, and
they cannot find him, but, lo, a bearded lion whom their shouts have
roused stands in their path, and they are in no further humour for
the chase- even so the Achaeans were still charging on in a body,
using their swords and spears pointed at both ends, but when they
saw Hector going about among his men they were afraid, and their M
fell down into their feet.
Then spoke Thoas son of Andraemon, leader of the Aetolians, a man
who could throw a good throw, and who was staunch also in close fight,
while few could surpass him in debate when opinions were divided.
He then with all sincerity and goodwill addressed them thus: "What,
in heaven's name, do I now see? Is it not Hector come to life again?
Every one made sure he had been killed by Ajax son of Telamon, but
it seems that one of the gods has again rescued him. He has killed
many of us Danaans already, and I take it will yet do so, for the
hand of Jove must be with him or he would never dare show himself
so masterful in the forefront of the battle. Now, therefore, let us
all do as I say; let us order the main body of our forces to fall
back upon the ships, but let those of us who profess to be the flower
of the army stand firm, and see whether we cannot hold Hector back
at the point of our spears as soon as he comes near us; I conceive
that he will then think better of it beforeM
he tries to charge into
the press of the Danaans."
Thus did he speak, and they did even as he had said. Those who were
about Ajax and King Idomeneus, the followers moreover of Teucer, Meriones,
and Meges peer of Mars called all their best men about them and sustained
the fight against Hector and the Trojans, but the main body fell back
upon the ships of the Achaeans.
The Trojans pressed forward in a dense body, with Hector striding
on at their head. Before him went Phoebus Apollo shrouded in cloud
bout his shoulders. He bore aloft the terrible aegis with its shaggy
fringe, which Vulcan the smith had given Jove to strike terror into
the hearts of men. With this in his hand he led on the Trojans.
The Argives held together and stood their ground. The cry of battle
rose high from either side, and the arrows flew from the bowstrings.
Many a spear sped from strong hands and fastened in the bodies of
many a valiant warrior, while others fell to earth midway, before
they could taste of man's fair flesh and M
glut themselves with blood.
So long as Phoebus Apollo held his aegis quietly and without shaking
it, the weapons on either side took effect and the people fell, but
when he shook it straight in the face of the Danaans and raised his
mighty battle-cry their hearts fainted within them and they forgot
their former prowess. As when two wild beasts spring in the dead of
night on a herd of cattle or a large flock of sheep when the herdsman
is not there- even so were the Danaans struck helpless, for Apollo
them with panic and gave victory to Hector and the Trojans.
The fight then became more scattered and they killed one another where
they best could. Hector killed Stichius and Arcesilaus, the one, leader
of the Boeotians, and the other, friend and comrade of Menestheus.
Aeneas killed Medon and Iasus. The first was bastard son to Oileus,
and brother to Ajax, but he lived in Phylace away from his own country,
for he had killed a man, a kinsman of his stepmother Eriopis whom
Oileus had married. Iasus had becomM
e a leader of the Athenians, and
was son of Sphelus the son of Boucolos. Polydamas killed Mecisteus,
and Polites Echius, in the front of the battle, while Agenor slew
Clonius. Paris struck Deiochus from behind in the lower part of the
shoulder, as he was flying among the foremost, and the point of the
spear went clean through him.
While they were spoiling these heroes of their armour, the Achaeans
were flying pellmell to the trench and the set stakes, and were forced
back within their wall. Hector then cM
ried out to the Trojans, "Forward
to the ships, and let the spoils be. If I see any man keeping back
on the other side the wall away from the ships I will have him killed:
his kinsmen and kinswomen shall not give him his dues of fire, but
dogs shall tear him in pieces in front of our city."
As he spoke he laid his whip about his horses' shoulders and called
to the Trojans throughout their ranks; the Trojans shouted with a
cry that rent the air, and kept their horses neck and neck with his
ollo went before, and kicked down the banks of the
deep trench into its middle so as to make a great broad bridge, as
broad as the throw of a spear when a man is trying his strength. The
Trojan battalions poured over the bridge, and Apollo with his redoubtable
aegis led the way. He kicked down the wall of the Achaeans as easily
as a child who playing on the sea-shore has built a house of sand
and then kicks it down again and destroys it- even so did you, O Apollo,
shed toil and trouble upon the Argives, fillM
ing them with panic and
Thus then were the Achaeans hemmed in at their ships, calling out
to one another and raising their hands with loud cries every man to
heaven. Nestor of Gerene, tower of strength to the Achaeans, lifted
up his hands to the starry firmament of heaven, and prayed more fervently
than any of them. "Father Jove," said he, "if ever any one in wheat-growing
Argos burned you fat thigh-bones of sheep or heifer and prayed that
he might return safely home, whereon you bowed your heM
assent, bear it in mind now, and suffer not the Trojans to triumph
thus over the Achaeans."
All counselling Jove thundered loudly in answer to die prayer of the
aged son of Neleus. When the heard Jove thunder they flung themselves
yet more fiercely on the Achaeans. As a wave breaking over the bulwarks
of a ship when the sea runs high before a gale- for it is the force
of the wind that makes the waves so great- even so did the Trojans
spring over the wall with a shout, and drive their chariotM
The two sides fought with their double-pointed spears in hand-to-hand
encounter-the Trojans from their chariots, and the Achaeans climbing
up into their ships and wielding the long pikes that were lying on
the decks ready for use in a sea-fight, jointed and shod with bronze.
Now Patroclus, so long as the Achaeans and Trojans were fighting about
the wall, but were not yet within it and at the ships, remained sitting
in the tent of good Eurypylus, entertaining him with his conversation
ing herbs over his wound to ease his pain. When, however,
he saw the Trojans swarming through the breach in the wall, while
the Achaeans were clamouring and struck with panic, he cried aloud,
and smote his two thighs with the flat of his hands. "Eurypylus,"
said he in his dismay, "I know you want me badly, but I cannot stay
with you any longer, for there is hard fighting going on; a servant
shall take care of you now, for I must make all speed to Achilles,
and induce him to fight if I can; who knows but withM
I may persuade him. A man does well to listen to the advice of a friend."
When he had thus spoken he went his way. The Achaeans stood firm and
resisted the attack of the Trojans, yet though these were fewer in
number, they could not drive them back from the ships, neither could
the Trojans break the Achaean ranks and make their way in among the
tents and ships. As a carpenter's line gives a true edge to a piece
of ship's timber, in the hand of some skilled workman whom Minerva
d in all kinds of useful arts- even so level was the
issue of the fight between the two sides, as they fought some round
one and some round another.
Hector made straight for Ajax, and the two fought fiercely about the
same ship. Hector could not force Ajax back and fire the ship, nor
yet could Ajax drive Hector from the spot to which heaven had brought
Then Ajax struck Caletor son of Clytius in the chest with a spear
as he was bringing fire towards the ship. He fell heavily to the ground
torch dropped from his hand. When Hector saw his cousin fallen
in front of the ship he shouted to the Trojans and Lycians saying,
"Trojans, Lycians, and Dardanians good in close fight, bate not a
jot, but rescue the son of Clytius lest the Achaeans strip him of
his armour now that he has fallen."
He then aimed a spear at Ajax, and missed him, but he hit Lycophron
a follower of Ajax, who came from Cythera, but was living with Ajax
inasmuch as he had killed a man among the Cythereans. Hector's spear
k him on the head below the ear, and he fell headlong from the
ship's prow on to the ground with no life left in him. Ajax shook
with rage and said to his brother, "Teucer, my good fellow, our trusty
comrade the son of Mastor has fallen, he came to live with us from
Cythera and whom we honoured as much as our own parents. Hector has
just killed him; fetch your deadly arrows at once and the bow which
Phoebus Apollo gave you."
Teucer heard him and hastened towards him with his bow and quiver
Forthwith he showered his arrows on the Trojans, and
hit Cleitus the son of Pisenor, comrade of Polydamas the noble son
of Panthous, with the reins in his hands as he was attending to his
horses; he was in the middle of the very thickest part of the fight,
doing good service to Hector and the Trojans, but evil had now come
upon him, and not one of those who were fain to do so could avert
it, for the arrow struck him on the back of the neck. He fell from
his chariot and his horses shook the empty car as they M
King Polydamas saw what had happened, and was the first to come up
to the horses; he gave them in charge to Astynous son of Protiaon,
and ordered him to look on, and to keep the horses near at hand. He
then went back and took his place in the front ranks.
Teucer then aimed another arrow at Hector, and there would have been
no more fighting at the ships if he had hit him and killed him then
and there: Jove, however, who kept watch over Hector, had his eyes
on Teucer, and deprived him of hisM
triumph, by breaking his bowstring
for him just as he was drawing it and about to take his aim; on this
the arrow went astray and the bow fell from his hands. Teucer shook
with anger and said to his brother, "Alas, see how heaven thwarts
us in all we do; it has broken my bowstring and snatched the bow from
my hand, though I strung it this selfsame morning that it might serve
me for many an arrow."
Ajax son of Telamon answered, "My good fellow, let your bow and your
arrows be, for Jove has made them uselM
ess in order to spite the Danaans.
Take your spear, lay your shield upon your shoulder, and both fight
the Trojans yourself and urge others to do so. They may be successful
for the moment but if we fight as we ought they will find it a hard
matter to take the ships."
Teucer then took his bow and put it by in his tent. He hung a shield
four hides thick about his shoulders, and on his comely head he set
his helmet well wrought with a crest of horse-hair that nodded menacingly
above it; he grasped his redouM
btable bronze-shod spear, and forthwith
he was by the side of Ajax.
When Hector saw that Teucer's bow was of no more use to him, he shouted
out to the Trojans and Lycians, "Trojans, Lycians, and Dardanians
good in close fight, be men, my friends, and show your mettle here
at the ships, for I see the weapon of one of their chieftains made
useless by the hand of Jove. It is easy to see when Jove is helping
people and means to help them still further, or again when he is bringing
them down and will do nothiM
ng for them; he is now on our side, and
is going against the Argives. Therefore swarm round the ships and
fight. If any of you is struck by spear or sword and loses his life,
let him die; he dies with honour who dies fighting for his country;
and he will leave his wife and children safe behind him, with his
house and allotment unplundered if only the Achaeans can be driven
back to their own land, they and their ships."
With these words he put heart and soul into them all. Ajax on the
other side exhorted M
his comrades saying, "Shame on you Argives, we
are now utterly undone, unless we can save ourselves by driving the
enemy from our ships. Do you think, if Hector takes them, that you
will be able to get home by land? Can you not hear him cheering on
his whole host to fire our fleet, and bidding them remember that they
are not at a dance but in battle? Our only course is to fight them
with might and main; we had better chance it, life or death, once
for all, than fight long and without issue hemmed in at our sM
by worse men than ourselves."
With these words he put life and soul into them all. Hector then killed
Schedius son of Perimedes, leader of the Phoceans, and Ajax killed
Laodamas captain of foot soldiers and son to Antenor. Polydamas killed
Otus of Cyllene a comrade of the son of Phyleus and chief of the proud
Epeans. When Meges saw this he sprang upon him, but Polydamas crouched
down, and he missed him, for Apollo would not suffer the son of Panthous
to fall in battle; but the spear hit Croesmus in M
chest, whereon he fell heavily to the ground, and Meges stripped him
of his armour. At that moment the valiant soldier Dolops son of Lampus
sprang upon Lampus was son of Laomedon and for his valour, while his
son Dolops was versed in all the ways of war. He then struck the middle
of the son of Phyleus' shield with his spear, setting on him at close
quarters, but his good corslet made with plates of metal saved him;
Phyleus had brought it from Ephyra and the river Selleis, where his
ing Euphetes, had given it him to wear in battle and protect
him. It now served to save the life of his son. Then Meges struck
the topmost crest of Dolops's bronze helmet with his spear and tore
away its plume of horse-hair, so that all newly dyed with scarlet
as it was it tumbled down into the dust. While he was still fighting
and confident of victory, Menelaus came up to help Meges, and got
by the side of Dolops unperceived; he then speared him in the shoulder,
from behind, and the point, driven so furiousM
ly, went through into
his chest, whereon he fell headlong. The two then made towards him
to strip him of his armour, but Hector called on all his brothers
for help, and he especially upbraided brave Melanippus son of Hiketaon,
who erewhile used to pasture his herds of cattle in Percote before
the war broke out; but when the ships of the Danaans came, he went
back to Ilius, where he was eminent among the Trojans, and lived near
Priam who treated him as one of his own sons. Hector now rebuked him
hy, Melanippus, are we thus remiss? do you take no note
of the death of your kinsman, and do you not see how they are trying
to take Dolops's armour? Follow me; there must be no fighting the
Argives from a distance now, but we must do so in close combat till
either we kill them or they take the high wall of Ilius and slay her
He led on as he spoke, and the hero Melanippus followed after. Meanwhile
Ajax son of Telamon was cheering on the Argives. "My friends," he
cried, "be men, and fear dishonouM
r; quit yourselves in battle so as
to win respect from one another. Men who respect each other's good
opinion are less likely to be killed than those who do not, but in
flight there is neither gain nor glory."
Thus did he exhort men who were already bent upon driving back the
Trojans. They laid his words to heart and hedged the ships as with
a wall of bronze, while Jove urged on the Trojans. Menelaus of the
loud battle-cry urged Antilochus on. "Antilochus," said he, "you are
young and there is none of thM
e Achaeans more fleet of foot or more
valiant than you are. See if you cannot spring upon some Trojan and
He hurried away when he had thus spurred Antilochus, who at once darted
out from the front ranks and aimed a spear, after looking carefully
round him. The Trojans fell back as he threw, and the dart did not
speed from his hand without effect, for it struck Melanippus the proud
son of Hiketaon in the breast by the nipple as he was coming forward,
and his armour rang rattling round him as heM
fell heavily to the ground.
Antilochus sprang upon him as a dog springs on a fawn which a hunter
has hit as it was breaking away from its covert, and killed it. Even
so, O Melanippus, did stalwart Antilochus spring upon you to strip
you of your armour; but noble Hector marked him, and came running
up to him through the thick of the battle. Antilochus, brave soldier
though he was, would not stay to face him, but fled like some savage
creature which knows it has done wrong, and flies, when it has killed
g or a man who is herding his cattle, before a body of men can
be gathered to attack it. Even so did the son of Nestor fly, and the
Trojans and Hector with a cry that rent the air showered their weapons
after him; nor did he turn round and stay his flight till he had reached
The Trojans, fierce as lions, were still rushing on towards the ships
in fulfilment of the behests of Jove who kept spurring them on to
new deeds of daring, while he deadened the courage of the Argives
by encouraging the Trojans. For he meant giving
glory to Hector son of Priam, and letting him throw fire upon the
ships, till he had fulfilled the unrighteous prayer that Thetis had
made him; Jove, therefore, bided his time till he should see the glare
of a blazing ship. From that hour he was about so to order that the
Trojans should be driven back from the ships and to vouchsafe glory
to the Achaeans. With this purpose he inspired Hector son of Priam,
who was cager enough already, to assail the ships. His M
that of Mars, or as when a fire is raging in the glades of some dense
forest upon the mountains; he foamed at the mouth, his eyes glared
under his terrible eye-brows, and his helmet quivered on his temples
by reason of the fury with which he fought. Jove from heaven was with
him, and though he was but one against many, vouchsafed him victory
and glory; for he was doomed to an early death, and already Pallas
Minerva was hurrying on the hour of his destruction at the hands of
the son of Peleus. NoM
w, however, he kept trying to break the ranks
of the enemy wherever he could see them thickest, and in the goodliest
armour; but do what he might he could not break through them, for
they stood as a tower foursquare, or as some high cliff rising from
the grey sea that braves the anger of the gale, and of the waves that
thunder up against it. He fell upon them like flames of fire from
every quarter. As when a wave, raised mountain high by wind and storm,
breaks over a ship and covers it deep in foam, the fierM
against the mast, the hearts of the sailors fail them for fear, and
they are saved but by a very little from destruction- even so were
the hearts of the Achaeans fainting within them. Or as a savage lion
attacking a herd of cows while they are feeding by thousands in the
low-lying meadows by some wide-watered shore- the herdsman is at his
wit's end how to protect his herd and keeps going about now in the
van and now in the rear of his cattle, while the lion springs into
the thick of them and fM
astens on a cow so that they all tremble for
fear- even so were the Achaeans utterly panic-stricken by Hector and
father Jove. Nevertheless Hector only killed Periphetes of Mycenae;
he was son of Copreus who was wont to take the orders of King Eurystheus
to mighty Hercules, but the son was a far better man than the father
in every way; he was fleet of foot, a valiant warrior, and in understanding
ranked among the foremost men of Mycenae. He it was who then afforded
Hector a triumph, for as he was turning bacM
k he stumbled against the
rim of his shield which reached his feet, and served to keep the javelins
off him. He tripped against this and fell face upward, his helmet
ringing loudly about his head as he did so. Hector saw him fall and
ran up to him; he then thrust a spear into his chest, and killed him
close to his own comrades. These, for all their sorrow, could not
help him for they were themselves terribly afraid of Hector.
They had now reached the ships and the prows of those that had been
st were on every side of them, but the Trojans came pouring
after them. The Argives were driven back from the first row of ships,
but they made a stand by their tents without being broken up and scattered;
shame and fear restrained them. They kept shouting incessantly to
one another, and Nestor of Gerene, tower of strength to the Achaeans,
was loudest in imploring every man by his parents, and beseeching
"Be men, my friends," he cried, "and respect one another's good opinion.
l of you, on your children, your wives, your property, and
your parents whether these be alive or dead. On their behalf though
they are not here, I implore you to stand firm, and not to turn in
With these words he put heart and soul into them all. Minerva lifted
the thick veil of darkness from their eyes, and much light fell upon
them, alike on the side of the ships and on that where the fight was
raging. They could see Hector and all his men, both those in the rear
who were taking no part in thM
e battle, and those who were fighting
Ajax could not bring himself to retreat along with the rest, but strode
from deck to deck with a great sea-pike in his hands twelve cubits
long and jointed with rings. As a man skilled in feats of horsemanship
couples four horses together and comes tearing full speed along the
public way from the country into some large town- many both men and
women marvel as they see him for he keeps all the time changing his
horse, springing from one to another withouM
t ever missing his feet
while the horses are at a gallop- even so did Ajax go striding from
one ship's deck to another, and his voice went up into the heavens.
He kept on shouting his orders to the Danaans and exhorting them to
defend their ships and tents; neither did Hector remain within the
main body of the Trojan warriors, but as a dun eagle swoops down upon
a flock of wild-fowl feeding near a river-geese, it may be, or cranes,
or long-necked swans- even so did Hector make straight for a dark-prowed
p, rushing right towards it; for Jove with his mighty hand impelled
him forward, and roused his people to follow him.
And now the battle again raged furiously at the ships. You would have
thought the men were coming on fresh and unwearied, so fiercely did
they fight; and this was the mind in which they were- the Achaeans
did not believe they should escape destruction but thought themselves
doomed, while there was not a Trojan but his heart beat high with
the hope of firing the ships and putting the AchaeaM
Thus were the two sides minded. Then Hector seized the stern of the
good ship that had brought Protesilaus to Troy, but never bore him
back to his native land. Round this ship there raged a close hand-to-hand
fight between Danaans and Trojans. They did not fight at a distance
with bows and javelins, but with one mind hacked at one another in
close combat with their mighty swords and spears pointed at both ends;
they fought moreover with keen battle-axes and with hatchets. Many
ood stout blade hilted and scabbarded with iron, fell from hand
or shoulder as they fought, and the earth ran red with blood. Hector,
when he had seized the ship, would not loose his hold but held on
to its curved stern and shouted to the Trojans, "Bring fire, and raise
the battle-cry all of you with a single voice. Now has Jove vouchsafed
us a day that will pay us for all the rest; this day we shall take
the ships which came hither against heaven's will, and which have
caused us such infinite suffering throM
ugh the cowardice of our councillors,
who when I would have done battle at the ships held me back and forbade
the host to follow me; if Jove did then indeed warp our judgements,
himself now commands me and cheers me on."
As he spoke thus the Trojans sprang yet more fiercely on the Achaeans,
and Ajax no longer held his ground, for he was overcome by the darts
that were flung at him, and made sure that he was doomed. Therefore
he left the raised deck at the stern, and stepped back on to the seven-foot
h of the oarsmen. Here he stood on the look-out, and with his
spear held back Trojan whom he saw bringing fire to the ships. All
the time he kept on shouting at the top of his voice and exhorting
the Danaans. "My friends," he cried, "Danaan heroes, servants of Mars,
be men my friends, and fight with might and with main. Can we hope
to find helpers hereafter, or a wall to shield us more surely than
the one we have? There is no strong city within reach, whence we may
draw fresh forces to turn the scales in ourM
favour. We are on the
plain of the armed Trojans with the sea behind us, and far from our
own country. Our salvation, therefore, is in the might of our hands
and in hard fighting."
As he spoke he wielded his spear with still greater fury, and when
any Trojan made towards the ships with fire at Hector's bidding, he
would be on the look-out for him, and drive at him with his long spear.
Twelve men did he thus kill in hand-to-hand fight before the ships.
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Thus did they fight about the ship of Protesilaus. Then Patroclus
drew near to Achilles with tears welling from his eyes, as from some
spring whose crystal stream falls over the ledges of a high precipice.
When Achilles saw him thus weeping he was sorry for him and said,
"Why, Patroclus, do you stand there weeping like some silly child
that comes running to her mother, and begs to be taken up and carried-
she catches hold of her mother's dress to stay her though she is in
a hurry, and looks tearfully up until her mother carries her- even
such tears, Patroclus, are you now shedding. Have you anything to
say to the Myrmidons or to myself? or have you had news from Phthia
which you alone know? They tell me Menoetius son of Actor is still
alive, as also Peleus son of Aeacus, among the Myrmidons- men whose
loss we two should bitterly deplore; or are you grieving about the
Argives and the way in which they are being killed at the ships, throu
their own high-handed doings? Do not hiM
de anything from me but tell
me that both of us may know about it."
Then, O knight Patroclus, with a deep sigh you answered, "Achilles,
son of Peleus, foremost champion of the Achaeans, do not be angry,
but I weep for the disaster that has now befallen the Argives. All
those who have been their champions so far are lying at the ships,
wounded by sword or spear. Brave Diomed son of Tydeus has been hit
with a spear, while famed Ulysses and Agamemnon have received sword-wounds;
Eurypylus again has been struM
ck with an arrow in the thigh; skilled
apothecaries are attending to these heroes, and healing them of their
wounds; are you still, O Achilles, so inexorable? May it never be
my lot to nurse such a passion as you have done, to the baning of
your own good name. Who in future story will speak well of you unless
you now save the Argives from ruin? You know no pity; knight Peleus
was not your father nor Thetis your mother, but the grey sea bore
you and the sheer cliffs begot you, so cruel and remorseless are youM
If however you are kept back through knowledge of some oracle, or
if your mother Thetis has told you something from the mouth of Jove,
at least send me and the Myrmidons with me, if I may bring deliverance
to the Danaans. Let me moreover wear your armour; the Trojans may
thus mistake me for you and quit the field, so that the hard-pressed
sons of the Achaeans may have breathing time- which while they are
fighting may hardly be. We who are fresh might soon drive tired men
back from our ships and tents to tM
He knew not what he was asking, nor that he was suing for his own
destruction. Achilles was deeply moved and answered, "What, noble
Patroclus, are you saying? I know no prophesyings which I am heeding,
nor has my mother told me anything from the mouth of Jove, but I am
cut to the very heart that one of my own rank should dare to rob me
because he is more powerful than I am. This, after all that I have
gone through, is more than I can endure. The girl whom the sons of
the Achaeans chose foM
r me, whom I won as the fruit of my spear on
having sacked a city- her has King Agamemnon taken from me as though
I were some common vagrant. Still, let bygones be bygones: no man
may keep his anger for ever; I said I would not relent till battle
and the cry of war had reached my own ships; nevertheless, now gird
my armour about your shoulders, and lead the Myrmidons to battle,
for the dark cloud of Trojans has burst furiously over our fleet;
the Argives are driven back on to the beach, cooped within a narroM
space, and the whole people of Troy has taken heart to sally out against
them, because they see not the visor of my helmet gleaming near them.
Had they seen this, there would not have been a creek nor grip that
had not been filled with their dead as they fled back again. And so
it would have been, if only King Agamemnon had dealt fairly by me.
As it is the Trojans have beset our host. Diomed son of Tydeus no
longer wields his spear to defend the Danaans, neither have I heard
the voice of the son of AtreusM
coming from his hated head, whereas
that of murderous Hector rings in my cars as he gives orders to the
Trojans, who triumph over the Achaeans and fill the whole plain with
their cry of battle. But even so, Patroclus, fall upon them and save
the fleet, lest the Trojans fire it and prevent us from being able
to return. Do, however, as I now bid you, that you may win me great
honour from all the Danaans, and that they may restore the girl to
me again and give me rich gifts into the bargain. When you have drivM
the Trojans from the ships, come back again. Though Juno's thundering
husband should put triumph within your reach, do not fight the Trojans
further in my absence, or you will rob me of glory that should be
mine. And do not for lust of battle go on killing the Trojans nor
lead the Achaeans on to Ilius, lest one of the ever-living gods from
Olympus attack you- for Phoebus Apollo loves them well: return when
you have freed the ships from peril, and let others wage war upon
the plain. Would, by father Jove,M
Minerva, and Apollo, that not a
single man of all the Trojans might be left alive, nor yet of the
Argives, but that we two might be alone left to tear aside the mantle
that veils the brow of Troy."
Thus did they converse. But Ajax could no longer hold his ground for
the shower of darts that rained upon him; the will of Jove and the
javelins of the Trojans were too much for him; the helmet that gleamed
about his temples rang with the continuous clatter of the missiles
that kept pouring on to it and on toM
the cheek-pieces that protected
his face. Moreover his left shoulder was tired with having held his
shield so long, yet for all this, let fly at him as they would, they
could not make him give ground. He could hardly draw his breath, the
sweat rained from every pore of his body, he had not a moment's respite,
and on all sides he was beset by danger upon danger.
And now, tell me, O Muses that hold your mansions on Olympus, how
fire was thrown upon the ships of the Achaeans. Hector came close
rive with his great sword at the ashen spear of Ajax.
He cut it clean in two just behind where the point was fastened on
to the shaft of the spear. Ajax, therefore, had now nothing but a
headless spear, while the bronze point flew some way off and came
ringing down on to the ground. Ajax knew the hand of heaven in this,
and was dismayed at seeing that Jove had now left him utterly defenceless
and was willing victory for the Trojans. Therefore he drew back, and
the Trojans flung fire upon the ship which was aM
The fire was now flaring about the ship's stern, whereon Achilles
smote his two thighs and said to Patroclus, "Up, noble knight, for
I see the glare of hostile fire at our fleet; up, lest they destroy
our ships, and there be no way by which we may retreat. Gird on your
armour at once while I call our people together."
As he spoke Patroclus put on his armour. First he greaved his legs
with greaves of good make, and fitted with ancle-clasps of silver;
after this he donned the cM
uirass of the son of Aeacus, richly inlaid
and studded. He hung his silver-studded sword of bronze about his
shoulders, and then his mighty shield. On his comely head he set his
helmet, well wrought, with a crest of horse-hair that nodded menacingly
above it. He grasped two redoubtable spears that suited his hands,
but he did not take the spear of noble Achilles, so stout and strong,
for none other of the Achaeans could wield it, though Achilles could
do so easily. This was the ashen spear from Mount Pelion,M
had cut upon a mountain top and had given to Peleus, wherewith to
deal out death among heroes. He bade Automedon yoke his horses with
all speed, for he was the man whom he held in honour next after Achilles,
and on whose support in battle he could rely most firmly. Automedon
therefore yoked the fleet horses Xanthus and Balius, steeds that could
fly like the wind: these were they whom the harpy Podarge bore to
the west wind, as she was grazing in a meadow by the waters of the
the side traces he set the noble horse Pedasus,
whom Achilles had brought away with him when he sacked the city of
Eetion, and who, mortal steed though he was, could take his place
along with those that were immortal.
Meanwhile Achilles went about everywhere among the tents, and bade
his Myrmidons put on their armour. Even as fierce ravening wolves
that are feasting upon a homed stag which they have killed upon the
mountains, and their jaws are red with blood- they go in a pack to
lap water from the cleaM
r spring with their long thin tongues; and
they reek of blood and slaughter; they know not what fear is, for
it is hunger drives them- even so did the leaders and counsellors
of the Myrmidons gather round the good squire of the fleet descendant
of Aeacus, and among them stood Achilles himself cheering on both
Fifty ships had noble Achilles brought to Troy, and in each there
was a crew of fifty oarsmen. Over these he set five captains whom
he could trust, while he was himself commander oveM
r them all. Menesthius
of the gleaming corslet, son to the river Spercheius that streams
from heaven, was captain of the first company. Fair Polydora daughter
of Peleus bore him to ever-flowing Spercheius- a woman mated with
a god- but he was called son of Borus son of Perieres, with whom his
mother was living as his wedded wife, and who gave great wealth to
gain her. The second company was led by noble Eudorus, son to an unwedded
woman. Polymele, daughter of Phylas the graceful dancer, bore him;
slayer of Argos was enamoured of her as he saw her among
the singing women at a dance held in honour of Diana the rushing huntress
of the golden arrows; he therefore- Mercury, giver of all good- went
with her into an upper chamber, and lay with her in secret, whereon
she bore him a noble son Eudorus, singularly fleet of foot and in
fight valiant. When Ilithuia goddess of the pains of child-birth brought
him to the light of day, and he saw the face of the sun, mighty Echecles
son of Actor took the mother to M
wife, and gave great wealth to gain
her, but her father Phylas brought the child up, and took care of
him, doting as fondly upon him as though he were his own son. The
third company was led by Pisander son of Maemalus, the finest spearman
among all the Myrmidons next to Achilles' own comrade Patroclus. The
old knight Phoenix was captain of the fourth company, and Alcimedon,
noble son of Laerceus of the fifth.
When Achilles had chosen his men and had stationed them all with their
captains, he charged themM
straitly saying, "Myrmidons, remember your
threats against the Trojans while you were at the ships in the time
of my anger, and you were all complaining of me. 'Cruel son of Peleus,'
you would say, 'your mother must have suckled you on gall, so ruthless
are you. You keep us here at the ships against our will; if you are
so relentless it were better we went home over the sea.' Often have
you gathered and thus chided with me. The hour is now come for those
high feats of arms that you have so long been pining M
keep high hearts each one of you to do battle with the Trojans."
With these words he put heart and soul into them all, and they serried
their companies yet more closely when they heard the of their king.
As the stones which a builder sets in the wall of some high house
which is to give shelter from the winds- even so closely were the
helmets and bossed shields set against one another. Shield pressed
on shield, helm on helm, and man on man; so close were they that the
horse-hair plumes on thM
e gleaming ridges of their helmets touched
each other as they bent their heads.
In front of them all two men put on their armour- Patroclus and Automedon-
two men, with but one mind to lead the Myrmidons. Then Achilles went
inside his tent and opened the lid of the strong chest which silver-footed
Thetis had given him to take on board ship, and which she had filled
with shirts, cloaks to keep out the cold, and good thick rugs. In
this chest he had a cup of rare workmanship, from which no man but
might drink, nor would he make offering from it to any other
god save only to father Jove. He took the cup from the chest and cleansed
it with sulphur; this done he rinsed it clean water, and after he
had washed his hands he drew wine. Then he stood in the middle of
the court and prayed, looking towards heaven, and making his drink-offering
of wine; nor was he unseen of Jove whose joy is in thunder. "King
Jove," he cried, "lord of Dodona, god of the Pelasgi, who dwellest
afar, you who hold wintry Dodona in yM
our sway, where your prophets
the Selli dwell around you with their feet unwashed and their couches
made upon the ground- if you heard me when I prayed to you aforetime,
and did me honour while you sent disaster on the Achaeans, vouchsafe
me now the fulfilment of yet this further prayer. I shall stay here
where my ships are lying, but I shall send my comrade into battle
at the head of many Myrmidons. Grant, O all-seeing Jove, that victory
may go with him; put your courage into his heart that Hector may learnM
whether my squire is man enough to fight alone, or whether his might
is only then so indomitable when I myself enter the turmoil of war.
Afterwards when he has chased the fight and the cry of battle from
the ships, grant that he may return unharmed, with his armour and
his comrades, fighters in close combat."
Thus did he pray, and all-counselling Jove heard his prayer. Part
of it he did indeed vouchsafe him- but not the whole. He granted that
Patroclus should thrust back war and battle from the ships, bM
to let him come safely out of the fight.
When he had made his drink-offering and had thus prayed, Achilles
went inside his tent and put back the cup into his chest.
Then he again came out, for he still loved to look upon the fierce
fight that raged between the Trojans and Achaeans.
Meanwhile the armed band that was about Patroclus marched on till
they sprang high in hope upon the Trojans. They came swarming out
like wasps whose nests are by the roadside, and whom silly children
ease, whereon any one who happens to be passing may get stung-
or again, if a wayfarer going along the road vexes them by accident,
every wasp will come flying out in a fury to defend his little ones-
even with such rage and courage did the Myrmidons swarm from their
ships, and their cry of battle rose heavenwards. Patroclus called
out to his men at the top of his voice, "Myrmidons, followers of Achilles
son of Peleus, be men my friends, fight with might and with main,
that we may win glory for the son of PeM
leus, who is far the foremost
man at the ships of the Argives- he, and his close fighting followers.
The son of Atreus King Agamemnon will thus learn his folly in showing
no respect to the bravest of the Achaeans."
With these words he put heart and soul into them all, and they fell
in a body upon the Trojans. The ships rang again with the cry which
the Achaeans raised, and when the Trojans saw the brave son of Menoetius
and his squire all gleaming in their armour, they were daunted and
ere thrown into confusion, for they thought the
fleet son of Peleus must now have put aside his anger, and have been
reconciled to Agamemnon; every one, therefore, looked round about
to see whither he might fly for safety.
Patroclus first aimed a spear into the middle of the press where men
were packed most closely, by the stern of the ship of Protesilaus.
He hit Pyraechmes who had led his Paeonian horsemen from the Amydon
and the broad waters of the river Axius; the spear struck him on the
r, and with a groan he fell backwards in the dust; on
this his men were thrown into confusion, for by killing their leader,
who was the finest soldier among them, Patroclus struck panic into
them all. He thus drove them from the ship and quenched the fire that
was then blazing- leaving the half-burnt ship to lie where it was.
The Trojans were now driven back with a shout that rent the skies,
while the Danaans poured after them from their ships, shouting also
without ceasing. As when Jove, gatherer of the thuM
a dense canopy on the top of some lofty mountain, and all the peaks,
the jutting headlands, and forest glades show out in the great light
that flashes from the bursting heavens, even so when the Danaans had
now driven back the fire from their ships, they took breath for a
little while; but the fury of the fight was not yet over, for the
Trojans were not driven back in utter rout, but still gave battle,
and were ousted from their ground only by sheer fighting.
The fight then became moreM
scattered, and the chieftains killed one
another when and how they could. The valiant son of Menoetius first
drove his spear into the thigh of Areilycus just as he was turning
round; the point went clean through, and broke the bone so that he
fell forward. Meanwhile Menelaus struck Thoas in the chest, where
it was exposed near the rim of his shield, and he fell dead. The son
of Phyleus saw Amphiclus about to attack him, and ere he could do
so took aim at the upper part of his thigh, where the muscles are
hicker than in any other part; the spear tore through all the sinews
of the leg, and his eyes were closed in darkness. Of the sons of Nestor
one, Antilochus, speared Atymnius, driving the point of the spear
through his throat, and down he fell. Maris then sprang on Antilochus
in hand-to-hand fight to avenge his brother, and bestrode the body
spear in hand; but valiant Thrasymedes was too quick for him, and
in a moment had struck him in the shoulder ere he could deal his blow;
his aim was true, and the spear M
severed all the muscles at the root
of his arm, and tore them right down to the bone, so he fell heavily
to the ground and his eyes were closed in darkness. Thus did these
two noble comrades of Sarpedon go down to Erebus slain by the two
sons of Nestor; they were the warrior sons of Amisodorus, who had
reared the invincible Chimaera, to the bane of many. Ajax son of Oileus
sprang on Cleobulus and took him alive as he was entangled in the
crush; but he killed him then and there by a sword-blow on the neck.
he sword reeked with his blood, while dark death and the strong hand
of fate gripped him and closed his eyes.
Peneleos and Lycon now met in close fight, for they had missed each
other with their spears. They had both thrown without effect, so now
they drew their swords. Lycon struck the plumed crest of Peneleos'
helmet but his sword broke at the hilt, while Peneleos smote Lycon
on the neck under the ear. The blade sank so deep that the head was
held on by nothing but the skin, and there was no more life lM
him. Meriones gave chase to Acamas on foot and caught him up just
as he was about to mount his chariot; he drove a spear through his
right shoulder so that he fell headlong from the car, and his eyes
were closed in darkness. Idomeneus speared Erymas in the mouth; the
bronze point of the spear went clean through it beneath the brain,
crashing in among the white bones and smashing them up. His teeth
were all of them knocked out and the blood came gushing in a stream
from both his eyes; it also came gurM
gling up from his mouth and nostrils,
and the darkness of death enfolded him round about.
Thus did these chieftains of the Danaans each of them kill his man.
As ravening wolves seize on kids or lambs, fastening on them when
they are alone on the hillsides and have strayed from the main flock
through the carelessness of the shepherd- and when the wolves see
this they pounce upon them at once because they cannot defend themselves-
even so did the Danaans now fall on the Trojans, who fled with ill-omened
ies in their panic and had no more fight left in them.
Meanwhile great Ajax kept on trying to drive a spear into Hector,
but Hector was so skilful that he held his broad shoulders well under
cover of his ox-hide shield, ever on the look-out for the whizzing
of the arrows and the heavy thud of the spears. He well knew that
the fortunes of the day had changed, but still stood his ground and
tried to protect his comrades.
As when a cloud goes up into heaven from Olympus, rising out of a
e is brewing a gale- even with such panic stricken
rout did the Trojans now fly, and there was no order in their going.
Hector's fleet horses bore him and his armour out of the fight, and
he left the Trojan host penned in by the deep trench against their
will. Many a yoke of horses snapped the pole of their chariots in
the trench and left their master's car behind them. Patroclus gave
chase, calling impetuously on the Danaans and full of fury against
the Trojans, who, being now no longer in a body, filled alM
with their cries of panic and rout; the air was darkened with the
clouds of dust they raised, and the horses strained every nerve in
their flight from the tents and ships towards the city.
Patroclus kept on heading his horses wherever he saw most men flying
in confusion, cheering on his men the while. Chariots were being smashed
in all directions, and many a man came tumbling down from his own
car to fall beneath the wheels of that of Patroclus, whose immortal
steeds, given by the gods to PeleM
us, sprang over the trench at a bound
as they sped onward. He was intent on trying to get near Hector, for
he had set his heart on spearing him, but Hector's horses were now
hurrying him away. As the whole dark earth bows before some tempest
on an autumn day when Jove rains his hardest to punish men for giving
crooked judgement in their courts, and arriving justice therefrom
without heed to the decrees of heaven- all the rivers run full and
the torrents tear many a new channel as they roar headlong from the
mountains to the dark sea, and it fares ill with the works of men-
even such was the stress and strain of the Trojan horses in their
Patroclus now cut off the battalions that were nearest to him and
drove them back to the ships. They were doing their best to reach
the city, but he would not Yet them, and bore down on them between
the river and the ships and wall. Many a fallen comrade did he then
avenge. First he hit Pronous with a spear on the chest where it was
exposed near the rim of his shieM
ld, and he fell heavily to the ground.
Next he sprang on Thestor son of Enops, who was sitting all huddled
up in his chariot, for he had lost his head and the reins had been
torn out of his hands. Patroclus went up to him and drove a spear
into his right jaw; he thus hooked him by the teeth and the spear
pulled him over the rim of his car, as one who sits at the end of
some jutting rock and draws a strong fish out of the sea with a hook
and a line- even so with his spear did he pull Thestor all gaping
his chariot; he then threw him down on his face and he died while
falling. On this, as Erylaus was on to attack him, he struck him full
on the head with a stone, and his brains were all battered inside
his helmet, whereon he fell headlong to the ground and the pangs of
death took hold upon him. Then he laid low, one after the other, Erymas,
Amphoterus, Epaltes, Tlepolemus, Echius son of Damastor, Pyris, lpheus,
Euippus and Polymelus son of Argeas.
Now when Sarpedon saw his comrades, men who wore ungirdledM
being overcome by Patroclus son of Menoetius, he rebuked the Lycians
saying. "Shame on you, where are you flying to? Show your mettle;
I will myself meet this man in fight and learn who it is that is so
masterful; he has done us much hurt, and has stretched many a brave
man upon the ground."
He sprang from his chariot as he spoke, and Patroclus, when he saw
this, leaped on to the ground also. The two then rushed at one another
with loud cries like eagle-beaked crook-taloned vultures that scream
and tear at one another in some high mountain fastness.
The son of scheming Saturn looked down upon them in pity and said
to Juno who was his wife and sister, "Alas, that it should be the
lot of Sarpedon whom I love so dearly to perish by the hand of Patroclus.
I am in two minds whether to catch him up out of the fight and set
him down safe and sound in the fertile land of Lycia, or to let him
now fall by the hand of the son of Menoetius."
And Juno answered, "Most dread son of Saturn, what is this thaM
are saying? Would you snatch a mortal man, whose doom has long been
fated, out of the jaws of death? Do as you will, but we shall not
all of us be of your mind. I say further, and lay my saying to your
heart, that if you send Sarpedon safely to his own home, some other
of the gods will be also wanting to escort his son out of battle,
for there are many sons of gods fighting round the city of Troy, and
you will make every one jealous. If, however, you are fond of him
and pity him, let him indeed fall bM
y the hand of Patroclus, but as
soon as the life is gone out of him, send Death and sweet Sleep to
bear him off the field and take him to the broad lands of Lycia, where
his brothers and his kinsmen will bury him with mound and pillar,
in due honour to the dead."
The sire of gods and men assented, but he shed a rain of blood upon
the earth in honour of his son whom Patroclus was about to kill on
the rich plain of Troy far from his home.
When they were now come close to one another Patroclus struck ThrM
the brave squire of Sarpedon, in the lower part of the belly, and
killed him. Sarpedon then aimed a spear at Patroclus and missed him,
but he struck the horse Pedasus in the right shoulder, and it screamed
aloud as it lay, groaning in the dust until the life went out of it.
The other two horses began to plunge; the pole of the chariot cracked
and they got entangled in the reins through the fall of the horse
that was yoked along with them; but Automedon knew what to do; without
the loss of a momentM
he drew the keen blade that hung by his sturdy
thigh and cut the third horse adrift; whereon the other two righted
themselves, and pulling hard at the reins again went together into
Sarpedon now took a second aim at Patroclus, and again missed him,
the point of the spear passed over his left shoulder without hitting
him. Patroclus then aimed in his turn, and the spear sped not from
his hand in vain, for he hit Sarpedon just where the midriff surrounds
the ever-beating heart. He fell like some oaM
k or silver poplar or
tall pine to which woodmen have laid their axes upon the mountains
to make timber for ship-building- even so did he lie stretched at
full length in front of his chariot and horses, moaning and clutching
at the blood-stained dust. As when a lion springs with a bound upon
a herd of cattle and fastens on a great black bull which dies bellowing
in its clutches- even so did the leader of the Lycian warriors struggle
in death as he fell by the hand of Patroclus. He called on his trusty
de and said, "Glaucus, my brother, hero among heroes, put forth
all your strength, fight with might and main, now if ever quit yourself
like a valiant soldier. First go about among the Lycian captains and
bid them fight for Sarpedon; then yourself also do battle to save
my armour from being taken. My name will haunt you henceforth and
for ever if the Achaeans rob me of my armour now that I have fallen
at their ships. Do your very utmost and call all my people together."
Death closed his eyes as he spoke. PM
atroclus planted his heel on his
breast and drew the spear from his body, whereon his senses came out
along with it, and he drew out both spear-point and Sarpedon's soul
at the same time. Hard by the Myrmidons held his snorting steeds,
who were wild with panic at finding themselves deserted by their lords.
Glaucus was overcome with grief when he heard what Sarpedon said,
for he could not help him. He had to support his arm with his other
hand, being in great pain through the wound which Teucer's arrow had
given him when Teucer was defending the wall as he, Glaucus, was assailing
it. Therefore he prayed to far-darting Apollo saying, "Hear me O king
from your seat, may be in the rich land of Lycia, or may be in Troy,
for in all places you can hear the prayer of one who is in distress,
as I now am. I have a grievous wound; my hand is aching with pain,
there is no staunching the blood, and my whole arm drags by reason
of my hurt, so that I cannot grasp my sword nor go among my foes and
fight them, thou our princM
e, Jove's son Sarpedon, is slain. Jove defended
not his son, do you, therefore, O king, heal me of my wound, ease
my pain and grant me strength both to cheer on the Lycians and to
fight along with them round the body of him who has fallen."
Thus did he pray, and Apollo heard his prayer. He eased his pain,
staunched the black blood from the wound, and gave him new strength.
Glaucus perceived this, and was thankful that the mighty god had answered
his prayer; forthwith, therefore, he went among the Lycian caM
and bade them come to fight about the body of Sarpedon. From these
he strode on among the Trojans to Polydamas son of Panthous and Agenor;
he then went in search of Aeneas and Hector, and when he had found
them he said, "Hector, you have utterly forgotten your allies, who
languish here for your sake far from friends and home while you do
nothing to support them. Sarpedon leader of the Lycian warriors has
fallen- he who was at once the right and might of Lycia; Mars has
laid him low by the spear of PM
atroclus. Stand by him, my friends,
and suffer not the Myrmidons to strip him of his armour, nor to treat
his body with contumely in revenge for all the Danaans whom we have
speared at the ships."
As he spoke the Trojans were plunged in extreme and ungovernable grief;
for Sarpedon, alien though he was, had been one of the main stays
of their city, both as having much people with him, and himself the
foremost among them all. Led by Hector, who was infuriated by the
fall of Sarpedon, they made instantly foM
r the Danaans with all their
might, while the undaunted spirit of Patroclus son of Menoetius cheered
on the Achaeans. First he spoke to the two Ajaxes, men who needed
no bidding. "Ajaxes," said he, "may it now please you to show youselves
the men you have always been, or even better- Sarpedon is fallen-
he who was first to overleap the wall of the Achaeans; let us take
the body and outrage it; let us strip the armour from his shoulders,
and kill his comrades if they try to rescue his body."
en who of themselves were full eager; both sides, therefore,
the Trojans and Lycians on the one hand, and the Myrmidons and Achaeans
on the other, strengthened their battalions, and fought desperately
about the body of Sarpedon, shouting fiercely the while. Mighty was
the din of their armour as they came together, and Jove shed a thick
darkness over the fight, to increase the of the battle over the body
At first the Trojans made some headway against the Achaeans, for one
of the best men amongM
the Myrmidons was killed, Epeigeus, son of noble
Agacles who had erewhile been king in the good city of Budeum; but
presently, having killed a valiant kinsman of his own, he took refuge
with Peleus and Thetis, who sent him to Ilius the land of noble steeds
to fight the Trojans under Achilles. Hector now struck him on the
head with a stone just as he had caught hold of the body, and his
brains inside his helmet were all battered in, so that he fell face
foremost upon the body of Sarpedon, and there died. PatM
enraged by the death of his comrade, and sped through the front ranks
as swiftly as a hawk that swoops down on a flock of daws or starlings.
Even so swiftly, O noble knight Patroclus, did you make straight for
the Lycians and Trojans to avenge your comrade. Forthwith he struck
Sthenelaus the son of Ithaemenes on the neck with a stone, and broke
the tendons that join it to the head and spine. On this Hector and
the front rank of his men gave ground. As far as a man can throw a
javelin when competiM
ng for some prize, or even in battle- so far did
the Trojans now retreat before the Achaeans. Glaucus, captain of the
Lycians, was the first to rally them, by killing Bathycles son of
Chalcon who lived in Hellas and was the richest man among the Myrmidons.
Glaucus turned round suddenly, just as Bathycles who was pursuing
him was about to lay hold of him, and drove his spear right into the
middle of his chest, whereon he fell heavily to the ground, and the
fall of so good a man filled the Achaeans with dismayM
were exultant, and came up in a body round the corpse. Nevertheless
the Achaeans, mindful of their prowess, bore straight down upon them.
Meriones then killed a helmed warrior of the Trojans, Laogonus son
of Onetor, who was priest of Jove of Mt. Ida, and was honoured by
the people as though he were a god. Meriones struck him under the
jaw and ear, so that life went out of him and the darkness of death
laid hold upon him. Aeneas then aimed a spear at Meriones, hoping
to hit him under thM
e shield as he was advancing, but Meriones saw
it coming and stooped forward to avoid it, whereon the spear flew
past him and the point stuck in the ground, while the butt-end went
on quivering till Mars robbed it of its force. The spear, therefore,
sped from Aeneas's hand in vain and fell quivering to the ground.
Aeneas was angry and said, "Meriones, you are a good dancer, but if
I had hit you my spear would soon have made an end of you."
And Meriones answered, "Aeneas, for all your bravery, you will not
be able to make an end of every one who comes against you. You are
only a mortal like myself, and if I were to hit you in the middle
of your shield with my spear, however strong and self-confident you
may be, I should soon vanquish you, and you would yield your life
to Hades of the noble steeds."
On this the son of Menoetius rebuked him and said, "Meriones, hero
though you be, you should not speak thus; taunting speeches, my good
friend, will not make the Trojans draw away from the dead body; some
em must go under ground first; blows for battle, and words for
council; fight, therefore, and say nothing."
He led the way as he spoke and the hero went forward with him. As
the sound of woodcutters in some forest glade upon the mountains-
and the thud of their axes is heard afar- even such a din now rose
from earth-clash of bronze armour and of good ox-hide shields, as
men smote each other with their swords and spears pointed at both
ends. A man had need of good eyesight now to know Sarpedon, so covered
was he from head to foot with spears and blood and dust. Men swarmed
about the body, as flies that buzz round the full milk-pails in spring
when they are brimming with milk- even so did they gather round Sarpedon;
nor did Jove turn his keen eyes away for one moment from the fight,
but kept looking at it all the time, for he was settling how best
to kill Patroclus, and considering whether Hector should be allowed
to end him now in the fight round the body of Sarpedon, and strip
him of his armour, or whether M
he should let him give yet further trouble
to the Trojans. In the end, he deemed it best that the brave squire
of Achilles son of Peleus should drive Hector and the Trojans back
towards the city and take the lives of many. First, therefore, he
made Hector turn fainthearted, whereon he mounted his chariot and
fled, bidding the other Trojans fly also, for he saw that the scales
of Jove had turned against him. Neither would the brave Lycians stand
firm; they were dismayed when they saw their king lying struck tM
the heart amid a heap of corpses- for when the son of Saturn made
the fight wax hot many had fallen above him. The Achaeans, therefore
stripped the gleaming armour from his shoulders and the brave son
of Menoetius gave it to his men to take to the ships. Then Jove lord
of the storm-cloud said to Apollo, "Dear Phoebus, go, I pray you,
and take Sarpedon out of range of the weapons; cleanse the black blood
from off him, and then bear him a long way off where you may wash
him in the river, anoint him with ambM
rosia, and clothe him in immortal
raiment; this done, commit him to the arms of the two fleet messengers,
Death, and Sleep, who will carry him straightway to the rich land
of Lycia, where his brothers and kinsmen will inter him, and will
raise both mound and pillar to his memory, in due honour to the dead."
Thus he spoke. Apollo obeyed his father's saying, and came down from
the heights of Ida into the thick of the fight; forthwith he took
Sarpedon out of range of the weapons, and then bore him a long way
off, where he washed him in the river, anointed him with ambrosia
and clothed him in immortal raiment; this done, he committed him to
the arms of the two fleet messengers, Death, and Sleep, who presently
set him down in the rich land of Lycia.
Meanwhile Patroclus, with many a shout to his horses and to Automedon,
pursued the Trojans and Lycians in the pride and foolishness of his
heart. Had he but obeyed the bidding of the son of Peleus, he would
have, escaped death and have been scatheless; but the counM
Jove pass man's understanding; he will put even a brave man to flight
and snatch victory from his grasp, or again he will set him on to
fight, as he now did when he put a high spirit into the heart of Patroclus.
Who then first, and who last, was slain by you, O Patroclus, when
the gods had now called you to meet your doom? First Adrestus, Autonous,
Echeclus, Perimus the son of Megas, Epistor and Melanippus; after
these he killed Elasus, Mulius, and Pylartes. These he slew, but the
The sons of the Achaeans would now have taken Troy by the hands of
Patroclus, for his spear flew in all directions, had not Phoebus Apollo
taken his stand upon the wall to defeat his purpose and to aid the
Trojans. Thrice did Patroclus charge at an angle of the high wall,
and thrice did Apollo beat him back, striking his shield with his
own immortal hands. When Patroclus was coming on like a god for yet
a fourth time, Apollo shouted to him with an awful voice and said,
Patroclus, it is not your lot to sack the city of
the Trojan chieftains, nor yet will it be that of Achilles who is
a far better man than you are." On hearing this, Patroclus withdrew
to some distance and avoided the anger of Apollo.
Meanwhile Hector was waiting with his horses inside the Scaean gates,
in doubt whether to drive out again and go on fighting, or to call
the army inside the gates. As he was thus doubting Phoebus Apollo
drew near him in the likeness of a young and lusty warrior Asius,
s Hector's uncle, being own brother to Hecuba, and son of Dymas
who lived in Phrygia by the waters of the river Sangarius; in his
likeness Jove's son Apollo now spoke to Hector saying, "Hector, why
have you left off fighting? It is ill done of you. If I were as much
better a man than you, as I am worse, you should soon rue your slackness.
Drive straight towards Patroclus, if so be that Apollo may grant you
a triumph over him, and you may rull him."
With this the god went back into the hurly-burly, and HecM
Cebriones drive again into the fight. Apollo passed in among them,
and struck panic into the Argives, while he gave triumph to Hector
and the Trojans. Hector let the other Danaans alone and killed no
man, but drove straight at Patroclus. Patroclus then sprang from his
chariot to the ground, with a spear in his left hand, and in his right
a jagged stone as large as his hand could hold. He stood still and
threw it, nor did it go far without hitting some one; the cast was
not in vain, for the stone stM
ruck Cebriones, Hector's charioteer,
a bastard son of Priam, as he held the reins in his hands. The stone
hit him on the forehead and drove his brows into his head for the
bone was smashed, and his eyes fell to the ground at his feet. He
dropped dead from his chariot as though he were diving, and there
was no more life left in him. Over him did you then vaunt, O knight
Patroclus, saying, "Bless my heart, how active he is, and how well
he dives. If we had been at sea this fellow would have dived from
p's side and brought up as many oysters as the whole crew could
stomach, even in rough water, for he has dived beautifully off his
chariot on to the ground. It seems, then, that there are divers also
among the Trojans."
As he spoke he flung himself on Cebriones with the spring, as it were,
of a lion that while attacking a stockyard is himself struck in the
chest, and his courage is his own bane- even so furiously, O Patroclus,
did you then spring upon Cebriones. Hector sprang also from his chariot
ground. The pair then fought over the body of Cebriones. As
two lions fight fiercely on some high mountain over the body of a
stag that they have killed, even so did these two mighty warriors,
Patroclus son of Menoetius and brave Hector, hack and hew at one another
over the corpse of Cebriones. Hector would not let him go when he
had once got him by the head, while Patroclus kept fast hold of his
feet, and a fierce fight raged between the other Danaans and Trojans.
As the east and south wind buffet one anotM
her when they beat upon
some dense forest on the mountains- there is beech and ash and spreading
cornel; the to of the trees roar as they beat on one another, and
one can hear the boughs cracking and breaking- even so did the Trojans
and Achaeans spring upon one another and lay about each other, and
neither side would give way. Many a pointed spear fell to ground and
many a winged arrow sped from its bow-string about the body of Cebriones;
many a great stone, moreover, beat on many a shield as they fought
round his body, but there he lay in the whirling clouds of dust,
all huge and hugely, heedless of his driving now.
So long as the sun was still high in mid-heaven the weapons of either
side were alike deadly, and the people fell; but when he went down
towards the time when men loose their oxen, the Achaeans proved to
be beyond all forecast stronger, so that they drew Cebriones out of
range of the darts and tumult of the Trojans, and stripped the armour
from his shoulders. Then Patroclus sprang like Mars wM
and a terrific shout upon the Trojans, and thrice did he kill nine
men; but as he was coming on like a god for a time, then, O Patroclus,
was the hour of your end approaching, for Phoebus fought you in fell
earnest. Patroclus did not see him as he moved about in the crush,
for he was enshrouded in thick darkness, and the god struck him from
behind on his back and his broad shoulders with the flat of his hand,
so that his eyes turned dizzy. Phoebus Apollo beat the helmet from
and it rolled rattling off under the horses' feet, where
its horse-hair plumes were all begrimed with dust and blood. Never
indeed had that helmet fared so before, for it had served to protect
the head and comely forehead of the godlike hero Achilles. Now, however,
Zeus delivered it over to be worn by Hector. Nevertheless the end
of Hector also was near. The bronze-shod spear, so great and so strong,
was broken in the hand of Patroclus, while his shield that covered
him from head to foot fell to the ground aM
s did also the band that
held it, and Apollo undid the fastenings of his corslet.
On this his mind became clouded; his limbs failed him, and he stood
as one dazed; whereon Euphorbus son of Panthous a Dardanian, the best
spearman of his time, as also the finest horseman and fleetest runner,
came behind him and struck him in the back with a spear, midway between
the shoulders. This man as soon as ever he had come up with his chariot
had dismounted twenty men, so proficient was he in all the arts of
it was, O knight Patroclus, that first drove a weapon into
you, but he did not quite overpower you. Euphorbus then ran back into
the crowd, after drawing his ashen spear out of the wound; he would
not stand firm and wait for Patroclus, unarmed though he now was,
to attack him; but Patroclus unnerved, alike by the blow the god had
given him and by the spear-wound, drew back under cover of his men
in fear for his life. Hector on this, seeing him to be wounded and
giving ground, forced his way through the ranksM
with him struck him in the lower part of the belly with a spear, driving
the bronze point right through it, so that he fell heavily to the
ground to the great of the Achaeans. As when a lion has fought some
fierce wild-boar and worsted him- the two fight furiously upon the
mountains over some little fountain at which they would both drink,
and the lion has beaten the boar till he can hardly breathe- even
so did Hector son of Priam take the life of the brave son of Menoetius
d so many, striking him from close at hand, and vaunting
over him the while. "Patroclus," said he, "you deemed that you should
sack our city, rob our Trojan women of their freedom, and carry them
off in your ships to your own country. Fool; Hector and his fleet
horses were ever straining their utmost to defend them. I am foremost
of all the Trojan warriors to stave the day of bondage from off them;
as for you, vultures shall devour you here. Poor wretch, Achilles
with all his bravery availed you nothing; andM
yet I ween when you
left him he charged you straitly saying, 'Come not back to the ships,
knight Patroclus, till you have rent the bloodstained shirt of murderous
Hector about his body. Thus I ween did he charge you, and your fool's
heart answered him 'yea' within you."
Then, as the life ebbed out of you, you answered, O knight Patroclus:
"Hector, vaunt as you will, for Jove the son of Saturn and Apollo
have vouchsafed you victory; it is they who have vanquished me so
easily, and they who have stripped M
the armour from my shoulders; had
twenty such men as you attacked me, all of them would have fallen
before my spear. Fate and the son of Leto have overpowered me, and
among mortal men Euphorbus; you are yourself third only in the killing
of me. I say further, and lay my saying to your heart, you too shall
live but for a little season; death and the day of your doom are close
upon you, and they will lay you low by the hand of Achilles son of
When he had thus spoken his eyes were closed in death, M
his body and flitted down to the house of Hades, mourning its sad
fate and bidding farewell to the youth and vigor of its manhood. Dead
though he was, Hector still spoke to him saying, "Patroclus, why should
you thus foretell my doom? Who knows but Achilles, son of lovely Thetis,
may be smitten by my spear and die before me?"
As he spoke he drew the bronze spear from the wound, planting his
foot upon the body, which he thrust off and let lie on its back. He
then went spear in hand after AutM
omedon, squire of the fleet descendant
of Aeacus, for he longed to lay him low, but the immortal steeds which
the gods had given as a rich gift to Peleus bore him swiftly from
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Brave Menelaus son of Atreus now came to know that Patroclus had
fallen, and made his way through the front ranks clad in full armour
to bestride him. As a cow stands lowing over her first calf, even
so did yellow-haired Menelaus bestriM
de Patroclus. He held his round
shield and his spear in front of him, resolute to kill any who should
dare face him. But the son of Panthous had also noted the body, and
came up to Menelaus saying, "Menelaus, son of Atreus, draw back, leave
the body, and let the bloodstained spoils be. I was first of the Trojans
and their brave allies to drive my spear into Patroclus, let me, therefore,
have my full glory among the Trojans, or I will take aim and kill
To this Menelaus answered in great anger "By faM
is an ill thing. The pard is not more bold, nor the lion nor savage
wild-boar, which is fiercest and most dauntless of all creatures,
than are the proud sons of Panthous. Yet Hyperenor did not see out
the days of his youth when he made light of me and withstood me, deeming
me the meanest soldier among the Danaans. His own feet never bore
him back to gladden his wife and parents. Even so shall I make an
end of you too, if you withstand me; get you back into the crowd and
r it shall be worse for you. Even a fool may be wise
Euphorbus would not listen, and said, "Now indeed, Menelaus, shall
you pay for the death of my brother over whom you vaunted, and whose
wife you widowed in her bridal chamber, while you brought grief unspeakable
on his parents. I shall comfort these poor people if I bring your
head and armour and place them in the hands of Panthous and noble
Phrontis. The time is come when this matter shall be fought out and
settled, for me or againstM
As he spoke he struck Menelaus full on the shield, but the spear did
not go through, for the shield turned its point. Menelaus then took
aim, praying to father Jove as he did so; Euphorbus was drawing back,
and Menelaus struck him about the roots of his throat, leaning his
whole weight on the spear, so as to drive it home. The point went
clean through his neck, and his armour rang rattling round him as
he fell heavily to the ground. His hair which was like that of the
Graces, and his locks so deftlM
y bound in bands of silver and gold,
were all bedrabbled with blood. As one who has grown a fine young
olive tree in a clear space where there is abundance of water- the
plant is full of promise, and though the winds beat upon it from every
quarter it puts forth its white blossoms till the blasts of some fierce
hurricane sweep down upon it and level it with the ground- even so
did Menelaus strip the fair youth Euphorbus of his armour after he
had slain him. Or as some fierce lion upon the mountains in the prM
of his strength fastens on the finest heifer in a herd as it is feeding-
first he breaks her neck with his strong jaws, and then gorges on
her blood and entrails; dogs and shepherds raise a hue and cry against
him, but they stand aloof and will not come close to him, for they
are pale with fear- even so no one had the courage to face valiant
Menelaus. The son of Atreus would have then carried off the armour
of the son of Panthous with ease, had not Phoebus Apollo been angry,
and in the guise of Mentes cM
hief of the Cicons incited Hector to attack
him. "Hector," said he, "you are now going after the horses of the
noble son of Aeacus, but you will not take them; they cannot be kept
in hand and driven by mortal man, save only by Achilles, who is son
to an immortal mother. Meanwhile Menelaus son of Atreus has bestridden
the body of Patroclus and killed the noblest of the Trojans, Euphorbus
son of Panthous, so that he can fight no more."
The god then went back into the toil and turmoil, but the soul of
r was darkened with a cloud of grief; he looked along the ranks
and saw Euphorbus lying on the ground with the blood still flowing
from his wound, and Menelaus stripping him of his armour. On this
he made his way to the front like a flame of fire, clad in his gleaming
armour, and crying with a loud voice. When the son of Atreus heard
him, he said to himself in his dismay, "Alas! what shall I do? I may
not let the Trojans take the armour of Patroclus who has fallen fighting
on my behalf, lest some Danaan who M
sees me should cry shame upon me.
Still if for my honour's sake I fight Hector and the Trojans single-handed,
they will prove too many for me, for Hector is bringing them up in
force. Why, however, should I thus hesitate? When a man fights in
despite of heaven with one whom a god befriends, he will soon rue
it. Let no Danaan think ill of me if I give place to Hector, for the
hand of heaven is with him. Yet, if I could find Ajax, the two of
us would fight Hector and heaven too, if we might only save the body
of Patroclus for Achilles son of Peleus. This, of many evils would
While he was thus in two minds, the Trojans came up to him with Hector
at their head; he therefore drew back and left the body, turning about
like some bearded lion who is being chased by dogs and men from a
stockyard with spears and hue and cry, whereon he is daunted and slinks
sulkily off- even so did Menelaus son of Atreus turn and leave the
body of Patroclus. When among the body of his men, he looked around
Ajax son of Telamon, and presently saw him on the extreme
left of the fight, cheering on his men and exhorting them to keep
on fighting, for Phoebus Apollo had spread a great panic among them.
He ran up to him and said, "Ajax, my good friend, come with me at
once to dead Patroclus, if so be that we may take the body to Achilles-
as for his armour, Hector already has it."
These words stirred the heart of Ajax, and he made his way among the
front ranks, Menelaus going with him. Hector had stripped PatroclusM
of his armour, and was dragging him away to cut off his head and take
the body to fling before the dogs of Troy. But Ajax came up with his
shield like wall before him, on which Hector withdrew under shelter
of his men, and sprang on to his chariot, giving the armour over to
the Trojans to take to the city, as a great trophy for himself; Ajax,
therefore, covered the body of Patroclus with his broad shield and
bestrode him; as a lion stands over his whelps if hunters have come
upon him in a forest when he isM
with his little ones- in the pride
and fierceness of his strength he draws his knit brows down till they
cover his eyes- even so did Ajax bestride the body of Patroclus, and
by his side stood Menelaus son of Atreus, nursing great sorrow in
Then Glaucus son of Hippolochus looked fiercely at Hector and rebuked
him sternly. "Hector," said he, "you make a brave show, but in fight
you are sadly wanting. A runaway like yourself has no claim to so
great a reputation. Think how you may now save your M
by the hands of your own people born in Ilius; for you will get no
Lycians to fight for you, seeing what thanks they have had for their
incessant hardships. Are you likely, sir, to do anything to help a
man of less note, after leaving Sarpedon, who was at once your guest
and comrade in arms, to be the spoil and prey of the Danaans? So long
as he lived he did good service both to your city and yourself; yet
you had no stomach to save his body from the dogs. If the Lycians
will listen to me, M
they will go home and leave Troy to its fate. If
the Trojans had any of that daring fearless spirit which lays hold
of men who are fighting for their country and harassing those who
would attack it, we should soon bear off Patroclus into Ilius. Could
we get this dead man away and bring him into the city of Priam, the
Argives would readily give up the armour of Sarpedon, and we should
get his body to boot. For he whose squire has been now killed is the
foremost man at the ships of the Achaeans- he and his cloM
followers. Nevertheless you dared not make a stand against Ajax, nor
face him, eye to eye, with battle all round you, for he is a braver
Hector scowled at him and answered, "Glaucus, you should know better.
I have held you so far as a man of more understanding than any in
all Lycia, but now I despise you for saying that I am afraid of Ajax.
I fear neither battle nor the din of chariots, but Jove's will is
stronger than ours; Jove at one time makes even a strong man draw
ck and snatches victory from his grasp, while at another he will
set him on to fight. Come hither then, my friend, stand by me and
see indeed whether I shall play the coward the whole day through as
you say, or whether I shall not stay some even of the boldest Danaans
from fighting round the body of Patroclus."
As he spoke he called loudly on the Trojans saying, "Trojans, Lycians,
and Dardanians, fighters in close combat, be men, my friends, and
fight might and main, while I put on the goodly armour of AcM
which I took when I killed Patroclus."
With this Hector left the fight, and ran full speed after his men
who were taking the armour of Achilles to Troy, but had not yet got
far. Standing for a while apart from the woeful fight, he changed
his armour. His own he sent to the strong city of Ilius and to the
Trojans, while he put on the immortal armour of the son of Peleus,
which the gods had given to Peleus, who in his age gave it to his
son; but the son did not grow old in his father's armour.
hen Jove, lord of the storm-cloud, saw Hector standing aloof and
arming himself in the armour of the son of Peleus, he wagged his head
and muttered to himself saying, "A! poor wretch, you arm in the armour
of a hero, before whom many another trembles, and you reck nothing
of the doom that is already close upon you. You have killed his comrade
so brave and strong, but it was not well that you should strip the
armour from his head and shoulders. I do indeed endow you with great
might now, but as against this yM
ou shall not return from battle to
lay the armour of the son of Peleus before Andromache."
The son of Saturn bowed his portentous brows, and Hector fitted the
armour to his body, while terrible Mars entered into him, and filled
his whole body with might and valour. With a shout he strode in among
the allies, and his armour flashed about him so that he seemed to
all of them like the great son of Peleus himself. He went about among
them and cheered them on- Mesthles, Glaucus, Medon, Thersilochus,
us, Deisenor and Hippothous, Phorcys, Chromius and Ennomus
the augur. All these did he exhort saying, "Hear me, allies from other
cities who are here in your thousands, it was not in order to have
a crowd about me that I called you hither each from his several city,
but that with heart and soul you might defend the wives and little
ones of the Trojans from the fierce Achaeans. For this do I oppress
my people with your food and the presents that make you rich. Therefore
turn, and charge at the foe, to stand oM
r fall as is the game of war;
whoever shall bring Patroclus, dead though he be, into the hands of
the Trojans, and shall make Ajax give way before him, I will give
him one half of the spoils while I keep the other. He will thus share
like honour with myself."
When he had thus spoken they charged full weight upon the Danaans
with their spears held out before them, and the hopes of each ran
high that he should force Ajax son of Telamon to yield up the body-
fools that they were, for he was about to take thM
Then Ajax said to Menelaus, "My good friend Menelaus, you and I shall
hardly come out of this fight alive. I am less concerned for the body
of Patroclus, who will shortly become meat for the dogs and vultures
of Troy, than for the safety of my own head and yours. Hector has
wrapped us round in a storm of battle from every quarter, and our
destruction seems now certain. Call then upon the princes of the Danaans
if there is any who can hear us."
Menelaus did as he said, and shouted to the M
Danaans for help at the
top of his voice. "My friends," he cried, "princes and counsellors
of the Argives, all you who with Agamemnon and Menelaus drink at the
public cost, and give orders each to his own people as Jove vouchsafes
him power and glory, the fight is so thick about me that I cannot
distinguish you severally; come on, therefore, every man unbidden,
and think it shame that Patroclus should become meat and morsel for
Fleet Ajax son of Oileus heard him and was first to force hisM
through the fight and run to help him. Next came Idomeneus and Meriones
his esquire, peer of murderous Mars. As for the others that came into
the fight after these, who of his own self could name them?
The Trojans with Hector at their head charged in a body. As a great
wave that comes thundering in at the mouth of some heaven-born river,
and the rocks that jut into the sea ring with the roar of the breakers
that beat and buffet them- even with such a roar did the Trojans come
on; but the Achaeans in M
singleness of heart stood firm about the son
of Menoetius, and fenced him with their bronze shields. Jove, moreover,
hid the brightness of their helmets in a thick cloud, for he had borne
no grudge against the son of Menoetius while he was still alive and
squire to the descendant of Aeacus; therefore he was loth to let him
fall a prey to the dogs of his foes the Trojans, and urged his comrades
At first the Trojans drove the Achaeans back, and they withdrew from
the dead man daunted. TheM
Trojans did not succeed in killing any one,
nevertheless they drew the body away. But the Achaeans did not lose
it long, for Ajax, foremost of all the Danaans after the son of Peleus
alike in stature and prowess, quickly rallied them and made towards
the front like a wild boar upon the mountains when he stands at bay
in the forest glades and routs the hounds and lusty youths that have
attacked him- even so did Ajax son of Telamon passing easily in among
the phalanxes of the Trojans, disperse those who had bM
and were most bent on winning glory by dragging him off to their city.
At this moment Hippothous brave son of the Pelasgian Lethus, in his
zeal for Hector and the Trojans, was dragging the body off by the
foot through the press of the fight, having bound a strap round the
sinews near the ancle; but a mischief soon befell him from which none
of those could save him who would have gladly done so, for the son
of Telamon sprang forward and smote him on his bronze-cheeked helmet.
eadpiece broke about the point of the weapon, struck at
once by the spear and by the strong hand of Ajax, so that the bloody
brain came oozing out through the crest-socket. His strength then
failed him and he let Patroclus' foot drop from his hand, as he fell
full length dead upon the body; thus he died far from the fertile
land of Larissa, and never repaid his parents the cost of bringing
him up, for his life was cut short early by the spear of mighty Ajax.
Hector then took aim at Ajax with a spear, but he M
just managed to avoid it; the spear passed on and struck Schedius
son of noble Iphitus, captain of the Phoceans, who dwelt in famed
Panopeus and reigned over much people; it struck him under the middle
of the collar-bone the bronze point went right through him, coming
out at the bottom of his shoulder-blade, and his armour rang rattling
round him as he fell heavily to the ground. Ajax in his turn struck
noble Phorcys son of Phaenops in the middle of the belly as he was
bestriding HippothouM
s, and broke the plate of his cuirass; whereon
the spear tore out his entrails and he clutched the ground in his
palm as he fell to earth. Hector and those who were in the front rank
then gave ground, while the Argives raised a loud cry of triumph,
and drew off the bodies of Phorcys and Hippothous which they stripped
presently of their armour.
The Trojans would now have been worsted by the brave Achaeans and
driven back to Ilius through their own cowardice, while the Argives,
so great was their courage aM
nd endurance, would have achieved a triumph
even against the will of Jove, if Apollo had not roused Aeneas, in
the likeness of Periphas son of Epytus, an attendant who had grown
old in the service of Aeneas' aged father, and was at all times devoted
to him. In his likeness, then, Apollo said, "Aeneas, can you not manage,
even though heaven be against us, to save high Ilius? I have known
men, whose numbers, courage, and self-reliance have saved their people
in spite of Jove, whereas in this case he would muchM
rather give victory
to us than to the Danaans, if you would only fight instead of being
so terribly afraid."
Aeneas knew Apollo when he looked straight at him, and shouted to
Hector saying, "Hector and all other Trojans and allies, shame on
us if we are beaten by the Achaeans and driven back to Ilius through
our own cowardice. A god has just come up to me and told me that Jove
the supreme disposer will be with us. Therefore let us make for the
Danaans, that it may go hard with them ere they bear away deM
As he spoke he sprang out far in front of the others, who then rallied
and again faced the Achaeans. Aeneas speared Leiocritus son of Arisbas,
a valiant follower of Lycomedes, and Lycomedes was moved with pity
as he saw him fall; he therefore went close up, and speared Apisaon
son of Hippasus shepherd of his people in the liver under the midriff,
so that he died; he had come from fertile Paeonia and was the best
man of them all after Asteropaeus. Asteropaeus flew forward to avM
him and attack the Danaans, but this might no longer be, inasmuch
as those about Patroclus were well covered by their shields, and held
their spears in front of them, for Ajax had given them strict orders
that no man was either to give ground, or to stand out before the
others, but all were to hold well together about the body and fight
hand to hand. Thus did huge Ajax bid them, and the earth ran red with
blood as the corpses fell thick on one another alike on the side of
the Trojans and allies, and onM
that of the Danaans; for these last,
too, fought no bloodless fight though many fewer of them perished,
through the care they took to defend and stand by one another.
Thus did they fight as it were a flaming fire; it seemed as though
it had gone hard even with the sun and moon, for they were hidden
over all that part where the bravest heroes were fighting about the
dead son of Menoetius, whereas the other Danaans and Achaeans fought
at their ease in full daylight with brilliant sunshine all round them,
nd there was not a cloud to be seen neither on plain nor mountain.
These last moreover would rest for a while and leave off fighting,
for they were some distance apart and beyond the range of one another's
weapons, whereas those who were in the thick of the fray suffered
both from battle and darkness. All the best of them were being worn
out by the great weight of their armour, but the two valiant heroes,
Thrasymedes and Antilochus, had not yet heard of the death of Patroclus,
and believed him to be still alM
ive and leading the van against the
Trojans; they were keeping themselves in reserve against the death
or rout of their own comrades, for so Nestor had ordered when he sent
them from the ships into battle.
Thus through the livelong day did they wage fierce war, and the sweat
of their toil rained ever on their legs under them, and on their hands
and eyes, as they fought over the squire of the fleet son of Peleus.
It was as when a man gives a great ox-hide all drenched in fat to
his men, and bids them streM
tch it; whereon they stand round it in
a ring and tug till the moisture leaves it, and the fat soaks in for
the many that pull at it, and it is well stretched- even so did the
two sides tug the dead body hither and thither within the compass
of but a little space- the Trojans steadfastly set on drag ing it
into Ilius, while the Achaeans were no less so on taking it to their
ships; and fierce was the fight between them. Not Mars himself the
lord of hosts, nor yet Minerva, even in their fullest fury could makeM
light of such a battle.
Such fearful turmoil of men and horses did Jove on that day ordain
round the body of Patroclus. Meanwhile Achilles did not know that
he had fallen, for the fight was under the wall of Troy a long way
off the ships. He had no idea, therefore, that Patroclus was dead,
and deemed that he would return alive as soon as he had gone close
up to the gates. He knew that he was not to sack the city neither
with nor without himself, for his mother had often told him this when
one with her, and she had informed him of the counsels
of great Jove. Now, however, she had not told him how great a disaster
had befallen him in the death of the one who was far dearest to him
of all his comrades.
The others still kept on charging one another round the body with
their pointed spears and killing each other. Then would one say, "My
friends, we can never again show our faces at the ships- better, and
greatly better, that earth should open and swallow us here in this
place, than that we shoM
uld let the Trojans have the triumph of bearing
off Patroclus to their city."
The Trojans also on their part spoke to one another saying, "Friends,
though we fall to a man beside this body, let none shrink from fighting."
With such words did they exhort each other. They fought and fought,
and an iron clank rose through the void air to the brazen vault of
heaven. The horses of the descendant of Aeacus stood out of the fight
and wept when they heard that their driver had been laid low by the
ous Hector. Automedon, valiant son of Diores, lashed
them again and again; many a time did he speak kindly to them, and
many a time did he upbraid them, but they would neither go back to
the ships by the waters of the broad Hellespont, nor yet into battle
among the Achaeans; they stood with their chariot stock still, as
a pillar set over the tomb of some dead man or woman, and bowed their
heads to the ground. Hot tears fell from their eyes as they mourned
the loss of their charioteer, and their noble manes dM
from under the yokestraps on either side the yoke.
The son of Saturn saw them and took pity upon their sorrow. He wagged
his head, and muttered to himself, saying, "Poor things, why did we
give you to King Peleus who is a mortal, while you are yourselves
ageless and immortal? Was it that you might share the sorrows that
befall mankind? for of all creatures that live and move upon the earth
there is none so pitiable as he is- still, Hector son of Priam shall
drive neither you nor your chariM
ot. I will not have it. It is enough
that he should have the armour over which he vaunts so vainly. Furthermore
I will give you strength of heart and limb to bear Automedon safely
to the ships from battle, for I shall let the Trojans triumph still
further, and go on killing till they reach the ships; whereon night
shall fall and darkness overshadow the land."
As he spoke he breathed heart and strength into the horses so that
they shook the dust from out of their manes, and bore their chariot
the fight that raged between Trojans and Achaeans. Behind
them fought Automedon full of sorrow for his comrade, as a vulture
amid a flock of geese. In and out, and here and there, full speed
he dashed amid the throng of the Trojans, but for all the fury of
his pursuit he killed no man, for he could not wield his spear and
keep his horses in hand when alone in the chariot; at last, however,
a comrade, Alcimedon, son of Laerces son of Haemon caught sight of
him and came up behind his chariot. "Automedon," saiM
has put this folly into your heart and robbed you of your right mind,
that you fight the Trojans in the front rank single-handed? He who
was your comrade is slain, and Hector plumes himself on being armed
in the armour of the descendant of Aeacus."
Automedon son of Diores answered, "Alcimedon, there is no one else
who can control and guide the immortal steeds so well as you can,
save only Patroclus- while he was alive- peer of gods in counsel.
Take then the whip and reins, while I go downM
from the car and fight.
Alcimedon sprang on to the chariot, and caught up the whip and reins,
while Automedon leaped from off the car. When Hector saw him he said
to Aeneas who was near him, "Aeneas, counsellor of the mail-clad Trojans,
I see the steeds of the fleet son of Aeacus come into battle with
weak hands to drive them. I am sure, if you think well, that we might
take them; they will not dare face us if we both attack them."
The valiant son of Anchises was of the same mind, and the pair went
ht on, with their shoulders covered under shields of tough dry
ox-hide, overlaid with much bronze. Chromius and Aretus went also
with them, and their hearts beat high with hope that they might kill
the men and capture the horses- fools that they were, for they were
not to return scatheless from their meeting with Automedon, who prayed
to father Jove and was forthwith filled with courage and strength
abounding. He turned to his trusty comrade Alcimedon and said, "Alcimedon,
keep your horses so close up that IM
may feel their breath upon my
back; I doubt that we shall not stay Hector son of Priam till he has
killed us and mounted behind the horses; he will then either spread
panic among the ranks of the Achaeans, or himself be killed among
On this he cried out to the two Ajaxes and Menelaus, "Ajaxes captains
of the Argives, and Menelaus, give the dead body over to them that
are best able to defend it, and come to the rescue of us living; for
Hector and Aeneas who are the two best men among the TM
pressing us hard in the full tide of war. Nevertheless the issue lies
on the lap of heaven, I will therefore hurl my spear and leave the
He poised and hurled as he spoke, whereon the spear struck the round
shield of Aretus, and went right through it for the shield stayed
it not, so that it was driven through his belt into the lower part
of his belly. As when some sturdy youth, axe in hand, deals his blow
behind the horns of an ox and severs the tendons at the back of its
so that it springs forward and then drops, even so did Aretus
give one bound and then fall on his back the spear quivering in his
body till it made an end of him. Hector then aimed a spear at Automedon
but he saw it coming and stooped forward to avoid it, so that it flew
past him and the point stuck in the ground, while the butt-end went
on quivering till Mars robbed it of its force. They would then have
fought hand to hand with swords had not the two Ajaxes forced their
way through the crowd when they heardM
their comrade calling, and parted
them for all their fury- for Hector, Aeneas, and Chromius were afraid
and drew back, leaving Aretus to lie there struck to the heart. Automedon,
peer of fleet Mars, then stripped him of his armour and vaunted over
him saying, "I have done little to assuage my sorrow for the son of
Menoetius, for the man I have killed is not so good as he was."
As he spoke he took the blood-stained spoils and laid them upon his
chariot; then he mounted the car with his hands and feet all sM
in gore as a lion that has been gorging upon a bull.
And now the fierce groanful fight again raged about Patroclus, for
Minerva came down from heaven and roused its fury by the command of
far-seeing Jove, who had changed his mind and sent her to encourage
the Danaans. As when Jove bends his bright bow in heaven in token
to mankind either of war or of the chill storms that stay men from
their labour and plague the flocks- even so, wrapped in such radiant
raiment, did Minerva go in among the host anM
d speak man by man to
each. First she took the form and voice of Phoenix and spoke to Menelaus
son of Atreus, who was standing near her. "Menelaus," said she, "it
will be shame and dishonour to you, if dogs tear the noble comrade
of Achilles under the walls of Troy. Therefore be staunch, and urge
your men to be so also."
Menelaus answered, "Phoenix, my good old friend, may Minerva vouchsafe
me strength and keep the darts from off me, for so shall I stand by
Patroclus and defend him; his death has gone toM
my heart, but Hector
is as a raging fire and deals his blows without ceasing, for Jove
is now granting him a time of triumph."
Minerva was pleased at his having named herself before any of the
other gods. Therefore she put strength into his knees and shoulders,
and made him as bold as a fly, which, though driven off will yet come
again and bite if it can, so dearly does it love man's blood- even
so bold as this did she make him as he stood over Patroclus and threw
his spear. Now there was among the TrojM
ans a man named Podes, son
of Eetion, who was both rich and valiant. Hector held him in the highest
honour for he was his comrade and boon companion; the spear of Menelaus
struck this man in the girdle just as he had turned in flight, and
went right through him. Whereon he fell heavily forward, and Menelaus
son of Atreus drew off his body from the Trojans into the ranks of
Apollo then went up to Hector and spurred him on to fight, in the
likeness of Phaenops son of Asius who lived in AbydM
most favoured of all Hector's guests. In his likeness Apollo said,
"Hector, who of the Achaeans will fear you henceforward now that you
have quailed before Menelaus who has ever been rated poorly as a soldier?
Yet he has now got a corpse away from the Trojans single-handed, and
has slain your own true comrade, a man brave among the foremost, Podes
A dark cloud of grief fell upon Hector as he heard, and he made his
way to the front clad in full armour. Thereon the son of SatuM
his bright tasselled aegis, and veiled Ida in cloud: he sent forth
his lightnings and his thunders, and as he shook his aegis he gave
victory to the Trojans and routed the Achaeans.
The panic was begun by Peneleos the Boeotian, for while keeping his
face turned ever towards the foe he had been hit with a spear on the
upper part of the shoulder; a spear thrown by Polydamas had grazed
the top of the bone, for Polydamas had come up to him and struck him
from close at hand. Then Hector in close comM
bat struck Leitus son
of noble Alectryon in the hand by the wrist, and disabled him from
fighting further. He looked about him in dismay, knowing that never
again should he wield spear in battle with the Trojans. While Hector
was in pursuit of Leitus, Idomeneus struck him on the breastplate
over his chest near the nipple; but the spear broke in the shaft,
and the Trojans cheered aloud. Hector then aimed at Idomeneus son
of Deucalion as he was standing on his chariot, and very narrowly
missed him, but the spM
ear hit Coiranus, a follower and charioteer
of Meriones who had come with him from Lyctus. Idomeneus had left
the ships on foot and would have afforded a great triumph to the Trojans
if Coiranus had not driven quickly up to him, he therefore brought
life and rescue to Idomeneus, but himself fell by the hand of murderous
Hector. For Hector hit him on the jaw under the ear; the end of the
spear drove out his teeth and cut his tongue in two pieces, so that
he fell from his chariot and let the reins fall to the M
gathered them up from the ground and took them into his own hands,
then he said to Idomeneus, "Lay on, till you get back to the ships,
for you must see that the day is no longer ours."
On this Idomeneus lashed the horses to the ships, for fear had taken
Ajax and Menelaus noted how Jove had turned the scale in favour of
the Trojans, and Ajax was first to speak. "Alas," said he, "even a
fool may see that father Jove is helping the Trojans. All their weapons
no matter whether it be a brave man or a coward that
hurls them, Jove speeds all alike, whereas ours fall each one of them
without effect. What, then, will be best both as regards rescuing
the body, and our return to the joy of our friends who will be grieving
as they look hitherwards; for they will make sure that nothing can
now check the terrible hands of Hector, and that he will fling himself
upon our ships. I wish that some one would go and tell the son of
Peleus at once, for I do not think he can have yM
et heard the sad news
that the dearest of his friends has fallen. But I can see not a man
among the Achaeans to send, for they and their chariots are alike
hidden in darkness. O father Jove, lift this cloud from over the sons
of the Achaeans; make heaven serene, and let us see; if you will that
we perish, let us fall at any rate by daylight."
Father Jove heard him and had compassion upon his tears. Forthwith
he chased away the cloud of darkness, so that the sun shone out and
all the fighting was revealedM
. Ajax then said to Menelaus, "Look,
Menelaus, and if Antilochus son of Nestor be still living, send him
at once to tell Achilles that by far the dearest to him of all his
comrades has fallen."
Menelaus heeded his words and went his way as a lion from a stockyard-
the lion is tired of attacking the men and hounds, who keep watch
the whole night through and will not let him feast on the fat of their
herd. In his lust of meat he makes straight at them but in vain, for
darts from strong hands assail him, anM
d burning brands which daunt
him for all his hunger, so in the morning he slinks sulkily away-
even so did Menelaus sorely against his will leave Patroclus, in great
fear lest the Achaeans should be driven back in rout and let him fall
into the hands of the foe. He charged Meriones and the two Ajaxes
straitly saying, "Ajaxes and Meriones, leaders of the Argives, now
indeed remember how good Patroclus was; he was ever courteous while
alive, bear it in mind now that he is dead."
With this Menelaus left theM
m, looking round him as keenly as an eagle,
whose sight they say is keener than that of any other bird- however
high he may be in the heavens, not a hare that runs can escape him
by crouching under bush or thicket, for he will swoop down upon it
and make an end of it- even so, O Menelaus, did your keen eyes range
round the mighty host of your followers to see if you could find the
son of Nestor still alive. Presently Menelaus saw him on the extreme
left of the battle cheering on his men and exhorting them toM
boldly. Menelaus went up to him and said, "Antilochus, come here and
listen to sad news, which I would indeed were untrue. You must see
with your own eyes that heaven is heaping calamity upon the Danaans,
and giving victory to the Trojans. Patroclus has fallen, who was the
bravest of the Achaeans, and sorely will the Danaans miss him. Run
instantly to the ships and tell Achilles, that he may come to rescue
the body and bear it to the ships. As for the armour, Hector already
s struck with horror. For a long time he was speechless;
his eyes filled with tears and he could find no utterance, but he
did as Menelaus had said, and set off running as soon as he had given
his armour to a comrade, Laodocus, who was wheeling his horses round,
Thus, then, did he run weeping from the field, to carry the bad news
to Achilles son of Peleus. Nor were you, O Menelaus, minded to succour
his harassed comrades, when Antilochus had left the Pylians- and greatly
im- but he sent them noble Thrasymedes, and himself
went back to Patroclus. He came running up to the two Ajaxes and said,
"I have sent Antilochus to the ships to tell Achilles, but rage against
Hector as he may, he cannot come, for he cannot fight without armour.
What then will be our best plan both as regards rescuing the dead,
and our own escape from death amid the battle-cries of the Trojans?"
Ajax answered, "Menelaus, you have said well: do you, then, and Meriones
stoop down, raise the body, and bear M
it out of the fray, while we
two behind you keep off Hector and the Trojans, one in heart as in
name, and long used to fighting side by side with one another."
On this Menelaus and Meriones took the dead man in their arms and
lifted him high aloft with a great effort. The Trojan host raised
a hue and cry behind them when they saw the Achaeans bearing the body
away, and flew after them like hounds attacking a wounded boar at
the loo of a band of young huntsmen. For a while the hounds fly at
hey would tear him in pieces, but now and again he
turns on them in a fury, scaring and scattering them in all directions-
even so did the Trojans for a while charge in a body, striking with
sword and with spears pointed ai both the ends, but when the two Ajaxes
faced them and stood at bay, they would turn pale and no man dared
press on to fight further about the dead.
In this wise did the two heroes strain every nerve to bear the body
to the ships out of the fight. The battle raged round them like fierceM
flames that when once kindled spread like wildfire over a city, and
the houses fall in the glare of its burning- even such was the roar
and tramp of men and horses that pursued them as they bore Patroclus
from the field. Or as mules that put forth all their strength to draw
some beam or great piece of ship's timber down a rough mountain-track,
and they pant and sweat as they, go even so did Menelaus and pant
and sweat as they bore the body of Patroclus. Behind them the two
Ajaxes held stoutly out. As some M
wooded mountain-spur that stretches
across a plain will turn water and check the flow even of a great
river, nor is there any stream strong enough to break through it-
even so did the two Ajaxes face the Trojans and stern the tide of
their fighting though they kept pouring on towards them and foremost
among them all was Aeneas son of Anchises with valiant Hector. As
a flock of daws or starlings fall to screaming and chattering when
they see a falcon, foe to i'll small birds, come soaring near them,
did the Achaean youth raise a babel of cries as they fled
before Aeneas and Hector, unmindful of their former prowess. In the
rout of the Danaans much goodly armour fell round about the trench,
and of fighting there was no end.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Thus then did they fight as it were a flaming fire. Meanwhile the
fleet runner Antilochus, who had been sent as messenger, reached Achilles,
and found him sitting by his tall ships and boding thaM
indeed too surely true. "Alas," said he to himself in the heaviness
of his heart, "why are the Achaeans again scouring the plain and flocking
towards the ships? Heaven grant the gods be not now bringing that
sorrow upon me of which my mother Thetis spoke, saying that while
I was yet alive the bravest of the Myrmidons should fall before the
Trojans, and see the light of the sun no longer. I fear the brave
son of Menoetius has fallen through his own daring and yet I bade
him return to the ships asM
soon as he had driven back those that were
bringing fire against them, and not join battle with Hector."
As he was thus pondering, the son of Nestor came up to him and told
his sad tale, weeping bitterly the while. "Alas," he cried, "son of
noble Peleus, I bring you bad tidings, would indeed that they were
untrue. Patroclus has fallen, and a fight is raging about his naked
body- for Hector holds his armour."
A dark cloud of grief fell upon Achilles as he listened. He filled
both hands with dust from oM
ff the ground, and poured it over his head,
disfiguring his comely face, and letting the refuse settle over his
shirt so fair and new. He flung himself down all huge and hugely at
full length, and tore his hair with his hands. The bondswomen whom
Achilles and Patroclus had taken captive screamed aloud for grief,
beating their breasts, and with their limbs failing them for sorrow.
Antilochus bent over him the while, weeping and holding both his hands
as he lay groaning for he feared that he might plunge a kniM
his own throat. Then Achilles gave a loud cry and his mother heard
him as she was sitting in the depths of the sea by the old man her
father, whereon she screamed, and all the goddesses daughters of Nereus
that dwelt at the bottom of the sea, came gathering round her. There
were Glauce, Thalia and Cymodoce, Nesaia, Speo, thoe and dark-eyed
Halie, Cymothoe, Actaea and Limnorea, Melite, Iaera, Amphithoe and
Agave, Doto and Proto, Pherusa and Dynamene, Dexamene, Amphinome and
Callianeira, Doris, PanopeM
, and the famous sea-nymph Galatea, Nemertes,
Apseudes and Callianassa. There were also Clymene, Ianeira and Ianassa,
Maera, Oreithuia and Amatheia of the lovely locks, with other Nereids
who dwell in the depths of the sea. The crystal cave was filled with
their multitude and they all beat their breasts while Thetis led them
"Listen," she cried, "sisters, daughters of Nereus, that you may hear
the burden of my sorrows. Alas, woe is me, woe in that I have borne
the most glorious of offsprM
ing. I bore him fair and strong, hero among
heroes, and he shot up as a sapling; I tended him as a plant in a
goodly garden, and sent him with his ships to Ilius to fight the Trojans,
but never shall I welcome him back to the house of Peleus. So long
as he lives to look upon the light of the sun he is in heaviness,
and though I go to him I cannot help him. Nevertheless I will go,
that I may see my dear son and learn what sorrow has befallen him
though he is still holding aloof from battle."
cave as she spoke, while the others followed weeping
after, and the waves opened a path before them. When they reached
the rich plain of Troy, they came up out of the sea in a long line
on to the sands, at the place where the ships of the Myrmidons were
drawn up in close order round the tents of Achilles. His mother went
up to him as he lay groaning; she laid her hand upon his head and
spoke piteously, saying, "My son, why are you thus weeping? What sorrow
has now befallen you? Tell me; hide it not from me. M
granted you the prayer you made him, when you lifted up your hands
and besought him that the Achaeans might all of them be pent up at
their ships, and rue it bitterly in that you were no longer with them."
Achilles groaned and answered, "Mother, Olympian Jove has indeed vouchsafed
me the fulfilment of my prayer, but what boots it to me, seeing that
my dear comrade Patroclus has fallen- he whom I valued more than all
others, and loved as dearly as my own life? I have lost him; aye,
or when he had killed him stripped the wondrous armour, so
glorious to behold, which the gods gave to Peleus when they laid you
in the couch of a mortal man. Would that you were still dwelling among
the immortal sea-nymphs, and that Peleus had taken to himself some
mortal bride. For now you shall have grief infinite by reason of the
death of that son whom you can never welcome home- nay, I will not
live nor go about among mankind unless Hector fall by my spear, and
thus pay me for having slain Patroclus son M
Thetis wept and answered, "Then, my son, is your end near at hand-
for your own death awaits you full soon after that of Hector."
Then said Achilles in his great grief, "I would die here and now,
in that I could not save my comrade. He has fallen far from home,
and in his hour of need my hand was not there to help him. What is
there for me? Return to my own land I shall not, and I have brought
no saving neither to Patroclus nor to my other comrades of whom so
many have been slain by mightM
y Hector; I stay here by my ships a bootless
burden upon the earth, I, who in fight have no peer among the Achaeans,
though in council there are better than I. Therefore, perish strife
both from among gods and men, and anger, wherein even a righteous
man will harden his heart- which rises up in the soul of a man like
smoke, and the taste thereof is sweeter than drops of honey. Even
so has Agamemnon angered me. And yet- so be it, for it is over; I
will force my soul into subjection as I needs must; I will go;M
pursue Hector who has slain him whom I loved so dearly, and will then
abide my doom when it may please Jove and the other gods to send it.
Even Hercules, the best beloved of Jove- even he could not escape
the hand of death, but fate and Juno's fierce anger laid him low,
as I too shall lie when I am dead if a like doom awaits me. Till then
I will win fame, and will bid Trojan and Dardanian women wring tears
from their tender cheeks with both their hands in the grievousness
of their great sorrow; thusM
shall they know that he who has held aloof
so long will hold aloof no longer. Hold me not back, therefore, in
the love you bear me, for you shall not move me."
Then silver-footed Thetis answered, "My son, what you have said is
true. It is well to save your comrades from destruction, but your
armour is in the hands of the Trojans; Hector bears it in triumph
upon his own shoulders. Full well I know that his vaunt shall not
be lasting, for his end is close at hand; go not, however, into the
till you see me return hither; to-morrow at break
of day I shall be here, and will bring you goodly armour from King
On this she left her brave son, and as she turned away she said to
the sea-nymphs her sisters, "Dive into the bosom of the sea and go
to the house of the old sea-god my father. Tell him everything; as
for me, I will go to the cunning workman Vulcan on high Olympus, and
ask him to provide my son with a suit of splendid armour."
When she had so said, they dived forthwith beneath M
silver-footed Thetis went her way that she might bring the armour
Thus, then, did her feet bear the goddess to Olympus, and meanwhile
the Achaeans were flying with loud cries before murderous Hector till
they reached the ships and the Hellespont, and they could not draw
the body of Mars's servant Patroclus out of reach of the weapons that
were showered upon him, for Hector son of Priam with his host and
horsemen had again caught up to him like the flame of a fiery furnace;
thrice did brave Hector seize him by the feet, striving with might
and main to draw him away and calling loudly on the Trojans, and thrice
did the two Ajaxes, clothed in valour as with a garment, beat him
from off the body; but all undaunted he would now charge into the
thick of the fight, and now again he would stand still and cry aloud,
but he would give no ground. As upland shepherds that cannot chase
some famished lion from a carcase, even so could not the two Ajaxes
scare Hector son of Priam from the boM
And now he would even have dragged it off and have won imperishable
glory, had not Iris fleet as the wind, winged her way as messenger
from Olympus to the son of Peleus and bidden him arm. She came secretly
without the knowledge of Jove and of the other gods, for Juno sent
her, and when she had got close to him she said, "Up, son of Peleus,
mightiest of all mankind; rescue Patroclus about whom this fearful
fight is now raging by the ships. Men are killing one another, the
nce of the dead body, while the Trojans are trying
to hale it away, and take it to wind Ilius: Hector is the most furious
of them all; he is for cutting the head from the body and fixing it
on the stakes of the wall. Up, then, and bide here no longer; shrink
from the thought that Patroclus may become meat for the dogs of Troy.
Shame on you, should his body suffer any kind of outrage."
And Achilles said, "Iris, which of the gods was it that sent you to
Iris answered, "It was Juno the royal spouse oM
of Saturn does not know of my coming, nor yet does any other of the
immortals who dwell on the snowy summits of Olympus."
Then fleet Achilles answered her saying, "How can I go up into the
battle? They have my armour. My mother forbade me to arm till I should
see her come, for she promised to bring me goodly armour from Vulcan;
I know no man whose arms I can put on, save only the shield of Ajax
son of Telamon, and he surely must be fighting in the front rank and
wielding his spear aboM
ut the body of dead Patroclus."
Iris said, 'We know that your armour has been taken, but go as you
are; go to the deep trench and show yourelf before the Trojans, that
they may fear you and cease fighting. Thus will the fainting sons
of the Achaeans gain some brief breathing-time, which in battle may
Iris left him when she had so spoken. But Achilles dear to Jove arose,
and Minerva flung her tasselled aegis round his strong shoulders;
she crowned his head with a halo of golden cloud from wM
a glow of gleaming fire. As the smoke that goes up into heaven from
some city that is being beleaguered on an island far out at sea- all
day long do men sally from the city and fight their hardest, and at
the going down of the sun the line of beacon-fires blazes forth, flaring
high for those that dwell near them to behold, if so be that they
may come with their ships and succour them- even so did the light
flare from the head of Achilles, as he stood by the trench, going
beyond the wall- buM
t he aid not join the Achaeans for he heeded the
charge which his mother laid upon him.
There did he stand and shout aloud. Minerva also raised her voice
from afar, and spread terror unspeakable among the Trojans. Ringing
as the note of a trumpet that sounds alarm then the foe is at the
gates of a city, even so brazen was the voice of the son of Aeacus,
and when the Trojans heard its clarion tones they were dismayed; the
horses turned back with their chariots for they boded mischief, and
re awe-struck by the steady flame which the grey-eyed
goddess had kindled above the head of the great son of Peleus.
Thrice did Achilles raise his loud cry as he stood by the trench,
and thrice were the Trojans and their brave allies thrown into confusion;
whereon twelve of their noblest champions fell beneath the wheels
of their chariots and perished by their own spears. The Achaeans to
their great joy then drew Patroclus out of reach of the weapons, and
laid him on a litter: his comrades stood mourning rM
them fleet Achilles who wept bitterly as he saw his true comrade lying
dead upon his bier. He had sent him out with horses and chariots into
battle, but his return he was not to welcome.
Then Juno sent the busy sun, loth though he was, into the waters of
Oceanus; so he set, and the Achaeans had rest from the tug and turmoil
Now the Trojans when they had come out of the fight, unyoked their
horses and gathered in assembly before preparing their supper. They
nor would any dare to sit down, for fear had fallen
upon them all because Achilles had shown himself after having held
aloof so long from battle. Polydamas son of Panthous was first to
speak, a man of judgement, who alone among them could look both before
and after. He was comrade to Hector, and they had been born upon the
same night; with all sincerity and goodwill, therefore, he addressed
"Look to it well, my friends; I would urge you to go back now to your
city and not wait here by the shM
ips till morning, for we are far from
our walls. So long as this man was at enmity with Agamemnon the Achaeans
were easier to deal with, and I would have gladly camped by the ships
in the hope of taking them; but now I go in great fear of the fleet
son of Peleus; he is so daring that he will never bide here on the
plain whereon the Trojans and Achaeans fight with equal valour, but
he will try to storm our city and carry off our women. Do then as
I say, and let us retreat. For this is what will happen. The daM
of night will for a time stay the son of Peleus, but if he find us
here in the morning when he sallies forth in full armour, we shall
have knowledge of him in good earnest. Glad indeed will he be who
can escape and get back to Ilius, and many a Trojan will become meat
for dogs and vultures may I never live to hear it. If we do as I say,
little though we may like it, we shall have strength in counsel during
the night, and the great gates with the doors that close them will
protect the city. At dawn weM
can arm and take our stand on the walls;
he will then rue it if he sallies from the ships to fight us. He will
go back when he has given his horses their fill of being driven all
whithers under our walls, and will be in no mind to try and force
his way into the city. Neither will he ever sack it, dogs shall devour
Hector looked fiercely at him and answered, "Polydamas, your words
are not to my liking in that you bid us go back and be pent within
the city. Have you not had enough of beM
ing cooped up behind walls?
In the old-days the city of Priam was famous the whole world over
for its wealth of gold and bronze, but our treasures are wasted out
of our houses, and much goods have been sold away to Phrygia and fair
Meonia, for the hand of Jove has been laid heavily upon us. Now, therefore,
that the son of scheming Saturn has vouchsafed me to win glory here
and to hem the Achaeans in at their ships, prate no more in this fool's
wise among the people. You will have no man with you; it shall noM
be; do all of you as I now say;- take your suppers in your companies
throughout the host, and keep your watches and be wakeful every man
of you. If any Trojan is uneasy about his possessions, let him gather
them and give them out among the people. Better let these, rather
than the Achaeans, have them. At daybreak we will arm and fight about
the ships; granted that Achilles has again come forward to defend
them, let it be as he will, but it shall go hard with him. I shall
not shun him, but will fight him, M
to fall or conquer. The god of war
deals out like measure to all, and the slayer may yet be slain."
Thus spoke Hector; and the Trojans, fools that they were, shouted
in applause, for Pallas Minerva had robbed them of their understanding.
They gave ear to Hector with his evil counsel, but the wise words
of Polydamas no man would heed. They took their supper throughout
the host, and meanwhile through the whole night the Achaeans mourned
Patroclus, and the son of Peleus led them in their lament. He laid
murderous hands upon the breast of his comrade, groaning again
and again as a bearded lion when a man who was chasing deer has robbed
him of his young in some dense forest; when the lion comes back he
is furious, and searches dingle and dell to track the hunter if he
can find him, for he is mad with rage- even so with many a sigh did
Achilles speak among the Myrmidons saying, "Alas! vain were the words
with which I cheered the hero Menoetius in his own house; I said that
I would bring his brave son back agaiM
n to Opoeis after he had sacked
Ilius and taken his share of the spoils- but Jove does not give all
men their heart's desire. The same soil shall be reddened here at
Troy by the blood of us both, for I too shall never be welcomed home
by the old knight Peleus, nor by my mother Thetis, but even in this
place shall the earth cover me. Nevertheless, O Patroclus, now that
I am left behind you, I will not bury you, till I have brought hither
the head and armour of mighty Hector who has slain you. Twelve noble
ns of Trojans will I behead before your bier to avenge you; till
I have done so you shall lie as you are by the ships, and fair women
of Troy and Dardanus, whom we have taken with spear and strength of
arm when we sacked men's goodly cities, shall weep over you both night
Then Achilles told his men to set a large tripod upon the fire that
they might wash the clotted gore from off Patroclus. Thereon they
set a tripod full of bath water on to a clear fire: they threw sticks
on to it to make it blM
aze, and the water became hot as the flame played
about the belly of the tripod. When the water in the cauldron was
boiling they washed the body, anointed it with oil, and closed its
wounds with ointment that had been kept nine years. Then they laid
it on a bier and covered it with a linen cloth from head to foot,
and over this they laid a fair white robe. Thus all night long did
the Myrmidons gather round Achilles to mourn Patroclus.
Then Jove said to Juno his sister-wife, "So, Queen Juno, you have
ed your end, and have roused fleet Achilles. One would think that
the Achaeans were of your own flesh and blood."
And Juno answered, "Dread son of Saturn, why should you say this thing?
May not a man though he be only mortal and knows less than we do,
do what he can for another person? And shall not I- foremost of all
goddesses both by descent and as wife to you who reign in heaven-
devise evil for the Trojans if I am angry with them?"
Thus did they converse. Meanwhile Thetis came to the house of VulcaM
imperishable, star-bespangled, fairest of the abodes in heaven, a
house of bronze wrought by the lame god's own hands. She found him
busy with his bellows, sweating and hard at work, for he was making
twenty tripods that were to stand by the wall of his house, and he
set wheels of gold under them all that they might go of their own
selves to the assemblies of the gods, and come back again- marvels
indeed to see. They were finished all but the ears of cunning workmanship
which yet remained to be fixed to M
them: these he was now fixing, and
he was hammering at the rivets. While he was thus at work silver-footed
Thetis came to the house. Charis, of graceful head-dress, wife to
the far-famed lame god, came towards her as soon as she saw her, and
took her hand in her own, saying, "Why have you come to our house,
Thetis, honoured and ever welcome- for you do not visit us often?
Come inside and let me set refreshment before you."
The goddess led the way as she spoke, and bade Thetis sit on a richly
at inlaid with silver; there was a footstool also under
her feet. Then she called Vulcan and said, "Vulcan, come here, Thetis
wants you"; and the far-famed lame god answered, "Then it is indeed
an august and honoured goddess who has come here; she it was that
took care of me when I was suffering from the heavy fall which I had
through my cruel mother's anger- for she would have got rid of me
because I was lame. It would have gone hardly with me had not Eurynome,
daughter of the ever-encircling waters of OceaM
nus, and Thetis, taken
me to their bosom. Nine years did I stay with them, and many beautiful
works in bronze, brooches, spiral armlets, cups, and chains, did I
make for them in their cave, with the roaring waters of Oceanus foaming
as they rushed ever past it; and no one knew, neither of gods nor
men, save only Thetis and Eurynome who took care of me. If, then,
Thetis has come to my house I must make her due requital for having
saved me; entertain her, therefore, with all hospitality, while I
lows and all my tools."
On this the mighty monster hobbled off from his anvil, his thin legs
plying lustily under him. He set the bellows away from the fire, and
gathered his tools into a silver chest. Then he took a sponge and
washed his face and hands, his shaggy chest and brawny neck; he donned
his shirt, grasped his strong staff, and limped towards the door.
There were golden handmaids also who worked for him, and were like
real young women, with sense and reason, voice also and strength,
learning of the immortals; these busied themselves as
the king bade them, while he drew near to Thetis, seated her upon
a goodly seat, and took her hand in his own, saying, "Why have you
come to our house, Thetis honoured and ever welcome- for you do not
visit us often? Say what you want, and I will do it for you at once
if I can, and if it can be done at all."
Thetis wept and answered, "Vulcan, is there another goddess in Olympus
whom the son of Saturn has been pleased to try with so much affliction
he has me? Me alone of the marine goddesses did he make subject
to a mortal husband, Peleus son of Aeacus, and sorely against my will
did I submit to the embraces of one who was but mortal, and who now
stays at home worn out with age. Neither is this all. Heaven vouchsafed
me a son, hero among heroes, and he shot up as a sapling. I tended
him as a plant in a goodly garden and sent him with his ships to Ilius
to fight the Trojans, but never shall I welcome him back to the house
of Peleus. So long as he livesM
to look upon the light of the sun,
he is in heaviness, and though I go to him I cannot help him; King
Agamemnon has made him give up the maiden whom the sons of the Achaeans
had awarded him, and he wastes with sorrow for her sake. Then the
Trojans hemmed the Achaeans in at their ships' sterns and would not
let them come forth; the elders, therefore, of the Argives besought
Achilles and offered him great treasure, whereon he refused to bring
deliverance to them himself, but put his own armour on Patroclus anM
sent him into the fight with much people after him. All day long they
fought by the Scaean gates and would have taken the city there and
then, had not Apollo vouchsafed glory to Hector and slain the valiant
son of Menoetius after he had done the Trojans much evil. Therefore
I am suppliant at your knees if haply you may be pleased to provide
my son, whose end is near at hand, with helmet and shield, with goodly
greaves fitted with ancle-clasps, and with a breastplate, for he lost
his own when his true comrM
ade fell at the hands of the Trojans, and
he now lies stretched on earth in the bitterness of his soul."
And Vulcan answered, "Take heart, and be no more disquieted about
this matter; would that I could hide him from death's sight when his
hour is come, so surely as I can find him armour that shall amaze
the eyes of all who behold it."
When he had so said he left her and went to his bellows, turning them
towards the fire and bidding them do their office. Twenty bellows
blew upon the melting-pots, and tM
hey blew blasts of every kind, some
fierce to help him when he had need of them, and others less strong
as Vulcan willed it in the course of his work. He threw tough copper
into the fire, and tin, with silver and gold; he set his great anvil
on its block, and with one hand grasped his mighty hammer while he
took the tongs in the other.
First he shaped the shield so great and strong, adorning it all over
and binding it round with a gleaming circuit in three layers; and
the baldric was made of silver. He mM
ade the shield in five thicknesses,
and with many a wonder did his cunning hand enrich it.
He wrought the earth, the heavens, and the sea; the moon also at her
full and the untiring sun, with all the signs that glorify the face
of heaven- the Pleiads, the Hyads, huge Orion, and the Bear, which
men also call the Wain and which turns round ever in one place, facing.
Orion, and alone never dips into the stream of Oceanus.
He wrought also two cities, fair to see and busy with the hum of men.
re weddings and wedding-feasts, and they were going about
the city with brides whom they were escorting by torchlight from their
chambers. Loud rose the cry of Hymen, and the youths danced to the
music of flute and lyre, while the women stood each at her house door
Meanwhile the people were gathered in assembly, for there was a quarrel,
and two men were wrangling about the blood-money for a man who had
been killed, the one saying before the people that he had paid damages
in full, and the otM
her that he had not been paid. Each was trying
to make his own case good, and the people took sides, each man backing
the side that he had taken; but the heralds kept them back, and the
elders sate on their seats of stone in a solemn circle, holding the
staves which the heralds had put into their hands. Then they rose
and each in his turn gave judgement, and there were two talents laid
down, to be given to him whose judgement should be deemed the fairest.
About the other city there lay encamped two hosts iM
and they were divided whether to sack it, or to spare it and accept
the half of what it contained. But the men of the city would not yet
consent, and armed themselves for a surprise; their wives and little
children kept guard upon the walls, and with them were the men who
were past fighting through age; but the others sallied forth with
Mars and Pallas Minerva at their head- both of them wrought in gold
and clad in golden raiment, great and fair with their armour as befitting
they that followed were smaller. When they reached the
place where they would lay their ambush, it was on a riverbed to which
live stock of all kinds would come from far and near to water; here,
then, they lay concealed, clad in full armour. Some way off them there
were two scouts who were on the look-out for the coming of sheep or
cattle, which presently came, followed by two shepherds who were playing
on their pipes, and had not so much as a thought of danger. When those
who were in ambush saw this, they cM
ut off the flocks and herds and
killed the shepherds. Meanwhile the besiegers, when they heard much
noise among the cattle as they sat in council, sprang to their horses,
and made with all speed towards them; when they reached them they
set battle in array by the banks of the river, and the hosts aimed
their bronze-shod spears at one another. With them were Strife and
Riot, and fell Fate who was dragging three men after her, one with
a fresh wound, and the other unwounded, while the third was dead,
was dragging him along by his heel: and her robe was bedrabbled
in men's blood. They went in and out with one another and fought as
though they were living people haling away one another's dead.
He wrought also a fair fallow field, large and thrice ploughed already.
Many men were working at the plough within it, turning their oxen
to and fro, furrow after furrow. Each time that they turned on reaching
the headland a man would come up to them and give them a cup of wine,
and they would go back to their furrM
ows looking forward to the time
when they should again reach the headland. The part that they had
ploughed was dark behind them, so that the field, though it was of
gold, still looked as if it were being ploughed- very curious to behold.
He wrought also a field of harvest corn, and the reapers were reaping
with sharp sickles in their hands. Swathe after swathe fell to the
ground in a straight line behind them, and the binders bound them
in bands of twisted straw. There were three binders, and behind them
there were boys who gathered the cut corn in armfuls and kept on bringing
them to be bound: among them all the owner of the land stood by in
silence and was glad. The servants were getting a meal ready under
an oak, for they had sacrificed a great ox, and were busy cutting
him up, while the women were making a porridge of much white barley
for the labourers' dinner.
He wrought also a vineyard, golden and fair to see, and the vines
were loaded with grapes. The bunches overhead were black, but the
re trained on poles of silver. He ran a ditch of dark metal
all round it, and fenced it with a fence of tin; there was only one
path to it, and by this the vintagers went when they would gather
the vintage. Youths and maidens all blithe and full of glee, carried
the luscious fruit in plaited baskets; and with them there went a
boy who made sweet music with his lyre, and sang the Linus-song with
his clear boyish voice.
He wrought also a herd of homed cattle. He made the cows of gold and
d as they came full speed out of the yards to go
and feed among the waving reeds that grow by the banks of the river.
Along with the cattle there went four shepherds, all of them in gold,
and their nine fleet dogs went with them. Two terrible lions had fastened
on a bellowing bull that was with the foremost cows, and bellow as
he might they haled him, while the dogs and men gave chase: the lions
tore through the bull's thick hide and were gorging on his blood and
bowels, but the herdsmen were afraid to do anM
ything, and only hounded
on their dogs; the dogs dared not fasten on the lions but stood by
barking and keeping out of harm's way.
The god wrought also a pasture in a fair mountain dell, and large
flock of sheep, with a homestead and huts, and sheltered sheepfolds.
Furthermore he wrought a green, like that which Daedalus once made
in Cnossus for lovely Ariadne. Hereon there danced youths and maidens
whom all would woo, with their hands on one another's wrists. The
maidens wore robes of light linen, andM
the youths well woven shirts
that were slightly oiled. The girls were crowned with garlands, while
the young men had daggers of gold that hung by silver baldrics; sometimes
they would dance deftly in a ring with merry twinkling feet, as it
were a potter sitting at his work and making trial of his wheel to
see whether it will run, and sometimes they would go all in line with
one another, and much people was gathered joyously about the green.
There was a bard also to sing to them and play his lyre, while two
tumblers went about performing in the midst of them when the man struck
All round the outermost rim of the shield he set the mighty stream
of the river Oceanus.
Then when he had fashioned the shield so great and strong, he made
a breastplate also that shone brighter than fire. He made helmet,
close fitting to the brow, and richly worked, with a golden plume
overhanging it; and he made greaves also of beaten tin.
Lastly, when the famed lame god had made all the armour, he took it
and set it before the mother of Achilles; whereon she darted like
a falcon from the snowy summits of Olympus and bore away the gleaming
armour from the house of Vulcan.
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FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS
<span>commonly called, The Third Book of the Kings</span>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
<li><a href="#c1">1</a></li>
<li><a href="#c2">2</a></li>
<li><a href="#c3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="#c4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="#c5">5</a></li>
<li><a href="#c6">6</a></li>
<li><a href="#c7">7</a></li>
<li><a href="#c8">8</a></li>
<li><a href="#c9">9</a></li>
<li><a href="#c10">10</a></li>
<li><a href="#c11">11</a></li>
<li><a href="#c12">12</a></li>
<li><a href="#c13">13</a></li>
i><a href="#c14">14</a></li>
<li><a href="#c15">15</a></li>
<li><a href="#c16">16</a></li>
<li><a href="#c17">17</a></li>
<li><a href="#c18">18</a></li>
<li><a href="#c19">19</a></li>
<li><a href="#c20">20</a></li>
<li><a href="#c21">21</a></li>
<li><a href="#c22">22</a></li>
<h2 id="c1">Chapter 1</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. <span class="ver">2<M
/span>Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. <span class="ver">3</span>So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. <span class="ver">4</span>And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. <span class="ver">6</span>And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom. <span class="ver">7</span>And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him. <span class="M
ver">8</span>But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah. <span class="ver">9</span>And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king
s sons, and all the men of Judah the king
s servants: <span class="ver">10</span>But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called notM
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? <span class="ver">12</span>Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. <span class="ver">13</span>Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, AssuM
redly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign? <span class="ver">14</span>Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king. <span class="ver">16</span>And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wM
ouldest thou? <span class="ver">17</span>And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne. <span class="ver">18</span>And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not: <span class="ver">19</span>And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: butM
Solomon thy servant hath he not called. <span class="ver">20</span>And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. <span class="ver">21</span>Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in. <span class="ver"M
>23</span>And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. <span class="ver">24</span>And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? <span class="ver">25</span>For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king
s sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priesM
t; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. <span class="ver">26</span>But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called. <span class="ver">27</span>Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into tM
s presence, and stood before the king. <span class="ver">29</span>And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress, <span class="ver">30</span>Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day. <span class="ver">31</span>Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my loM
rd king David live for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king. <span class="ver">33</span>The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon: <span class="ver">34</span>And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet,M
and say, God save king Solomon. <span class="ver">35</span>Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah. <span class="ver">36</span>And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too. <span class="ver">37</span>As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of mM
y lord king David. <span class="ver">38</span>So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David
s mule, and brought him to Gihon. <span class="ver">39</span>And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon. <span class="ver">40</span>And all the people came up after him, and the peopM
le piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">41</span>And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar? <span class="ver">42</span>And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringeM
st good tidings. <span class="ver">43</span>And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king. <span class="ver">44</span>And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king
s mule: <span class="ver">45</span>And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, sM
o that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard. <span class="ver">46</span>And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. <span class="ver">47</span>And moreover the king
s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed. <span class="ver">48</span>And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my thronM
e this day, mine eyes even seeing it. <span class="ver">49</span>And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. </p>
<p><span class="ver">50</span>And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. <span class="ver">51</span>And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will notM
slay his servant with the sword. <span class="ver">52</span>And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. <span class="ver">53</span>So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.
<h2 id="c2">Chapter 2</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; M
and he charged Solomon his son, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; <span class="ver">3</span>And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: <span class="ver">4</span>That the LORD may continue his word which he spaM
ke concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel. <span class="ver">5</span>Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was M
about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. <span class="ver">6</span>Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. <span class="ver">7</span>But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother. <span class="ver">8</span>And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous cuM
rse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword. <span class="ver">9</span>Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood. <span class="ver">10</span>So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. <span class="ver">11</span>And the days that David reigned over M
Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. <span class="ver">14</span>He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on. <spaM
n class="ver">15</span>And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother
s: for it was his from the LORD. <span class="ver">16</span>And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. <span class="ver">17</span>And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife. <span class="M
ver">18</span>And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king
s mother; and she sat on his right hand. <span class="ver">20</span>Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother:M
for I will not say thee nay. <span class="ver">21</span>And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. <span class="ver">22</span>And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. <span class="ver">23</span>Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, ifM
Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life. <span class="ver">24</span>Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. <span class="ver">25</span>And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thinM
e own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted. <span class="ver">27</span>So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after AdonijM
ah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. <span class="ver">29</span>And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. <span class="ver">30</span>And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And BenaiM
ah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. <span class="ver">31</span>And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father. <span class="ver">32</span>And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the sM
on of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah. <span class="ver">33</span>Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD. <span class="ver">34</span>So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. </p>
ss="ver">35</span>And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar. </p>
<p><span class="ver">36</span>And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither. <span class="ver">37</span>For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shallM
be upon thine own head. <span class="ver">38</span>And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days. <span class="ver">39</span>And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. <span class="ver">40</span>And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seeM
k his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath. <span class="ver">41</span>And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. <span class="ver">42</span>And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good. <spanM
class="ver">43</span>Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with? <span class="ver">44</span>The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head; <span class="ver">45</span>And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever. <span class="ver">46</span>So the kiM
ng commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
<h2 id="c3">Chapter 3</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh
s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. <span class="ver">2</span>Only the people sacrificed in high places,M
because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. <span class="ver">3</span>And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. <span class="ver">4</span>And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask whatM
I shall give thee. <span class="ver">6</span>And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. <span class="ver">7</span>And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or M
come in. <span class="ver">8</span>And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. <span class="ver">9</span>Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? <span class="ver">10</span>And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. <span class="ver">11</span>And God said unto him, Because thouM
hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; <span class="ver">12</span>Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. <span class="ver">13</span>And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, M
both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. <span class="ver">14</span>And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. <span class="ver">15</span>And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants. </M
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. <span class="ver">17</span>And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. <span class="ver">18</span>And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. <span class="ver">19</span>And tM
s child died in the night; because she overlaid it. <span class="ver">20</span>And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. <span class="ver">21</span>And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear. <span class="ver">22</span>And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, andM
the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king. <span class="ver">23</span>Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living. <span class="ver">24</span>And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. <span class="ver">25</span>And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to thM
e one, and half to the other. <span class="ver">26</span>Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. <span class="ver">27</span>Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof. <span class="ver">28</span>And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king hM
ad judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.
<h2 id="c4">Chapter 4</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>So king Solomon was king over all Israel. <span class="ver">2</span>And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, <span class="ver">3</span>Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. <span class="ver">4</span>And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok andM
Abiathar were the priests: <span class="ver">5</span>And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king
s friend: <span class="ver">6</span>And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision. <span class="ver">8</span>And these arM
e their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: <span class="ver">9</span>The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan: <span class="ver">10</span>The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: <span class="ver">11</span>The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: <span class="ver">12</span>Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by ZartM
anah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam: <span class="ver">13</span>The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars: <span class="ver">14</span>Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: <span class="ver">15</span>Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to M
wife: <span class="ver">16</span>Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth: <span class="ver">17</span>Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: <span class="ver">18</span>Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: <span class="ver">19</span>Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea inM
multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. <span class="ver">21</span>And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And Solomon
s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, <span class="ver">23</span>Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, M
and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. <span class="ver">24</span>For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him. <span class="ver">25</span>And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his charioM
ts, and twelve thousand horsemen. <span class="ver">27</span>And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon
s table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing. <span class="ver">28</span>Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand tM
hat is on the sea shore. <span class="ver">30</span>And Solomon
s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. <span class="ver">31</span>For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about. <span class="ver">32</span>And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. <span class="ver">33</span>And he spake of trees, from the cedar treM
e that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. <span class="ver">34</span>And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
<h2 id="c5">Chapter 5</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover ofM
David. <span class="ver">2</span>And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, <span class="ver">3</span>Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet. <span class="ver">4</span>But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. <span class="ver">5</span>And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of theM
LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name. <span class="ver">6</span>Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</sM
pan>And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people. <span class="ver">8</span>And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. <span class="ver">9</span>My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in M
floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household. <span class="ver">10</span>So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire. <span class="ver">11</span>And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. <span class="ver">12</span>And the LORM
D gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. <span class="ver">14</span>And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy. <span class="ver">15</span>And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, andM
fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; <span class="ver">16</span>Beside the chief of Solomon
s officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work. <span class="ver">17</span>And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. <span class="ver">18</span>And Solomon
s builders and Hiram
s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stM
ones to build the house.
<h2 id="c6">Chapter 6</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon
s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">2</span>And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and tM
he height thereof thirty cubits. <span class="ver">3</span>And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house. <span class="ver">4</span>And for the house he made windows of narrow lights. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambersM
round about: <span class="ver">6</span>The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. <span class="ver">7</span>And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it wasM
in building. <span class="ver">8</span>The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third. <span class="ver">9</span>So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar. <span class="ver">10</span>And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And the wM
ord of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, <span class="ver">12</span>Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father: <span class="ver">13</span>And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. <span class="ver">14</span>So Solomon built the house, and finished it. <span class="ver">15</span>And he bM
uilt the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. <span class="ver">16</span>And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place. <span class="ver">17</span>And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubiM
ts long. <span class="ver">18</span>And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. <span class="ver">19</span>And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. <span class="ver">20</span>And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar. <span cM
lass="ver">21</span>So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold. <span class="ver">22</span>And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high. <span class="ver">24</span>And five cubits was the one wing M
of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. <span class="ver">25</span>And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size. <span class="ver">26</span>The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. <span class="ver">27</span>And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the M
wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. <span class="ver">28</span>And he overlaid the cherubims with gold. <span class="ver">29</span>And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without. <span class="ver">30</span>And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31<M
/span>And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall. <span class="ver">32</span>The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees. <span class="ver">33</span>So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall. <span class="ver">34</span>And the two dM
oors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. <span class="ver">35</span>And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work. </p>
<p><span class="ver">36</span>And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams. </p>
<p><span class="ver">37</span>In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: <spanM
class="ver">38</span>And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
<h2 id="c7">Chapter 7</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth M
thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. <span class="ver">3</span>And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. <span class="ver">4</span>And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks. <span class="ver">5</span>And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks. </p>
<p><span class="ver"M
>6</span>And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the liM
ke work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh
s daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch. <span class="ver">9</span>All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court. <span class="ver">10</span>And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. <span class="ver">11</span>And above were cosM
tly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars. <span class="ver">12</span>And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. <span class="ver">14</span>He was a widow
s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and uM
nderstanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. <span class="ver">15</span>For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. <span class="ver">16</span>And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits: <span class="ver">17</span>And nets of checker M
work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. <span class="ver">18</span>And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter. <span class="ver">19</span>And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits. <span class="ver">20</span>And the cM
hapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter. <span class="ver">21</span>And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz. <span class="ver">22</span>And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished. M
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. <span class="ver">24</span>And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast. <span class="ver">25</span>It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking towM
ard the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. <span class="ver">26</span>And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it. <sM
pan class="ver">28</span>And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges: <span class="ver">29</span>And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work. <span class="ver">30</span>And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetteM
rs molten, at the side of every addition. <span class="ver">31</span>And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round. <span class="ver">32</span>And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit. <span class="ver">33</span>And the work M
of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten. <span class="ver">34</span>And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself. <span class="ver">35</span>And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same. <span class="ver">36</span>For on the plates oM
f the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about. <span class="ver">37</span>After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size. </p>
<p><span class="ver">38</span>Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver. <span class="ver">39</span>And he put five bases M
on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south. </p>
<p><span class="ver">40</span>And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD: <span class="ver">41</span>The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the M
chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; <span class="ver">42</span>And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars; <span class="ver">43</span>And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases; <span class="ver">44</span>And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea; <span class="ver">45</span>And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon M
for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass. <span class="ver">46</span>In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan. <span class="ver">47</span>And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out. <span class="ver">48</span>And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was, <span class="ver">49</sM
pan>And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, <span class="ver">50</span>And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple. <span class="ver">51</span>So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LOM
RD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.
<h2 id="c8">Chapter 8</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. <span class="M
ver">2</span>And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. <span class="ver">3</span>And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. <span class="ver">4</span>And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up. <span class="ver">5</span>And king Solomon, and all the congregation ofM
Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. <span class="ver">6</span>And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims. <span class="ver">7</span>For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. <span clasM
s="ver">8</span>And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day. <span class="ver">9</span>There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">10</span>And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloudM
filled the house of the LORD, <span class="ver">11</span>So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. <span class="ver">13</span>I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever. <span class="ver">14</span>And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation oM
f Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;) <span class="ver">15</span>And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying, <span class="ver">16</span>Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel. <span class="ver">17</span>And it was in the heart of DavidM
my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. <span class="ver">18</span>And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart. <span class="ver">19</span>Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name. <span class="ver">20</span>And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of DavM
id my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. <span class="ver">21</span>And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven: <span class="ver">23</spaM
n>And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart: <span class="ver">24</span>Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. <span class="ver">25</span>Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, TM
here shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me. <span class="ver">26</span>And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father. <span class="ver">27</span>But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded? <span class="ver">28</sM
pan>Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day: <span class="ver">29</span>That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place. <span class="ver">30</span>And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and oM
f thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house: <span class="ver">32</span>Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his M
<p><span class="ver">33</span>When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house: <span class="ver">34</span>Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because theyM
have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them: <span class="ver">36</span>Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance. </p>
<p><span class="ver">37</span>If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if tM
here be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be; <span class="ver">38</span>What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: <span class="ver">39</span>Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, evenM
thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;) <span class="ver">40</span>That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. <span class="ver">41</span>Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name
s sake; <span class="ver">42</span>(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house; <span class="verM
">43</span>Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name. </p>
<p><span class="ver">44</span>If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built fM
or thy name: <span class="ver">45</span>Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. <span class="ver">46</span>If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near; <span class="ver">47</span>Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in tM
he land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; <span class="ver">48</span>And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name: <span class="ver">49</span>Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heM
aven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause, <span class="ver">50</span>And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them: <span class="ver">51</span>For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron: <span class="ver">52</span>That thine eyes may be open unM
to the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee. <span class="ver">53</span>For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD. <span class="ver">54</span>And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose fromM
before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. <span class="ver">55</span>And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, <span class="ver">56</span>Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant. <span class="ver">57</span>The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathM
ers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us: <span class="ver">58</span>That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers. <span class="ver">59</span>And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require: <span class="verM
">60</span>That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else. <span class="ver">61</span>Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">62</span>And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD. <span class="ver">63</span>And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an M
hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">64</span>The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings. <span class="ver">65</span>And at that M
time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days. <span class="ver">66</span>On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
<h2 id="c9">Chapter 9</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came toM
pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king
s house, and all Solomon
s desire which he was pleased to do, <span class="ver">2</span>That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. <span class="ver">3</span>And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be thM
ere perpetually. <span class="ver">4</span>And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: <span class="ver">5</span>Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. <span class="ver">6</span>But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or yM
our children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: <span class="ver">7</span>Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: <span class="ver">8</span>And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say,M
Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? <span class="ver">9</span>And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king
<span class="ver">11</span>(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. <span class="ver">12</span>And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. <span class="ver">13</span>And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day. <span class="M
ver">14</span>And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. <span class="ver">16</span>For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon
class="ver">17</span>And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether, <span class="ver">18</span>And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land, <span class="ver">19</span>And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. <span class="ver">20</span>And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, whM
ich were not of the children of Israel, <span class="ver">21</span>Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day. <span class="ver">22</span>But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen. <span class="ver">23</span>These were the chief of thM
e officers that were over Solomon
s work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>But Pharaoh
s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. SoM
he finished the house. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. <span class="ver">27</span>And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. <span class="ver">28</span>And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
<h2 id="c10">Chapter 10</h2>
="ver">1</span>And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions. <span class="ver">2</span>And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. <span class="ver">3</span>And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. <span M
class="ver">4</span>And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon
s wisdom, and the house that he had built, <span class="ver">5</span>And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. <span class="ver">6</span>And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. <span class="vM
er">7</span>Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. <span class="ver">8</span>Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. <span class="ver">9</span>Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgM
ment and justice. <span class="ver">10</span>And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. <span class="ver">11</span>And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones. <span class="ver">12</span>And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and fM
s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day. <span class="ver">13</span>And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, <span class="ver">15M
</span>Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. <span class="ver">17</span>And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>MorM
eover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. <span class="ver">19</span>The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays. <span class="ver">20</span>And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And all king Solomon
s drinking vessels were of goM
ld, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon. <span class="ver">22</span>For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. <span class="ver">23</span>So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And all the earth sougM
ht to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. <span class="ver">25</span>And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem. <span class="ver">27</M
span>And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king
s merchants received the linen yarn at a price. <span class="ver">29</span>And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did M
they bring them out by their means.
<h2 id="c11">Chapter 11</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; <span class="ver">2</span>Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. <span claM
ss="ver">3</span>And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. <span class="ver">4</span>For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father. <span class="ver">5</span>For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. <span class="ver">6</span>And SolomonM
did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father. <span class="ver">7</span>Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. <span class="ver">8</span>And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned M
from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, <span class="ver">10</span>And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded. <span class="ver">11</span>Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. <span class="ver">12</span>NotwithstandinM
g in thy days I will not do it for David thy father
s sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. <span class="ver">13</span>Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant
s sake, and for Jerusalem
s sake which I have chosen. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king
s seed in Edom. <span class="ver">15</span>For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and JoabM
the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom; <span class="ver">16</span>(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:) <span class="ver">17</span>That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father
s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child. <span class="ver">18</span>And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unM
to Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land. <span class="ver">19</span>And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. <span class="ver">20</span>And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh
s house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh
s household among the sons of Pharaoh. <span class="ver">21</span>And when Hadad heard in Egypt tM
hat David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country. <span class="ver">22</span>Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: <span clM
ass="ver">24</span>And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. <span class="ver">25</span>And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon
s servant, whose mother
s name was Zeruah, a widow woman, evenM
he lifted up his hand against the king. <span class="ver">27</span>And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father. <span class="ver">28</span>And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph. <span class="ver">29</span>And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prM
ophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field: <span class="ver">30</span>And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: <span class="ver">31</span>And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee: <span class="ver">32</span>(But he shall have one tribe for my servanM
s sake, and for Jerusalem
s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:) <span class="ver">33</span>Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father. <span class="ver">34</span>Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom ouM
t of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant
s sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes: <span class="ver">35</span>But I will take the kingdom out of his son
s hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes. <span class="ver">36</span>And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there. <span class="ver">37</span>And I will take tM
hee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel. <span class="ver">38</span>And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee. <span class="ver">39</span>And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever. M
<span class="ver">40</span>Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">41</span>And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? <span class="ver">42</span>And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. <span class="ver">43</span>And Solomon slept with his fathersM
, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
<h2 id="c12">Chapter 12</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. <span class="ver">2</span>And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) <span class="ver">3</span>That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the cM
ongregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, <span class="ver">4</span>Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. <span class="ver">5</span>And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, aM
nd said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people? <span class="ver">7</span>And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever. <span class="ver">8</span>But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him: <span class="ver">9</span>And he said unto them, What couM
nsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter? <span class="ver">10</span>And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father
s loins. <span class="ver">11</span>And now whereas my father did lade youM
with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day. <span class="ver">13</span>And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men
s counsel that they gave him; <span class="ver">14</span>And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father madM
e your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. <span class="ver">15</span>Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neM
ither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents. <span class="ver">17</span>But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. <span class="ver">18</span>Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. <span class="ver">19</spanM
>So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. <span class="ver">20</span>And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, whiM
ch were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. <span class="ver">22</span>But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying, <span class="ver">23</span>Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying, <span class="ver">24</span>Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to M
his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel. <span class="ver">26</span>And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: <span class="ver">27</span>If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall thM
e heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. <span class="ver">28</span>Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">29</span>And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan. <span class="ver">30</span>And this thing became a sinM
: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. <span class="ver">31</span>And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. <span class="ver">32</span>And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places whicM
h he had made. <span class="ver">33</span>So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
<h2 id="c13">Chapter 13</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. <span class="ver">2</spM
an>And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men
s bones shall be burnt upon thee. <span class="ver">3</span>And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. <span class="M
ver">4</span>And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. <span class="ver">5</span>The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. <span class="ver">6</span>And the king answerM
ed and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king
s hand was restored him again, and became as it was before. <span class="ver">7</span>And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward. <span class="ver">8</span>And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither M
will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: <span class="ver">9</span>For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest. <span class="ver">10</span>So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spokenM
unto the king, them they told also to their father. <span class="ver">12</span>And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. <span class="ver">13</span>And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon, <span class="ver">14</span>And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am. <span clM
ass="ver">15</span>Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. <span class="ver">16</span>And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place: <span class="ver">17</span>For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest. <span class="ver">18</span>He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word oM
f the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him. <span class="ver">19</span>So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back: <span class="ver">21</span>And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobM
eyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee, <span class="ver">22</span>But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought backM
. <span class="ver">24</span>And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase. <span class="ver">25</span>And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. <span class="ver">26</span>And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who M
was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him. <span class="ver">27</span>And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him. <span class="ver">28</span>And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass. <span class="ver">29</span>And the prophet tM
ook up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him. <span class="ver">30</span>And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother! <span class="ver">31</span>And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones: <span class="ver">32</span>ForM
the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places. <span class="ver">34</span>And this thing became sin unto the house of JerM
oboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
<h2 id="c14">Chapter 14</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. <span class="ver">2</span>And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people. <span class="ver">3</span>And take with thee ten loaves, and crM
acknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child. <span class="ver">4</span>And Jeroboam
s wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, thM
at she shall feign herself to be another woman. <span class="ver">6</span>And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings. <span class="ver">7</span>Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel, <span class="ver">8</span>And rent the kingdom away from tM
he house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes; <span class="ver">9</span>But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back: <span class="ver">10</span>Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam M
him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone. <span class="ver">11</span>Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it. <span class="ver">12</span>Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. <span class="ver">1M
3</span>And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. <span class="ver">14</span>Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. <span class="ver">15</span>For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gavM
e to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger. <span class="ver">16</span>And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And Jeroboam
s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died; <span class="ver">18</span>And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the worM
d of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet. <span class="ver">19</span>And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. <span class="ver">20</span>And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forM
ty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother
s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. <span class="ver">22</span>And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done. <span class="ver">23</span>For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every highM
hill, and under every green tree. <span class="ver">24</span>And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: <span class="ver">26</span>And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king
s house; he even took away all: andM
he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. <span class="ver">27</span>And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king
s house. <span class="ver">28</span>And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not wriM
tten in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? <span class="ver">30</span>And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days. <span class="ver">31</span>And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother
s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
<h2 id="c15">Chapter 15</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. <span clasM
s="ver">2</span>Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother
s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. <span class="ver">3</span>And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. <span class="ver">4</span>Nevertheless for David
s sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: <span class="ver">5</span>Because David did that M
which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. <span class="ver">6</span>And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. <span class="ver">7</span>Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. <span class="ver">8</span>And Abijam slept wiM
th his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. <span class="ver">10</span>And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother
s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. <span class="ver">11</span>And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. <span class="ver">12</span>And he took away the sodomites outM
of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. <span class="ver">13</span>And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. <span class="ver">14</span>But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa
s heart was perfect with the LORD all his days. <span class="ver">15</span>And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedM
icated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. <span class="ver">17</span>And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. <span class="ver">18</span>Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king
s house, and deliverM
ed them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, <span class="ver">19</span>There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. <span class="ver">20</span>So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he haM
d against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. <span class="ver">21</span>And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. <span class="ver">22</span>Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. <spM
an class="ver">23</span>The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. <span class="ver">24</span>And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reiM
gn over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years. <span class="ver">26</span>And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon. <span class="ver">28</span>Even in the M
third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. <span class="ver">29</span>And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: <span class="ver">30</span>Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to M
<p><span class="ver">31</span>Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? <span class="ver">32</span>And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. <span class="ver">33</span>In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years. <span class="ver">34</span>And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the wayM
of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
<h2 id="c16">Chapter 16</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; <span class="ver">3</span>Behold, I will take away the posterity of BaashaM
, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. <span class="ver">4</span>Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat. <span class="ver">5</span>Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? <span class="ver">6</span>So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and ElaM
h his son reigned in his stead. <span class="ver">7</span>And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. <sM
pan class="ver">9</span>And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah. <span class="ver">10</span>And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him notM
one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends. <span class="ver">12</span>Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet, <span class="ver">13</span>For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. <span class="ver">14</span>Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and allM
that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. <span class="ver">16</span>And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp. <M
span class="ver">17</span>And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. <span class="ver">18</span>And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king
s house, and burnt the king
s house over him with fire, and died, <span class="ver">19</span>For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin. <span class="ver">20</span>NM
ow the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri. <span class="ver">22</span>But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2M
3</span>In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah. <span class="ver">24</span>And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him. <span class="ver">26</span>For he M
walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. <span class="ver">27</span>Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? <span class="ver">28</span>So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>And in the thirM
ty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. <span class="ver">30</span>And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him. <span class="ver">31</span>And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served BM
aal, and worshipped him. <span class="ver">32</span>And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. <span class="ver">33</span>And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">34</span>In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the wM
ord of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
<h2 id="c17">Chapter 17</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. <span class="ver">2</span>And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, <span class="ver">3</span>Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is beforeM
Jordan. <span class="ver">4</span>And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. <span class="ver">5</span>So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. <span class="ver">6</span>And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. <span class="ver">7</span>And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried uM
p, because there had been no rain in the land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, <span class="ver">9</span>Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. <span class="ver">10</span>So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little waterM
in a vessel, that I may drink. <span class="ver">11</span>And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. <span class="ver">12</span>And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. <span class="ver">13</span>And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and doM
as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. <span class="ver">14</span>For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. <span class="ver">15</span>And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. <span class="ver">16</span>And the barrel of meal wasted not, neitM
her did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him. <span class="ver">18</span>And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son? <span class="ver">19</span>And he said unto M
her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. <span class="ver">20</span>And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? <span class="ver">21</span>And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child
s soul come into him again. <span class="ver">22</span>And thM
e LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. <span class="ver">23</span>And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
<h2 id="c18">Chapter 18</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it caM
me to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. <span class="ver">2</span>And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria. <span class="ver">3</span>And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: <span class="ver">4</span>For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophetM
s, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) <span class="ver">5</span>And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts. <span class="ver">6</span>So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And as Obadiah was in the way, bM
ehold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah? <span class="ver">8</span>And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. <span class="ver">9</span>And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? <span class="ver">10</span>As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of theM
kingdom and nation, that they found thee not. <span class="ver">11</span>And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. <span class="ver">12</span>And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth. <span class="ver">13</span>Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, hM
ow I hid an hundred men of the LORD
s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water? <span class="ver">14</span>And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me. <span class="ver">15</span>And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day. <span class="ver">16</span>So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And it came to pass, when AhM
ab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? <span class="ver">18</span>And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father
s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim. <span class="ver">19</span>Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel
s table. <span class="ver">20</span>So AM
hab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. <span class="ver">21</span>And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. <span class="ver">22</span>Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal
s prophets are four hundred and fifty men. <span class="ver">23</span>Let them therefore giM
ve us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: <span class="ver">24</span>And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken. <span class="ver">25</span>And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock M
for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under. <span class="ver">26</span>And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. <span class="ver">27</span>And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is tM
alking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. <span class="ver">28</span>And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. <span class="ver">29</span>And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded. <span class="ver">30</span>And Elijah said unto all tM
he people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down. <span class="ver">31</span>And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name: <span class="ver">32</span>And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. <span class="ver">33</spanM
>And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. <span class="ver">34</span>And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. <span class="ver">35</span>And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water. <span class="ver">36</span>And it came to pass at the time of the M
offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. <span class="ver">37</span>Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. <span class="ver">38</span>Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, aM
nd the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. <span class="ver">39</span>And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God. <span class="ver">40</span>And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. </p>
<p><span class="ver">41</span>And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; fM
or there is a sound of abundance of rain. <span class="ver">42</span>So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, <span class="ver">43</span>And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. <span class="ver">44</span>And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud ouM
t of the sea, like a man
s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not. <span class="ver">45</span>And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. <span class="ver">46</span>And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
<h2 id="c19">Chapter 19</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</sM
pan>And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. <span class="ver">2</span>Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. <span class="ver">3</span>And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>But he himselfM
s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. <span class="ver">5</span>And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. <span class="ver">6</span>And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drinkM
, and laid him down again. <span class="ver">7</span>And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee. <span class="ver">8</span>And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thoM
u here, Elijah? <span class="ver">10</span>And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. <span class="ver">11</span>And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; butM
the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: <span class="ver">12</span>And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. <span class="ver">13</span>And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? <span class="ver">14</span>And he said,M
I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. <span class="ver">15</span>And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria: <span class="ver">16</span>And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha M
the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. <span class="ver">17</span>And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. <span class="ver">18</span>Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who M
was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. <span class="ver">20</span>And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? <span class="ver">21</span>And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gavM
e unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.
<h2 id="c20">Chapter 20</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it. <span class="ver">2</span>And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad, <span class="ver">3</span>Thy siM
lver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine. <span class="ver">4</span>And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have. <span class="ver">5</span>And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children; <span class="ver">6</span>Yet I will send my servants unto thee toM
morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away. <span class="ver">7</span>Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not. <span class="ver">8</span>And all the elders and allM
the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent. <span class="ver">9</span>Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again. <span class="ver">10</span>And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me. <span class="M
ver">11</span>And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. <span class="ver">12</span>And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, HM
ast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. <span class="ver">14</span>And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou. <span class="ver">15</span>Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even alM
l the children of Israel, being seven thousand. <span class="ver">16</span>And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. <span class="ver">17</span>And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria. <span class="ver">18</span>And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come outM
for war, take them alive. <span class="ver">19</span>So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them. <span class="ver">20</span>And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen. <span class="ver">21</span>And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And M
the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee. <span class="ver">23</span>And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. <span class="ver">24</span>And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his M
place, and put captains in their rooms: <span class="ver">25</span>And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so. <span class="ver">26</span>And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel. <span class="ver">27</span>And the children of Israel wereM
numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD. <span class="ver"M
>29</span>And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day. <span class="ver">30</span>But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we haveM
heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life. <span class="ver">32</span>So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother. <span class="ver">33</span>Now the men did diligently observe whethM
er any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot. <span class="ver">34</span>And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him awayM
<p><span class="ver">35</span>And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him. <span class="ver">36</span>Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him. <span class="ver">37</span>Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray theM
e. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him. <span class="ver">38</span>So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face. <span class="ver">39</span>And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talM
ent of silver. <span class="ver">40</span>And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it. <span class="ver">41</span>And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets. <span class="ver">42</span>And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go fM
or his life, and thy people for his people. <span class="ver">43</span>And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
<h2 id="c21">Chapter 21</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. <span class="ver">2</span>And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto myM
house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. <span class="ver">3</span>And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. <span class="ver">4</span>And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and M
turned away his face, and would eat no bread. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread? <span class="ver">6</span>And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard. <span class="ver">7</span>And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost tM
hou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. <span class="ver">8</span>So she wrote letters in Ahab
s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. <span class="ver">9</span>And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: <span class="ver">10</span>And set two men, sons of BeliM
al, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. <span class="ver">11</span>And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. <span class="ver">12</span>They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. <span class="ver">13</span>And there came in two men, chiM
ldren of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. <span class="ver">14</span>Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take posseM
ssion of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead. <span class="ver">16</span>And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, <span class="ver">18</span>Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vM
ineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it. <span class="ver">19</span>And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. <span class="ver">20</span>And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight oM
f the LORD. <span class="ver">21</span>Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, <span class="ver">22</span>And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin. <span class="ver">23</span>And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, TM
he dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. <span class="ver">24</span>Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. <span class="ver">26</span>And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before tM
he children of Israel. <span class="ver">27</span>And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. <span class="ver">28</span>And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, <span class="ver">29</span>Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son
s days will I bring the evil upon his house.
2 id="c22">Chapter 22</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. <span class="ver">2</span>And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. <span class="ver">3</span>And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria? <span class="ver">4</span>And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with meM
to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses. <span class="ver">5</span>And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day. <span class="ver">6</span>Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the haM
nd of the king. <span class="ver">7</span>And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him? <span class="ver">8</span>And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. <span class="ver">9</span>Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah thM
e son of Imlah. <span class="ver">10</span>And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. <span class="ver">11</span>And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them. <span class="ver">12</span>And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up tM
o Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king
s hand. <span class="ver">13</span>And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good. <span class="ver">14</span>And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>So he came to thM
e king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. <span class="ver">16</span>And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD? <span class="ver">17</span>And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have noM
master: let them return every man to his house in peace. <span class="ver">18</span>And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? <span class="ver">19</span>And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. <span class="ver">20</span>And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?M
And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. <span class="ver">21</span>And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. <span class="ver">22</span>And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. <span class="ver">23</span>Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all thM
ese thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee. <span class="ver">24</span>But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? <span class="ver">25</span>And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. <span class="ver">26</span>And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to JoasM
s son; <span class="ver">27</span>And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace. <span class="ver">28</span>And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you. <span class="ver">29</span>So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. <span class="ver">30</span>And the king of Israel saiM
d unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. <span class="ver">31</span>But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel. <span class="ver">32</span>And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And theM
y turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out. <span class="ver">33</span>And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him. <span class="ver">34</span>And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. <span class="ver">35</span>And the batM
tle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot. <span class="ver">36</span>And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country. </p>
<p><span class="ver">37</span>So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria. <span class="ver">38</span>And one washed the chariot M
in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake. <span class="ver">39</span>Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? <span class="ver">40</span>So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. </p>
<p><span class="ver">41</span>And Jehoshaphat thM
e son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. <span class="ver">42</span>Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother
s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. <span class="ver">43</span>And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and bM
urnt incense yet in the high places. <span class="ver">44</span>And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. <span class="ver">45</span>Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? <span class="ver">46</span>And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land. <span class="ver">47</span>There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king. <spM
an class="ver">48</span>Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. <span class="ver">49</span>Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not. </p>
<p><span class="ver">50</span>And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. </p>
<p><span class="ver">51</sM
pan>Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel. <span class="ver">52</span>And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin: <span class="ver">53</span>For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done. </p>
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<span>THE SECOND BOOK OF THE</span>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
<li><a href="#c2">2</a></li>
<li><a href="#c3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="#c4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="#c5">5</a></li>
<li><a href="#c6">6</a></li>
<li><a href="#c7">7</a></li>
<li><a href="#c8">8</a></li>
<li><a href="#c9">9</a></li>
<li><a href="#c10">10</a></li>
<li><a href="#c11">11</a></li>
<li><a href="#c12">12</a></li>
<li><a href="#c13">13</a></li>
<li><a href="#c14">14</a></li>
<li><a href="#c15">15</a></li>
ef="#c16">16</a></li>
<li><a href="#c17">17</a></li>
<li><a href="#c18">18</a></li>
<li><a href="#c19">19</a></li>
<li><a href="#c20">20</a></li>
<li><a href="#c21">21</a></li>
<li><a href="#c22">22</a></li>
<li><a href="#c23">23</a></li>
<li><a href="#c24">24</a></li>
<li><a href="#c25">25</a></li>
<li><a href="#c26">26</a></li>
<li><a href="#c27">27</a></li>
<li><a href="#c28">28</a></li>
<li><a href="#c29">29</a></li>
<li><a href="#c30">30</a>M
<li><a href="#c31">31</a></li>
<li><a href="#c32">32</a></li>
<li><a href="#c33">33</a></li>
<li><a href="#c34">34</a></li>
<li><a href="#c35">35</a></li>
<li><a href="#c36">36</a></li>
<h2 id="c1">Chapter 1</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly. <span class="ver">2</span>Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousanM
ds and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers. <span class="ver">3</span>So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness. <span class="ver">4</span>But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem. <sM
pan class="ver">5</span>Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. <span class="ver">6</span>And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee. <span clM
ass="ver">8</span>And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead. <span class="ver">9</span>Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. <span class="ver">10</span>Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great? <span class="ver">11</span>And God said toM
Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king: <span class="ver">12</span>Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like. </p>
><span class="ver">13</span>Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel. <span class="ver">14</span>And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. <span class="ver">15</span>And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar treeM
s made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance. <span class="ver">16</span>And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king
s merchants received the linen yarn at a price. <span class="ver">17</span>And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.
<h2 id="c2">Chapter 2</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. <span class="ver">2</span>And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, eveM
n so deal with me. <span class="ver">4</span>Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. <span class="ver">5</span>And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods. <span class="ver">6</span>But who is able to buiM
ld him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him? <span class="ver">7</span>Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. <span class="ver">8</span>Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and aM
lgum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, <span class="ver">9</span>Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great. <span class="ver">10</span>And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths ofM
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. <span class="ver">12</span>Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. <span class="ver">13</span>And now I have sent a cunning man, M
endued with understanding, of Huram my father
s, <span class="ver">14</span>The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father. <span class="ver">15</span>Now therefore the wheat, and M
the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants: <span class="ver">16</span>And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and threeM
thousand and six hundred. <span class="ver">18</span>And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
<h2 id="c3">Chapter 3</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the JebusiteM
. <span class="ver">2</span>And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. <span class="ver">4</span>And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height wasM
an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold. <span class="ver">5</span>And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. <span class="ver">6</span>And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. <span class="ver">7</span>He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls. <span class="ver">8<M
/span>And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. <span class="ver">9</span>And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. <span class="ver">10</span>And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And the wingM
s of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub. <span class="ver">12</span>And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub. <span class="ver">13</span>The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on theM
ir feet, and their faces were inward. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. <span class="ver">15</span>Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. <span class="ver">16</span>And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. <spM
an class="ver">17</span>And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
<h2 id="c4">Chapter 4</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, rounM
d in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. <span class="ver">3</span>And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast. <span class="ver">4</span>It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upM
on them, and all their hinder parts were inward. <span class="ver">5</span>And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in. <span class="ver">7</span>AM
nd he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left. <span class="ver">8</span>He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass. <span class="ver">10</span>And he set the sea oM
n the right side of the east end, over against the south. <span class="ver">11</span>And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God; <span class="ver">12</span>To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars; <span class="ver">13</span>And four hundred pomegranates on tM
he two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars. <span class="ver">14</span>He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases; <span class="ver">15</span>One sea, and twelve oxen under it. <span class="ver">16</span>The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass. <span class="ver">17</span>In the plain of Jordan did theM
king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah. <span class="ver">18</span>Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set; <span class="ver">20</span>Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold; <spM
an class="ver">21</span>And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold; <span class="ver">22</span>And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.
<h2 id="c5">Chapter 5</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all theM
things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. <span class="ver">3</span>Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the fM
east which was in the seventh month. <span class="ver">4</span>And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark. <span class="ver">5</span>And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up. <span class="ver">6</span>Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered forM
multitude. <span class="ver">7</span>And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims: <span class="ver">8</span>For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. <span class="ver">9</span>And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they wereM
not seen without. And there it is unto this day. <span class="ver">10</span>There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course: <span class="ver">12</span>Also the Levites which were the singers, all of M
them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) <span class="ver">13</span>It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORDM
, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; <span class="ver">14</span>So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
<h2 id="c6">Chapter 6</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. <span class="ver">2</span>But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place forM
thy dwelling for ever. <span class="ver">3</span>And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood. <span class="ver">4</span>And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying, <span class="ver">5</span>Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name migM
ht be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel: <span class="ver">6</span>But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel. <span class="ver">7</span>Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. <span class="ver">8</span>But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart: <span cM
lass="ver">9</span>Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name. <span class="ver">10</span>The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. <span class="ver">11</span>And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, thatM
he made with the children of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: <span class="ver">13</span>For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven, <span class="M
ver">14</span>And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts: <span class="ver">15</span>Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. <span class="ver">16</span>Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that M
which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me. <span class="ver">17</span>Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David. <span class="ver">18</span>But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house whichM
I have built! <span class="ver">19</span>Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee: <span class="ver">20</span>That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place. <span class="ver">21</span>Hearken therefore unto the supplications of tM
hy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house; <span class="ver">23</span>Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteM
ous, by giving him according to his righteousness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house; <span class="ver">25</span>Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>When the heM
aven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them; <span class="ver">27</span>Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>If there be dearth inM
the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be: <span class="ver">29</span>Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house: <span class="ver">30</span>Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgiveM
, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:) <span class="ver">31</span>That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name
s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray M
in this house; <span class="ver">33</span>Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name. <span class="ver">34</span>If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the houM
se which I have built for thy name; <span class="ver">35</span>Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. <span class="ver">36</span>If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near; <span class="ver">37</span>Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee M
in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly; <span class="ver">38</span>If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name: <span class="ver">39</span>Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling placM
e, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee. <span class="ver">40</span>Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. <span class="ver">41</span>Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. <span class="ver">42</span>O M
LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
<h2 id="c7">Chapter 7</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house. <span class="ver">2</span>And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD
s house. <span class="ver">3</span>And when all the M
children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD. <span class="ver">5</span>And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all tM
he people dedicated the house of God. <span class="ver">6</span>And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood. <span class="ver">7</span>Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat M
of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt. <span class="ver">9</span>And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. <span clM
ass="ver">10</span>And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people. <span class="ver">11</span>Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king
s house: and all that came into Solomon
s heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And the LORD appeared to SoM
lomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice. <span class="ver">13</span>If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; <span class="ver">14</span>If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their lanM
d. <span class="ver">15</span>Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. <span class="ver">16</span>For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. <span class="ver">17</span>And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments; <span class="ver">18</spanM
>Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. <span class="ver">19</span>But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; <span class="ver">20</span>Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of mM
y sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations. <span class="ver">21</span>And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house? <span class="ver">22</span>And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brM
ought all this evil upon them.
<h2 id="c8">Chapter 8</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house, <span class="ver">2</span>That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there. <span class="ver">3</span>And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it. <span class="ver">4</span>And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all theM
store cities, which he built in Hamath. <span class="ver">5</span>Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; <span class="ver">6</span>And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, aM
nd the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel, <span class="ver">8</span>But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day. <span class="ver">9</span>But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen. <span class="ver">10</span>And these were thM
e chief of king Solomon
s officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he hadM
built before the porch, <span class="ver">13</span>Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and miM
nister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded. <span class="ver">15</span>And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures. <span class="ver">16</span>Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected. </p>
span class="ver">17</span>Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom. <span class="ver">18</span>And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
<h2 id="c9">Chapter 9</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove SoM
lomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. <span class="ver">2</span>And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not. <span class="ver">3</span>And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, <span class="ver">4</span>And the meat of his tM
able, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. <span class="ver">5</span>And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom: <span class="ver">6</span>Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thM
y wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard. <span class="ver">7</span>Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. <span class="ver">8</span>Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice. <span class="ver">9</span>And she gave the king an M
hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon. <span class="ver">10</span>And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones. <span class="ver">11</span>And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king
s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen befM
ore in the land of Judah. <span class="ver">12</span>And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold; <span class="ver">14</span>Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors oM
f the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target. <span class="ver">16</span>And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. <span class="ver">17</span>Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. <span class="ver">18</spaM
n>And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays: <span class="ver">19</span>And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none wereM
of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon. <span class="ver">21</span>For the king
s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. <span class="ver">22</span>And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heaM
rt. <span class="ver">24</span>And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to thM
e border of Egypt. <span class="ver">27</span>And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance. <span class="ver">28</span>And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against JerM
oboam the son of Nebat? <span class="ver">30</span>And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. <span class="ver">31</span>And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
<h2 id="c10">Chapter 10</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king. <span class="ver">2</span>And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whithM
er he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. <span class="ver">3</span>And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying, <span class="ver">4</span>Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee. <span class="ver">5</span>And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people depM
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people? <span class="ver">7</span>And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever. <span class="ver">8</span>But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brM
ought up with him, that stood before him. <span class="ver">9</span>And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us? <span class="ver">10</span>And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little M
finger shall be thicker than my father
s loins. <span class="ver">11</span>For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. <span class="ver">12</span>So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day. <span class="ver">13</span>And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, <span class="ver"M
>14</span>And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. <span class="ver">15</span>So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto theM
m, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents. <span class="ver">17</span>But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. <span class="ver">18</span>Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king RehoM
boam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. <span class="ver">19</span>And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
<h2 id="c11">Chapter 11</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. <span class="ver">2</span>But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah M
the man of God, saying, <span class="ver">3</span>Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, <span class="ver">4</span>Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah. <span class="verM
">6</span>He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, <span class="ver">7</span>And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam, <span class="ver">8</span>And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, <span class="ver">9</span>And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, <span class="ver">10</span>And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities. <span class="ver">11</span>And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine. <span class="ver">12</span>And M
in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts. <span class="ver">14</span>For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest
s office unto the LORD: <span class="ver">15</span>And he ordained him priestM
s for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. <span class="ver">16</span>And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers. <span class="ver">17</span>So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And Rehoboam toM
ok him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; <span class="ver">19</span>Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham. <span class="ver">20</span>And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. <span class="ver">21</span>And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; aM
nd begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.) <span class="ver">22</span>And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king. <span class="ver">23</span>And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
<h2 id="c12">Chapter 12</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass, when M
Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him. <span class="ver">2</span>And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD, <span class="ver">3</span>With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. <span cM
lass="ver">4</span>And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. <span class="ver">6</span>Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous. <sM
pan class="ver">7</span>And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. <span class="ver">8</span>Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. <span class="ver">9</span>So Shishak king of Egypt came up against JM
erusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king
s house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made. <span class="ver">10</span>Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king
s house. <span class="ver">11</span>And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guardM
chamber. <span class="ver">12</span>And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother
an Ammonitess. <span class="ver">14</span>And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD. <span class="ver">15</span>Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. <span class="ver">16</span>And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
<h2 id="c13">Chapter 13</h2>M
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah. <span class="ver">2</span>He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother
s name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. <span class="ver">3</span>And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, beM
ing mighty men of valour. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; <span class="ver">5</span>Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt? <span class="ver">6</span>Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord. <span class="ver">7M
</span>And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them. <span class="ver">8</span>And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods. <span class="ver">9</span>Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of AaronM
, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods. <span class="ver">10</span>But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business: <span class="ver">11</span>And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening M
burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him. <span class="ver">12</span>And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>M
But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. <span class="ver">14</span>And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. <span class="ver">15</span>Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. <span class="ver">16</span>And the children of IsM
rael fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand. <span class="ver">17</span>And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. <span class="ver">18</span>Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers. <span class="ver">19</span>And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof,M
and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof. <span class="ver">20</span>Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. <span class="ver">22</span>And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
<h2 id="c14">Chapter 14</h2M
<p><span class="ver">1</span>So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. <span class="ver">2</span>And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God: <span class="ver">3</span>For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: <span class="ver">4</span>And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fatheM
rs, and to do the law and the commandment. <span class="ver">5</span>Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest. <span class="ver">7</span>Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet befoM
re us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered. <span class="ver">8</span>And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three M
hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah. <span class="ver">10</span>Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. <span class="ver">11</span>And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee. <span class="ver">12</span>So M
the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. <span class="ver">13</span>And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil. <span class="ver">14</span>And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was M
exceeding much spoil in them. <span class="ver">15</span>They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
<h2 id="c15">Chapter 15</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: <span class="ver">2</span>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,M
he will forsake you. <span class="ver">3</span>Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. <span class="ver">4</span>But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. <span class="ver">5</span>And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries. <span class="ver">6</span>And nation was destroyed M
of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity. <span class="ver">7</span>Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded. <span class="ver">8</span>And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD. <span clasM
s="ver">9</span>And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. <span class="ver">10</span>So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. <span class="ver">11</span>And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sM
heep. <span class="ver">12</span>And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; <span class="ver">13</span>That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. <span class="ver">14</span>And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. <span class="ver">15</span>And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with alM
l their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. <span class="ver">17</span>But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. </p>
class="ver">18</span>And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. <span class="ver">19</span>And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
<h2 id="c16">Chapter 16</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of JM
udah. <span class="ver">2</span>Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king
s house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, <span class="ver">3</span>There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. <span class="ver">4</span>And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the M
captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali. <span class="ver">5</span>And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease. <span class="ver">6</span>Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And at that time HanaM
ni the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand. <span class="ver">8</span>Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand. <span class="ver">9</span>For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strongM
in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars. <span class="ver">10</span>Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. <span class="ver">12</span>And AsaM
in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. <span class="ver">14</span>And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by thM
art: and they made a very great burning for him.
<h2 id="c17">Chapter 17</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. <span class="ver">2</span>And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. <span class="ver">3</span>And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, M
and sought not unto Baalim; <span class="ver">4</span>But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel. <span class="ver">5</span>Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance. <span class="ver">6</span>And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Also iM
n the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah. <span class="ver">8</span>And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests. <span class="ver">9</span>And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with themM
, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat. <span class="ver">11</span>Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>AM
nd Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store. <span class="ver">13</span>And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem. <span class="ver">14</span>And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand. <span class="ver">15</span>And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and witM
h him two hundred and fourscore thousand. <span class="ver">16</span>And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour. <span class="ver">17</span>And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand. <span class="ver">18</span>And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war. <span class="ver">19</span>These waiM
ted on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.
<h2 id="c18">Chapter 18</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. <span class="ver">2</span>And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth-gilead. <span class="ver">3</span>And Ahab king of Israel sM
aid unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day. <span class="ver">5</span>Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up;M
for God will deliver it into the king
s hand. <span class="ver">6</span>But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him? <span class="ver">7</span>And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. <span class="ver">8</span>And the king of Israel called forM
one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. <span class="ver">9</span>And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. <span class="ver">10</span>And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed. <span class="ver">M
11</span>And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. <span class="ver">12</span>And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good. <span class="ver">13</span>And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak. <span class="veM
r">14</span>And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand. <span class="ver">15</span>And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD? <span class="ver">16</span>Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, TheM
se have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace. <span class="ver">17</span>And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil? <span class="ver">18</span>Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. <span class="ver">19</span>And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fallM
at Ramoth-gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner. <span class="ver">20</span>Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? <span class="ver">21</span>And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so. <span class="ver">22</span>Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath pM
ut a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee. <span class="ver">23</span>Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? <span class="ver">24</span>And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. <span class="ver">25</span>Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon M
the governor of the city, and to Joash the king
s son; <span class="ver">26</span>And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace. <span class="ver">27</span>And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people. <span class="ver">28</span>So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. <span class="ver">2M
9</span>And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle. <span class="ver">30</span>Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel. <span class="ver">31</span>And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the kingM
of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him. <span class="ver">32</span>For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him. <span class="ver">33</span>And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thM
ou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. <span class="ver">34</span>And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.
<h2 id="c19">Chapter 19</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem. <span class="ver">2</span>And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, SM
houldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD. <span class="ver">3</span>Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God. <span class="ver">4</span>And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</sM
pan>And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city, <span class="ver">6</span>And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment. <span class="ver">7</span>Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the LevM
ites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem. <span class="ver">9</span>And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. <span class="ver">10</span>And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespaM
ss not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass. <span class="ver">11</span>And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king
s matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.
<h2 id="c20">Chapter 20</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>It came to pass after this also, that tM
he children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. <span class="ver">2</span>Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi. <span class="ver">3</span>And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. <span class="ver">4</span>And Judah gathered thM
emselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court, <span class="ver">6</span>And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee? <span class="ver">7</spanM
>Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? <span class="ver">8</span>And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, <span class="ver">9</span>If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and helM
p. <span class="ver">10</span>And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not; <span class="ver">11</span>Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. <span class="ver">12</span>O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know weM
what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. <span class="ver">13</span>And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; <span class="ver">15</span>And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, ThusM
saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God
s. <span class="ver">16</span>To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. <span class="ver">17</span>Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrowM
go out against them: for the LORD will be with you. <span class="ver">18</span>And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD. <span class="ver">19</span>And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wildernM
ess of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. <span class="ver">21</span>And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And when they beM
gan to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. <span class="ver">23</span>For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another. <span class="ver">24</span>And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, aM
nd, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped. <span class="ver">25</span>And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for M
there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day. <span class="ver">27</span>Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. <span class="ver">28</span>And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">29</span>And the fear of God was on all the kingM
doms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel. <span class="ver">30</span>So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother
s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. <span class="ver">32</span>And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and depM
arted not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD. <span class="ver">33</span>Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. <span class="ver">34</span>Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himseM
lf with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: <span class="ver">36</span>And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber. <span class="ver">37</span>Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
<h2 id="c21">Chapter 21</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now JehoshM
aphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. <span class="ver">2</span>And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. <span class="ver">3</span>And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he wM
as the firstborn. <span class="ver">4</span>Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. <span class="ver">6</span>And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that whM
ich was evil in the eyes of the LORD. <span class="ver">7</span>Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king. <span class="ver">9</span>Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites wM
hich compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots. <span class="ver">10</span>So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers. <span class="ver">11</span>Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And there came a writing to him from Elijah M
the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah, <span class="ver">13</span>But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father
s house, which were better than thyself: <span class="ver">14</span>Behold, with a great plague will the LOM
RD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods: <span class="ver">15</span>And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians: <span class="ver">17</span>And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in thM
s house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. <span class="ver">19</span>And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers. <span class="ver">20<M
/span>Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
<h2 id="c22">Chapter 22</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. <span clasM
s="ver">2</span>Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother
s name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri. <span class="ver">3</span>He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. <span class="ver">4</span>Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>He walkeM
d also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians smote Joram. <span class="ver">6</span>And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick. <span class="ver">7</span>And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by cominM
g 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 Ahab. <span class="ver">8</span>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. <span class="ver">9</span>And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slainM
him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. <span class="ver">11</span>But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king
s sons that were slain, and put himM
and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not. <span class="ver">12</span>And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
<h2 id="c23">Chapter 23</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son oM
f Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. <span class="ver">2</span>And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. <span class="ver">3</span>And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king
s son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David. M
<span class="ver">4</span>This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors; <span class="ver">5</span>And a third part shall be at the king
s house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">6</span>But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they M
are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD. <span class="ver">7</span>And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out. <span class="ver">8</span>So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that werM
e to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses. <span class="ver">9</span>Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David
s, which were in the house of God. <span class="ver">10</span>And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about. <span class="ver">11</span>TheM
n they brought out the king
s son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD: <span class="ver">13</span>And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people ofM
the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. <span class="ver">14</span>Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">15</span>So they laid hands oM
n her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king
s house, they slew her there. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD
s people. <span class="ver">17</span>Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. <span class="ver">18</span>Also Jehoiada appointeM
d the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David. <span class="ver">19</span>And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in. <span class="ver">20</span>And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors M
of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king
s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. <span class="ver">21</span>And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
<h2 id="c24">Chapter 24</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother
s name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. <span class="ver">2</span>And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest. <span class="ver">3</span>And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">5</span>And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gatM
her of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not. <span class="ver">6</span>And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness? <span class="ver">7</span>For the sons of Athaliah,M
that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim. <span class="ver">8</span>And at the king
s commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">9</span>And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. <span class="ver">10</span>And all the princes and all thM
e people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. <span class="ver">11</span>Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king
s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king
s scribe and the high priest
s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance. <span class="ver">12</span>And the king and Jehoiada gave iM
t to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">13</span>So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it. <span class="ver">14</span>And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house ofM
the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. <span class="ver">16</span>And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house. <span class="M
ver">17</span>Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. <span class="ver">18</span>And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass. <span class="ver">19</span>Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear. <span class="ver">20</span>And the Spirit of GoM
d came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you. <span class="ver">21</span>And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">22</span>Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done M
to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus. <span class="ver">24</span>For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into theirM
hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash. <span class="ver">25</span>And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings. <span class="ver">26</span>And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the soM
n of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
<h2 id="c25">Chapter 25</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mothM
s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. <span class="ver">2</span>And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. <span class="ver">4</span>But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shaM
ll the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield. <span class="ver">6</span>He hired also an hundred thouM
sand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver. <span class="ver">7</span>But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim. <span class="ver">8</span>But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down. <span class="ver">9</span>And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do M
for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this. <span class="ver">10</span>Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the chilM
dren of Seir ten thousand. <span class="ver">12</span>And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them. <span class="ver">15</span>Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand? <spM
an class="ver">16</span>And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king
s counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in M
the face. <span class="ver">18</span>And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. <span class="ver">19</span>Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and JuM
dah with thee? <span class="ver">20</span>But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom. <span class="ver">21</span>So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. <span class="ver">22</span>And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent. <span class="ver">23</span>And Joash M
the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. <span class="ver">24</span>And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king
s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>And Amaziah the son ofM
Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. <span class="ver">26</span>Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there. <span class="ver">28</span>And M
they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
<h2 id="c26">Chapter 26</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. <span class="ver">2</span>He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. <span class="ver">3</span>Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His motherM
s name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. <span class="ver">4</span>And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did. <span class="ver">5</span>And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. <span class="ver">6</span>And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built ciM
ties about Ashdod, and among the Philistines. <span class="ver">7</span>And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims. <span class="ver">8</span>And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly. <span class="ver">9</span>Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them. <spanM
class="ver">10</span>Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry. <span class="ver">11</span>Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king
s captains. <span class="ver">12<M
/span>The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred. <span class="ver">13</span>And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. <span class="ver">14</span>And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones. <span class="ver">15</span>And he made in JerusalM
em engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense. <span class="ver">17</span>And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him foM
urscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men: <span class="ver">18</span>And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God. <span class="ver">19</span>Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priesM
ts, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar. <span class="ver">20</span>And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him. <span class="ver">21</span>And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off frM
om the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king
s house, judging the people of the land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. <span class="ver">23</span>So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
<h2 id="c27">Chapter 27</h2>
<p><span class="vM
er">1</span>Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother
s name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. <span class="ver">2</span>And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly. <span class="ver">3</span>He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. <span class=M
"ver">4</span>Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third. <span class="ver">6</span>So Jotham became mighty, because he prepaM
red his ways before the LORD his God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. <span class="ver">8</span>He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
<h2 id="c28">Chapter 28</h2>
p><span class="ver">1</span>Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father: <span class="ver">2</span>For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. <span class="ver">3</span>Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before thM
e children of Israel. <span class="ver">4</span>He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. <span class="ver">5</span>Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>For Pekah the son of RemalM
iah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. <span class="ver">7</span>And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king
s son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king. <span class="ver">8</span>And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spM
oil to Samaria. <span class="ver">9</span>But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven. <span class="ver">10</span>And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, siM
ns against the LORD your God? <span class="ver">11</span>Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you. <span class="ver">12</span>Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war, <span class="ver">13</span>And said unto them, Ye shall not briM
ng in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel. <span class="ver">14</span>So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation. <span class="ver">15</span>And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, aM
nd gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him. <span class="ver">17</span>For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives. <span class="ver">18</span>The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the soM
uth of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there. <span class="ver">19</span>For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD. <span class="ver">20</span>And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not. <span class="ver">21</span>For Ahaz tM
ook away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz. <span class="ver">23</span>For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they M
were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. <span class="ver">24</span>And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem. <span class="ver">25</span>And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>Now the rest of his acts and of all hM
is ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. <span class="ver">27</span>And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
<h2 id="c29">Chapter 29</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother
e was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. <span class="ver">2</span>And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them. <span class="ver">4</span>And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street, <span class="ver">5</span>And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sancM
tify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. <span class="ver">6</span>For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs. <span class="ver">7</span>Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in M
the holy place unto the God of Israel. <span class="ver">8</span>Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes. <span class="ver">9</span>For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. <span class="ver">10</span>Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. <span M
class="ver">11</span>My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah: <span class="ver">13</span>And of the sons oM
f Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah: <span class="ver">14</span>And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel. <span class="ver">15</span>And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">16</span>And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, andM
brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron. <span class="ver">17</span>Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. <span class="ver">18</span>Then they went in to HezekM
iah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof. <span class="ver">19</span>Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the houM
se of the LORD. <span class="ver">21</span>And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD. <span class="ver">22</span>So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambM
s, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar. <span class="ver">23</span>And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them: <span class="ver">24</span>And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel. <span class="ver">25</span>And he set the Levites in the hoM
use of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king
s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets. <span class="ver">26</span>And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. <span class="ver">27</span>And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, and with the M
instruments ordained by David king of Israel. <span class="ver">28</span>And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished. <span class="ver">29</span>And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped. <span class="ver">30</span>Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and M
of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped. <span class="ver">31</span>Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings. <span class="ver">32</span>And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore anM
d ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD. <span class="ver">33</span>And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. <span class="ver">34</span>But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than M
the priests. <span class="ver">35</span>And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order. <span class="ver">36</span>And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
<h2 id="c30">Chapter 30</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and ManasM
seh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel. <span class="ver">2</span>For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month. <span class="ver">3</span>For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. <span class="ver">4</span>And the thing pleased theM
king and all the congregation. <span class="ver">5</span>So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written. <span class="ver">6</span>So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, tuM
rn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria. <span class="ver">7</span>And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see. <span class="ver">8</span>Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for M
ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you. <span class="ver">9</span>For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him. <span class="ver">10</span>So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even untM
o Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them. <span class="ver">11</span>Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem. <span class="ver">12</span>Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation. <sM
pan class="ver">14</span>And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron. <span class="ver">15</span>Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">16</span>And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the M
man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites. <span class="ver">17</span>For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD. <span class="ver">18</span>For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was wM
ritten. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one <span class="ver">19</span>That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. <span class="ver">20</span>And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people. <span class="ver">21</span>And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praisM
ed the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD. <span class="ver">22</span>And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers. <span class="ver">23</span>And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness. <span class="ver">24</span>For Hezekiah king of Judah did givM
e to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves. <span class="ver">25</span>And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced. <span class="ver">26</span>So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the M
time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.
<h2 id="c31">Chapter 31</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high plM
aces and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents oM
f the LORD. <span class="ver">3</span>He appointed also the king
s portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD. <span class="ver">4</span>Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5M
</span>And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. <span class="ver">6</span>And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps. <span class="ver">7M
</span>In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. <span class="ver">8</span>And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel. <span class="ver">9</span>Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. <span class="ver">10</span>And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LM
ORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them, <span class="ver">12</span>And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next. <span class="ver">13</span>And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, anM
d Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God. <span class="ver">14</span>And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things. <span class="ver">15</span>And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and SM
hemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small: <span class="ver">16</span>Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses; <span class="ver">17</span>Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty yM
ears old and upward, in their charges by their courses; <span class="ver">18</span>And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness: <span class="ver">19</span>Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to allM
that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God. <span class="ver">21</span>And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
<h2 id="c32">Chapter 32</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>After these things, and the establishment therM
eof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself. <span class="ver">2</span>And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem, <span class="ver">3</span>He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him. <span class="ver">4</span>So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all M
the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water? <span class="ver">5</span>Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance. <span class="ver">6</span>And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, anM
d spake comfortably to them, saying, <span class="ver">7</span>Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him: <span class="ver">8</span>With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servanM
ts to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying, <span class="ver">10</span>Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem? <span class="ver">11</span>Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria? <span class="ver">12</spaM
n>Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it? <span class="ver">13</span>Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand? <span class="ver">14</span>Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his peoM
ple out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand? <span class="ver">15</span>Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand? <span class="ver">16</span>And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah. <span class="M
ver">17</span>He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand. <span class="ver">18</span>Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews
speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city. <span class="ver">19</span>And they spake againsM
t the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man. <span class="ver">20</span>And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, tM
hey that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword. <span class="ver">22</span>Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side. <span class="ver">23</span>And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>In those days Hezekiah M
was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign. <span class="ver">25</span>But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. <span class="ver">26</span>Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah. </p>
ass="ver">27</span>And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels; <span class="ver">28</span>Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks. <span class="ver">29</span>Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very mM
uch. <span class="ver">30</span>This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>Now the rest of the acts of HM
ezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. <span class="ver">33</span>And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
<h2 id="c33">Chapter 33</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Manasseh was twelve years old when he begM
an to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: <span class="ver">2</span>But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. <span class="ver">4</span>Also he built altars in theM
house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. <span class="ver">5</span>And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">6</span>And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. <span clasM
s="ver">7</span>And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: <span class="ver">8</span>Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the orM
dinances by the hand of Moses. <span class="ver">9</span>So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel. <span class="ver">10</span>And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carriedM
him to Babylon. <span class="ver">12</span>And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, <span class="ver">13</span>And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God. <span class="ver">14</span>Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in atM
the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah. <span class="ver">15</span>And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city. <span class="ver">16</span>And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to sM
erve the LORD God of Israel. <span class="ver">17</span>Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. <span class="ver">19</span>His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and M
the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem. <span class="ver">22</span>But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORM
D, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them; <span class="ver">23</span>And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. <span class="ver">24</span>And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land mM
ade Josiah his son king in his stead.
<h2 id="c34">Chapter 34</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. <span class="ver">2</span>And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of DM
avid his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. <span class="ver">4</span>And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. <span class="ver">5</span>And he burnt M
the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. <span class="ver">6</span>And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about. <span class="ver">7</span>And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when M
he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God. <span class="ver">9</span>And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem. <M
span class="ver">10</span>And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house: <span class="ver">11</span>Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed. <span class="ver">12</span>And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah,M
the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick. <span class="ver">13</span>Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, HiM
lkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses. <span class="ver">15</span>And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan. <span class="ver">16</span>And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it. <span class="ver">17</span>And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of thM
e LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. <span class="ver">18</span>Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. <span class="ver">19</span>And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. <span class="ver">20</span>And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah aM
servant of the king
s, saying, <span class="ver">21</span>Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book. <span class="ver">22</span>And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of HasM
rah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me, <span class="ver">24</span>Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah: <span class="ver">25</span>Because they have forsaken mM
e, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched. <span class="ver">26</span>And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard; <span class="ver">27</span>Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his M
words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">28</span>Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>Then the king sent andM
gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. <span class="ver">30</span>And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">31</span>And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandmeM
nts, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book. <span class="ver">32</span>And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. <span class="ver">33</span>And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were preM
sent in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
<h2 id="c35">Chapter 35</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. <span class="ver">2</span>And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD, <span class="ver">3</span>And said unto the Levites M
that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel, <span class="ver">4</span>And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son. <span class="ver">5</span>And stand in the holy place according to the divisions M
of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites. <span class="ver">6</span>So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. <span class="ver">7</span>And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king
s substance. <span class="ver">8</span>And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen. <span class="ver">9</span>Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, anM
d five hundred oxen. <span class="ver">10</span>So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king
s commandment. <span class="ver">11</span>And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them. <span class="ver">12</span>And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the M
book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen. <span class="ver">13</span>And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people. <span class="ver">14</span>And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and forM
the priests the sons of Aaron. <span class="ver">15</span>And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king
s seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them. <span class="ver">16</span>So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the coM
mmandment of king Josiah. <span class="ver">17</span>And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. <span class="ver">18</span>And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. <span class="ver">19</span>In the eighteeM
nth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him. <span class="ver">21</span>But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who M
is with me, that he destroy thee not. <span class="ver">22</span>Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. <span class="ver">23</span>And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded. <span class="ver">24</span>His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the secoM
nd chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations. <span class="ver">26</span>Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, accordM
ing to that which was written in the law of the LORD, <span class="ver">27</span>And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
<h2 id="c36">Chapter 36</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father
s stead in Jerusalem. <span class="ver">2</span>Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. <span class="ver">3</spaM
n>And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. <span class="ver">4</span>And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of thM
e LORD his God. <span class="ver">6</span>Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon. <span class="ver">7</span>Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. <span class="ver">8</span>Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reiM
gned in his stead. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. <span class="ver">10</span>And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Zedekiah was one and twenty years old M
when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. <span class="ver">12</span>And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD. <span class="ver">13</span>And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Moreover all the chief of the priests, M
and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. <span class="ver">15</span>And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: <span class="ver">16</span>But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, tillM
there was no remedy. <span class="ver">17</span>Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand. <span class="ver">18</span>And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon. <span clasM
s="ver">19</span>And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. <span class="ver">20</span>And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: <span class="ver">21</span>To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate sM
he kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, <span class="ver">23</span>Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to M
build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up. </p>
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<span>THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED</span>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<li><a href="#c2">2</a></li>
<li><a href="#c3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="#c4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="#c5">5</a></li>
<li><a href="#c6">6</a></li>
<li><a href="#c7">7</a></li>
<li><a href="#c8">8</a></li>
<li><a href="#c9">9</a></li>
<li><a href="#c10">10</a></li>
<li><a href="#c11">11</a></li>
<li><a href="#c12">12</a></li>
<li><a href="#c13">13</a></li>
<li><a href="#c14">14</a></li>
<li><a href="#c15">15</a></li>
a href="#c16">16</a></li>
<li><a href="#c17">17</a></li>
<li><a href="#c18">18</a></li>
<li><a href="#c19">19</a></li>
<li><a href="#c20">20</a></li>
<li><a href="#c21">21</a></li>
<li><a href="#c22">22</a></li>
<li><a href="#c23">23</a></li>
<li><a href="#c24">24</a></li>
<li><a href="#c25">25</a></li>
<li><a href="#c26">26</a></li>
<li><a href="#c27">27</a></li>
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<li><a href="#c31">31</a></li>
<li><a href="#c32">32</a></li>
<li><a href="#c33">33</a></li>
<li><a href="#c34">34</a></li>
<li><a href="#c35">35</a></li>
<li><a href="#c36">36</a></li>
<h2 id="c1">Chapter 1</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, <spM
an class="ver">2</span>Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls; <span class="ver">3</span>From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies. <span class="ver">4</span>And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And M
these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur. <span class="ver">6</span>Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. <span class="ver">7</span>Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. <span class="ver">8</span>Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. <span class="ver">9</span>Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. <span class="ver">10</span>Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. <span clM
ass="ver">11</span>Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni. <span class="ver">12</span>Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. <span class="ver">13</span>Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. <span class="ver">14</span>Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. <span class="ver">15</span>Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. <span class="ver">16</span>These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And Moses and Aaron took thM
ese men which are expressed by their names: <span class="ver">18</span>And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. <span class="ver">19</span>As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. <span class="ver">20</span>And the children of Reuben, Israel
s eldest son, by thM
eir generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; <span class="ver">21</span>Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, accM
ording to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; <span class="ver">23</span>Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; M
<span class="ver">25</span>Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; <span class="ver">27</span>Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and sM
<p><span class="ver">28</span>Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; <span class="ver">29</span>Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the hM
ouse of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; <span class="ver">31</span>Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, M
all that were able to go forth to war; <span class="ver">33</span>Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred. </p>
<p><span class="ver">34</span>Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; <span class="ver">35</span>Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thiM
rty and two thousand and two hundred. </p>
<p><span class="ver">36</span>Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; <span class="ver">37</span>Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. </p>
<p><span class="ver">38</span>Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after tM
heir families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; <span class="ver">39</span>Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. </p>
<p><span class="ver">40</span>Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were M
able to go forth to war; <span class="ver">41</span>Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. </p>
<p><span class="ver">42</span>Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; <span class="ver">43</span>Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifM
ty and three thousand and four hundred. <span class="ver">44</span>These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers. <span class="ver">45</span>So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel; <span class="ver">46</span>Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and thM
ree thousand and five hundred and fifty. </p>
<p><span class="ver">47</span>But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. <span class="ver">48</span>For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">49</span>Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel: <span class="ver">50</span>But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belonM
g to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle. <span class="ver">51</span>And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. <span class="ver">52</span>And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, thrM
oughout their hosts. <span class="ver">53</span>But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony. <span class="ver">54</span>And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
<h2 id="c2">Chapter 2</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>M
Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father
s house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. <span class="ver">3</span>And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah. <span class="ver">4</span>And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thoM
usand and six hundred. <span class="ver">5</span>And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar. <span class="ver">6</span>And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. <span class="ver">7</span>Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun. <span class="ver">8</span>And his host, and those that were numbered thereoM
f, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. <span class="ver">9</span>All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. <span class="ver">11</span>And his host, and those that weM
re numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. <span class="ver">12</span>And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. <span class="ver">13</span>And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. <span class="ver">14</span>Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel. <span class="ver">15</span>And hisM
host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. <span class="ver">16</span>All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, everM
y man in his place by their standards. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. <span class="ver">19</span>And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred. <span class="ver">20</span>And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. <span clM
ass="ver">21</span>And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. <span class="ver">22</span>Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni. <span class="ver">23</span>And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. <span class="ver">24</span>All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout tM
heir armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. <span class="ver">26</span>And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. <span class="ver">27</span>And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be PagM
iel the son of Ocran. <span class="ver">28</span>And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan. <span class="ver">30</span>And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. <span class="ver">31</span>All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fiM
fty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. <span class="ver">33</span>But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses. <span class="ver">34</span>And the children of M
Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.
<h2 id="c3">Chapter 3</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai. <span class="ver">2</span>And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. <span class="ver">3</span>TheseM
are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest
s office. <span class="ver">4</span>And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest
s office in the sight of Aaron their father. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">6</span>Bring the tribe of Levi nM
ear, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. <span class="ver">7</span>And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle. <span class="ver">8</span>And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. <span class="ver">9</span>And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to hM
is sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel. <span class="ver">10</span>And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest
s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. <span class="ver">11</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">12</span>And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shM
all be mine; <span class="ver">13</span>Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, <span class="ver">15</span>Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. M
<span class="ver">16</span>And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. <span class="ver">17</span>And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. <span class="ver">18</span>And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei. <span class="ver">19</span>And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. <span class="ver">20</span>And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and MushiM
. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers. <span class="ver">21</span>Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites. <span class="ver">22</span>Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred. <span class="ver">23</span>The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabM
ernacle westward. <span class="ver">24</span>And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. <span class="ver">25</span>And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, <span class="ver">26</span>And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar roM
und about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. <span class="ver">28</span>In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. <span class="ver">29</span>The families of the sons of Kohath shall piM
tch on the side of the tabernacle southward. <span class="ver">30</span>And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. <span class="ver">31</span>And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof. <span class="ver">32</span>And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and M
have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. <span class="ver">34</span>And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. <span class="ver">35</span>And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pM
itch on the side of the tabernacle northward. <span class="ver">36</span>And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto, <span class="ver">37</span>And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. </p>
<p><span class="ver">38</span>But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, eveM
n before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. <span class="ver">39</span>All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. </p>
<p><span class="ver">40</span>And the LORD said unto MoM
ses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. <span class="ver">41</span>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. <span class="ver">42</span>And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. <span class="ver">4M
3</span>And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. </p>
<p><span class="ver">44</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">45</span>Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD. <span class="ver">46</span>And for those thaM
t are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites; <span class="ver">47</span>Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:) <span class="ver">48</span>And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons. <span class="ver">49</span>And Moses took the redemption money of theM
m that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites: <span class="ver">50</span>Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: <span class="ver">51</span>And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
<h2 id="c4">Chapter 4</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses and untoM
Aaron, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, <span class="ver">3</span>From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. <span class="ver">4</span>This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And when the M
camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: <span class="ver">6</span>And shall put thereon the covering of badgers
skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. <span class="ver">7</span>And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be tM
hereon: <span class="ver">8</span>And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers
skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. <span class="ver">9</span>And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: <span class="ver">10</span>And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers
hall put it upon a bar. <span class="ver">11</span>And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers
skins, and shall put to the staves thereof: <span class="ver">12</span>And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers
skins, and shall put them on a bar: <span class="ver">13</span>And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and sprM
ead a purple cloth thereon: <span class="ver">14</span>And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers
skins, and put to the staves of it. <span class="ver">15</span>And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons ofM
Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof. </p>
<p><span class="verM
">17</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, <span class="ver">18</span>Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites: <span class="ver">19</span>But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden: <span class="ver">20</span>But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. </p>
class="ver">21</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">22</span>Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families; <span class="ver">23</span>From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. <span class="ver">24</span>This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens: <span class="ver">2M
5</span>And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers
skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, <span class="ver">26</span>And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they M
serve. <span class="ver">27</span>At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens. <span class="ver">28</span>This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>As for the sons of Merari, thou shaltM
number them after their families, by the house of their fathers; <span class="ver">30</span>From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation. <span class="ver">31</span>And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, <span class="M
ver">32</span>And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden. <span class="ver">33</span>This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. </p>
<p><span class="ver">34</span>And Moses and Aaron and the chieM
f of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers, <span class="ver">35</span>From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation: <span class="ver">36</span>And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. <span class="ver">37</span>These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites,M
all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. <span class="ver">38</span>And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers, <span class="ver">39</span>From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, <span class="ver">40</span>Even thoM
se that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. <span class="ver">41</span>These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">42</span>And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the houM
se of their fathers, <span class="ver">43</span>From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, <span class="ver">44</span>Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred. <span class="ver">45</span>These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. <span clM
ass="ver">46</span>All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers, <span class="ver">47</span>From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation, <span class="ver">48</span>Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. <span class=M
"ver">49</span>According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded Moses.
<h2 id="c5">Chapter 5</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: <span class="ver">3</spM
an>Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell. <span class="ver">4</span>And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">6</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against thM
e LORD, and that person be guilty; <span class="ver">7</span>Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed. <span class="ver">8</span>But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him. <span clasM
s="ver">9</span>And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his. <span class="ver">10</span>And every man
s hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">12</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man
s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, <span class="ver">13</span>And a maM
n lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner; <span class="ver">14</span>And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled: <span class="ver">15</span>Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her,M
the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance. <span class="ver">16</span>And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD: <span class="ver">17</span>And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water: <span class="ver">18</span>And the priM
est shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman
s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse: <span class="ver">19</span>And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse: <span class="ver">2M
0</span>But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband: <span class="ver">21</span>Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell; <span class="ver">22</span>And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to sweM
ll, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen. <span class="ver">23</span>And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water: <span class="ver">24</span>And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter. <span class="ver">25</span>Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman
s hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORM
D, and offer it upon the altar: <span class="ver">26</span>And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water. <span class="ver">27</span>And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall M
rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people. <span class="ver">28</span>And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. <span class="ver">29</span>This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled; <span class="ver">30</span>Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law. <span claM
ss="ver">31</span>Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.
<h2 id="c6">Chapter 6</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD: <span class="ver">3</span>He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, oM
r vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. <span class="ver">4</span>All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk. <span class="ver">5</span>All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. <span class=M
"ver">6</span>All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body. <span class="ver">7</span>He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head. <span class="ver">8</span>All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD. <span class="ver">9</span>And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave hM
is head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it. <span class="ver">10</span>And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: <span class="ver">11</span>And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day. <span class="ver">12</span>And he shall consecrate unto thM
e LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: <span class="ver">14</span>And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, anM
d one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings, <span class="ver">15</span>And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings. <span class="ver">16</span>And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering: <span class="ver">17</span>And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifiM
ce of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering. <span class="ver">18</span>And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings. <span class="ver">19</span>And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake oM
ut of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven: <span class="ver">20</span>And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine. <span class="ver">21</span>This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: accordM
ing to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">23</span>Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, <span class="ver">24</span>The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: <span class="ver">25</span>The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: <span class="ver">26</span>The LORD lift up his countenance upon theM
e, and give thee peace. <span class="ver">27</span>And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.
<h2 id="c7">Chapter 7</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them; <span class="ver">2</span>That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, wM
ho were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered: <span class="ver">3</span>And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle. <span class="ver">4</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">5</span>Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites,M
to every man according to his service. <span class="ver">6</span>And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. <span class="ver">7</span>Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service: <span class="ver">8</span>And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. <span class="ver">9</span>But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of theM
sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar. <span class="ver">11</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of AmminadM
ab, of the tribe of Judah: <span class="ver">13</span>And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: <span class="ver">14</span>One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense: <span class="ver">15</span>One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: <span class="ver">16</span>One kid of the M
goats for a sin offering: <span class="ver">17</span>And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer: <span class="ver">19</span>He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sancM
tuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: <span class="ver">20</span>One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense: <span class="ver">21</span>One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: <span class="ver">22</span>One kid of the goats for a sin offering: <span class="ver">23</span>And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer: <span class="ver">25</span>His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: <span class="ver">26</span>One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: <span class="ver">27</span>One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of M
the first year, for a burnt offering: <span class="ver">28</span>One kid of the goats for a sin offering: <span class="ver">29</span>And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer: <span class="ver">31</span>His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty sheM
kels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: <span class="ver">32</span>One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: <span class="ver">33</span>One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: <span class="ver">34</span>One kid of the goats for a sin offering: <span class="ver">35</span>And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the fiM
rst year: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur. </p>
<p><span class="ver">36</span>On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer: <span class="ver">37</span>His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: <span class="ver">38</span>One golden spoon of ten shekels, full oM
f incense: <span class="ver">39</span>One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: <span class="ver">40</span>One kid of the goats for a sin offering: <span class="ver">41</span>And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. </p>
<p><span class="ver">42</span>On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered: <span class="ver">43</sM
pan>His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: <span class="ver">44</span>One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: <span class="ver">45</span>One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: <span class="ver">46</span>One kid of the goats for a sin offering: <span class="ver">47</span>And for a sacrifM
ice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">48</span>On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered: <span class="ver">49</span>His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat M
offering: <span class="ver">50</span>One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: <span class="ver">51</span>One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: <span class="ver">52</span>One kid of the goats for a sin offering: <span class="ver">53</span>And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud. </p>
<p><span class="ver">54</span>On the eighth day offered Gamaliel tM
he son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh: <span class="ver">55</span>His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: <span class="ver">56</span>One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: <span class="ver">57</span>One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: <span class="ver">58</span>OneM
kid of the goats for a sin offering: <span class="ver">59</span>And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. </p>
<p><span class="ver">60</span>On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered: <span class="ver">61</span>His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekM
el of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: <span class="ver">62</span>One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: <span class="ver">63</span>One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: <span class="ver">64</span>One kid of the goats for a sin offering: <span class="ver">65</span>And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abidan the son of GidM
<p><span class="ver">66</span>On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered: <span class="ver">67</span>His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: <span class="ver">68</span>One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: <span class="ver">69</span>One young bullock, one raM
m, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: <span class="ver">70</span>One kid of the goats for a sin offering: <span class="ver">71</span>And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. </p>
<p><span class="ver">72</span>On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered: <span class="ver">73</span>His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof waM
s an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: <span class="ver">74</span>One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: <span class="ver">75</span>One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: <span class="ver">76</span>One kid of the goats for a sin offering: <span class="ver">77</span>And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he M
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran. </p>
<p><span class="ver">78</span>On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered: <span class="ver">79</span>His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: <span class="ver">80</span>One golden spoon of tenM
shekels, full of incense: <span class="ver">81</span>One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: <span class="ver">82</span>One kid of the goats for a sin offering: <span class="ver">83</span>And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. <span class="ver">84</span>This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargersM
of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: <span class="ver">85</span>Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: <span class="ver">86</span>The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels. <span class="ver">87</span>All the oxen for the bM
urnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve. <span class="ver">88</span>And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed. <span class="ver">89</span>And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak wM
ith him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.
<h2 id="c8">Chapter 8</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick. <span class="ver">3</span>And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the cM
andlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses. <span class="ver">4</span>And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">6</span>Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. <span class="ver">7</span>And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse theM
m: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean. <span class="ver">8</span>Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering. <span class="ver">9</span>And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together: <span class="ver">1M
0</span>And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites: <span class="ver">11</span>And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD. <span class="ver">12</span>And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the LeM
vites. <span class="ver">13</span>And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD. <span class="ver">14</span>Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine. <span class="ver">15</span>And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering. <span class="ver">16</span>For they are wholly given unto meM
from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me. <span class="ver">17</span>For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself. <span class="ver">18</span>And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel. <span class="ver">19</span>And I have given the Levites as M
a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary. <span class="ver">20</span>And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the cM
hildren of Israel unto them. <span class="ver">21</span>And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them. <span class="ver">22</span>And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And the LORD spake untM
o Moses, saying, <span class="ver">24</span>This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: <span class="ver">25</span>And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more: <span class="ver">26</span>But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto M
the Levites touching their charge.
<h2 id="c9">Chapter 9</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season. <span class="ver">3</span>In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all thM
e ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. <span class="ver">4</span>And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. <span class="ver">5</span>And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and tM
hey came before Moses and before Aaron on that day: <span class="ver">7</span>And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel? <span class="ver">8</span>And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">10</span>Speak unto the chM
ildren of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD. <span class="ver">11</span>The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. <span class="ver">12</span>They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it. <span class="ver">13</spaM
n>But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin. <span class="ver">14</span>And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and forM
him that was born in the land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning. <span class="ver">16</span>So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. <span class="ver">17</span>And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyeM
d: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents. <span class="ver">18</span>At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents. <span class="ver">19</span>And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not. <span class="ver">20</span>And so it was, wheM
n the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed. <span class="ver">21</span>And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. <span class="ver">22</span>Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upM
on the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed. <span class="ver">23</span>At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
<h2 id="c10">Chapter 10</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Make thee two trumpets ofM
silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. <span class="ver">3</span>And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. <span class="ver">4</span>And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. <span class="ver">5</span>When ye blow an alarm, tM
hen the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward. <span class="ver">6</span>When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. <span class="ver">7</span>But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. <span class="ver">8</span>And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout yM
our generations. <span class="ver">9</span>And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. <span class="ver">10</span>Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a meM
morial before your God: I am the LORD your God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony. <span class="ver">12</span>And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. <span class="ver">13</span>And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. </p>M
<p><span class="ver">14</span>In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. <span class="ver">15</span>And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar. <span class="ver">16</span>And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. <span class="ver">17</span>And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of MeM
rari set forward, bearing the tabernacle. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur. <span class="ver">19</span>And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. <span class="ver">20</span>And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. <span class="ver">21</span>And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuaryM
: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. <span class="ver">23</span>And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. <span class="ver">24</span>And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>AnM
d the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. <span class="ver">26</span>And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran. <span class="ver">27</span>And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. <span class="ver">28</span>Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when thM
ey set forward. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses
father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel. <span class="ver">30</span>And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. <span class="ver">31</span>And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest M
how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes. <span class="ver">32</span>And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days
journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days
journey, to search out a resting place for them. <span class="ver">34</span>And the cloud of theM
LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. <span class="ver">35</span>And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. <span class="ver">36</span>And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.
<h2 id="c11">Chapter 11</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindM
led; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. <span class="ver">2</span>And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched. <span class="ver">3</span>And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesM
h to eat? <span class="ver">5</span>We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: <span class="ver">6</span>But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. <span class="ver">7</span>And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium. <span class="ver">8</span>And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar,M
and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. <span class="ver">9</span>And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased. <span class="ver">11</span>And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore haveM
I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? <span class="ver">12</span>Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers? <span class="ver">13</span>Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. <span class="ver">14</span>I am not able tM
o bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. <span class="ver">15</span>And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee. <span M
class="ver">17</span>And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. <span class="ver">18</span>And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and yeM
shall eat. <span class="ver">19</span>Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; <span class="ver">20</span>But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? <span class="ver">21</span>And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh,M
that they may eat a whole month. <span class="ver">22</span>Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? <span class="ver">23</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD
s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of thM
e people, and set them round about the tabernacle. <span class="ver">25</span>And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease. <span class="ver">26</span>But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written,M
but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp. <span class="ver">27</span>And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. <span class="ver">28</span>And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. <span class="ver">29</span>And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD
s people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them! M
<span class="ver">30</span>And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day
s journey on this side, and as it were a day
s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. <span class="ver">32</span>And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and M
they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. <span class="ver">33</span>And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague. <span class="ver">34</span>And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted. <span class="ver">35</span>And the people jM
ourneyed from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
<h2 id="c12">Chapter 12</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. <span class="ver">2</span>And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. <span class="ver">3</span>(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.M
) <span class="ver">4</span>And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out. <span class="ver">5</span>And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth. <span class="ver">6</span>And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak M
unto him in a dream. <span class="ver">7</span>My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. <span class="ver">8</span>With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? <span class="ver">9</span>And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed. <span class="ver">10</span>And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, MirM
iam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous. <span class="ver">11</span>And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. <span class="ver">12</span>Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother
s womb. <span class="ver">13</span>And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee. </p>
ss="ver">14</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again. <span class="ver">15</span>And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again. <span class="ver">16</span>And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
<h2 id="c13">Chapter 13</h2>
s="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. <span class="ver">3</span>And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel. <span class="ver">4</span>And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of ZM
accur. <span class="ver">5</span>Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. <span class="ver">6</span>Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. <span class="ver">7</span>Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. <span class="ver">8</span>Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun. <span class="ver">9</span>Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. <span class="ver">10</span>Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. <span class="ver">11</span>Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, M
of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi. <span class="ver">12</span>Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. <span class="ver">13</span>Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. <span class="ver">14</span>Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. <span class="ver">15</span>Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. <span class="ver">16</span>These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. </p>
<p><span class="veM
r">17</span>And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain: <span class="ver">18</span>And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; <span class="ver">19</span>And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds; <span class="ver">20</span>And what the land is, whether it M
be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. <span class="ver">22</span>And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) <span class=M
"ver">23</span>And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. <span class="ver">24</span>The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence. <span class="ver">25</span>And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>And they went and came to MoM
ses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. <span class="ver">27</span>And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. <span class="ver">28</span>Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great:M
and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. <span class="ver">29</span>The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. <span class="ver">30</span>And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. <span class="ver">31</span>But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up againstM
the people; for they are stronger than we. <span class="ver">32</span>And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. <span class="ver">33</span>And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sightM
<h2 id="c14">Chapter 14</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. <span class="ver">2</span>And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness! <span class="ver">3</span>And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our cM
hildren should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? <span class="ver">4</span>And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. <span class="ver">5</span>Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: <span class="ver">7</span>And they spake M
unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. <span class="ver">8</span>If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. <span class="ver">9</span>Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not. <span class="ver">10</span>But allM
the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? <span class="ver">12</span>I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. </p>
class="ver">13</span>And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) <span class="ver">14</span>And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Now if thoM
u shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, <span class="ver">16</span>Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. <span class="ver">17</span>And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, <span class="ver">18</span>The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and M
by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. <span class="ver">19</span>Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. <span class="ver">20</span>And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word: <span class="ver">21</span>But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD. <span class=M
"ver">22</span>Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; <span class="ver">23</span>Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: <span class="ver">24</span>But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and hM
is seed shall possess it. <span class="ver">25</span>(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, <span class="ver">27</span>How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. <span class="ver">28</span>Say unto them, As trM
uly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: <span class="ver">29</span>Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, <span class="ver">30</span>Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. <span class="ver">31</span>But your little ones, M
which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. <span class="ver">32</span>But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness. <span class="ver">33</span>And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. <span class="ver">34</span>After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, M
even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. <span class="ver">35</span>I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. <span class="ver">36</span>And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land, <span class="ver">37</span>Even those men that did bring up the evilM
report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD. <span class="ver">38</span>But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still. <span class="ver">39</span>And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly. </p>
<p><span class="ver">40</span>And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORM
D hath promised: for we have sinned. <span class="ver">41</span>And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper. <span class="ver">42</span>Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies. <span class="ver">43</span>For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you. <span class="ver">44</span>But they preM
sumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. <span class="ver">45</span>Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
<h2 id="c15">Chapter 15</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, whM
ich I give unto you, <span class="ver">3</span>And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock: <span class="ver">4</span>Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil. <span class="ver">5</span>And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drinM
k offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. <span class="ver">6</span>Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil. <span class="ver">7</span>And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. <span class="ver">8</span>And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LOM
RD: <span class="ver">9</span>Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil. <span class="ver">10</span>And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. <span class="ver">11</span>Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid. <span class="ver">12</span>According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to tM
heir number. <span class="ver">13</span>All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. <span class="ver">14</span>And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do. <span class="ver">15</span>One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojournethM
with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD. <span class="ver">16</span>One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">18</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you, <span class="ver">19</span>Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye sM
hall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD. <span class="ver">20</span>Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it. <span class="ver">21</span>Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses, <span class="ver">23</span>Even all thM
at the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations; <span class="ver">24</span>Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering. <span class="ver">25</span>AnM
d the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance: <span class="ver">26</span>And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>And if any soul siM
n through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering. <span class="ver">28</span>And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. <span class="ver">29</span>Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. </p>
<p><span class="verM
">30</span>But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. <span class="ver">31</span>Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. <sM
pan class="ver">33</span>And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. <span class="ver">34</span>And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. <span class="ver">35</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. <span class="ver">36</span>And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he dM
ied; as the LORD commanded Moses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">37</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">38</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: <span class="ver">39</span>And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not aftM
er your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: <span class="ver">40</span>That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. <span class="ver">41</span>I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.
<h2 id="c16">Chapter 16</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of ReM
uben, took men: <span class="ver">2</span>And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: <span class="ver">3</span>And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD? <span class="veM
r">4</span>And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: <span class="ver">5</span>And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him. <span class="ver">6</span>This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; <span class="ver">7</span>And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be that the M
man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. <span class="ver">8</span>And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi: <span class="ver">9</span>Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them? <span class="ver">10</span>And he hath brought thee near to hM
im, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also? <span class="ver">11</span>For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him? </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up: <span class="ver">13</span>Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wM
ilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us? <span class="ver">14</span>Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. <span class="ver">15</span>And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them. <span class="ver">16</span>And Moses said unto Korah, Be tM
hou and all thy company before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow: <span class="ver">17</span>And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer. <span class="ver">18</span>And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron. <span class="ver">19</span>And Korah M
gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation. <span class="ver">20</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, <span class="ver">21</span>Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. <span class="ver">22</span>And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all theM
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">24</span>Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. <span class="ver">25</span>And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. <span class="ver">26</span>And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in alM
l their sins. <span class="ver">27</span>So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. <span class="ver">28</span>And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. <span class="ver">29</span>If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitatM
ion of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me. <span class="ver">30</span>But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: <span class="ver">32</span>And the earth opened her mouth, and sM
wallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. <span class="ver">33</span>They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation. <span class="ver">34</span>And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. <span class="ver">35</span>And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred aM
nd fifty men that offered incense. </p>
<p><span class="ver">36</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">37</span>Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed. <span class="ver">38</span>The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be aM
sign unto the children of Israel. <span class="ver">39</span>And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar: <span class="ver">40</span>To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">41</span>But on M
the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD. <span class="ver">42</span>And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared. <span class="ver">43</span>And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">44<M
/span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">45</span>Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. </p>
<p><span class="ver">46</span>And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun. <span class="ver">47</span>And Aaron took as Moses commanded,M
and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. <span class="ver">48</span>And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. <span class="ver">49</span>Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah. <span class="ver">50</span>And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: aM
nd the plague was stayed.
<h2 id="c17">Chapter 17</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man
s name upon his rod. <span class="ver">3</span>And thou shalt write Aaron
s name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of tM
heir fathers. <span class="ver">4</span>And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you. <span class="ver">5</span>And it shall come to pass, that the man
s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prM
ince one, according to their fathers
houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. <span class="ver">7</span>And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness. <span class="ver">8</span>And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. <span class="ver">9</span>And Moses brought out all the rods from beforeM
the LORD unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron
s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not. <span class="ver">11</span>And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he. <span class="ver">12</span>And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all pM
erish. <span class="ver">13</span>Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
<h2 id="c18">Chapter 18</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father
s house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. <span class="ver">2</span>And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thM
ee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness. <span class="ver">3</span>And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die. <span class="ver">4</span>And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a strM
anger shall not come nigh unto you. <span class="ver">5</span>And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel. <span class="ver">6</span>And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. <span class="ver">7</span>Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest
very thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest
s office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever. <span class="ver">9</span>This shall be thinM
e of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. <span class="ver">10</span>In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee. <span class="ver">11</span>And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I hM
ave given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. <span class="ver">12</span>All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee. <span class="ver">13</span>And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it. <spaM
n class="ver">14</span>Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. <span class="ver">15</span>Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. <span class="ver">16</span>And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of M
the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. <span class="ver">17</span>But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. <span class="ver">18</span>And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine. <span class="ver">19</span>All the heave offerings of the holy things, whM
ich the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. <span class="ver">21</span>And, behold, I have given the children of Levi alM
l the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. <span class="ver">22</span>Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. <span class="ver">23</span>But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel theyM
have no inheritance. <span class="ver">24</span>But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">26</span>Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for yourM
inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe. <span class="ver">27</span>And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress. <span class="ver">28</span>Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD
s heave offering to Aaron the priest. <span class="ver">2M
9</span>Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it. <span class="ver">30</span>Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress. <span class="ver">31</span>And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle ofM
the congregation. <span class="ver">32</span>And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.
<h2 id="c19">Chapter 19</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein M
is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: <span class="ver">3</span>And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: <span class="ver">4</span>And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times: <span class="ver">5</span>And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he M
burn: <span class="ver">6</span>And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. <span class="ver">7</span>Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. <span class="ver">8</span>And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. <span class="ver">9</sM
pan>And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin. <span class="ver">10</span>And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">M
11</span>He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. <span class="ver">12</span>He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. <span class="ver">13</span>Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not M
sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him. <span class="ver">14</span>This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. <span class="ver">15</span>And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean. <span class="ver">16</span>And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. <span claM
ss="ver">17</span>And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel: <span class="ver">18</span>And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: <span class="ver">19</span>And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the thirdM
day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. <span class="ver">20</span>But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. <span class="ver">21</span>And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinM
kleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even. <span class="ver">22</span>And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.
<h2 id="c20">Chapter 20</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried thereM
. <span class="ver">2</span>And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. <span class="ver">3</span>And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD! <span class="ver">4</span>And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? <span class="ver">5</span>And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to brM
ing us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink. <span class="ver">6</span>And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">8</span>Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and AaM
ron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. <span class="ver">9</span>And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. <span class="ver">10</span>And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? <span class="ver">11</span>M
And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. <span class="ver">13</span>This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and hM
e was sanctified in them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us: <span class="ver">15</span>How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers: <span class="ver">16</span>And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in KM
adesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border: <span class="ver">17</span>Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king
s high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. <span class="ver">18</span>And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword. <span class="ver">19</span>And the childreM
n of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet. <span class="ver">20</span>And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. <span class="ver">21</span>Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And the children of Israel, eM
ven the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor. <span class="ver">23</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying, <span class="ver">24</span>Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah. <span class="ver">25</span>Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor: <span class="vM
er">26</span>And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there. <span class="ver">27</span>And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. <span class="ver">28</span>And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. <span class="ver">29</span>And when all tM
he congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
<h2 id="c21">Chapter 21</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners. <span class="ver">2</span>And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. <sM
pan class="ver">3</span>And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. <span class="ver">5</span>And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to dM
ie in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. <span class="ver">6</span>And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. <span class="ver">8</span>AM
nd the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. <span class="ver">9</span>And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. <span class="ver">11</span>And they journeyed from ObotM
h, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared. <span class="ver">13</span>From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. <span class="ver">14</span>Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did iM
n the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, <span class="ver">15</span>And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab. <span class="ver">16</span>And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: <span class="ver">18</span>The princes digged the well, the nobles of theM
people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah: <span class="ver">19</span>And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: <span class="ver">20</span>And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, <span class="ver">22</span>Let me pass through thy land: we will nM
ot turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king
s high way, until we be past thy borders. <span class="ver">23</span>And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. <span class="ver">24</span>And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto JabbM
ok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. <span class="ver">25</span>And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. <span class="ver">26</span>For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. <span class="ver">27</span>Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into HM
eshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: <span class="ver">28</span>For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. <span class="ver">29</span>Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. <span class="ver">30</span>We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid themM
waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. <span class="ver">32</span>And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei. <span class="ver">34</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, FM
ear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. <span class="ver">35</span>So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.
<h2 id="c22">Chapter 22</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. </p>
="ver">2</span>And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. <span class="ver">3</span>And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. <span class="ver">4</span>And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. <span class="ver">5</span>He sent messengerM
s therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me: <span class="ver">6</span>Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, andM
he whom thou cursest is cursed. <span class="ver">7</span>And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. <span class="ver">8</span>And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. <span class="ver">9</span>And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee? <span class="ver">1M
0</span>And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, <span class="ver">11</span>Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. <span class="ver">12</span>And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed. <span class="ver">13</span>And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the pM
rinces of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you. <span class="ver">14</span>And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they. <span class="ver">16</span>And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me: <span class="ver">17</sM
pan>For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. <span class="ver">18</span>And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more. <span class="ver">19</span>Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more. <span class="ver">20</sM
pan>And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. <span class="ver">21</span>And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And God
s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with hM
im. <span class="ver">23</span>And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. <span class="ver">24</span>But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. <span class="ver">25</span>And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam
the wall: and he smote her again. <span class="ver">26</span>And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. <span class="ver">27</span>And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam
s anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. <span class="ver">28</span>And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these M
three times? <span class="ver">29</span>And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee. <span class="ver">30</span>And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. <span class="ver">31</span>Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: aM
nd he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. <span class="ver">32</span>And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me: <span class="ver">33</span>And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive. <span class="ver">34</span>And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I kM
new not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again. <span class="ver">35</span>And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. </p>
<p><span class="ver">36</span>And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast. <span class="ver">M
37</span>And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour? <span class="ver">38</span>And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. <span class="ver">39</span>And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath-huzoth. <span class="ver">40</span>And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to BalM
aam, and to the princes that were with him. <span class="ver">41</span>And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.
<h2 id="c23">Chapter 23</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. <span class="ver">2</span>And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock anM
d a ram. <span class="ver">3</span>And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. <span class="ver">4</span>And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. <span class="ver">5</span>And the LORD put a word in Balaam
s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. <span clasM
s="ver">6</span>And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. <span class="ver">7</span>And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. <span class="ver">8</span>How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? <span class="ver">9</span>For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from theM
hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. <span class="ver">10</span>Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! <span class="ver">11</span>And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. <span class="ver">12</span>And he answered and said, Must I not take heed toM
speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth? <span class="ver">13</span>And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. <span class="ver">15</span>And he said unto Balak, Stand heM
re by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder. <span class="ver">16</span>And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. <span class="ver">17</span>And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken? <span class="ver">18</span>And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: <span class="ver">19</span>God iM
s not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? <span class="ver">20</span>Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. <span class="ver">21</span>He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. <span class="ver">22</span>God brought them out of EgyM
pt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn. <span class="ver">23</span>Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! <span class="ver">24</span>Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>And Balak said unto Balaam, M
Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. <span class="ver">26</span>But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do? </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. <span class="ver">28</span>And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. <span class="ver">29</span>And M
Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. <span class="ver">30</span>And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
<h2 id="c24">Chapter 24</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. <span class="ver">2</span>And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abidinM
g in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him. <span class="ver">3</span>And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: <span class="ver">4</span>He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: <span class="ver">5</span>How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! <span class="ver">6</span>As the valleys are they sM
pread forth, as gardens by the river
s side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters. <span class="ver">7</span>He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. <span class="ver">8</span>God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them thM
rough with his arrows. <span class="ver">9</span>He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And Balak
s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times. <span class="ver">11</span>Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thoughM
t to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour. <span class="ver">12</span>And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying, <span class="ver">13</span>If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak? <span class="ver">14</span>And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and IM
will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: <span class="ver">16</span>He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: <span class="ver">17</span>I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigM
h: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. <span class="ver">18</span>And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly. <span class="ver">19</span>Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, andM
said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever. <span class="ver">21</span>And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. <span class="ver">22</span>Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. <span class="ver">23</span>And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this! <span class="ver">24</span>And ships shall comM
e from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever. <span class="ver">25</span>And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.
<h2 id="c25">Chapter 25</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. <span class="ver">2</span>And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to theM
ir gods. <span class="ver">3</span>And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. <span class="ver">4</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. <span class="ver">5</span>And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And, behold, one of M
the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. <span class="ver">7</span>And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; <span class="ver">8</span>And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them throM
ugh, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. <span class="ver">9</span>And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">11</span>Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousM
y. <span class="ver">12</span>Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: <span class="ver">13</span>And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel. <span class="ver">14</span>Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites. <span class="ver">15</spaM
n>And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">17</span>Vex the Midianites, and smite them: <span class="ver">18</span>For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plaguM
<h2 id="c26">Chapter 26</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers
house, all that are able to go to war in Israel. <span class="ver">3</span>And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan nearM
Jericho, saying, <span class="ver">4</span>Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites: <span class="ver">6</span>Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. <span class="ver">7</spaM
n>These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. <span class="ver">8</span>And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. <span class="ver">9</span>And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD: <span class="ver">10</span>And the earth opened her mouth, and swalloM
wed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign. <span class="ver">11</span>Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites: <span class="ver">13</span>Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. <span M
class="ver">14</span>These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites: <span class="ver">16</span>Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites: <span class="ver">17</span>Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites. <span class="ver">18<M
/span>These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. <span class="ver">20</span>And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. <span class="ver">21</span>And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the familM
y of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. <span class="ver">22</span>These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites: <span class="ver">24</span>Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. <span class="ver">25</span>These are tM
he families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. <span class="ver">27</span>These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>The sons oM
f Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. <span class="ver">29</span>Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites. <span class="ver">30</span>These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: <span class="ver">31</span>And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites: <span class="ver">32</span>And of Shemida, tM
he family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. <span class="ver">34</span>These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the fM
amily of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. <span class="ver">36</span>And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. <span class="ver">37</span>These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families. </p>
<p><span class="ver">38</span>The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family M
of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites: <span class="ver">39</span>Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. <span class="ver">40</span>And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. <span class="ver">41</span>These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred. <M
<p><span class="ver">42</span>These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families. <span class="ver">43</span>All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred. </p>
<p><span class="ver">44</span>Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the familyM
of the Beriites. <span class="ver">45</span>Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. <span class="ver">46</span>And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah. <span class="ver">47</span>These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. </p>
<p><span class="ver">48</span>Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the JahzeelitM
es: of Guni, the family of the Gunites: <span class="ver">49</span>Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. <span class="ver">50</span>These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred. <span class="ver">51</span>These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. </p>
<p><span class="ver">52</span>And the LORD spake uM
nto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">53</span>Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. <span class="ver">54</span>To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him. <span class="ver">55</span>Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. <span class="ver">56<M
/span>According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few. </p>
<p><span class="ver">57</span>And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites. <span class="ver">58</span>These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of tM
he Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram. <span class="ver">59</span>And the name of Amram
s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. <span class="ver">60</span>And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. <span class="ver">61</span>And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD. <span class="ver">62</span>And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thouM
sand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">63</span>These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. <span class="ver">64</span>But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in M
the wilderness of Sinai. <span class="ver">65</span>For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
<h2 id="c27">Chapter 27</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, anM
d Milcah, and Tirzah. <span class="ver">2</span>And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, <span class="ver">3</span>Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons. <span class="ver">4</span>Why should the name of our father be done away from among hisM
family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father. <span class="ver">5</span>And Moses brought their cause before the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">7</span>The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father
s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them. <span class="ver">8</span>And thou shaM
lt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. <span class="ver">9</span>And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. <span class="ver">10</span>And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father
s brethren. <span class="ver">11</span>And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, anM
d he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. <span class="ver">13</span>And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered. <span class="ver">14</span>For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strM
ife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying, <span class="ver">16</span>Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, <span class="ver">17</span>Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheeM
p which have no shepherd. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him; <span class="ver">19</span>And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight. <span class="ver">20</span>And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient. <span class="ver">21</span>And he shall stand before M
Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation. <span class="ver">22</span>And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: <span class="ver">23</span>And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of MosM
<h2 id="c28">Chapter 28</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season. <span class="ver">3</span>And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual M
burnt offering. <span class="ver">4</span>The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even; <span class="ver">5</span>And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil. <span class="ver">6</span>It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. <span class="ver">7</span>And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin foM
r the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering. <span class="ver">8</span>And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drinM
k offering thereof: <span class="ver">10</span>This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot; <span class="ver">12</span>And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, minglM
ed with oil, for one ram; <span class="ver">13</span>And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. <span class="ver">14</span>And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year. <span class="ver">15</span>And one kid of thM
e goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. <span class="ver">16</span>And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD. <span class="ver">17</span>And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. <span class="ver">18</span>In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein: <span class="ver">19</span>But ye shall offer a sacrifM
ice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish: <span class="ver">20</span>And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram; <span class="ver">21</span>A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs: <span class="ver">22</span>And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement forM
you. <span class="ver">23</span>Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering. <span class="ver">24</span>After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. <span class="ver">25</span>And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work. </p>
="ver">26</span>Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: <span class="ver">27</span>But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year; <span class="ver">28</span>And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram, <span class="ver">29</span>M
A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs; <span class="ver">30</span>And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you. <span class="ver">31</span>Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink offerings.
<h2 id="c29">Chapter 29</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day oM
f blowing the trumpets unto you. <span class="ver">2</span>And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish: <span class="ver">3</span>And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram, <span class="ver">4</span>And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: <span class="ver">5</span>And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to mM
ake an atonement for you: <span class="ver">6</span>Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein: <span class="ver">8</span>But ye shall offer a burnt ofM
fering unto the LORD for a sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish: <span class="ver">9</span>And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram, <span class="ver">10</span>A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: <span class="ver">11</span>One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offeriM
ng, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: <span class="ver">13</span>And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish: <span class="ver">14</span>And theM
ir meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams, <span class="ver">15</span>And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs: <span class="ver">16</span>And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lamM
bs of the first year without spot: <span class="ver">18</span>And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: <span class="ver">19</span>And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish; <M
span class="ver">21</span>And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: <span class="ver">22</span>And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: <span class="ver">24</span>Their meat offering and their dM
rink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: <span class="ver">25</span>And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: <span class="ver">27</span>And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and fM
or the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: <span class="ver">28</span>And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: <span class="ver">30</span>And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after M
the manner: <span class="ver">31</span>And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: <span class="ver">33</span>And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: <span class="ver">34</span>And one goat for a M
sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein: <span class="ver">36</span>But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish: <span class="ver">37</span>Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and foM
r the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: <span class="ver">38</span>And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. <span class="ver">39</span>These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings. <span class="ver">40</span>And Moses told the children of IsrM
ael according to all that the LORD commanded Moses.
<h2 id="c30">Chapter 30</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded. <span class="ver">2</span>If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. <span class="ver">3</span>If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, aM
nd bind herself by a bond, being in her father
s house in her youth; <span class="ver">4</span>And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. <span class="ver">5</span>But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, becauseM
her father disallowed her. <span class="ver">6</span>And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul; <span class="ver">7</span>And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. <span class="ver">8</span>But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered wiM
th her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her. <span class="ver">9</span>But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. <span class="ver">10</span>And if she vowed in her husband
s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; <span class="ver">11</span>And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound heM
r soul shall stand. <span class="ver">12</span>But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her. <span class="ver">13</span>Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. <span class="ver">14</span>But if her husband altogether hold his peace atM
her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. <span class="ver">15</span>But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity. <span class="ver">16</span>These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. <span class="ver">3</span>And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian. <span class="ver">4</span>Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. <span class="veM
r">5</span>So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. <span class="ver">6</span>And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand. <span class="ver">7</span>And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. <span class="ver">8</span>And they slew the kings of Midian,M
beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. <span class="ver">9</span>And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. <span class="ver">10</span>And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. <span class="ver">11</span>And tM
hey took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. <span class="ver">12</span>And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. <span class="ver">14</span>And Moses was wroth wiM
th the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle. <span class="ver">15</span>And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? <span class="ver">16</span>Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD. <span class="ver">17</span>Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill eveM
ry woman that hath known man by lying with him. <span class="ver">18</span>But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. <span class="ver">19</span>And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day. <span class="ver">20</span>And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats
and all things made of wood. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses; <span class="ver">22</span>Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, <span class="ver">23</span>Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth notM
the fire ye shall make go through the water. <span class="ver">24</span>And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">26</span>Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation: <span class="ver">27</span>And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took tM
he war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation: <span class="ver">28</span>And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep: <span class="ver">29</span>Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD. <span class="ver">30</span>And of the children of Israel
s half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persM
ons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. <span class="ver">31</span>And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses. <span class="ver">32</span>And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep, <span class="ver">33</span>And threescore and twelve thousand beeves, <span class="ver">34<M
/span>And threescore and one thousand asses, <span class="ver">35</span>And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him. <span class="ver">36</span>And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep: <span class="ver">37</span>And the LORD
s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. <span class="ver">38</span>And the beeves were thirty and siM
x thousand; of which the LORD
s tribute was threescore and twelve. <span class="ver">39</span>And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD
s tribute was threescore and one. <span class="ver">40</span>And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD
s tribute was thirty and two persons. <span class="ver">41</span>And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD
s heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses. <span class="ver">42</span>And of the childreM
s half, which Moses divided from the men that warred, <span class="ver">43</span>(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep, <span class="ver">44</span>And thirty and six thousand beeves, <span class="ver">45</span>And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, <span class="ver">46</span>And sixteen thousand persons;) <span class="ver">47</span>Even of the children of Israel
s half, Moses took one portion oM
f fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">48</span>And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses: <span class="ver">49</span>And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us. <span class="ver">50</span>We have M
therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD. <span class="ver">51</span>And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. <span class="ver">52</span>And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. <spanM
class="ver">53</span>(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) <span class="ver">54</span>And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.
<h2 id="c32">Chapter 32</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the landM
of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; <span class="ver">2</span>The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, <span class="ver">3</span>Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, <span class="ver">4</span>Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: <spanM
class="ver">5</span>Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? <span class="ver">7</span>And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them? <span class="ver">8</span>Thus did youM
r fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. <span class="ver">9</span>For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them. <span class="ver">10</span>And the LORD
s anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying, <span class="ver">11</span>Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swaM
re unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me: <span class="ver">12</span>Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD. <span class="ver">13</span>And the LORD
s anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed. <span class="ver">14</span>And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers
stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel. <span class="ver">15</span>For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: <span class="ver">17</span>But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unM
to their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land. <span class="ver">18</span>We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance. <span class="ver">19</span>For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed beM
fore the LORD to war, <span class="ver">21</span>And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him, <span class="ver">22</span>And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD. <span class="ver">23</span>But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out. <span class="verM
">24</span>Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. <span class="ver">25</span>And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. <span class="ver">26</span>Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead: <span class="ver">27</span>But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as myM
lord saith. <span class="ver">28</span>So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel: <span class="ver">29</span>And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: <span class="ver">30</span>But if they will not pass M
over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. <span class="ver">31</span>And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. <span class="ver">32</span>We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours. <span class="ver">33</span>And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto M
half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about. </p>
<p><span class="ver">34</span>And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, <span class="ver">35</span>And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, <span class="ver">36</span>And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep. <span class="ver">37</span>And tM
he children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, <span class="ver">38</span>And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded. <span class="ver">39</span>And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it. <span class="ver">40</span>And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein. <span class="ver">41</span>And Jair the son of ManM
asseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair. <span class="ver">42</span>And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
<h2 id="c33">Chapter 33</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. <span class="ver">2</span>And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of thM
e LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out. <span class="ver">3</span>And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians. <span class="ver">4</span>For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments. <span class="ver">5</span>And the children of Israel reM
moved from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth. <span class="ver">6</span>And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. <span class="ver">7</span>And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and they pitched before Migdol. <span class="ver">8</span>And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days
journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in MM
arah. <span class="ver">9</span>And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there. <span class="ver">10</span>And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea. <span class="ver">11</span>And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. <span class="ver">12</span>And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. <span class="ver">13</span>And they deparM
ted from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. <span class="ver">14</span>And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink. <span class="ver">15</span>And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai. <span class="ver">16</span>And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah. <span class="ver">17</span>And they departed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth. <span class="ver">18</span>And they departed from HazeM
roth, and pitched in Rithmah. <span class="ver">19</span>And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon-parez. <span class="ver">20</span>And they departed from Rimmon-parez, and pitched in Libnah. <span class="ver">21</span>And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah. <span class="ver">22</span>And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah. <span class="ver">23</span>And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher. <span class="ver">24</span>And they removed from mount ShapheM
r, and encamped in Haradah. <span class="ver">25</span>And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth. <span class="ver">26</span>And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath. <span class="ver">27</span>And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah. <span class="ver">28</span>And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah. <span class="ver">29</span>And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah. <span class="ver">30</span>And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at MoseroM
th. <span class="ver">31</span>And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan. <span class="ver">32</span>And they removed from Bene-jaakan, and encamped at Hor-hagidgad. <span class="ver">33</span>And they went from Hor-hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah. <span class="ver">34</span>And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah. <span class="ver">35</span>And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber. <span class="ver">36</span>And they removed from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in M
the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh. <span class="ver">37</span>And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. <span class="ver">38</span>And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month. <span class="ver">39</span>And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. <span class=M
"ver">40</span>And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. <span class="ver">41</span>And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah. <span class="ver">42</span>And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon. <span class="ver">43</span>And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth. <span class="ver">44</span>And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab. <span class="ver">45</span>M
And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon-gad. <span class="ver">46</span>And they removed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim. <span class="ver">47</span>And they removed from Almon-diblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. <span class="ver">48</span>And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. <span class="ver">49</span>And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.M
<p><span class="ver">50</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, <span class="ver">51</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan; <span class="ver">52</span>Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places: <span class="ver">53</span>And ye shall disposseM
ss the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it. <span class="ver">54</span>And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man
s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit. <span class="ver">55</span>But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land froM
m before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. <span class="ver">56</span>Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.
<h2 id="c34">Chapter 34</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (tM
his is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) <span class="ver">3</span>Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward: <span class="ver">4</span>And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, andM
pass on to Azmon: <span class="ver">5</span>And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. <span class="ver">6</span>And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. <span class="ver">7</span>And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor: <span class="ver">8</span>From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath;M
and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad: </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border. <span class="ver">10</span>And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham: <span class="ver">11</span>And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward: <span class="vM
er">12</span>And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about. <span class="ver">13</span>And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe: <span class="ver">14</span>For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad accorM
ding to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance: <span class="ver">15</span>The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising. <span class="ver">16</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">17</span>These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. <span class="ver">18M
</span>And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance. <span class="ver">19</span>And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. <span class="ver">20</span>And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. <span class="ver">21</span>Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. <span class="ver">22</span>And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli. <span class="ver">23</span>The princeM
of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod. <span class="ver">24</span>And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. <span class="ver">25</span>And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. <span class="ver">26</span>And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan. <span class="ver">27</span>And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud tM
he son of Shelomi. <span class="ver">28</span>And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud. <span class="ver">29</span>These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
<h2 id="c35">Chapter 35</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the iM
nheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them. <span class="ver">3</span>And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. <span class="ver">4</span>And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. <span class="ver">5</span>And ye shall measuM
re from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. <span class="ver">6</span>And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities. <span cM
lass="ver">7</span>So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs. <span class="ver">8</span>And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, M
saying, <span class="ver">10</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; <span class="ver">11</span>Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. <span class="ver">12</span>And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment. <span class="ver">13</span>And of these citiM
es which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge. <span class="ver">14</span>Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. <span class="ver">15</span>These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither. <span class="ver">16</span>And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so thM
at he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. <span class="ver">17</span>And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. <span class="ver">18</span>Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. <span class="ver">19</span>The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall sM
lay him. <span class="ver">20</span>But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die; <span class="ver">21</span>Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him. <span class="ver">22</span>But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait, <span class="ver">23</span>Or with any stone, wherewith a maM
n may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm: <span class="ver">24</span>Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments: <span class="ver">25</span>And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anM
ointed with the holy oil. <span class="ver">26</span>But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled; <span class="ver">27</span>And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood: <span class="ver">28</span>Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shaM
ll return into the land of his possession. <span class="ver">29</span>So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. <span class="ver">30</span>Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. <span class="ver">31</span>Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to M
death. <span class="ver">32</span>And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. <span class="ver">33</span>So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. <span class="ver">34</span>Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORDM
dwell among the children of Israel.
<h2 id="c36">Chapter 36</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel: <span class="ver">2</span>And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the M
LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. <span class="ver">3</span>And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance. <span class="ver">4</span>And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto M
the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. <span class="ver">5</span>And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well. <span class="ver">6</span>This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shaM
ll they marry. <span class="ver">7</span>So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. <span class="ver">8</span>And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. <span class="ver">9</span>NM
either shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance. <span class="ver">10</span>Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad: <span class="ver">11</span>For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father
sons: <span class="ver">12</span>And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh theM
son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father. <span class="ver">13</span>These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. </p>
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<span>THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED</span>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
<li><a href="#c2">2</a></li>
<li><a href="#c3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="#c4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="#c5">5</a></li>
<li><a href="#c6">6</a></li>
<li><a href="#c7">7</a></li>
<li><a href="#c8">8</a></li>
<li><a href="#c9">9</a></li>
<li><a href="#c10">10</a></li>
<li><a href="#c11">11</a></li>
<li><a href="#c12">12</a></li>
<li><a href="#c13">13</a></li>
<li><a href="#c14">14</a></li>
<li><a href="#c15">15</a></li>
href="#c16">16</a></li>
<li><a href="#c17">17</a></li>
<li><a href="#c18">18</a></li>
<li><a href="#c19">19</a></li>
<li><a href="#c20">20</a></li>
<li><a href="#c21">21</a></li>
<li><a href="#c22">22</a></li>
<li><a href="#c23">23</a></li>
<li><a href="#c24">24</a></li>
<li><a href="#c25">25</a></li>
<li><a href="#c26">26</a></li>
<li><a href="#c27">27</a></li>
<li><a href="#c28">28</a></li>
<li><a href="#c29">29</a></li>
<li><a href="#c30">30</M
<li><a href="#c31">31</a></li>
<li><a href="#c32">32</a></li>
<li><a href="#c33">33</a></li>
<li><a href="#c34">34</a></li>
<li><a href="#c35">35</a></li>
<li><a href="#c36">36</a></li>
<li><a href="#c37">37</a></li>
<li><a href="#c38">38</a></li>
<li><a href="#c39">39</a></li>
<li><a href="#c40">40</a></li>
<h2 id="c1">Chapter 1</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into EgyM
pt; every man and his household came with Jacob. <span class="ver">2</span>Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, <span class="ver">3</span>Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, <span class="ver">4</span>Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. <span class="ver">5</span>And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. <span class="ver">6</span>And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And the children of Israel were fM
ruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. <span class="ver">8</span>Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. <span class="ver">9</span>And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: <span class="ver">10</span>Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fiM
ght against us, and so get them up out of the land. <span class="ver">11</span>Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. <span class="ver">12</span>But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. <span class="ver">13</span>And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: <span class="ver">14</span>And they made their lM
ives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: <span class="ver">16</span>And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, M
then she shall live. <span class="ver">17</span>But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. <span class="ver">18</span>And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive? <span class="ver">19</span>And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. <spaM
n class="ver">20</span>Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. <span class="ver">21</span>And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses. <span class="ver">22</span>And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
<h2 id="c2">Chapter 2</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughterM
of Levi. <span class="ver">2</span>And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. <span class="ver">3</span>And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river
s brink. <span class="ver">4</span>And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And the daughterM
of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river
s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. <span class="ver">6</span>And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews
children. <span class="ver">7</span>Then said his sister to Pharaoh
s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child forM
thee? <span class="ver">8</span>And Pharaoh
s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child
s mother. <span class="ver">9</span>And Pharaoh
s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it. <span class="ver">10</span>And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh
s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water. </p>
><span class="ver">11</span>And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. <span class="ver">12</span>And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. <span class="ver">13</span>And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, WherM
efore smitest thou thy fellow? <span class="ver">14</span>And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. <span class="ver">15</span>Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. <span class="ver">16</span>Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, M
and filled the troughs to water their father
s flock. <span class="ver">17</span>And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. <span class="ver">18</span>And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day? <span class="ver">19</span>And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. <span class="ver">20</span>And he said unto his daugM
hters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread. <span class="ver">21</span>And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. <span class="ver">22</span>And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they M
cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. <span class="ver">24</span>And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. <span class="ver">25</span>And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
<h2 id="c3">Chapter 3</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, M
even to Horeb. <span class="ver">2</span>And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. <span class="ver">3</span>And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. <span class="ver">4</span>And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. <span claM
ss="ver">5</span>And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. <span class="ver">6</span>Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I knM
ow their sorrows; <span class="ver">8</span>And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. <span class="ver">9</span>Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress themM
. <span class="ver">10</span>Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? <span class="ver">12</span>And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shM
all serve God upon this mountain. <span class="ver">13</span>And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? <span class="ver">14</span>And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. <span class="ver">15</span>And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unM
to the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. <span class="ver">16</span>Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: <span class="ver">17</span>And I have said, M
I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. <span class="ver">18</span>And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days
journey into the wilderness, that we mayM
sacrifice to the LORD our God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand. <span class="ver">20</span>And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go. <span class="ver">21</span>And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty: <span class="ver">22</span>But every wM
oman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
<h2 id="c4">Chapter 4</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee. <span class="ver">2</span>And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand?M
And he said, A rod. <span class="ver">3</span>And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. <span class="ver">4</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand: <span class="ver">5</span>That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. </p>M
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. <span class="ver">7</span>And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. <span class="ver">8</span>And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voiM
ce of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. <span class="ver">9</span>And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken untM
o thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. <span class="ver">11</span>And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man
s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? <span class="ver">12</span>Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. <span class="ver">13</span>And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. <span class="ver">14</span>And the anger of the LORD was kindled againM
st Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. <span class="ver">15</span>And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. <span class="ver">16</span>And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be M
to him instead of God. <span class="ver">17</span>And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. <span class="ver">19</span>And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy lifeM
. <span class="ver">20</span>And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. <span class="ver">21</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. <span class="ver">22</span>And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, eveM
n my firstborn: <span class="ver">23</span>And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him. <span class="ver">25</span>Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. <span class="ver">26</span>So he letM
him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him. <span class="ver">28</span>And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: <span classM
="ver">30</span>And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. <span class="ver">31</span>And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
<h2 id="c5">Chapter 5</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that tM
hey may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. <span class="ver">2</span>And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. <span class="ver">3</span>And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days
journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. <span class="ver">4</span>And the king of Egypt said unto them, WhereforeM
do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. <span class="ver">5</span>And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. <span class="ver">6</span>And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, <span class="ver">7</span>Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. <span class="ver">8</span>And the tale of thM
e bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. <span class="ver">9</span>Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. <span class="veM
r">11</span>Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished. <span class="ver">12</span>So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. <span class="ver">13</span>And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. <span class="ver">14</span>And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh
s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, WhereforM
e have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore? </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? <span class="ver">16</span>There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. <span class="ver">17</span>But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, LM
et us go and do sacrifice to the LORD. <span class="ver">18</span>Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. <span class="ver">19</span>And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: <span class="ver">21</span>And theyM
said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. <span class="ver">22</span>And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me? <span class="ver">23</span>For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
<h2 id="c6">Chapter 6</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. <span class="ver">2</span>And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: <span class="ver">3</span>And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. <span class="ver">4</span>And I hM
ave also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. <span class="ver">5</span>And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. <span class="ver">6</span>Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretM
ched out arm, and with great judgments: <span class="ver">7</span>And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. <span class="ver">8</span>And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And Moses spake so unto the children ofM
Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. <span class="ver">10</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">11</span>Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. <span class="ver">12</span>And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips? <span class="ver">13</span>And the LORD spake unto MoM
ses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>These be the heads of their fathers
houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben. <span class="ver">15</span>And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the M
families of Simeon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years. <span class="ver">17</span>The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families. <span class="ver">18</span>And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years. <span class="verM
">19</span>And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations. <span class="ver">20</span>And Amram took him Jochebed his father
s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. <span class="ver">22</span>And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri. <span class="ver">23</span>AM
nd Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. <span class="ver">24</span>And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites. <span class="ver">25</span>And Eleazar Aaron
s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families. <span class="ver">26</span>These are that Aaron and M
Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies. <span class="ver">27</span>These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt, <span class="ver">29</span>That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all thM
at I say unto thee. <span class="ver">30</span>And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
<h2 id="c7">Chapter 7</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. <span class="ver">2</span>Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. <span class="ver">3</M
span>And I will harden Pharaoh
s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">4</span>But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. <span class="ver">5</span>And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. <span class="ver">6</span>And MoseM
s and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they. <span class="ver">7</span>And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, <span class="ver">9</span>When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And MoM
ses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. <span class="ver">11</span>Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. <span class="ver">12</span>For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron
s rod swallowed up their rods. <span class="ver">13</span>And he hardened PharM
s heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh
s heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go. <span class="ver">15</span>Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river
s brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand. <span class="ver">16</span>And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews haM
th sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear. <span class="ver">17</span>Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. <span class="ver">18</span>And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the riveM
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone. <span class="ver">20</span>And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that M
were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. <span class="ver">21</span>And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">22</span>And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh
s heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had saM
id. <span class="ver">23</span>And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also. <span class="ver">24</span>And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. <span class="ver">25</span>And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.
<h2 id="c8">Chapter 8</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, LeM
t my people go, that they may serve me. <span class="ver">2</span>And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: <span class="ver">3</span>And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs: <span class="ver">4</span>And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and uponM
all thy servants. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">6</span>And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">7</span>And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. </p>
n class="ver">8</span>Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD. <span class="ver">9</span>And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only? <span class="ver">10</span>And he said, To morrow. And he said, BeM
it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God. <span class="ver">11</span>And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only. <span class="ver">12</span>And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh. <span class="ver">13</span>And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died outM
of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields. <span class="ver">14</span>And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank. <span class="ver">15</span>But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">17</span>AnM
d they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">18</span>And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. <span class="ver">19</span>Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh
s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unM
to them; as the LORD had said. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. <span class="ver">21</span>Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and aM
lso the ground whereon they are. <span class="ver">22</span>And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. <span class="ver">23</span>And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be. <span class="ver">24</span>And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants
nto all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. <span class="ver">26</span>And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? <span class="ver">27</span>We will go three days
ney into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us. <span class="ver">28</span>And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me. <span class="ver">29</span>And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not lettiM
ng the people go to sacrifice to the LORD. <span class="ver">30</span>And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD. <span class="ver">31</span>And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one. <span class="ver">32</span>And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.
<h2 id="c9">Chapter 9</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then the LORD said unto MosesM
, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. <span class="ver">2</span>For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, <span class="ver">3</span>Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain. <span class="ver">4</span>And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattlM
e of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children
s of Israel. <span class="ver">5</span>And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land. <span class="ver">6</span>And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one. <span class="ver">7</span>And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, andM
he did not let the people go. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. <span class="ver">9</span>And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">10</span>And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses spriM
nkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast. <span class="ver">11</span>And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. <span class="ver">12</span>And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before PharaoM
h, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. <span class="ver">14</span>For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. <span class="ver">15</span>For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth. <span class="ver">16</span>And in very deed for this causeM
have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. <span class="ver">17</span>As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go? <span class="ver">18</span>Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now. <span class="ver">19</span>Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon eM
very man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. <span class="ver">20</span>He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: <span class="ver">21</span>And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, thatM
there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">23</span>And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">24</span>So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. <span claM
ss="ver">25</span>And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. <span class="ver">26</span>Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. <span class="ver">28</span>IM
ntreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. <span class="ver">29</span>And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD
s. <span class="ver">30</span>But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God. <span class="vM
er">31</span>And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. <span class="ver">32</span>But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up. <span class="ver">33</span>And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. <span class="ver">34</span>And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yetM
more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. <span class="ver">35</span>And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.
<h2 id="c10">Chapter 10</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him: <span class="ver">2</span>And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son
what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD. <span class="ver">3</span>And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. <span class="ver">4</span>Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast: <span class="ver">5</span>And they shall cover tM
he face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field: <span class="ver">6</span>And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers
fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out froM
m Pharaoh. <span class="ver">7</span>And Pharaoh
s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? <span class="ver">8</span>And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go? <span class="ver">9</span>And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our fM
locks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD. <span class="ver">10</span>And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you. <span class="ver">11</span>Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts,M
that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. <span class="ver">13</span>And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. <span class="ver">14</span>And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locustM
s as they, neither after them shall be such. <span class="ver">15</span>For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. <sM
pan class="ver">17</span>Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only. <span class="ver">18</span>And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD. <span class="ver">19</span>And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt. <span class="ver">20</span>But the LORD hardened Pharaoh
s heart, so that he wouldM
not let the children of Israel go. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. <span class="ver">22</span>And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: <span class="ver">23</span>They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in theirM
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you. <span class="ver">25</span>And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God. <span class="ver">26</span>Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with whatM
we must serve the LORD, until we come thither. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>But the LORD hardened Pharaoh
s heart, and he would not let them go. <span class="ver">28</span>And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die. <span class="ver">29</span>And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.
<h2 id="c11">Chapter 11</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, YetM
will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. <span class="ver">2</span>Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. <span class="ver">3</span>And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of PM
s servants, and in the sight of the people. <span class="ver">4</span>And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: <span class="ver">5</span>And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts. <span class="ver">6</span>And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was M
none like it, nor shall be like it any more. <span class="ver">7</span>But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. <span class="ver">8</span>And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger. <span class="vM
er">9</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">10</span>And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh
s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
<h2 id="c12">Chapter 12</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>This month shall be unto you theM
beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: <span class="ver">4</span>And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count foM
r the lamb. <span class="ver">5</span>Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: <span class="ver">6</span>And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. <span class="ver">7</span>And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. <span class="ver">8</sM
pan>And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. <span class="ver">9</span>Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. <span class="ver">10</span>And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins giM
rded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD
s passover. <span class="ver">12</span>For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. <span class="ver">13</span>And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall notM
be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">14</span>And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. <span class="ver">15</span>Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. <span class="M
ver">16</span>And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. <span class="ver">17</span>And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>M
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. <span class="ver">19</span>Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. <span class="ver">20</span>Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. </p>
class="ver">21</span>Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover. <span class="ver">22</span>And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. <span class="ver">23</span>For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and M
when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. <span class="ver">24</span>And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. <span class="ver">25</span>And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. <span class="ver">26</span>And it shall come to pass, whM
en your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? <span class="ver">27</span>That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD
s passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. <span class="ver">28</span>And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>And it came to pass, that at miM
dnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. <span class="ver">30</span>And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get youM
forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said. <span class="ver">32</span>Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also. <span class="ver">33</span>And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men. <span class="ver">34</span>And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upM
on their shoulders. <span class="ver">35</span>And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: <span class="ver">36</span>And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians. </p>
<p><span class="ver">37</span>And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that wM
ere men, beside children. <span class="ver">38</span>And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. <span class="ver">39</span>And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual. </p>
<p><span class="ver">40</span>Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and tM
hirty years. <span class="ver">41</span>And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">42</span>It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">43</span>And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the M
ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: <span class="ver">44</span>But every man
s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. <span class="ver">45</span>A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. <span class="ver">46</span>In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. <span class="ver">47</span>All the congregation of Israel shall keM
ep it. <span class="ver">48</span>And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. <span class="ver">49</span>One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. <span class="ver">50</span>Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did theM
y. <span class="ver">51</span>And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
<h2 id="c13">Chapter 13</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye camM
e out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten. <span class="ver">4</span>This day came ye out in the month Abib. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this serviM
ce in this month. <span class="ver">6</span>Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD. <span class="ver">7</span>Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt. <span class="ver"M
>9</span>And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD
s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt. <span class="ver">10</span>Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, <span class="ver">12</span>M
That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD
s. <span class="ver">13</span>And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unM
to him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: <span class="ver">15</span>And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem. <span class="ver">16</span>And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyeM
s: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: <span class="ver">18</span>But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land ofM
Egypt. <span class="ver">19</span>And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. <span class="ver">21</span>And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go M
by day and night: <span class="ver">22</span>He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
<h2 id="c14">Chapter 14</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. <span class="ver">3</span>For Pharaoh will say of the children of IM
srael, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. <span class="ver">4</span>And I will harden Pharaoh
s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let IsrM
ael go from serving us? <span class="ver">6</span>And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: <span class="ver">7</span>And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. <span class="ver">8</span>And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand. <span class="ver">9</span>But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariotM
s of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD. <span class="ver">11</span>And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast tM
hou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? <span class="ver">12</span>Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again M
no more for ever. <span class="ver">14</span>The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: <span class="ver">16</span>But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. <span class="ver">17</span>And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of tM
he Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. <span class="ver">18</span>And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: <span M
class="ver">20</span>And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night. <span class="ver">21</span>And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. <span class="ver">22</span>And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea uponM
the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh
s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. <span class="ver">24</span>And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, <span class="ver">25</span>And took off their cM
hariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. <span class="ver">27</span>And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the EgyptiaM
ns fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. <span class="ver">28</span>And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them. <span class="ver">29</span>But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. <span class="ver">30</span>Thus the LORD saved Israel that M
day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. <span class="ver">31</span>And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.
<h2 id="c15">Chapter 15</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown inM
to the sea. <span class="ver">2</span>The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father
s God, and I will exalt him. <span class="ver">3</span>The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name. <span class="ver">4</span>Pharaoh
s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea. <span class="ver">5</span>The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone. <span class="verM
">6</span>Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. <span class="ver">7</span>And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble. <span class="ver">8</span>And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. <span class="ver">9</span>The M
enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. <span class="ver">10</span>Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters. <span class="ver">11</span>Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? <span class="ver">12</span>Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. <spaM
n class="ver">13</span>Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. <span class="ver">14</span>The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. <span class="ver">15</span>Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. <span class="ver">16</span>Fear and dread shall fall upon them; byM
the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased. <span class="ver">17</span>Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established. <span class="ver">18</span>The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. <span class="ver">19</span>For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his M
chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. <span class="ver">21</span>And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. <spaM
n class="ver">22</span>So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. <span class="ver">24</span>And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? <span class="ver">25</span>And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD sheweM
d him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, <span class="ver">26</span>And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee. </p>
ver">27</span>And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
<h2 id="c16">Chapter 16</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">2</span>And the whole congregation of the childrM
en of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: <span class="ver">3</span>And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather M
a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. <span class="ver">5</span>And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. <span class="ver">6</span>And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt: <span class="ver">7</span>And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; M
for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us? <span class="ver">8</span>And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, CoM
me near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings. <span class="ver">10</span>And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">12</span>I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be fiM
lled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God. <span class="ver">13</span>And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. <span class="ver">14</span>And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. <span class="ver">15</span>And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist nM
ot what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents. <span class="ver">17</span>And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. <span class="ver">18</span>And when they did mete it with an omer, he that M
gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating. <span class="ver">19</span>And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning. <span class="ver">20</span>Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them. <span class="ver">21</span>And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melM
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. <span class="ver">23</span>And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. <span class="ver">24</span>M
And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. <span class="ver">25</span>And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field. <span class="ver">26</span>Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and theyM
found none. <span class="ver">28</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? <span class="ver">29</span>See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. <span class="ver">30</span>So the people rested on the seventh day. <span class="ver">31</span>And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coM
riander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">33</span>And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations. <span M
class="ver">34</span>As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. <span class="ver">35</span>And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. <span class="ver">36</span>Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
<h2 id="c17">Chapter 17</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin,M
after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. <span class="ver">2</span>Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? <span class="ver">3</span>And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us anM
d our children and our cattle with thirst? <span class="ver">4</span>And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me. <span class="ver">5</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. <span class="ver">6</span>Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come watM
er out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. <span class="ver">7</span>And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not? </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. <span class="ver">9</span>And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand oM
n the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. <span class="ver">10</span>So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. <span class="ver">11</span>And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. <span class="ver">12</span>But Moses
hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the M
one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. <span class="ver">13</span>And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. <span class="ver">14</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. <span class="ver">15</span>And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi: <span clM
ass="ver">16</span>For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
<h2 id="c18">Chapter 18</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses
father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt; <span class="ver">2</span>Then Jethro, Moses
father in law, took Zipporah, Moses
wife, after he had sent her back, <span class="ver">3</spanM
>And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: <span class="ver">4</span>And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh: <span class="ver">5</span>And Jethro, Moses
father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God: <span class="ver">6</span>And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am coM
me unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent. <span class="ver">8</span>And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel
s sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them. <span class="ver">9</span>And Jethro rejoicedM
for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. <span class="ver">10</span>And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. <span class="ver">11</span>Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them. <span class="ver">12</span>And Jethro, MosesM
father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses
father in law before God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening. <span class="ver">14</span>And when Moses
father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself aloneM
, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? <span class="ver">15</span>And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God: <span class="ver">16</span>When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. <span class="ver">17</span>And Moses
father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. <span class="ver">18</span>Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, andM
this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. <span class="ver">19</span>Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God: <span class="ver">20</span>And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. <span class="ver">21</span>Moreover thou shalt provide ouM
t of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: <span class="ver">22</span>And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee. <span class="ver">23</span>If thou shalt do this thing, and GM
od command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace. <span class="ver">24</span>So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said. <span class="ver">25</span>And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. <span class="ver">26</span>And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto MosM
es, but every small matter they judged themselves. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
<h2 id="c19">Chapter 19</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. <span class="ver">2</span>For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and thereM
Israel camped before the mount. <span class="ver">3</span>And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; <span class="ver">4</span>Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles
wings, and brought you unto myself. <span class="ver">5</span>Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: foM
r all the earth is mine: <span class="ver">6</span>And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him. <span class="ver">8</span>And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto tM
he LORD. <span class="ver">9</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, <span class="ver">11</span>And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all tM
he people upon mount Sinai. <span class="ver">12</span>And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: <span class="ver">13</span>There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</spanM
>And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. <span class="ver">15</span>And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. <span class="ver">17</span>And MoM
ses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. <span class="ver">18</span>And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. <span class="ver">19</span>And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. <span class="ver">20</span>And the LORD came down uM
pon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. <span class="ver">21</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish. <span class="ver">22</span>And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them. <span class="ver">23</span>And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou M
chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. <span class="ver">24</span>And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them. <span class="ver">25</span>So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.
<h2 id="c20">Chapter 20</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And God spake all these words, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>I aM
m the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. <span class="ver">3</span>Thou shalt have no other gods before me. <span class="ver">4</span>Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: <span class="ver">5</span>Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of theM
fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; <span class="ver">6</span>And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. <span class="ver">7</span>Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. <span class="ver">8</span>Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. <span class="ver">9</span>Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: <span class="ver">10</span>BM
ut the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: <span class="ver">11</span>For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upoM
n the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. <span class="ver">13</span>Thou shalt not kill. <span class="ver">14</span>Thou shalt not commit adultery. <span class="ver">15</span>Thou shalt not steal. <span class="ver">16</span>Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. <span class="ver">17</span>Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour
s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour
s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour
p><span class="ver">18</span>And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. <span class="ver">19</span>And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. <span class="ver">20</span>And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. <span class="ver">M
21</span>And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. <span class="ver">23</span>Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy M
peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. <span class="ver">25</span>And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. <span class="ver">26</span>Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
<h2 id="c21">Chapter 21</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now these are the judgments which M
thou shalt set before them. <span class="ver">2</span>If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. <span class="ver">3</span>If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. <span class="ver">4</span>If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master
s, and he shall go out by himself. <span class="ver">5</span>And ifM
the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: <span class="ver">6</span>Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. <span class="ver">8</span>If she please not her master, who hath M
betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. <span class="ver">9</span>And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. <span class="ver">10</span>If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. <span class="ver">11</span>And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.M
<p><span class="ver">12</span>He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. <span class="ver">13</span>And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. <span class="ver">14</span>But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to M
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: <span class="ver">19</span>If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that sM
mote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. <span class="ver">21</span>Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow:M
he shall be surely punished, according as the woman
s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. <span class="ver">23</span>And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, <span class="ver">24</span>Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, <span class="ver">25</span>Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall letM
him go free for his eye
s sake. <span class="ver">27</span>And if he smite out his manservant
s tooth, or his maidservant
s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth
<p><span class="ver">28</span>If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. <span class="ver">29</span>But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath M
not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. <span class="ver">30</span>If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. <span class="ver">31</span>Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him. <span class="ver">32</span>If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirtyM
shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; <span class="ver">34</span>The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>And if one man
s, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shallM
divide. <span class="ver">36</span>Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
<h2 id="c22">Chapter 22</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed forM
him. <span class="ver">3</span>If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. <span class="ver">4</span>If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man
s field; of the best of his own field, anM
d of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man
s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double. <span class="ver">8</span>If the thief be not foundM
, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour
s goods. <span class="ver">9</span>For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour. <span class="ver">10</span>If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an oxM
, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it: <span class="ver">11</span>Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour
s goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good. <span class="ver">12</span>And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof. <span class="ver">13</span>If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not mM
ake good that which was torn. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good. <span class="ver">15</span>But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. <span class="ver">17</span>If herM
father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the landM
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. <span class="ver">23</span>If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; <span class="ver">24</span>And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither sM
halt thou lay upon him usury. <span class="ver">26</span>If thou at all take thy neighbour
s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: <span class="ver">27</span>For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>ThouM
shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. <span class="ver">30</span>Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
<h2 id="c23">Chapter 23</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</M
span>Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>If thou meet thine enemy
s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. <span class="ver">5</spM
an>If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. <span class="ver">6</span>Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. <span class="ver">7</span>Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. </p>
n class="ver">9</span>Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">10</span>And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: <span class="ver">11</span>But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. <span class="verM
">12</span>Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. <span class="ver">13</span>And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. <span class="ver">15</span>Thou shalt keep the feast of unleaveM
ned bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:) <span class="ver">16</span>And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. <span class="ver">17</span>Three times in the year all thy males shall appear beforeM
the Lord GOD. <span class="ver">18</span>Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. <span class="ver">19</span>The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. <span class="ver">M
21</span>Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. <span class="ver">22</span>But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. <span class="ver">23</span>For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them offM
. <span class="ver">24</span>Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images. <span class="ver">25</span>And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil. <span class="ver">27</span>I wiM
ll send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. <span class="ver">28</span>And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. <span class="ver">29</span>I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. <span class="ver">30</span>By little and little I will driveM
them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. <span class="ver">31</span>And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. <span class="ver">32</span>Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. <span class="ver">33</span>They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thouM
serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
<h2 id="c24">Chapter 24</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. <span class="ver">2</span>And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgmenM
ts: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do. <span class="ver">4</span>And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. <span class="ver">5</span>And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. <span class="ver">6</span>And Moses took half of M
the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. <span class="ver">7</span>And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. <span class="ver">8</span>And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Then went up Moses, and Aaron, NadabM
, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: <span class="ver">10</span>And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. <span class="ver">11</span>And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone,M
and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them. <span class="ver">13</span>And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God. <span class="ver">14</span>And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. <span class="ver">15</span>And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. <span class="ver">16</span>AM
nd the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. <span class="ver">17</span>And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. <span class="ver">18</span>And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
<h2 id="c25">Chapter 25</h2>
<p><span class="veM
r">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. <span class="ver">3</span>And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, <span class="ver">4</span>And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats
hair, <span class="ver">5</span>And rams
skins dyed red, and badgers
skins, and shittim woodM
, <span class="ver">6</span>Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, <span class="ver">7</span>Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. <span class="ver">8</span>And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. <span class="ver">9</span>According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And they shall make an ark oM
f shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. <span class="ver">11</span>And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. <span class="ver">12</span>And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. <sM
pan class="ver">13</span>And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. <span class="ver">14</span>And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. <span class="ver">15</span>The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it. <span class="ver">16</span>And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. <span class="ver">17</span>And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits aM
nd a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. <span class="ver">18</span>And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. <span class="ver">19</span>And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. <span class="ver">20</span>And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with thM
eir wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be. <span class="ver">21</span>And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. <span class="ver">22</span>And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children M
<p><span class="ver">23</span>Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. <span class="ver">24</span>And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. <span class="ver">25</span>And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. <span class="ver">26</span>AnM
d thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. <span class="ver">27</span>Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. <span class="ver">28</span>And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. <span class="ver">29</span>And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of M
pure gold shalt thou make them. <span class="ver">30</span>And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. <span class="ver">32</span>And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of M
the other side: <span class="ver">33</span>Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. <span class="ver">34</span>And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. <span class="ver">35</span>And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and aM
knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick. <span class="ver">36</span>Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. <span class="ver">37</span>And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. <span class="ver">38</span>And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. <span class="ver">39</span>Of a tM
alent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. <span class="ver">40</span>And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
<h2 id="c26">Chapter 26</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them. <span class="ver">2</span>The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtaM
in four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure. <span class="ver">3</span>The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. <span class="ver">4</span>And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. <span class="ver">5</span>Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, andM
fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another. <span class="ver">6</span>And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And thou shalt make curtains of goats
hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make. <span class="ver">8</span>The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, aM
nd the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure. <span class="ver">9</span>And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle. <span class="ver">10</span>And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. <span class="ver">11</span>And thou shalt make fiftM
y taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. <span class="ver">12</span>And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle. <span class="ver">13</span>And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. <spaM
n class="ver">14</span>And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams
skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up. <span class="ver">16</span>Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board. <span class="ver">17</span>Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of M
the tabernacle. <span class="ver">18</span>And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward. <span class="ver">19</span>And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. <span class="ver">20</span>And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards: <span class="ver">21</span>And their forty sockets of silver; two M
sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. <span class="ver">22</span>And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards. <span class="ver">23</span>And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. <span class="ver">24</span>And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. <span class="ver">25</span>And they shaM
ll be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, <span class="ver">27</span>And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward. <span class="ver">28</span>And the middle bar in the midst of the boards M
shall reach from end to end. <span class="ver">29</span>And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold. <span class="ver">30</span>And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made: <span class="ver">M
32</span>And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. <span class="ver">34</span>And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. <span class="verM
">35</span>And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side. <span class="ver">36</span>And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework. <span class="ver">37</span>And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: anM
d thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
<h2 id="c27">Chapter 27</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. <span class="ver">2</span>And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. <span class="ver">3</span>And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, anM
d his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. <span class="ver">4</span>And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof. <span class="ver">5</span>And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. <span class="ver">6</span>And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and oveM
rlay them with brass. <span class="ver">7</span>And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. <span class="ver">8</span>Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: <span class="ver">10</M
span>And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. <span class="ver">11</span>And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and M
their sockets ten. <span class="ver">13</span>And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits. <span class="ver">14</span>The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. <span class="ver">15</span>And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scM
arlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four. <span class="ver">17</span>All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass. <span class="ver">19</span>All the vessels of the tM
abernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. <span class="ver">21</span>In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto theirM
generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
<h2 id="c28">Chapter 28</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest
s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron
s sons. <span class="ver">2</span>And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. <span class="ver">3</span>And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise heM
arted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron
s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest
s office. <span class="ver">4</span>And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest
s office. <span class="ver">5</span>And they shall take gold, and blue, and pM
urple, and scarlet, and fine linen. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. <span class="ver">7</span>It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. <span class="ver">8</span>And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine M
twined linen. <span class="ver">9</span>And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel: <span class="ver">10</span>Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. <span class="ver">11</span>With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. <span class="ver">12<M
/span>And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And thou shalt make ouches of gold; <span class="ver">14</span>And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgmeM
nt with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. <span class="ver">16</span>Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. <span class="ver">17</span>And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row. <span class="ver">18</spanM
>And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. <span class="ver">19</span>And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. <span class="ver">20</span>And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings. <span class="ver">21</span>And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes. </p>
span class="ver">22</span>And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold. <span class="ver">23</span>And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. <span class="ver">24</span>And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate. <span class="ver">25</span>And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, aM
nd put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward. <span class="ver">27</span>And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. <span class="ver">M
28</span>And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod. <span class="ver">29</span>And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgmM
ent the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron
s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. <span class="ver">32</span>And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. </M
<p><span class="ver">33</span>And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about: <span class="ver">34</span>A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. <span class="ver">35</span>And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that heM
<p><span class="ver">36</span>And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. <span class="ver">37</span>And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be. <span class="ver">38</span>And it shall be upon Aaron
s forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon M
his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">39</span>And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework. </p>
<p><span class="ver">40</span>And for Aaron
s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. <span class="ver">41</span>And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; andM
shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest
s office. <span class="ver">42</span>And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: <span class="ver">43</span>And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a M
statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
<h2 id="c29">Chapter 29</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest
s office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, <span class="ver">2</span>And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them. <span class="ver">3</span>And thou shalt put them into one basket, and M
bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. <span class="ver">4</span>And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water. <span class="ver">5</span>And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: <span class="ver">6</span>And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitM
re. <span class="ver">7</span>Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. <span class="ver">8</span>And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them. <span class="ver">9</span>And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest
s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. <span class="ver">10</span>And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of tM
he congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock. <span class="ver">11</span>And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. <span class="ver">12</span>And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar. <span class="ver">13</span>And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above tM
he liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. <span class="ver">14</span>But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. <span class="ver">16</span>And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar. <span clM
ass="ver">17</span>And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head. <span class="ver">18</span>And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. <span class="ver">20</span>Then shalt thou kill theM
ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. <span class="ver">21</span>And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his M
garments, and his sons, and his sons
garments with him. <span class="ver">22</span>Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration: <span class="ver">23</span>And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD: <span class="ver">24</span>And thou shalt M
put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the LORD. <span class="ver">25</span>And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. <span class="ver">26</span>And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron
s consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part. <span class="ver">27</span>M
And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons: <span class="ver">28</span>And it shall be Aaron
by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering untM
<p><span class="ver">29</span>And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons
after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them. <span class="ver">30</span>And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place. <span class="ver">32</span>And Aaron and hiM
s sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. <span class="ver">33</span>And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. <span class="ver">34</span>And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holM
y. <span class="ver">35</span>And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them. <span class="ver">36</span>And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. <span class="ver">37</span>Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar mosM
t holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">38</span>Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually. <span class="ver">39</span>The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even: <span class="ver">40</span>And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. <span class="ver">4M
1</span>And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. <span class="ver">42</span>This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee. <span class="ver">43</span>And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and M
the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. <span class="ver">44</span>And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest
<p><span class="ver">45</span>And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. <span class="ver">46</span>And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD their GM
<h2 id="c30">Chapter 30</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it. <span class="ver">2</span>A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same. <span class="ver">3</span>And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt makM
e unto it a crown of gold round about. <span class="ver">4</span>And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal. <span class="ver">5</span>And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. <span class="ver">6</span>And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, M
where I will meet with thee. <span class="ver">7</span>And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. <span class="ver">8</span>And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations. <span class="ver">9</span>Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon. <span class="ver">10</span>AM
nd Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">12</span>When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague M
among them, when thou numberest them. <span class="ver">13</span>This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD. <span class="ver">14</span>Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD. <span class="ver">15</span>The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half aM
shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. <span class="ver">16</span>And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">18</span>Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his footM
also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. <span class="ver">19</span>For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: <span class="ver">20</span>When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD: <span class="ver">21</span>So they shall wash their hanM
ds and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">23</span>Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, <span class="ver">24</span>And of cassia five hundred shekels, after M
the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: <span class="ver">25</span>And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. <span class="ver">26</span>And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, <span class="ver">27</span>And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, <span class="ver">28</span>And the altar of burnt ofM
fering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. <span class="ver">29</span>And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. <span class="ver">30</span>And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest
s office. <span class="ver">31</span>And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. <span class="ver">32</span>Upon mM
s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. <span class="ver">33</span>Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">34</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: <span clasM
s="ver">35</span>And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy: <span class="ver">36</span>And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. <span class="ver">37</span>And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD. M
<span class="ver">38</span>Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.
<h2 id="c31">Chapter 31</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: <span class="ver">3</span>And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, <span class="ver">4</sM
pan>To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, <span class="ver">5</span>And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. <span class="ver">6</span>And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee; <span class="ver">7</span>The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the tesM
timony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle, <span class="ver">8</span>And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense, <span class="ver">9</span>And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot, <span class="ver">10</span>And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest
s office, <span class="ver">11</sM
pan>And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">13</span>Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. <span class="ver">14</span>Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unM
to you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. <span class="ver">15</span>Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. <span class="ver">16</span>Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. <span classM
="ver">17</span>It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
<h2 id="c32">Chapter 32</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the pM
eople gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. <span class="ver">2</span>And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. <span class="ver">3</span>And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them uM
nto Aaron. <span class="ver">4</span>And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">5</span>And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD. <span class="ver">6</span>And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the M
people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: <span class="ver">8</span>They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. <span clM
ass="ver">9</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: <span class="ver">10</span>Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. <span class="ver">11</span>And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? <span class="ver">M
12</span>Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. <span class="ver">13</span>Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inheM
rit it for ever. <span class="ver">14</span>And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. <span class="ver">16</span>And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. <span class="ver">17</span>And when JoM
shua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. <span class="ver">18</span>And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses
anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brakM
e them beneath the mount. <span class="ver">20</span>And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. <span class="ver">21</span>And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? <span class="ver">22</span>And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. <span class="ver">23</spanM
>For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. <span class="ver">24</span>And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:) <span class="veM
r">26</span>Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD
s side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. <span class="ver">27</span>And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour. <span class="ver">28</span>And the children of Levi did according to theM
word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. <span class="ver">29</span>For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. <span class="ver">31</span>AnM
d Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. <span class="ver">32</span>Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin
; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. <span class="ver">33</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. <span class="ver">34</span>Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall M
go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. <span class="ver">35</span>And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
<h2 id="c33">Chapter 33</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it: <span class="ver">2</span>And IM
will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: <span class="ver">3</span>Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments. <span class="ver">5</span>For the LORD had said unto MosesM
, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. <span class="ver">6</span>And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb. <span class="ver">7</span>And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that M
every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp. <span class="ver">8</span>And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle. <span class="ver">9</span>And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses. <spanM
class="ver">10</span>And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door. <span class="ver">11</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou haM
st not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. <span class="ver">13</span>Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. <span class="ver">14</span>And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. <span class="ver">15</span>And he said unto him, If thy presence go not wM
ith me, carry us not up hence. <span class="ver">16</span>For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth. <span class="ver">17</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. <span class="ver">18</span>And he said, I beseech thee, shew me tM
hy glory. <span class="ver">19</span>And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. <span class="ver">20</span>And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. <span class="ver">21</span>And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: <span class="ver">22</span>And it shall come to pass,M
while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: <span class="ver">23</span>And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
<h2 id="c34">Chapter 34</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. <span class="ver">2</span>And be M
ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. <span class="ver">3</span>And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tabM
les of stone. <span class="ver">5</span>And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. <span class="ver">6</span>And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, <span class="ver">7</span>Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and M
s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. <span class="ver">8</span>And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. <span class="ver">9</span>And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marM
vels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee. <span class="ver">11</span>Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. <span class="ver">12</span>Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whitherM
thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: <span class="ver">13</span>But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: <span class="ver">14</span>For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: <span class="ver">15</span>Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; <span class="ver">16</sM
pan>And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. <span class="ver">17</span>Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. <span class="ver">19</span>All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every M
firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. <span class="ver">20</span>But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And thou shalt observe the feast ofM
weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year
<p><span class="ver">23</span>Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. <span class="ver">24</span>For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year. <span class="ver">25</span>Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaM
ven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning. <span class="ver">26</span>The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother
s milk. <span class="ver">27</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. <span class="ver">28</span>And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he didM
neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses
hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. <span class="ver">30</span>And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to coM
me nigh him. <span class="ver">31</span>And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them. <span class="ver">32</span>And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai. <span class="ver">33</span>And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face. <span class="ver">34</span>But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took M
the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. <span class="ver">35</span>And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses
face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
<h2 id="c35">Chapter 35</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commandeM
d, that ye should do them. <span class="ver">2</span>Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. <span class="ver">3</span>Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying, <span class="ver">5</span>Take yM
e from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass, <span class="ver">6</span>And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats
hair, <span class="ver">7</span>And rams
skins dyed red, and badgers
skins, and shittim wood, <span class="ver">8</span>And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, <span class="ver">9</span>And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephM
od, and for the breastplate. <span class="ver">10</span>And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded; <span class="ver">11</span>The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets, <span class="ver">12</span>The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering, <span class="ver">13</span>The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread, <span class="ver">14</span>The cM
andlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light, <span class="ver">15</span>And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle, <span class="ver">16</span>The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, <span class="ver">17</span>The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the doM
or of the court, <span class="ver">18</span>The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords, <span class="ver">19</span>The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. <span class="ver">21</span>And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and everM
y one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD
s offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. <span class="ver">22</span>And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the LORD. <span class="ver">23</span>And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, andM
fine linen, and goats
hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers
skins, brought them. <span class="ver">24</span>Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the LORD
s offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it. <span class="ver">25</span>And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. <span class="ver">26</span>AM
nd all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats
hair. <span class="ver">27</span>And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate; <span class="ver">28</span>And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. <span class="ver">29</span>The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded M
to be made by the hand of Moses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; <span class="ver">31</span>And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; <span class="ver">32</span>And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, <span class="ver">33</span>And in the cutting of stM
ones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. <span class="ver">34</span>And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. <span class="ver">35</span>Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunniM
<h2 id="c36">Chapter 36</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded. <span class="ver">2</span>And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it: <span class=M
"ver">3</span>And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning. <span class="ver">4</span>And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made; </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD comM
manded to make. <span class="ver">6</span>And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing. <span class="ver">7</span>For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen,M
and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them. <span class="ver">9</span>The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size. <span class="ver">10</span>And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another. <span class="ver">11</span>And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the utterM
most side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. <span class="ver">12</span>Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another. <span class="ver">13</span>And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And he made curtains of goats
hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven M
curtains he made them. <span class="ver">15</span>The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size. <span class="ver">16</span>And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. <span class="ver">17</span>And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. <span class="ver">18</span>And he made fifty tachM
es of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one. <span class="ver">19</span>And he made a covering for the tent of rams
skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers
skins above that. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up. <span class="ver">21</span>The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half. <span class="ver">22</span>One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he maM
ke for all the boards of the tabernacle. <span class="ver">23</span>And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward: <span class="ver">24</span>And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. <span class="ver">25</span>And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards, <span class="ver">26</span>And their forty sockets M
of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. <span class="ver">27</span>And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. <span class="ver">28</span>And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. <span class="ver">29</span>And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners. <span class="ver">30</span>And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen M
sockets of silver, under every board two sockets. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, <span class="ver">32</span>And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward. <span class="ver">33</span>And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other. <span class="ver">34</span>And he overlaid the boards with gold, anM
d made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work. <span class="ver">36</span>And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. </p>
<p><span class="ver">37</span>And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and pM
urple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework; <span class="ver">38</span>And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.
<h2 id="c37">Chapter 37</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it: <span class="ver">2</span>And he overlaid it with pure goM
ld within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about. <span class="ver">3</span>And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it. <span class="ver">4</span>And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. <span class="ver">5</span>And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And he made the mercy seat of pure golM
d: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof. <span class="ver">7</span>And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat; <span class="ver">8</span>One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof. <span class="ver">9</span>And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over M
the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof: <span class="ver">11</span>And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about. <span class="ver">12</span>Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of goldM
for the border thereof round about. <span class="ver">13</span>And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof. <span class="ver">14</span>Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table. <span class="ver">15</span>And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table. <span class="ver">16</span>And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his M
bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same: <span class="ver">18</span>And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof: <span class="ver">19</span>Three bowls made after the faM
shion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick. <span class="ver">20</span>And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers: <span class="ver">21</span>And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it. <span class="verM
">22</span>Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold. <span class="ver">23</span>And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold. <span class="ver">24</span>Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns theM
reof were of the same. <span class="ver">26</span>And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about. <span class="ver">27</span>And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal. <span class="ver">28</span>And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. </p>
ver">29</span>And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
<h2 id="c38">Chapter 38</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof. <span class="ver">2</span>And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it witM
h brass. <span class="ver">3</span>And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass. <span class="ver">4</span>And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. <span class="ver">5</span>And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves. <span class="ver">6</span>And he made the staves of shittim wood, aM
nd overlaid them with brass. <span class="ver">7</span>And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined M
linen, an hundred cubits: <span class="ver">10</span>Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. <span class="ver">11</span>And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. <span class="ver">12</span>And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillarM
s and their fillets of silver. <span class="ver">13</span>And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. <span class="ver">14</span>The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. <span class="ver">15</span>And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. <span class="ver">16</span>All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. <span clasM
s="ver">17</span>And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. <span class="ver">18</span>And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court. <span class="ver">19</span>AnM
d their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver. <span class="ver">20</span>And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest. <span class="vM
er">22</span>And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses. <span class="ver">23</span>And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. <span class="ver">24</span>All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty sM
hekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. <span class="ver">25</span>And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: <span class="ver">26</span>A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. <spanM
class="ver">27</span>And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. <span class="ver">28</span>And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them. <span class="ver">29</span>And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels. <span class="ver">30</span>And therewitM
h he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar, <span class="ver">31</span>And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.
<h2 id="c39">Chapter 39</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made thM
e holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses. <span class="ver">2</span>And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. <span class="ver">3</span>And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work. <span class="ver">4</span>They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together. <span class="ver">5</span>And M
the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel. <span class="ver">7</span>And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commandedM
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. <span class="ver">9</span>It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled. <span class="ver">10</span>And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row. <span class="ver">11</span>And the seM
cond row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. <span class="ver">12</span>And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. <span class="ver">13</span>And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings. <span class="ver">14</span>And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes. <span class="ver">15</span>AndM
they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold. <span class="ver">16</span>And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate. <span class="ver">17</span>And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. <span class="ver">18</span>And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it. <span class="M
ver">19</span>And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward. <span class="ver">20</span>And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. <span class="ver">21</span>And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it M
might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. <span class="ver">23</span>And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend. <span class="ver">24</span>And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twM
ined linen. <span class="ver">25</span>And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates; <span class="ver">26</span>A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, <span class="ver">28</span>And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonneM
ts of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen, <span class="ver">29</span>And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. <span class="ver">31</span>And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses. </p>
><span class="ver">32</span>Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets, <span class="ver">34</span>And the covering of rams
skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers
skins, and the vail of the coverinM
g, <span class="ver">35</span>The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat, <span class="ver">36</span>The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread, <span class="ver">37</span>The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light, <span class="ver">38</span>And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door, <span class="ver">39</span>The brM
asen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, <span class="ver">40</span>The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation, <span class="ver">41</span>The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons
garments, to minister in the priest
n class="ver">42</span>According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work. <span class="ver">43</span>And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.
<h2 id="c40">Chapter 40</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. <M
span class="ver">3</span>And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail. <span class="ver">4</span>And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. <span class="ver">5</span>And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle. <span class="ver">6</span>And thou shalt set the aM
ltar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. <span class="ver">7</span>And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein. <span class="ver">8</span>And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate. <span class="ver">9</span>And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shM
all be holy. <span class="ver">10</span>And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy. <span class="ver">11</span>And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. <span class="ver">12</span>And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. <span class="ver">13</span>And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify himM
; that he may minister unto me in the priest
s office. <span class="ver">14</span>And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats: <span class="ver">15</span>And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest
s office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. <span class="ver">16</span>Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>AM
nd it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. <span class="ver">18</span>And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. <span class="ver">19</span>And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And he took and put the testM
imony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: <span class="ver">21</span>And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail. <span class="ver">23</span>And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had cM
ommanded Moses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. <span class="ver">25</span>And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail: <span class="ver">27</span>And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>AM
nd he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. <span class="ver">29</span>And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal. <span class="ver">31</span>And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet theM
reat: <span class="ver">32</span>When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses. <span class="ver">33</span>And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work. </p>
<p><span class="ver">34</span>Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. <span class="ver">35</span>And Moses was not able toM
enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. <span class="ver">36</span>And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: <span class="ver">37</span>But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. <span class="ver">38</span>For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of aL
ll the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. </p>
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<span>THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET</span>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
<li><a href="#c2">2</a></li>
<li><a href="#c3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="#c4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="#c5">5</a></li>
<li><a href="#c6">6</a></li>
<li><a href="#c7">7</a></li>
<li><a href="#c8">8</a></li>
<li><a href="#c9">9</a></li>
<li><a href="#c10">10</a></li>
<li><a href="#c11">11</a></li>
<li><a href="#c12">12</a></li>
<li><a href="#c13">13</a></li>
<li><a href="#c14">14</a></li>
<li><a href="#c15">15</a></li>
<li><a href="#c17">17</a></li>
<li><a href="#c18">18</a></li>
<li><a href="#c19">19</a></li>
<li><a href="#c20">20</a></li>
<li><a href="#c21">21</a></li>
<li><a href="#c22">22</a></li>
<li><a href="#c23">23</a></li>
<li><a href="#c24">24</a></li>
<li><a href="#c25">25</a></li>
<li><a href="#c26">26</a></li>
<li><a href="#c27">27</a></li>
<li><a href="#c28">28</a></li>
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<li><a href="#c31">31</a></li>
<li><a href="#c32">32</a></li>
<li><a href="#c33">33</a></li>
<li><a href="#c34">34</a></li>
<li><a href="#c35">35</a></li>
<li><a href="#c36">36</a></li>
<li><a href="#c37">37</a></li>
<li><a href="#c38">38</a></li>
<li><a href="#c39">39</a></li>
<li><a href="#c40">40</a></li>
<li><a href="#c41">41</a></li>
<li><a href="#c42">42</a></li>
<li><a href="#c43">43</a></li>
<li><a href="#c44">44</a></li>
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<li><a href="#c46">46</a></li>
<li><a href="#c47">47</a></li>
<li><a href="#c48">48</a></li>
<li><a href="#c49">49</a></li>
<li><a href="#c50">50</a></li>
<li><a href="#c51">51</a></li>
<li><a href="#c52">52</a></li>
<h2 id="c1">Chapter 1</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: <span class="ver">2</span>To whom the word of the LORD cameM
in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. <span class="ver">3</span>It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. <span class="ver">4</span>Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">5</span>Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the woM
mb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. <span class="ver">6</span>Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. <span class="ver">8</span>Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">9</span>Then the LORD put forth his hand, and M
touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. <span class="ver">10</span>See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. <span class="ver">12</span>Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will M
hasten my word to perform it. <span class="ver">13</span>And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north. <span class="ver">14</span>Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. <span class="ver">15</span>For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throneM
at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah. <span class="ver">16</span>And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee befM
ore them. <span class="ver">18</span>For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. <span class="ver">19</span>And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
<h2 id="c2">Chapter 2</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Moreover the word of the LM
ORD came to me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. <span class="ver">3</span>Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">4</span>Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and allM
the families of the house of Israel: </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? <span class="ver">6</span>Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no manM
dwelt? <span class="ver">7</span>And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination. <span class="ver">8</span>The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith M
the LORD, and with your children
s children will I plead. <span class="ver">10</span>For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. <span class="ver">11</span>Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. <span class="ver">12</span>Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">13</span>M
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled? <span class="ver">15</span>The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. <span class="ver">16</span>Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head. <span clasM
s="ver">17</span>Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? <span class="ver">18</span>And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? <span class="ver">19</span>Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LOM
RD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot. <span class="ver">21</span>Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? <span class="ver">22</span>For though thou wash thee witM
h nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. <span class="ver">23</span>How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways; <span class="ver">24</span>A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. <M
span class="ver">25</span>Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go. <span class="ver">26</span>As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, <span class="ver">27</span>Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not M
their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. <span class="ver">28</span>But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. <span class="ver">29</span>Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">30</span>In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devourM
ed your prophets, like a destroying lion. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee? <span class="ver">32</span>Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number. <span class="ver">33</span>Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways. <span clM
ass="ver">34</span>Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these. <span class="ver">35</span>Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned. <span class="ver">36</span>Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. <span class="ver">37</span>Yea, thou shalt go M
forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
<h2 id="c3">Chapter 3</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man
s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">2</span>Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see wherM
e thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness. <span class="ver">3</span>Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore
s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed. <span class="ver">4</span>Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth? <span class="ver">5</span>Will he reserve his anger for evM
er? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. <span class="ver">7</span>And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. <span class="veM
r">8</span>And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. <span class="ver">9</span>And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. <span class="ver">10</span>And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feM
ignedly, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">11</span>And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever. <span class="ver">13</span>Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORDM
thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">14</span>Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: <span class="ver">15</span>And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. <span class="ver">16</span>And it shall come to pass, when ye be multipM
lied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more. <span class="ver">17</span>At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart. <span class="veM
r">18</span>In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers. <span class="ver">19</span>But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Surely as a wife treacherously departeth fromM
her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">21</span>A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God. <span class="ver">22</span>Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God. <span class="ver">23</span>Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills,M
and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. <span class="ver">24</span>For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. <span class="ver">25</span>We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
<h2 id="c4">Chapter 4</h2>
pan class="ver">1</span>If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. <span class="ver">2</span>And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. <span cM
lass="ver">4</span>Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. <span class="ver">5</span>Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. <span class="ver">6</span>Set up the standard toward Zion: retireM
, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. <span class="ver">7</span>The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant. <span class="ver">8</span>For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us. <span class="ver">9</span>And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LM
ORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder. <span class="ver">10</span>Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul. <span class="ver">11</span>At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor toM
cleanse, <span class="ver">12</span>Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them. <span class="ver">13</span>Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled. <span class="ver">14</span>O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? <span class="ver">15</span>For a voice declareth from DanM
, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim. <span class="ver">16</span>Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah. <span class="ver">17</span>As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">18</span>Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, becausM
e it reacheth unto thine heart. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. <span class="ver">20</span>Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. <span class="ver">21</span>How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? <span clasM
s="ver">22</span>For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. <span class="ver">23</span>I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. <span class="ver">24</span>I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. <span class="ver">25</span>I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heaM
vens were fled. <span class="ver">26</span>I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger. <span class="ver">27</span>For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. <span class="ver">28</span>For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it. <span claM
ss="ver">29</span>The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein. <span class="ver">30</span>And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life. <span class="veM
r">31</span>For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
<h2 id="c5">Chapter 5</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, thaM
t seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. <span class="ver">2</span>And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely. <span class="ver">3</span>O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. <span class="ver">4</span>Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LM
ORD, nor the judgment of their God. <span class="ver">5</span>I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. <span class="ver">6</span>Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, anM
d their backslidings are increased. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots
houses. <span class="ver">8</span>They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour
s wife. <span class="ver">9</span>Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avengeM
d on such a nation as this? </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD
s. <span class="ver">11</span>For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">12</span>They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: <span class="ver">13</span>And the prophets shall beM
come wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. <span class="ver">14</span>Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. <span class="ver">15</span>Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say. <span class="ver">M
16</span>Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. <span class="ver">17</span>And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. <span class="ver">18</span>Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And iM
t shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours. <span class="ver">20</span>Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying, <span class="ver">21</span>Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: <span class="ver">22</sM
pan>Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? <span class="ver">23</span>But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. <span class="ver">24</span>Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, bothM
the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you. <span class="ver">26</span>For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. <span class="ver">27</span>As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. M
<span class="ver">28</span>They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. <span class="ver">29</span>Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; <span class="ver">31</span>The prophets prophesy falsely, and the prieM
sts bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
<h2 id="c6">Chapter 6</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction. <span class="ver">2</span>I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. <span class="ver">3</span>The shepherds wM
ith their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place. <span class="ver">4</span>Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out. <span class="ver">5</span>Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against JerusalM
em: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her. <span class="ver">7</span>As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds. <span class="ver">8</span>Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vM
ine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets. <span class="ver">10</span>To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it. <span class="ver">11</span>Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife sM
hall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days. <span class="ver">12</span>And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">13</span>For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. <span class="ver">14</span>They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my peM
ople slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. <span class="ver">15</span>Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">16</span>Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they saM
id, We will not walk therein. <span class="ver">17</span>Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them. <span class="ver">19</span>Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. <span class="ver">20</span>To what purposeM
cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. <span class="ver">21</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish. <span class="ver">22</span>Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of M
the earth. <span class="ver">23</span>They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion. <span class="ver">24</span>We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail. <span class="ver">25</span>Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us. <span class="ver">27</span>I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way. <span class="ver">28</span>They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters. <span class="ver">29</span>The bellows M
are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. <span class="ver">30</span>Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
<h2 id="c7">Chapter 7</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Stand in the gate of the LORD
s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship M
the LORD. <span class="ver">3</span>Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. <span class="ver">4</span>Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. <span class="ver">5</span>For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; <span class="ver">6</span>If ye oppress not the stranger, the fathM
erless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: <span class="ver">7</span>Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. <span class="ver">9</span>Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; <span class="ver">10</span>AM
nd come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? <span class="ver">11</span>Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">12</span>But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. <span class="ver">13</span>And now, because ye have done all thesM
e works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not; <span class="ver">14</span>Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. <span class="ver">15</span>And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim. <span class="ver">16</span>Therefore pray not thou for tM
his people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? <span class="ver">18</span>The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. <span class="ver">19</span>Do they provoke me M
to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces? <span class="ver">20</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh. <span claM
ss="ver">22</span>For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: <span class="ver">23</span>But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. <span class="ver">24</span>But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of thM
eir evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. <span class="ver">25</span>Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: <span class="ver">26</span>Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers. <span class="ver">27</span>Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thouM
shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee. <span class="ver">28</span>But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath. <span class="ver">30</span>For the children of Judah have doM
ne evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it. <span class="ver">31</span>And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, M
but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place. <span class="ver">33</span>And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away. <span class="ver">34</span>Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
<p><span class="ver">1</span>At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: <span class="ver">2</span>And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they M
have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth. <span class="ver">3</span>And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? <span class="ver">5</span>Why then iM
s this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. <span class="ver">6</span>I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. <span class="ver">7</span>Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgmM
ent of the LORD. <span class="ver">8</span>How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. <span class="ver">9</span>The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? <span class="ver">10</span>Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to coM
vetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. <span class="ver">11</span>For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. <span class="ver">12</span>Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>M
I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. <span class="ver">14</span>Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD. <span class="ver">15</span>We looked for peace, but no goodM
came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble! <span class="ver">16</span>The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein. <span class="ver">17</span>For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>When I would comforM
t myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me. <span class="ver">19</span>Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities? <span class="ver">20</span>The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. <span class="ver">21</span>For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath takM
en hold on me. <span class="ver">22</span>Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
<h2 id="c9">Chapter 9</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! <span class="ver">2</span>Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be M
all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. <span class="ver">3</span>And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">4</span>Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. <span class="ver">5</span>And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and wM
ill not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. <span class="ver">6</span>Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">7</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people? <span class="ver">8</span>Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour withM
his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? <span class="ver">10</span>For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone. <span claM
ss="ver">11</span>And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through? <span class="ver">13</span>And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeM
yed my voice, neither walked therein; <span class="ver">14</span>But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: <span class="ver">15</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. <span class="ver">16</span>I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I hM
ave consumed them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come: <span class="ver">18</span>And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters. <span class="ver">19</span>For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, becauseM
our dwellings have cast us out. <span class="ver">20</span>Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation. <span class="ver">21</span>For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets. <span class="ver">22</span>Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, aM
nd as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: <span class="ver">24</span>But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. </p>
lass="ver">25</span>Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised; <span class="ver">26</span>Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
<h2 id="c10">Chapter 10</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house oM
f Israel: <span class="ver">2</span>Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. <span class="ver">3</span>For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. <span class="ver">4</span>They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. <span class="ver">5</span>They are upright as the palm treeM
, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. <span class="ver">6</span>Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. <span class="ver">7</span>Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. <span class="ver">8</span>But tM
hey are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. <span class="ver">9</span>Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men. <span class="ver">10</span>But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. <span classM
="ver">11</span>Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens. <span class="ver">12</span>He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion. <span class="ver">13</span>When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings M
with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. <span class="ver">14</span>Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. <span class="ver">15</span>They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. <span class="ver">16</span>The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hoM
sts is his name. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. <span class="ver">18</span>For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it. <span class="ver">20</span>My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my childrenM
are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. <span class="ver">21</span>For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered. <span class="ver">22</span>Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>O LORD, I know that theM
way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. <span class="ver">24</span>O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. <span class="ver">25</span>Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
<h2 id="c11">Chapter 11</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word that came toM
Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; <span class="ver">3</span>And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant, <span class="ver">4</span>Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I comM
mand you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God: <span class="ver">5</span>That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD. <span class="ver">6</span>Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them. <span class="ver">7</span>For I earnestly protested unto your M
fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice. <span class="ver">8</span>Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not. <span class="ver">9</span>And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of JeM
rusalem. <span class="ver">10</span>They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them. <span class="ver">12</span>Then shaM
ll the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble. <span class="ver">13</span>For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal. <span class="ver">14</span>Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: foM
r I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble. <span class="ver">15</span>What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. <span class="ver">16</span>The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken. <span class="ver">17</span>For the LORD of hosts, M
that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings. <span class="ver">19</span>But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tM
ree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. <span class="ver">20</span>But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause. <span class="ver">21</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand: <span class="ver">22</span>ThereforM
e thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine: <span class="ver">23</span>And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.
<h2 id="c12">Chapter 12</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are aM
ll they happy that deal very treacherously? <span class="ver">2</span>Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. <span class="ver">3</span>But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. <span class="ver">4</span>How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickeM
dness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? <span class="ver">6</span>For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they hM
ave called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. <span class="ver">8</span>Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. <span class="ver">9</span>Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all thM
e beasts of the field, come to devour. <span class="ver">10</span>Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. <span class="ver">11</span>They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart. <span class="ver">12</span>The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end oM
f the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace. <span class="ver">13</span>They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the houseM
of Judah from among them. <span class="ver">15</span>And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land. <span class="ver">16</span>And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people. <span class="ver">17</span>But if they M
will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.
<h2 id="c13">Chapter 13</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. <span class="ver">2</span>So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins. <span class="ver">3</span>And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, <span class="ver">4</span>Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is M
upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. <span class="ver">5</span>So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me. <span class="ver">6</span>And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there. <span class="ver">7</span>Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it wasM
profitable for nothing. <span class="ver">8</span>Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">9</span>Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. <span class="ver">10</span>This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. <span class="ver">11</span>For as the girdle cleaM
veth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? <span clM
ass="ver">13</span>Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David
s throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. <span class="ver">14</span>And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Hear ye, and give ear; be not proM
ud: for the LORD hath spoken. <span class="ver">16</span>Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness. <span class="ver">17</span>But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD
s flock is carried away captive. <span class="ver">18</span>Say unto the kM
ing and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. <span class="ver">19</span>The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive. <span class="ver">20</span>Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? <span class="ver">21</span>What wilt thou say when he shall punishM
thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail? </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare. <span class="ver">23</span>Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. <span class="ver">24</span>Therefore will I scatter theM
m as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness. <span class="ver">25</span>This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood. <span class="ver">26</span>Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear. <span class="ver">27</span>I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thoM
u not be made clean? when shall it once be?
<h2 id="c14">Chapter 14</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. <span class="ver">2</span>Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. <span class="ver">3</span>And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, M
and covered their heads. <span class="ver">4</span>Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. <span class="ver">5</span>Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass. <span class="ver">6</span>And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>O LORD, though our iniquities testify againM
st us, do thou it for thy name
s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. <span class="ver">8</span>O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night? <span class="ver">9</span>Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10M
</span>Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins. <span class="ver">11</span>Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good. <span class="ver">12</span>When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by tM
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. <span class="ver">14</span>Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. <span class="ver">15</sM
pan>Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed. <span class="ver">16</span>And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them. </p>
lass="ver">17</span>Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow. <span class="ver">18</span>If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not. <span class="ver">19</span>Hast thou utM
terly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble! <span class="ver">20</span>We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. <span class="ver">21</span>Do not abhor us, for thy name
s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us. <span class="ver">22</span>Are there aM
ny among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
<h2 id="c15">Chapter 15</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. <span class="ver">2</span>And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go M
forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity. <span class="ver">3</span>And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. <span class="ver">4</span>And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms ofM
the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem. <span class="ver">5</span>For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest? <span class="ver">6</span>Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting. <span class="ver">7</span>And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I wiM
ll bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways. <span class="ver">8</span>Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city. <span class="ver">9</span>She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the reM
sidue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me. <span class="ver">11</span>The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. <span clasM
s="ver">12</span>Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? <span class="ver">13</span>Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders. <span class="ver">14</span>And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take meM
not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. <span class="ver">16</span>Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. <span class="ver">17</span>I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation. <span class="ver">18</span>Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healM
ed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail? </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. <span class="ver">20</span>And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: forM
I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">21</span>And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
<h2 id="c16">Chapter 16</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place. <span class="ver">3</span>For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning theM
daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land; <span class="ver">4</span>They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. <span class="ver">5</span>For thus saith the LORD, EnterM
not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies. <span class="ver">6</span>Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them: <span class="ver">7</span>Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consoM
lation to drink for their father or for their mother. <span class="ver">8</span>Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink. <span class="ver">9</span>For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew thiM
s people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God? <span class="ver">11</span>Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; <span class="ver">12</span>And ye have done worse than your fM
athers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me: <span class="ver">13</span>Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land oM
f Egypt; <span class="ver">15</span>But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. <span claM
ss="ver">17</span>For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes. <span class="ver">18</span>And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things. <span class="ver">19</span>O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the eartM
h, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. <span class="ver">20</span>Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? <span class="ver">21</span>Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD.
<h2 id="c17">Chapter 17</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is M
graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; <span class="ver">2</span>Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills. <span class="ver">3</span>O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders. <span class="ver">4</span>And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemM
ies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. <span class="ver">6</span>For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. <span class="ver">7</span>Blessed is the man thatM
trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. <span class="ver">8</span>For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? <span class="ver">10</span>I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, eM
ven to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. <span class="ver">11</span>As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. <span class="ver">13</span>O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart froM
m me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters. <span class="ver">14</span>Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now. <span class="ver">16</span>As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was rM
ight before thee. <span class="ver">17</span>Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil. <span class="ver">18</span>Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, anM
d in all the gates of Jerusalem; <span class="ver">20</span>And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: <span class="ver">21</span>Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; <span class="ver">22</span>Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as IM
commanded your fathers. <span class="ver">23</span>But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. <span class="ver">24</span>And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein; <span class="ver">25</span>Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the M
throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever. <span class="ver">26</span>And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD. <span class=M
"ver">27</span>But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
<h2 id="c18">Chapter 18</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Arise, and go down to the potter
s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my woM
rds. <span class="ver">3</span>Then I went down to the potter
s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. <span class="ver">4</span>And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. <span class="ver">5</span>Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, <span class="ver">6</span>O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter
ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. <span class="ver">7</span>At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; <span class="ver">8</span>If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. <span class="ver">9</span>And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; <span class="ver">10</span>If it do evil in M
my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. <span class="ver">12</span>And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we wilM
l every one do the imagination of his evil heart. <span class="ver">13</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing. <span class="ver">14</span>Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken? <span class="ver">15</span>Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have causedM
them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up; <span class="ver">16</span>To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head. <span class="ver">17</span>I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the laM
w shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. <span class="ver">19</span>Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me. <span class="ver">20</span>Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them. <span class="ver">21</span>TheM
refore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle. <span class="ver">22</span>Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. <span class="ver">23</span>Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to sM
lay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.
<h2 id="c19">Chapter 19</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter
s earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests; <span class="ver">2</span>And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that IM
shall tell thee, <span class="ver">3</span>And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle. <span class="ver">4</span>Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blM
ood of innocents; <span class="ver">5</span>They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind: <span class="ver">6</span>Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter. <span class="ver">7</span>And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will causeM
them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. <span class="ver">8</span>And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof. <span class="ver">9</span>And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one theM
flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them. <span class="ver">10</span>Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee, <span class="ver">11</span>And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter
s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury. <span class="ver">12<M
/span>Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet: <span class="ver">13</span>And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods. <span class="ver">14</span>Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stoodM
in the court of the LORD
s house; and said to all the people, <span class="ver">15</span>Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.
<h2 id="c20">Chapter 20</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these thM
ings. <span class="ver">2</span>Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">3</span>And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib. <span class="ver">4</span>For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fallM
by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword. <span class="ver">5</span>Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon. <span claM
ss="ver">6</span>And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me. <span class="ver">8</span>For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the woM
rd of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. <span class="ver">9</span>Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shalM
l prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him. <span class="ver">11</span>But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten. <span class="ver">12</span>But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause. <span class="ver">M
13</span>Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. <span class="ver">15</span>Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad. <span class="ver">16</span>And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry iM
n the morning, and the shouting at noontide; <span class="ver">17</span>Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me. <span class="ver">18</span>Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
<h2 id="c21">Chapter 21</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah tM
he son of Maaseiah the priest, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: <span class="ver">4</span>Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight againM
st the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city. <span class="ver">5</span>And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. <span class="ver">6</span>And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. <span class="ver">7</span>And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king ofM
Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and M
the way of death. <span class="ver">9</span>He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey. <span class="ver">10</span>For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And touching theM
house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the LORD; <span class="ver">12</span>O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. <span class="ver">13</span>Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into ouM
r habitations? <span class="ver">14</span>But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.
<h2 id="c22">Chapter 22</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word, <span class="ver">2</span>And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy pM
eople that enter in by these gates: <span class="ver">3</span>Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place. <span class="ver">4</span>For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his peM
ople. <span class="ver">5</span>But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation. <span class="ver">6</span>For thus saith the LORD unto the king
s house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited. <span class="ver">7</span>And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into tM
he fire. <span class="ver">8</span>And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city? <span class="ver">9</span>Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country. <spaM
n class="ver">11</span>For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more: <span class="ver">12</span>But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour
s service without wages, and givM
eth him not for his work; <span class="ver">14</span>That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. <span class="ver">15</span>Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? <span class="ver">16</span>He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD. <spaM
n class="ver">17</span>But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. <span class="ver">18</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory! <span class="ver">19</span>He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gM
ates of Jerusalem. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed. <span class="ver">21</span>I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice. <span class="ver">22</span>The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wicM
kedness. <span class="ver">23</span>O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! <span class="ver">24</span>As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence; <span class="ver">25</span>And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of NM
ebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. <span class="ver">26</span>And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die. <span class="ver">27</span>But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return. <span class="ver">28</span>Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they kM
now not? <span class="ver">29</span>O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD. <span class="ver">30</span>Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
<h2 id="c23">Chapter 23</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD. <span class="ver">2</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD GodM
of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">3</span>And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase. <span class="ver">4</span>And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor M
be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. <span class="ver">6</span>In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. <span class="ver">7</span>Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, thaM
t they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; <span class="ver">8</span>But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, becauseM
of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness. <span class="ver">10</span>For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. <span class="ver">11</span>For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">12</span>Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be drivM
en on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">13</span>And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. <span class="ver">14</span>I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabiM
tants thereof as Gomorrah. <span class="ver">15</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land. <span class="ver">16</span>Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD. <span class="ver">17<M
/span>They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you. <span class="ver">18</span>For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it? <span class="ver">19</span>Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked. <spanM
class="ver">20</span>The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly. <span class="ver">21</span>I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. <span class="ver">22</span>But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings. <span classM
="ver">23</span>Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? <span class="ver">24</span>Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD. <span class="ver">25</span>I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. <span class="ver">26</span>How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heartM
; <span class="ver">27</span>Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal. <span class="ver">28</span>The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD. <span class="ver">29</span>Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? <span class="ver">M
30</span>Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour. <span class="ver">31</span>Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. <span class="ver">32</span>Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saitM
<p><span class="ver">33</span>And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">34</span>And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house. <span class="ver">35</span>Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath M
the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken? <span class="ver">36</span>And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man
s word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God. <span class="ver">37</span>Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken? <span class="ver">38</span>But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burdeM
n of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD; <span class="ver">39</span>Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence: <span class="ver">40</span>And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
<h2 id="c24">Chapter 24</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of M
figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. <span class="ver">2</span>One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. <span class="ver">3</span>Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, M
Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">5</span>Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good. <span class="ver">6</span>For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I wiM
ll bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. <span class="ver">7</span>And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the reM
sidue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt: <span class="ver">9</span>And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. <span class="ver">10</span>And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
<h2 id="c25">Chapter 25</h2>
pan class="ver">1</span>The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; <span class="ver">2</span>The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, <span class="ver">3</span>From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of thM
e LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened. <span class="ver">4</span>And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. <span class="ver">5</span>They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: <span class="ver">6</M
span>And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. <span class="ver">7</span>Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words, <span class="ver">9</span>Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the M
LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. <span class="ver">10</span>Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. <span class="ver">M
11</span>And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. <span class="ver">13</span>And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all M
that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations. <span class="ver">14</span>For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. <span class="ver">16</span>And they shall drink, M
and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. <span class="ver">17</span>Then took I the cup at the LORD
s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: <span class="ver">18</span>To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; <span class="ver">19</span>Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his peopM
le; <span class="ver">20</span>And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, <span class="ver">21</span>Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, <span class="ver">22</span>And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea, <span class="ver">23</span>Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, <span class=M
"ver">24</span>And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, <span class="ver">25</span>And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, <span class="ver">26</span>And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. <span class="ver">27</span>Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD M
of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. <span class="ver">28</span>And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. <span class="ver">29</span>For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword M
upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts. <span class="ver">30</span>Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. <span class="ver">31</span>A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will pM
lead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">32</span>Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. <span class="ver">33</span>And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground. </p>
<p><span class="vM
er">34</span>Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel. <span class="ver">35</span>And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. <span class="ver">36</span>A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture. <span class="ver">3M
7</span>And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD. <span class="ver">38</span>He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
<h2 id="c26">Chapter 26</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD
s house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD
s house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word: <span class="ver">3</span>If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings. <span class="ver">4</span>And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,M
<span class="ver">5</span>To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened; <span class="ver">6</span>Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. <span class="ver">7</span>So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made M
an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die. <span class="ver">9</span>Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they M
came up from the king
s house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the LORD
s house. <span class="ver">11</span>Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this cityM
all the words that ye have heard. <span class="ver">13</span>Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you. <span class="ver">14</span>As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you. <span class="ver">15</span>But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thM
ereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God. <span class="ver">17</span>Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying, <span class="ver">18</span>Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of JudaM
h, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. <span class="ver">19</span>Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls. <span class="ver">20</span>And there wasM
also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah: <span class="ver">21</span>And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt; <span class="ver">22</span>And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son ofM
Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt. <span class="ver">23</span>And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people. <span class="ver">24</span>Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
<h2 id="c27">Chapter 27</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In the beginning of the reign ofM
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, <span class="ver">3</span>And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah; <span class="ver">4</span>And command them to say unto their mM
asters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters; <span class="ver">5</span>I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. <span class="ver">6</span>And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. <span class="ver">7</span>And all natioM
ns shall serve him, and his son, and his son
s son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. <span class="ver">8</span>And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hM
and. <span class="ver">9</span>Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: <span class="ver">10</span>For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. <span class="ver">11</span>But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I letM
remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. <span class="ver">13</span>Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? <span class="ver"M
>14</span>Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. <span class="ver">15</span>For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you. <span class="ver">16</span>Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets M
that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD
s house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. <span class="ver">17</span>Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste? <span class="ver">18</span>But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king M
of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city, <span class="ver">20</span>Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; <span class="ver">21</span>Yea, thus saith tM
he LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem; <span class="ver">22</span>They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.
<h2 id="c28">Chapter 28</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth yeaM
r, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. <span class="ver">3</span>Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD
s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carriM
ed them to Babylon: <span class="ver">4</span>And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD, <span class="ver">6</span>Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LOM
RD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD
s house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place. <span class="ver">7</span>Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people; <span class="ver">8</span>The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. <span class="verM
">9</span>The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah
s neck, and brake it. <span class="ver">11</span>And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space oM
f two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, <span class="ver">13</span>Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron. <span class="ver">14</span>For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron uM
pon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie. <span class="ver">16</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taughtM
rebellion against the LORD. <span class="ver">17</span>So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
<h2 id="c29">Chapter 29</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; <span class="ver">2</span>(After that Jeconiah the M
king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;) <span class="ver">3</span>By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying, <span class="ver">4</span>Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon; <spanM
class="ver">5</span>Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; <span class="ver">6</span>Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. <span class="ver">7</span>And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.M
<p><span class="ver">8</span>For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed. <span class="ver">9</span>For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in cauM
sing you to return to this place. <span class="ver">11</span>For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. <span class="ver">12</span>Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. <span class="ver">13</span>And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. <span class="ver">14</span>And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your capM
tivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; <span class="ver">16</span>Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth wM
ith you into captivity; <span class="ver">17</span>Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. <span class="ver">18</span>And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driveM
n them: <span class="ver">19</span>Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: <span class="ver">21</span>Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which propheM
sy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; <span class="ver">22</span>And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; <span class="ver">23</span>Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours
wives, and have spoken lyiM
ng words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, <span class="ver">25</span>Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, <span class="ver">26</span>The LORD hath made thee priest in the M
stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks. <span class="ver">27</span>Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you? <span class="ver">28</span>For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. <span clasM
s="ver">29</span>And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, <span class="ver">31</span>Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: <span class="ver">32</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the NehelamitM
e, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.
<h2 id="c30">Chapter 30</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. <span class="ver">3</span>For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, M
that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah. <span class="ver">5</span>For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. <span class="ver">6</span>Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I M
see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? <span class="ver">7</span>Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob
s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. <span class="ver">8</span>For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: <span class="ver">9</span>But they shall serM
ve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. <span class="ver">11</span>For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scatteM
red thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. <span class="ver">12</span>For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous. <span class="ver">13</span>There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. <span class="ver">14</span>All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of M
a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased. <span class="ver">15</span>Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee. <span class="ver">16</span>Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a M
prey. <span class="ver">17</span>For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>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. <span class="ver">19</span>And out of them shall proM
ceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. <span class="ver">20</span>Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. <span class="ver">21</span>And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto meM
: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. <span class="ver">22</span>And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. <span class="ver">23</span>Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked. <span class="ver">24</span>The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
c31">Chapter 31</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. <span class="ver">2</span>Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. <span class="ver">3</span>The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. <span class="ver">4M
</span>Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. <span class="ver">5</span>Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things. <span class="ver">6</span>For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God. <span class="ver">7</span>For M
thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. <span class="ver">8</span>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. <span class="ver">9</span>They shall come with weeping, and with supplications willM
I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. <span class="ver">11</span>For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he. <span clasM
s="ver">12</span>Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. <span class="ver">13</span>Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. <span claM
ss="ver">14</span>And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. <span class="ver">16</span>Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and theyM
shall come again from the land of the enemy. <span class="ver">17</span>And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. <span class="ver">19</span>Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed,M
I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. <span class="ver">20</span>Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">21</span>Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn agaM
in to these thy cities. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man. <span class="ver">23</span>Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness. <span class="ver">24</span>And there shall dwellM
in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks. <span class="ver">25</span>For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul. <span class="ver">26</span>Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. <span class="ver">28</span>AndM
it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">29</span>In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children
s teeth are set on edge. <span class="ver">30</span>But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. </p>
ass="ver">31</span>Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: <span class="ver">32</span>Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: <span class="ver">33</span>But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saithM
the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. <span class="ver">34</span>And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a liM
ght by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name: <span class="ver">36</span>If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever. <span class="ver">37</span>Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all M
that they have done, saith the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">38</span>Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner. <span class="ver">39</span>And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. <span class="ver">40</span>And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate towarM
d the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
<h2 id="c32">Chapter 32</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. <span class="ver">2</span>For then the king of Babylon
s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah
s house. <span class="ver">3</sM
pan>For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; <span class="ver">4</span>And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes; <span class="ver">5</span>And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, M
and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">7</span>Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it. <span class="ver">8</span>So Hanameel mine uncle
s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the wordM
of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD. <span class="ver">9</span>And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle
s son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver. <span class="ver">10</span>And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed M
him the money in the balances. <span class="ver">11</span>So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open: <span class="ver">12</span>And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle
s son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>M
And I charged Baruch before them, saying, <span class="ver">14</span>Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days. <span class="ver">15</span>For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Now when I had delivered the evidenceM
of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying, <span class="ver">17</span>Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: <span class="ver">18</span>Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name, <span class="ver">19</span>Great in counsel, and mM
ighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings: <span class="ver">20</span>Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day; <span class="ver">21</span>And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, anM
d with great terror; <span class="ver">22</span>And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey; <span class="ver">23</span>And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them: <span class="ver">24</span>Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is giveM
n into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it. <span class="ver">25</span>And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, <span class="ver">27</span>Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all fM
lesh: is there any thing too hard for me? <span class="ver">28</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: <span class="ver">29</span>And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger. <span class="vM
er">30</span>For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">31</span>For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face, <span class="ver">32</span>Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of JuM
dah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. <span class="ver">33</span>And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction. <span class="ver">34</span>But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it. <span class="ver">35</span>And they bM
uilt the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. </p>
<p><span class="ver">36</span>And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;M
<span class="ver">37</span>Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely: <span class="ver">38</span>And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: <span class="ver">39</span>And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: <span class="ver">40</span>And I will maM
ke an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. <span class="ver">41</span>Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul. <span class="ver">42</span>For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them. <span clasM
s="ver">43</span>And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. <span class="ver">44</span>Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORDM
<h2 id="c33">Chapter 33</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name; <span class="ver">3</span>Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. <span class="ver">4</span>For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, cM
oncerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword; <span class="ver">5</span>They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city. <span class="ver">6</span>Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. <spM
an class="ver">7</span>And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. <span class="ver">8</span>And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all tM
he good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. <span class="ver">10</span>Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, <span class="ver">11</span>The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegrooM
m, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">12</span>Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing theiM
r flocks to lie down. <span class="ver">13</span>In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">14</span>Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. </p>
<p><span class="verM
">15</span>In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. <span class="ver">16</span>In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; <span class="ver">18</span>Neither sM
hall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying, <span class="ver">20</span>Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; <span class="ver">21</span>Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a sM
on to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. <span class="ver">22</span>As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. <span class="ver">23</span>Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, <span class="ver">24</span>Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus tM
hey have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. <span class="ver">25</span>Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; <span class="ver">26</span>Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
<h2 id="c34">Chapter 34</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire: <sM
pan class="ver">3</span>And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon. <span class="ver">4</span>Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: <span class="ver">5</span>But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which M
were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">6</span>Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, <span class="ver">7</span>When the king of Babylon
s army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah. </p>
<p><span class="vM
er">8</span>This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; <span class="ver">9</span>That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. <span class="ver">10</span>Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard M
that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go. <span class="ver">11</span>But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, <span class="ver">13</span>Thus saith the LM
ORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying, <span class="ver">14</span>At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear. <span class="ver">15</span>And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in M
proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: <span class="ver">16</span>But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids. <span class="ver">17</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his bM
rother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. <span class="ver">18</span>And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof, <span class="ver">19</span>The princes of Judah, and the princesM
of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf; <span class="ver">20</span>I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. <span class="ver">21</span>And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and inM
to the hand of the king of Babylon
s army, which are gone up from you. <span class="ver">22</span>Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.
<h2 id="c35">Chapter 35</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, <span class="ver">2</sM
pan>Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. <span class="ver">3</span>Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; <span class="ver">4</span>And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, whichM
was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: <span class="ver">5</span>And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. <span class="ver">6</span>But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever: <span class="ver">7</span>Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: bM
ut all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers. <span class="ver">8</span>Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters; <span class="ver">9</span>Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: <span class="ver">10</span>But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all thM
at Jonadab our father commanded us. <span class="ver">11</span>But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, <span class="ver">13</span>Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of JerusM
alem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD. <span class="ver">14</span>The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father
s commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me. <span class="ver">15</span>I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now everM
y man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me. <span class="ver">16</span>Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me: <span class="ver">17</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I wilM
l bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you: <span clasM
s="ver">19</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
<h2 id="c36">Chapter 36</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against M
all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day. <span class="ver">3</span>It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. <span class="ver">4</span>Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book. <span class="vM
er">5</span>And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD: <span class="ver">6</span>Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD
s house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities. <span class="ver">7</span>It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil wM
ay: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people. <span class="ver">8</span>And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD
s house. <span class="ver">9</span>And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the M
cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. <span class="ver">10</span>Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD
s house, in the ears of all the people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD, <span class="ver">12</span>Then he went down into the king
s chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes. <span class="ver">13</span>Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people. <span class="ver">14</span>Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto BarucM
h, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them. <span class="ver">15</span>And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears. <span class="ver">16</span>Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words. <span class="ver">17</span>And tM
hey asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth? <span class="ver">18</span>Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book. <span class="ver">19</span>Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and tolM
d all the words in the ears of the king. <span class="ver">21</span>So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe
s chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king. <span class="ver">22</span>Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. <span class="ver">23</span>And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it wiM
th the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. <span class="ver">24</span>Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. <span class="ver">25</span>Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them. <span class="ver">26</span>But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son M
of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, <span class="ver">28</span>Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned. <span clM
ass="ver">29</span>And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? <span class="ver">30</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. <span class="vM
er">31</span>And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were addeM
d besides unto them many like words.
<h2 id="c37">Chapter 37</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. <span class="ver">2</span>But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah. <span class="ver">3</span>And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah theM
son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us. <span class="ver">4</span>Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison. <span class="ver">5</span>Then Pharaoh
s army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying, <span class="ver">7</spanM
>Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh
s army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land. <span class="ver">8</span>And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire. <span class="ver">9</span>Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart. <span class="ver">10<M
/span>For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh
s army, <span class="ver">12</span>Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the peopleM
. <span class="ver">13</span>And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans. <span class="ver">14</span>Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. <span class="ver">15</span>Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, andM
put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; <span class="ver">17</span>Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. <span class="verM
">18</span>Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison? <span class="ver">19</span>Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land? <span class="ver">20</span>Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of JoM
nathan the scribe, lest I die there. <span class="ver">21</span>Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers
street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
<h2 id="c38">Chapter 38</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son oM
f Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. <span class="ver">3</span>Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon
s army, which shall take it. <span class="ver">4</span>Therefore the priM
nces said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. <span class="ver">5</span>Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. <span class="ver">6</span>Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the M
son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king
s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; <span class="ver">8</span>Ebed-melech went forth out of the king
s house, and spake to the king, saying, <span class="ver">9<M
/span>My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. <span class="ver">10</span>Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. <span class="ver">11</span>So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house oM
f the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. <span class="ver">12</span>And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. <span class="ver">13</span>So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Then ZedekM
iah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me. <span class="ver">15</span>Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me? <span class="ver">16</span>So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not pM
ut thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life. <span class="ver">17</span>Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon
s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house: <span class="ver">18</span>But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon
s princes, then shall this city be given into the M
hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand. <span class="ver">19</span>And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me. <span class="ver">20</span>But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. <span class="ver">21</span>But if M
thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me: <span class="ver">22</span>And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah
s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon
s princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back. <span class="ver">23</span>So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of theirM
hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die. <span class="ver">25</span>But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee: <spanM
class="ver">26</span>Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan
s house, to die there. <span class="ver">27</span>Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived. <span class="ver">28</span>So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he wM
as there when Jerusalem was taken.
<h2 id="c39">Chapter 39</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. <span class="ver">2</span>And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. <span class="ver">3</span>And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sharezeM
r, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king
s garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain. <span class="ver">5</span>But the Chaldeans
army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plM
ains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him. <span class="ver">6</span>Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah. <span class="ver">7</span>Moreover he put out Zedekiah
s eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And the Chaldeans burned the king
e, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. <span class="ver">9</span>Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained. <span class="ver">10</span>But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.M
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard, saying, <span class="ver">12</span>Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee. <span class="ver">13</span>So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, and all the king of Babylon
s princes; <span class="ver">14</span>Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out M
of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying, <span class="ver">16</span>Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accoM
mplished in that day before thee. <span class="ver">17</span>But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. <span class="ver">18</span>For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD.
<h2 id="c40">Chapter 40</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzar-adaM
n the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon. <span class="ver">2</span>And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. <span class="ver">3</span>Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voiceM
, therefore this thing is come upon you. <span class="ver">4</span>And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go. <span class="ver">5</span>Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son M
of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go. <span class="ver">6</span>Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fielM
ds, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon; <span class="ver">8</span>Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, theyM
and their men. <span class="ver">9</span>And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you. <span class="ver">10</span>As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken. <span class="ver">11</span>M
Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan; <span class="ver">12</span>Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Moreover Johanan the sonM
of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, <span class="ver">14</span>And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not. <span class="ver">15</span>Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: whereforM
e should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish? <span class="ver">16</span>But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.
<h2 id="c41">Chapter 41</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, cM
ame unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah. <span class="ver">2</span>Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land. <span class="ver">3</span>Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war. <span clM
ass="ver">4</span>And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it, <span class="ver">5</span>That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">6</span>And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pM
ass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. <span class="ver">7</span>And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him. <span class="ver">8</span>But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.M
<span class="ver">9</span>Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain. <span class="ver">10</span>Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king
s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had committed to M
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, <span class="ver">12</span>Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon. <span class="ver">13</span>Now it M
came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad. <span class="ver">14</span>So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah. <span class="ver">15</span>But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites. <span class="ver">16</span>Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, aM
nd all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon: <span class="ver">17</span>And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Egypt, <span class="ver">18</span>Because of the Chaldeans: for they weM
re afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.
<h2 id="c42">Chapter 42</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near, <span class="ver">2</span>And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for M
us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:) <span class="ver">3</span>That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do. <span class="ver">4</span>Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back M
from you. <span class="ver">5</span>Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us. <span class="ver">6</span>Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD caM
me unto Jeremiah. <span class="ver">8</span>Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, <span class="ver">9</span>And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him; <span class="ver">10</span>If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of tM
he evil that I have done unto you. <span class="ver">11</span>Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand. <span class="ver">12</span>And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God, <span class="ver">14</span>SaM
ying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: <span class="ver">15</span>And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; <span class="ver">16</span>Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and theM
famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die. <span class="ver">17</span>So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. <span class="ver">18</span>For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of M
Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day. <span class="ver">20</span>For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; andM
according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it. <span class="ver">21</span>And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you. <span class="ver">22</span>Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.
<h2 id="c43">Chapter 43</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And iM
t came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words, <span class="ver">2</span>Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there: <span class="ver">3</span>But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us,M
for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon. <span class="ver">4</span>So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah. <span class="ver">5</span>But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of JudM
ah; <span class="ver">6</span>Even men, and women, and children, and the king
s daughters, and every person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. <span class="ver">7</span>So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, <span cM
lass="ver">9</span>Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh
s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; <span class="ver">10</span>And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them. <span class="ver">11</span>And when he cometh, he shM
all smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword. <span class="ver">12</span>And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace. <span class="ver">13</span>He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is iM
n the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.
<h2 id="c44">Chapter 44</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, M
this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein, <span class="ver">3</span>Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers. <span class="ver">4</span>Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. <span class="ver">5</span>But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear tM
o turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. <span class="ver">6</span>Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day. <span class="ver">7</span>Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain; <spM
an class="ver">8</span>In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? <span class="ver">9</span>Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committedM
in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem? <span class="ver">10</span>They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah. <span class="ver">12</span>And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the landM
of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. <span class="ver">13</span>For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: <span class="ver">14</span>So thatM
none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, sM
aying, <span class="ver">16</span>As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. <span class="ver">17</span>But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. <span M
class="ver">18</span>But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. <span class="ver">19</span>And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men? </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the M
women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying, <span class="ver">21</span>The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into his mind? <span class="ver">22</span>So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, M
and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day. <span class="ver">23</span>Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day. <span class="ver">24</span>Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt: <span class="M
ver">25</span>Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows. <span class="ver">26</span>Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith thM
e LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth. <span class="ver">27</span>Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them. <span class="ver">28</span>Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that aM
re gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil: <span class="ver">30</span>Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand M
of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.
<h2 id="c45">Chapter 45</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch; <span class="ver">3</span>Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added griM
ef to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land. <span class="ver">5</span>And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
<h2 id="c46">Chapter M
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles; <span class="ver">2</span>Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah. <span class="ver">3</span>Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. <span class="ver">4</span>Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, aM
nd stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines. <span class="ver">5</span>Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">6</span>Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. <span class="ver">7</span>Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are M
moved as the rivers? <span class="ver">8</span>Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof. <span class="ver">9</span>Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. <span class="ver">10</span>For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeM
ance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. <span class="ver">11</span>Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured. <span class="ver">12</span>The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled againM
st the mighty, and they are fallen both together. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">14</span>Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee. <span class="ver">15</span>Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.M
<span class="ver">16</span>He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword. <span class="ver">17</span>They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed. <span class="ver">18</span>As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come. <span class="ver">19</span>O tM
hou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant. <span class="ver">20</span>Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north. <span class="ver">21</span>Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation. <span class="ver">M
22</span>The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. <span class="ver">23</span>They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable. <span class="ver">24</span>The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north. <span class="ver">25</span>The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; BehoM
ld, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him: <span class="ver">26</span>And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behoM
ld, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. <span class="ver">28</span>Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
<h2 id="c47">Chapter 47</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>TheM
word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. <span class="ver">2</span>Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl. <span class="ver">3</span>At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, aM
nd at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands; <span class="ver">4</span>Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor. <span class="ver">5</span>Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? <span class="ver">6</span>O thou sword M
of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. <span class="ver">7</span>How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.
<h2 id="c48">Chapter 48</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed. <span class="ver">2</spaM
n>There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee. <span class="ver">3</span>A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction. <span class="ver">4</span>Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard. <span class="ver">5</span>For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim theM
enemies have heard a cry of destruction. <span class="ver">6</span>Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together. <span class="ver">8</span>And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hathM
spoken. <span class="ver">9</span>Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein. <span class="ver">10</span>Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remM
ained in him, and his scent is not changed. <span class="ver">12</span>Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles. <span class="ver">13</span>And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? <span class="ver">15</span>Moab is spoiled, and gone up M
out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. <span class="ver">16</span>The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast. <span class="ver">17</span>All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod! <span class="ver">18</span>Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shallM
come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds. <span class="ver">19</span>O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done? <span class="ver">20</span>Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, <span class="ver">21</span>And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, <span class="ver">22</span>And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon BethM
-diblathaim, <span class="ver">23</span>And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon, <span class="ver">24</span>And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near. <span class="ver">25</span>The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. <span class="ver">27</span>For M
was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. <span class="ver">28</span>O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole
s mouth. <span class="ver">29</span>We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart. <span class="ver">30</span>I know his wrath, saith the LORD; bM
ut it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it. <span class="ver">31</span>Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres. <span class="ver">32</span>O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage. <span class="ver">33</span>And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from M
the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting. <span class="ver">34</span>From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate. <span class="ver">35</span>Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth inceM
nse to his gods. <span class="ver">36</span>Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished. <span class="ver">37</span>For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. <span class="ver">38</span>There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vM
essel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">39</span>They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him. <span class="ver">40</span>For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab. <span class="ver">41</span>Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men
s hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman inM
her pangs. <span class="ver">42</span>And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD. <span class="ver">43</span>Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">44</span>He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">45</spaM
n>They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. <span class="ver">46</span>Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives. </p>
<p><span class="ver">47</span>Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far is thM
e judgment of Moab.
<h2 id="c49">Chapter 49</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities? <span class="ver">2</span>Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were hisM
heirs, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">3</span>Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together. <span class="ver">4</span>Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me? <span class="ver">5</span>Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GODM
of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth. <span class="ver">6</span>And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? <span class="ver">8</span>Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I wM
ill bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him. <span class="ver">9</span>If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough. <span class="ver">10</span>But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not. <span class="ver">11</span>Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve themM
alive; and let thy widows trust in me. <span class="ver">12</span>For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it. <span class="ver">13</span>For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. <span class="ver">14</span>I havM
e heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. <span class="ver">15</span>For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men. <span class="ver">16</span>Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from M
thence, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">17</span>Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. <span class="ver">18</span>As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it. <span class="ver">19</span>Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him rM
un away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me? <span class="ver">20</span>Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them. <span class="ver">21</span>The earth is moved at the noiseM
of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea. <span class="ver">22</span>Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. <span class="ver">24</span>Damascus is waxed fM
eeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail. <span class="ver">25</span>How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! <span class="ver">26</span>Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts. <span class="ver">27</span>And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</sM
pan>Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east. <span class="ver">29</span>Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD;M
for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you. <span class="ver">31</span>Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. <span class="ver">32</span>And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the M
LORD. <span class="ver">33</span>And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">34</span>The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, <span class="ver">35</span>Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. <span class="ver">36</span>And upon Elam will I bring the fourM
winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. <span class="ver">37</span>For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them: <span class="ver">38</span>And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king M
and the princes, saith the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">39</span>But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.
<h2 id="c50">Chapter 50</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. <span class="ver">2</span>Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach M
is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. <span class="ver">3</span>For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. <span cM
lass="ver">5</span>They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. <span class="ver">6</span>My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace. <span class="ver">7</span>All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend notM
, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers. <span class="ver">8</span>Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be aM
s of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. <span class="ver">10</span>And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">11</span>Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls; <span class="ver">12</span>Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a dM
esert. <span class="ver">13</span>Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. <span class="ver">14</span>Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD. <span class="ver">15</span>Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown downM
: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her. <span class="ver">16</span>Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon M
hath broken his bones. <span class="ver">18</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. <span class="ver">19</span>And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. <span class="ver">20</span>In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall M
be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee. <span class="ver">22</span>A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. <span class="ver">23</span>How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is BabM
ylon become a desolation among the nations! <span class="ver">24</span>I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. <span class="ver">25</span>The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. <span class="ver">26</span>Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses:M
cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left. <span class="ver">27</span>Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. <span class="ver">28</span>The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple. <span class="ver">29</span>Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it roM
und about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel. <span class="ver">30</span>Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">31</span>Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee. <span class="ver">3M
2</span>And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. <span class="ver">34</span>Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give reM
st to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. <span class="ver">36</span>A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. <span class="ver">37</span>A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall becM
ome as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed. <span class="ver">38</span>A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. <span class="ver">39</span>Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. <span class="ver">40</span>As GoM
d overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. <span class="ver">41</span>Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. <span class="ver">42</span>They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a manM
to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon. <span class="ver">43</span>The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail. <span class="ver">44</span>Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is thatM
shepherd that will stand before me? <span class="ver">45</span>Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them. <span class="ver">46</span>At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
<h2 id="c51">Chapter 51</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>ThusM
saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; <span class="ver">2</span>And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. <span class="ver">3</span>Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all heM
r host. <span class="ver">4</span>Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets. <span class="ver">5</span>For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel. <span class="ver">6</span>Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD
s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompenM
ce. <span class="ver">7</span>Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD
s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. <span class="ver">8</span>Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. <span class="ver">9</span>We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even toM
the skies. <span class="ver">10</span>The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God. <span class="ver">11</span>Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple. <span class="ver">12</span>Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, M
prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon. <span class="ver">13</span>O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. <span class="ver">14</span>The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee. <span class="ver">15</span>He hath made the earth by his power, he hath establisM
hed the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding. <span class="ver">16</span>When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. <span class="ver">17</span>Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. <spaM
n class="ver">18</span>They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. <span class="ver">19</span>The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name. <span class="ver">20</span>Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; <span class="ver">21</span>And with thee will I break in pieces the horse aM
nd his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; <span class="ver">22</span>With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; <span class="ver">23</span>I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers. <span class="ver">24M
</span>And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">25</span>Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain. <span class="ver">26</span>And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be dM
esolate for ever, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">27</span>Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers. <span class="ver">28</span>Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion. <span class="ver">29</spanM
>And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant. <span class="ver">30</span>The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken. <span class="ver">31</span>One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that hisM
city is taken at one end, <span class="ver">32</span>And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. <span class="ver">33</span>For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come. <span class="ver">34</span>Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he haM
th swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out. <span class="ver">35</span>The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. <span class="ver">36</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. <span class="ver">37</span>And Babylon shall become heaps, a dweM
llingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant. <span class="ver">38</span>They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions
whelps. <span class="ver">39</span>In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">40</span>I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats. <span class="ver">41</span>How is Sheshach taken! and howM
is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations! <span class="ver">42</span>The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof. <span class="ver">43</span>Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby. <span class="ver">44</span>And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the M
nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall. <span class="ver">45</span>My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD. <span class="ver">46</span>And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler. <span class="ver">47</span>Therefore, behold, M
the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. <span class="ver">48</span>Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">49</span>As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. <span class="ver">50</span>Ye that have escaped M
the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. <span class="ver">51</span>We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD
s house. <span class="ver">52</span>Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan. <span class="ver">53</span>Though Babylon should mount up to heaveM
n, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">54</span>A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans: <span class="ver">55</span>Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered: <span class="ver">56</span>Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighM
ty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite. <span class="ver">57</span>And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. <span class="ver">58</span>Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall laboM
ur in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary. </p>
<p><span class="ver">59</span>The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince. <span class="ver">60</span>So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon. <span class="ver">61</span>And Jeremiah saidM
to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words; <span class="ver">62</span>Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever. <span class="ver">63</span>And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates: <span class="ver">64</span>And thou shalt say, Thus shall BaM
bylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
<h2 id="c52">Chapter 52</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother
s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. <span class="ver">2</span>And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. <span class="ver">3</sM
pan>For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about. <span class="ver">5</span>So the city was besieged unto the M
eleventh year of king Zedekiah. <span class="ver">6</span>And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. <span class="ver">7</span>Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king
s garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain. </p>
<p><span class="veM
r">8</span>But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. <span class="ver">9</span>Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him. <span class="ver">10</span>And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. <span class="ver">11</span>Then he put out the eyes of ZedekiaM
h; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem, <span class="ver">13</span>And burned the house of the LORD, and the king
s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the greM
at men, burned he with fire: <span class="ver">14</span>And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about. <span class="ver">15</span>Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude. <span class="ver">16</span>But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the M
guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen. <span class="ver">17</span>Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon. <span class="ver">18</span>The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. <span class="ver">19</span>And M
the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away. <span class="ver">20</span>The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight. <span class="ver">21</span>And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighM
teen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. <span class="ver">22</span>And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these. <span class="ver">23</span>And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round aboM
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: <span class="ver">25</span>He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king
s person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of theM
city. <span class="ver">26</span>So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. <span class="ver">27</span>And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land. <span class="ver">28</span>This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: <span class="ver">29</span>In the eighteenth year of NebucM
hadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons: <span class="ver">30</span>In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the mM
onth, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison, <span class="ver">32</span>And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, <span class="ver">33</span>And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life. <span class="ver">34</span>And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of BaL
bylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life. </p>
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<span>THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED</span>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
<li><a href="#c1">1</a></li>
<li><a href="#c2">2</a></li>
<li><a href="#c3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="#c4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="#c5">5</a></li>
<li><a href="#c6">6</a></li>
<li><a href="#c7">7</a></li>
<li><a href="#c8">8</a></li>
<li><a href="#c9">9</a></li>
<li><a href="#c10">10</a></li>
<li><a href="#c11">11</a></li>
<li><a href="#c12">12</a></li>
<li><a href="#c13">13</a></li>
<li><a href="#c14">14</a></li>
<li><a href="#c15">15</a></li>
<li><a href="#c16">16</a></li>
<li><a href="#c17">17</a></li>
<li><a href="#c18">18</a></li>
<li><a href="#c19">19</a></li>
<li><a href="#c20">20</a></li>
<li><a href="#c21">21</a></li>
<li><a href="#c22">22</a></li>
<li><a href="#c23">23</a></li>
<li><a href="#c24">24</a></li>
<li><a href="#c25">25</a></li>
<li><a href="#c26">26</a></li>
<li><a href="#c27">27</a></li>
<li><a href="#c28">28</a></li>
<li><a href="#c29">29</a></li>
<li><a href="#c31">31</a></li>
<li><a href="#c32">32</a></li>
<li><a href="#c33">33</a></li>
<li><a href="#c34">34</a></li>
<h2 id="c1">Chapter 1</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. <span class="ver">2</span>(There are eleven days
journey from Horeb by the wayM
of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.) <span class="ver">3</span>And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them; <span class="ver">4</span>After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei: <span class="ver">5</span>On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses tM
o declare this law, saying, <span class="ver">6</span>The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: <span class="ver">7</span>Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates. <span class="ver">8</span>Behold, I have set the land before youM
: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: <span class="ver">10</span>The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. <span class="ver">11</span>(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, asM
he hath promised you!) <span class="ver">12</span>How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? <span class="ver">13</span>Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. <span class="ver">14</span>And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. <span class="ver">15</span>So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captM
ains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. <span class="ver">16</span>And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. <span class="ver">17</span>Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God
s: and the cause that iM
s too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. <span class="ver">18</span>And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea. <span class="ver">20</span>And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doM
th give unto us. <span class="ver">21</span>Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come. <span class="ver">23</span>And the saying pleased me well: and I tooM
k twelve men of you, one of a tribe: <span class="ver">24</span>And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. <span class="ver">25</span>And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us. <span class="ver">26</span>Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God: <span class="ver">27</span>M
And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. <span class="ver">28</span>Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there. <span class="ver">29</span>Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. <span claM
ss="ver">30</span>The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes; <span class="ver">31</span>And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place. <span class="ver">32</span>Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God, <span class="ver">33</span>Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitchM
your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day. <span class="ver">34</span>And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, <span class="ver">35</span>Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers, <span class="ver">36</span>Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he M
hath wholly followed the LORD. <span class="ver">37</span>Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither. <span class="ver">38</span>But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. <span class="ver">39</span>Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will IM
give it, and they shall possess it. <span class="ver">40</span>But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. <span class="ver">41</span>Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill. <span class="ver">42</span>And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight;M
for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies. <span class="ver">43</span>So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill. <span class="ver">44</span>And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah. <span class="ver">45</span>And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor givM
e ear unto you. <span class="ver">46</span>So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.
<h2 id="c2">Chapter 2</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days. <span class="ver">2</span>And the LORD spake unto me, saying, <span class="ver">3</span>Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. <span class="ver">4</span>And commM
and thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore: <span class="ver">5</span>Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. <span class="ver">6</span>Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye mayM
drink. <span class="ver">7</span>For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing. <span class="ver">8</span>And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. <span class="ver">9</span>And the LORD said unto mM
e, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession. <span class="ver">10</span>The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; <span class="ver">11</span>Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims. <span class="ver">12</span>The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeM
ded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them. <span class="ver">13</span>Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered. <span class="ver">14</span>And the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD swarM
e unto them. <span class="ver">15</span>For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people, <span class="ver">17</span>That the LORD spake unto me, saying, <span class="ver">18</span>Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day: <span class="ver">19</span>And when thou comest nigh over against the children of AmmoM
n, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession. <span class="ver">20</span>(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; <span class="ver">21</span>A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead: <span class="verM
">22</span>As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day: <span class="ver">23</span>And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king ofM
Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. <span class="ver">25</span>This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, <span class="ver">27</span>Let me pass through thy land: I will M
go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. <span class="ver">28</span>Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet; <span class="ver">29</span>(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us. <span class="ver">30</span>But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pasM
s by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. <span class="ver">31</span>And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land. <span class="ver">32</span>Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. <span class="ver">33</span>And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, M
and all his people. <span class="ver">34</span>And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain: <span class="ver">35</span>Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. <span class="ver">36</span>From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God deliM
vered all unto us: <span class="ver">37</span>Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.
<h2 id="c3">Chapter 3</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. <span class="ver">2</span>And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver hiM
m, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. <span class="ver">3</span>So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. <span class="ver">4</span>And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. <spanM
class="ver">5</span>All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many. <span class="ver">6</span>And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city. <span class="ver">7</span>But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. <span class="ver">8</span>And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side JoM
rdan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon; <span class="ver">9</span>(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;) <span class="ver">10</span>All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. <span class="ver">11</span>For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, anM
d four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. <span class="ver">12</span>And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites. <span class="ver">13</span>And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. <span class="ver">14</span>Jair the son M
of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day. <span class="ver">15</span>And I gave Gilead unto Machir. <span class="ver">16</span>And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; <span class="ver">17</span>The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from CM
hinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war. <span class="ver">19</span>But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you; <span class="ver">M
20</span>Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest. <span class="ver">22</span>Ye shall not M
fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you. <span class="ver">23</span>And I besought the LORD at that time, saying, <span class="ver">24</span>O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? <span class="ver">25</span>I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. <span class="ver">26</span>But theM
LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. <span class="ver">27</span>Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan. <span class="ver">28</span>But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inheritM
the land which thou shalt see. <span class="ver">29</span>So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor.
<h2 id="c4">Chapter 4</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you. <span class="ver">2</span>Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the comM
mandments of the LORD your God which I command you. <span class="ver">3</span>Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you. <span class="ver">4</span>But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day. <span class="ver">5</span>Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. <spM
an class="ver">6</span>Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. <span class="ver">7</span>For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? <span class="ver">8</span>And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, whichM
I set before you this day? <span class="ver">9</span>Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons
sons; <span class="ver">10</span>Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that thM
ey shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children. <span class="ver">11</span>And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. <span class="ver">12</span>And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice. <span class="ver">13</span>And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even tenM
commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. <span class="ver">15</span>Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: <span class="ver">16</span>Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similiM
tude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, <span class="ver">17</span>The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, <span class="ver">18</span>The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth: <span class="ver">19</span>And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worshiM
p them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. <span class="ver">20</span>But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day. <span class="ver">21</span>Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance: <span cM
lass="ver">22</span>But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land. <span class="ver">23</span>Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. <span class="ver">24</span>For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>When thou shalt beget children, and cM
s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger: <span class="ver">26</span>I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. <span class="ver">27</span>And the LORD M
shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you. <span class="ver">28</span>And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men
s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. <span class="ver">29</span>But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. <span class="ver">30</span>When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are comeM
upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; <span class="ver">31</span>(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. <span class="ver">32</span>For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thiM
ng as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? <span class="ver">33</span>Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? <span class="ver">34</span>Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? <span class="ver"M
>35</span>Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him. <span class="ver">36</span>Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. <span class="ver">37</span>And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt; <span class="ver">38</spanM
>To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day. <span class="ver">39</span>Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else. <span class="ver">40</span>Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and thM
at thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">41</span>Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising; <span class="ver">42</span>That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live: <span class="ver">43</span>Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in GileaM
d, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites. </p>
<p><span class="ver">44</span>And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel: <span class="ver">45</span>These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt, <span class="ver">46</span>On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of IM
srael smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt: <span class="ver">47</span>And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising; <span class="ver">48</span>From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon, <span class="ver">49</span>And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
<h2 id="c5">Chapter 5</h2>
n class="ver">1</span>And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. <span class="ver">2</span>The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. <span class="ver">3</span>The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. <span class="ver">4</span>The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire, <M
span class="ver">5</span>(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying, </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. <span class="ver">7</span>Thou shalt have none other gods before me. <span class="ver">8</span>Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or thatM
is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: <span class="ver">9</span>Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, <span class="ver">10</span>And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. <span class="ver">11</span>Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will M
not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. <span class="ver">12</span>Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee. <span class="ver">13</span>Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: <span class="ver">14</span>But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gatM
es; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. <span class="ver">15</span>And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land whichM
the LORD thy God giveth thee. <span class="ver">17</span>Thou shalt not kill. <span class="ver">18</span>Neither shalt thou commit adultery. <span class="ver">19</span>Neither shalt thou steal. <span class="ver">20</span>Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. <span class="ver">21</span>Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour
s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour
s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour
<p><span class="ver">22</span>These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. <span class="ver">23</span>And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; <span class="M
ver">24</span>And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth. <span class="ver">25</span>Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. <span class="ver">26</span>For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of thM
e fire, as we have, and lived? <span class="ver">27</span>Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it. <span class="ver">28</span>And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken. <span class="ver">29</span>O that there wereM
such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! <span class="ver">30</span>Go say to them, Get you into your tents again. <span class="ver">31</span>But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. <span class="ver">32</span>Ye shall observe M
to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. <span class="ver">33</span>Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
<h2 id="c6">Chapter 6</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that yeM
might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: <span class="ver">2</span>That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son
s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that flowethM
with milk and honey. <span class="ver">4</span>Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: <span class="ver">5</span>And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. <span class="ver">6</span>And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: <span class="ver">7</span>And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest doM
wn, and when thou risest up. <span class="ver">8</span>And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. <span class="ver">9</span>And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. <span class="ver">10</span>And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, <span class="ver">11</spaM
n>And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; <span class="ver">12</span>Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. <span class="ver">13</span>Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. <span class="ver">14</span>Ye shall not go after other gods, of the godsM
of the people which are round about you; <span class="ver">15</span>(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah. <span class="ver">17</span>Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. <span class="ver">18</span>AM
nd thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, <span class="ver">19</span>To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken. <span class="ver">20</span>And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you? <span class="ver">21</span>Then thou M
shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh
s bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand: <span class="ver">22</span>And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes: <span class="ver">23</span>And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. <span class="ver">24</span>And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, fM
or our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. <span class="ver">25</span>And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
<h2 id="c7">Chapter 7</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and M
the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; <span class="ver">2</span>And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: <span class="ver">3</span>Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. <span class="ver">4</span>For they will turn away thy son from following me, thM
at they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly. <span class="ver">5</span>But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. <span class="ver">6</span>For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. <span class="ver">7<M
/span>The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: <span class="ver">8</span>But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. <span class="ver">9</span>Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepetM
h covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations; <span class="ver">10</span>And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face. <span class="ver">11</span>Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, M
and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers: <span class="ver">13</span>And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. <span class="ver">14</span>Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be maM
le or female barren among you, or among your cattle. <span class="ver">15</span>And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee. <span class="ver">16</span>And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee. <span class="ver">17</span>If thou shalM
t say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them? <span class="ver">18</span>Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt; <span class="ver">19</span>The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid. <span class="ver">20</span>M
Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed. <span class="ver">21</span>Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible. <span class="ver">22</span>And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee. <span class="ver">23</span>But the LORD thy God shall deliver them M
unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed. <span class="ver">24</span>And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. <span class="ver">25</span>The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to tM
he LORD thy God. <span class="ver">26</span>Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
<h2 id="c8">Chapter 8</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers. <span class="ver">2</span>And thou shalt remembeM
r all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. <span class="ver">3</span>And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. <span class="ver"M
>4</span>Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. <span class="ver">5</span>Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. <span class="ver">6</span>Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. <span class="ver">7</span>For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys andM
hills; <span class="ver">8</span>A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; <span class="ver">9</span>A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. <span class="ver">10</span>When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. <span class="ver">11</span>Beware that thM
ou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: <span class="ver">12</span>Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; <span class="ver">13</span>And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; <span class="ver">14</span>Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth ouM
t of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; <span class="ver">15</span>Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; <span class="ver">16</span>Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end; <span class="ver">17</span>And thou say in thine heart, MM
y power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. <span class="ver">18</span>But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. <span class="ver">19</span>And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. <span class="ver">20</span>As the nations M
which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.
<h2 id="c9">Chapter 9</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven, <span class="ver">2</span>A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children ofM
Anak! <span class="ver">3</span>Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee. <span class="ver">4</span>Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickednM
ess of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee. <span class="ver">5</span>Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. <span class="ver">6</span>Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteoM
usness; for thou art a stiffnecked people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD. <span class="ver">8</span>Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you. <span class="ver">9</span>When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of M
stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water: <span class="ver">10</span>And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. <span class="ver">11</span>And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, thaM
t the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant. <span class="ver">12</span>And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image. <span class="ver">13</span>Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: <span class="ver">14<M
/span>Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. <span class="ver">15</span>So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. <span class="ver">16</span>And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you. <spanM
class="ver">17</span>And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes. <span class="ver">18</span>And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. <span class="ver">19</span>For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LM
ORD hearkened unto me at that time also. <span class="ver">20</span>And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time. <span class="ver">21</span>And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. <span class="ver">22</span>And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provokM
ed the LORD to wrath. <span class="ver">23</span>Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice. <span class="ver">24</span>Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you. <span class="ver">25</span>Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said heM
would destroy you. <span class="ver">26</span>I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. <span class="ver">27</span>Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin: <span class="ver">28</span>Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD M
was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. <span class="ver">29</span>Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
<h2 id="c10">Chapter 10</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. <spanM
class="ver">2</span>And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. <span class="ver">3</span>And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand. <span class="ver">4</span>And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of thM
e assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me. <span class="ver">5</span>And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest
s office in his stead. <span class="ver">7</span>From thence they journeyed unto GudgM
odah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day. <span class="ver">9</span>Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him. <span class="ver">10</span>And I stayed in the mount, according to the firM
st time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee. <span class="ver">11</span>And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God withM
all thy heart and with all thy soul, <span class="ver">13</span>To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good? <span class="ver">14</span>Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD
s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is. <span class="ver">15</span>Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day. <span class="ver">16</span>Circumcise therefore thM
e foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. <span class="ver">17</span>For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: <span class="ver">18</span>He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. <span class="ver">19</span>Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">20</span>Thou shalt fear the LORM
D thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. <span class="ver">21</span>He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. <span class="ver">22</span>Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
<h2 id="c11">Chapter 11</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keM
ep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway. <span class="ver">2</span>And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, <span class="ver">3</span>And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land; <span class="ver">4</span>And what he did unto the army of EgyptM
, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day; <span class="ver">5</span>And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place; <span class="ver">6</span>And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possM
ession, in the midst of all Israel: <span class="ver">7</span>But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did. <span class="ver">8</span>Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it; <span class="ver">9</span>And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey. </p>
n class="ver">10</span>For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs: <span class="ver">11</span>But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: <span class="ver">12</span>A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the enM
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, <span class="ver">14</span>That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. <span class="ver">15</span>And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, tM
hat thou mayest eat and be full. <span class="ver">16</span>Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; <span class="ver">17</span>And then the LORD
s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and inM
your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. <span class="ver">19</span>And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. <span class="ver">20</span>And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates: <span class="ver">21</span>That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which tM
he LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; <span class="ver">23</span>Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves. <span class="ver">24</span>Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tM
read shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be. <span class="ver">25</span>There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; <span class="ver">27</span>A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of tM
he LORD your God, which I command you this day: <span class="ver">28</span>And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. <span class="ver">29</span>And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal. <span class="ver">30</span>Are theyM
not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh? <span class="ver">31</span>For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein. <span class="ver">32</span>And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.
<h2 id="c12">Chapter 12</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</M
span>These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. <span class="ver">2</span>Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: <span class="ver">3</span>And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shM
all hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place. <span class="ver">4</span>Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God. <span class="ver">5</span>But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: <span class="ver">6</span>And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vowM
s, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: <span class="ver">7</span>And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee. <span class="ver">8</span>Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. <span class="ver">9</span>For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LM
ORD your God giveth you. <span class="ver">10</span>But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; <span class="ver">11</span>Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your cM
hoice vows which ye vow unto the LORD: <span class="ver">12</span>And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you. <span class="ver">13</span>Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest: <span class="ver">14</span>But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou sM
halt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee. <span class="ver">15</span>Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. <span class="ver">16</span>Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Thou mayest not eatM
within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: <span class="ver">18</span>But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all thaM
t thou puttest thine hands unto. <span class="ver">19</span>Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. <span class="ver">21</span>If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, thM
en thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. <span class="ver">22</span>Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. <span class="ver">23</span>Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. <span class="ver">24</span>Thou shalt not eat it; thou sM
halt pour it upon the earth as water. <span class="ver">25</span>Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD. <span class="ver">26</span>Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose: <span class="ver">27</span>And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrM
ifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh. <span class="ver">28</span>Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;M
<span class="ver">30</span>Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. <span class="ver">31</span>Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. <span class="ver">32</sM
pan>What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
<h2 id="c13">Chapter 13</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, <span class="ver">2</span>And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; <span class="ver">3</span>Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prM
ophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. <span class="ver">4</span>Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. <span class="ver">5</span>And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land ofM
Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; <span class="ver">7</span>Namely, of the godsM
of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; <span class="ver">8</span>Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: <span class="ver">9</span>But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. <span class="ver">10</span>And thou shalt M
stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. <span class="ver">11</span>And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, <span class="ver">13</span>Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone oM
ut from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; <span class="ver">14</span>Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; <span class="ver">15</span>Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the M
sword. <span class="ver">16</span>And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again. <span class="ver">17</span>And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy faM
thers; <span class="ver">18</span>When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.
<h2 id="c14">Chapter 14</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. <span class="ver">2</span>For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculM
iar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. <span class="ver">4</span>These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, <span class="ver">5</span>The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. <span class="ver">6</span>And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud amonM
g the beasts, that ye shall eat. <span class="ver">7</span>Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you. <span class="ver">8</span>And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>These ye shM
all eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat: <span class="ver">10</span>And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Of all clean birds ye shall eat. <span class="ver">12</span>But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, <span class="ver">13</span>And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, <span class="ver">14</span>And every raven after his M
kind, <span class="ver">15</span>And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, <span class="ver">16</span>The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, <span class="ver">17</span>And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant, <span class="ver">18</span>And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. <span class="ver">19</span>And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten. <span class="ver">20</span>But of all M
clean fowls ye may eat. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother
s milk. <span class="ver">22</span>Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. <span class="ver">23</span>And thou shalt eat before the LORD tM
hy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always. <span class="ver">24</span>And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: <span class="ver">25</span>Then shalt thou turn itM
into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: <span class="ver">26</span>And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household, <span class="ver">27</span>And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath noM
part nor inheritance with thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: <span class="ver">29</span>And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
"c15">Chapter 15</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. <span class="ver">2</span>And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD
s release. <span class="ver">3</span>Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release; <span class="ver">4</span>Save whM
en there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it: <span class="ver">5</span>Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day. <span class="ver">6</span>For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shM
all not reign over thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: <span class="ver">8</span>But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. <span class="ver">9</span>Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh yeM
ar, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. <span class="ver">10</span>Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. <span class="ver">11</span>For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command theM
e, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. <span class="ver">13</span>And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty: <span class="ver">14</span>Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and M
out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. <span class="ver">15</span>And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day. <span class="ver">16</span>And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee; <span class="ver">17</span>Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it througM
h his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise. <span class="ver">18</span>It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt dM
o no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep. <span class="ver">20</span>Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household. <span class="ver">21</span>And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God. <span class="ver">22</span>Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as thM
e roebuck, and as the hart. <span class="ver">23</span>Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
<h2 id="c16">Chapter 16</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. <span class="ver">2</span>Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choM
ose to place his name there. <span class="ver">3</span>Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. <span class="ver">4</span>And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedstM
the first day at even, remain all night until the morning. <span class="ver">5</span>Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee: <span class="ver">6</span>But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt. <span class="ver">7</span>And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choM
ose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents. <span class="ver">8</span>Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn. <span class="ver">10</span>And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewM
ill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the Lord thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: <span class="ver">11</span>And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there. <span class="ver">12</span>And thou shalt remember that thM
ou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: <span class="ver">14</span>And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. <span class="ver">15</span>Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn M
feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: <span class="ver">17</M
span>Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. <span class="ver">19</span>Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. <spanM
class="ver">20</span>That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee. <span class="ver">22</span>Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.
<h2 id="c17">Chapter 17</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bM
ullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, <span class="ver">3</span>And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; <span cM
lass="ver">4</span>And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel: <span class="ver">5</span>Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die. <span class="ver">6</span>At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to deatM
h; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. <span class="ver">7</span>The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the pM
lace which the LORD thy God shall choose; <span class="ver">9</span>And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment: <span class="ver">10</span>And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee: <span class="ver">11</span>According to the sentence of the law which they shalM
l teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. <span class="ver">12</span>And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel. <span class="ver">13</span>And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do nM
o more presumptuously. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me; <span class="ver">15</span>Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. <span class="ver">16</M
span>But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. <span class="ver">17</span>Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. <span class="ver">18</span>And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law iM
n a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: <span class="ver">19</span>And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: <span class="ver">20</span>That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, inM
the midst of Israel.
<h2 id="c18">Chapter 18</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance. <span class="ver">2</span>Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>And this shall be the priest
s due from the people, from them that offer M
a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. <span class="ver">4</span>The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. <span class="ver">5</span>For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out ofM
all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose; <span class="ver">7</span>Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD. <span class="ver">8</span>They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to dM
o after the abominations of those nations. <span class="ver">10</span>There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, <span class="ver">11</span>Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. <span class="ver">12</span>For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive theM
m out from before thee. <span class="ver">13</span>Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God. <span class="ver">14</span>For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; <span class="ver">16</span>According to all that thou desiredM
st of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. <span class="ver">17</span>And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. <span class="ver">18</span>I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. <span class="ver">19</span>And it shalM
l come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. <span class="ver">20</span>But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. <span class="ver">21</span>And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? <span class="ver">22</span>When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LOM
RD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
<h2 id="c19">Chapter 19</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses; <span class="ver">2</span>Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy M
God giveth thee to possess it. <span class="ver">3</span>Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past; <span class="ver">5</span>As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetM
cheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live: <span class="ver">6</span>Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past. <span class="ver">7</span>Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for theeM
. <span class="ver">8</span>And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers; <span class="ver">9</span>If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three: <span class="ver">10</span>That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee fM
or an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities: <span class="ver">12</span>Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. <span class="ver">13</span>Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from IsraeM
l, that it may go well with thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour
s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. </p>
class="ver">16</span>If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; <span class="ver">17</span>Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; <span class="ver">18</span>And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; <span class="ver">19</span>Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thouM
ght to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. <span class="ver">20</span>And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. <span class="ver">21</span>And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
<h2 id="c20">Chapter 20</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a peopM
le more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">2</span>And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, <span class="ver">3</span>And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them; <span class="ver">4</span>For the LM
ORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. <span class="ver">6</span>And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battlM
e, and another man eat of it. <span class="ver">7</span>And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her. <span class="ver">8</span>And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren
s heart faint as well as his heart. <span class="ver">9</span>And it shall be, when the oM
fficers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. <span class="ver">11</span>And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. <span class="ver">12</span>And if it will make no peace with theeM
, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: <span class="ver">13</span>And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: <span class="ver">14</span>But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. <span class="ver">15</span>Thus shalt thou do unto aM
ll the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. <span class="ver">16</span>But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: <span class="ver">17</span>But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: <span class="ver">18</span>That they teach you M
not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man
s life) to employ them in the siege: <span class="ver">20</span>Only the trees which thou knowest that they bM
e not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
<h2 id="c21">Chapter 21</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him: <span class="ver">2</span>Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: <sM
pan class="ver">3</span>And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; <span class="ver">4</span>And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer
s neck there in the valley: <span class="ver">5</span>And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath choM
sen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried: <span class="ver">6</span>And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley: <span class="ver">7</span>And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. <span class="ver">8</span>Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, andM
lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel
s charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. <span class="ver">9</span>So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive, <span class="ver">11</span>And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hM
ast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife; <span class="ver">12</span>Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails; <span class="ver">13</span>And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. <span class="ver">14</span>And it shall be, if thou have no delight in M
her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated: <span class="ver">16</span>Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved fM
irstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn: <span class="ver">17</span>But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: <span clM
ass="ver">19</span>Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; <span class="ver">20</span>And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. <span class="ver">21</span>And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear. </p>
an class="ver">22</span>And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: <span class="ver">23</span>His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
<h2 id="c22">Chapter 22</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Thou shalt not see thy brother
s ox or his sheep go astray, and hidM
e thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. <span class="ver">2</span>And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. <span class="ver">3</span>In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother
s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thoM
u do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Thou shalt not see thy brother
s ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman
s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>If a bird
s nest chance to be before thee in the waM
y in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: <span class="ver">7</span>But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thenM
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest tM
<p><span class="ver">13</span>If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, <span class="ver">14</span>And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid: <span class="ver">15</span>Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel
s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate: <span class="ver">16</span>And the damsel
all say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her; <span class="ver">17</span>And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter
s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city. <span class="ver">18</span>And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him; <span class="ver">19</span>And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give M
them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days. <span class="ver">20</span>But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel: <span class="ver">21</span>Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father
s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father
s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; <span class="ver">24</span>Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye M
shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour
s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die: <span class="ver">26</span>But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man risethM
against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter: <span class="ver">27</span>For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; <span class="ver">29</span>Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel
s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled hM
er, he may not put her away all his days. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>A man shall not take his father
s wife, nor discover his father
<h2 id="c23">Chapter 23</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. <span class="ver">2</span>A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD. <span classM
="ver">3</span>An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever: <span class="ver">4</span>Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. <span class="ver">5</span>Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turneM
d the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee. <span class="ver">6</span>Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land. <span class="ver">8</span>The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>M
When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp: <span class="ver">11</span>But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Thou shalt have M
a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad: <span class="ver">13</span>And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee: <span class="ver">14</span>For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee. </p>M
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: <span class="ver">16</span>He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. <span class="ver">18</span>Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of M
a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: <span class="ver">20</span>Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess M
<p><span class="ver">21</span>When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee. <span class="ver">22</span>But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. <span class="ver">23</span>That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. </p>
lass="ver">24</span>When thou comest into thy neighbour
s vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel. <span class="ver">25</span>When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour
<h2 id="c24">Chapter 24</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she finM
d no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. <span class="ver">2</span>And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man
s wife. <span class="ver">3</span>And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife; <span class="verM
">4</span>Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</sM
pan>No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man
s life to pledge. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commandM
ed them, so ye shall observe to do. <span class="ver">9</span>Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. <span class="ver">11</span>Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. <span class="ver">12</span>And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: M
<span class="ver">13</span>In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates: <span class="ver">15</span>At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it;M
for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee. <span class="ver">16</span>The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow
s raiment to pledge: <span class="ver">18</span>But thou shalt remember that thou wM
ast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. <span class="ver">20</span>When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shM
all be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. <span class="ver">21</span>When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. <span class="ver">22</span>And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
<h2 id="c25">Chapter 25</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, thatM
the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. <span class="ver">2</span>And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. <span class="ver">3</span>Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</sM
pan>Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband
s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband
s brother unto her. <span class="ver">6</span>And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not pM
ut out of Israel. <span class="ver">7</span>And if the man like not to take his brother
s wife, then let his brother
s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband
s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband
s brother. <span class="ver">8</span>Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her; <span class="ver">9</span>Then shall his brother
him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother
s house. <span class="ver">10</span>And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her M
hand, and taketh him by the secrets: <span class="ver">12</span>Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. <span class="ver">14</span>Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. <span class="ver">15</span>But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giM
veth thee. <span class="ver">16</span>For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; <span class="ver">18</span>How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. <span class="ver">19</span>Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath M
given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.
<h2 id="c26">Chapter 26</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein; <span class="ver">2</span>That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit oM
f the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there. <span class="ver">3</span>And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give us. <span class="ver">4</span>And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, aM
nd set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God. <span class="ver">5</span>And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous: <span class="ver">6</span>And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage: <span class="ver">7</span>And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on M
our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression: <span class="ver">8</span>And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders: <span class="ver">9</span>And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey. <span class="ver">10</span>And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it M
before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God: <span class="ver">11</span>And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy M
gates, and be filled; <span class="ver">13</span>Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them: <span class="ver">14</span>I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use,M
nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me. <span class="ver">15</span>Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep andM
do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. <span class="ver">17</span>Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: <span class="ver">18</span>And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; <span class="ver">19</span>And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in prM
aise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.
<h2 id="c27">Chapter 27</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. <span class="ver">2</span>And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister: <span clasM
s="ver">3</span>And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee. <span class="ver">4</span>Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister. <span class="ver">5</span>And there shalt thou build M
an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them. <span class="ver">6</span>Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God: <span class="ver">7</span>And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the LORD thy God. <span class="ver">8</span>And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>AM
nd Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God. <span class="ver">10</span>Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, <span class="ver">12</span>These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; SM
imeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: <span class="ver">13</span>And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, <span class="ver">15</span>Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the M
people shall answer and say, Amen. <span class="ver">16</span>Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. <span class="ver">17</span>Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour
s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. <span class="ver">18</span>Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. <span class="ver">19</span>Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all thM
e people shall say, Amen. <span class="ver">20</span>Cursed be he that lieth with his father
s wife; because he uncovereth his father
s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen. <span class="ver">21</span>Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen. <span class="ver">22</span>Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. <span class="ver">23</span>Cursed be he that lieth with his mM
other in law. And all the people shall say, Amen. <span class="ver">24</span>Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen. <span class="ver">25</span>Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. <span class="ver">26</span>Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
<h2 id="c28">Chapter 28</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it shall come to pass, if thou sM
halt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: <span class="ver">2</span>And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. <span class="ver">3</span>Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. <span class="ver">4</span>Blessed shall be the fruit of thy bodM
y, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. <span class="ver">5</span>Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. <span class="ver">6</span>Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. <span class="ver">7</span>The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. <span class="ver">8</span>M
The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. <span class="ver">9</span>The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways. <span class="ver">10</span>And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.M
<span class="ver">11</span>And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee. <span class="ver">12</span>The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. <span class="ver">13</span>And the LORD shall makM
e thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them: <span class="ver">14</span>And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy GM
od, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: <span class="ver">16</span>Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. <span class="ver">17</span>Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. <span class="ver">18</span>Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. <span class="ver">19</span>Cursed shalt thou be whM
en thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. <span class="ver">20</span>The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. <span class="ver">21</span>The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. <span class="ver">22</spanM
>The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. <span class="ver">23</span>And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. <span class="ver">24</span>The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. <span class="ver">M
25</span>The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. <span class="ver">26</span>And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. <span class="ver">27</span>The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healeM
d. <span class="ver">28</span>The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart: <span class="ver">29</span>And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee. <span class="ver">30</span>Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt nM
ot gather the grapes thereof. <span class="ver">31</span>Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them. <span class="ver">32</span>Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine haM
nd. <span class="ver">33</span>The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway: <span class="ver">34</span>So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. <span class="ver">35</span>The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. <span class="ver">36</span>The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king M
which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. <span class="ver">37</span>And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee. <span class="ver">38</span>Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it. <span class="ver">39</span>Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither dM
rink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. <span class="ver">40</span>Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. <span class="ver">41</span>Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. <span class="ver">42</span>All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. <span class="ver">43</span>The stranger that is within thee shaM
ll get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. <span class="ver">44</span>He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. <span class="ver">45</span>Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: <span class="ver">46</span>And they shall be upoM
n thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. <span class="ver">47</span>Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; <span class="ver">48</span>Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. <span class="ver">49</span>The LORD shall bring a naM
tion against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; <span class="ver">50</span>A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: <span class="ver">51</span>And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destM
royed thee. <span class="ver">52</span>And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. <span class="ver">53</span>And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thM
ee: <span class="ver">54</span>So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave: <span class="ver">55</span>So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. <span class="ver">56</span>The tender and deM
licate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, <span class="ver">57</span>And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. <span class="verM
">58</span>If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; <span class="ver">59</span>Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. <span class="ver">60</span>Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. <span clM
ass="ver">61</span>Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed. <span class="ver">62</span>And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God. <span class="ver">63</span>And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, M
and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. <span class="ver">64</span>And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. <span class="ver">65</span>And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and fM
ailing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: <span class="ver">66</span>And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: <span class="ver">67</span>In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. <span class="ver">68</span>And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, bM
y the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
<h2 id="c29">Chapter 29</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all thM
at the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; <span class="ver">3</span>The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles: <span class="ver">4</span>Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. <span class="ver">5</span>And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy fooM
t. <span class="ver">6</span>Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God. <span class="ver">7</span>And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them: <span class="ver">8</span>And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh. <span class="ver">9</span>Keep therefore the words M
of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel, <span class="ver">11</span>Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water: <span class="ver">12</span>That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which tM
he LORD thy God maketh with thee this day: <span class="ver">13</span>That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. <span class="ver">14</span>Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; <span class="ver">15</span>But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day: <span claM
ss="ver">16</span>(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by; <span class="ver">17</span>And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:) <span class="ver">18</span>Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wM
ormwood; <span class="ver">19</span>And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: <span class="ver">20</span>The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven. <span class="ver">21<M
/span>And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law: <span class="ver">22</span>So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it; <span class="ver">23</span>And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burningM
, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: <span class="ver">24</span>Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? <span class="ver">25</span>Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the lanM
d of Egypt: <span class="ver">26</span>For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them: <span class="ver">27</span>And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book: <span class="ver">28</span>And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day. <span class="ver">29</span>The secret thinM
gs belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
<h2 id="c30">Chapter 30</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, <span class="ver">2</span>And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalM
t obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; <span class="ver">3</span>That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee. <span class="ver">4</span>If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee: <span M
class="ver">5</span>And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. <span class="ver">6</span>And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. <span class="ver">7</span>And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuM
ted thee. <span class="ver">8</span>And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day. <span class="ver">9</span>And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: <span class="ver">10</span>If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, toM
keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. <span class="ver">12</span>It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? <span class="ver">13</span>Neither is it beyond the M
sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? <span class="ver">14</span>But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; <span class="ver">16</span>In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, thM
at thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. <span class="ver">17</span>But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; <span class="ver">18</span>I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it. <span class="ver">19</span>I call heaven and earth to recM
ord this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: <span class="ver">20</span>That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
<h2 id="c31">Chapter 31</h2>
<p><span class="verM
">1</span>And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. <span class="ver">2</span>And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. <span class="ver">3</span>The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said. <span class="ver">4</span>And the LORDM
shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed. <span class="ver">5</span>And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you. <span class="ver">6</span>Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And Moses caM
lled unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. <span class="ver">8</span>And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the soM
ns of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel. <span class="ver">10</span>And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, <span class="ver">11</span>When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. <span class="ver">12</span>Gather the people together, men, and women, and chilM
dren, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law: <span class="ver">13</span>And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves iM
n the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. <span class="ver">15</span>And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, wM
hither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. <span class="ver">17</span>Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us? <span class="ver">18</span>And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which M
they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods. <span class="ver">19</span>Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel. <span class="ver">20</span>For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and servM
e them, and provoke me, and break my covenant. <span class="ver">21</span>And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel. <span class="veM
r">23</span>And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, <span class="ver">25</span>That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, <span class="ver">26</span>Take this bookM
of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee. <span class="ver">27</span>For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death? </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record againstM
them. <span class="ver">29</span>For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. <span class="ver">30</span>And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.
<h2 id="c32">Chapter 32</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Give ear, O M
ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. <span class="ver">2</span>My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: <span class="ver">3</span>Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. <span class="ver">4</span>He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. <span class="ver"M
>5</span>They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. <span class="ver">6</span>Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee? </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. <span class="ver">8</span>When the most M
High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. <span class="ver">9</span>For the LORD
s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. <span class="ver">10</span>He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. <span class="ver">11</span>As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her yM
oung, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: <span class="ver">12</span>So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him. <span class="ver">13</span>He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; <span class="ver">14</span>Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneM
ys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. <span class="ver">16</span>They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. <span class="ver">17</span>They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new goM
ds that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. <span class="ver">18</span>Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. <span class="ver">19</span>And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. <span class="ver">20</span>And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith. <span class="ver">21</span>They have moved M
me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. <span class="ver">22</span>For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. <span class="ver">23</span>I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them. <span classM
="ver">24</span>They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. <span class="ver">25</span>The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. <span class="ver">26</span>I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: <span class="ver">27</span>WeM
re it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this. <span class="ver">28</span>For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. <span class="ver">29</span>O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! <span class="ver">30</span>How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, exceptM
their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up? <span class="ver">31</span>For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. <span class="ver">32</span>For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: <span class="ver">33</span>Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. <span class="ver">34</span>Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? <span clM
ass="ver">35</span>To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. <span class="ver">36</span>For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left. <span class="ver">37</span>And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, <span class="ver">38</span>Which did eat the fat oM
f their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection. <span class="ver">39</span>See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. <span class="ver">40</span>For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. <span class="ver">41</span>If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mineM
enemies, and will reward them that hate me. <span class="ver">42</span>I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. <span class="ver">43</span>Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">44</span>And Moses came anM
d spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. <span class="ver">45</span>And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel: <span class="ver">46</span>And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. <span class="ver">47</span>For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong yourM
days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. <span class="ver">48</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying, <span class="ver">49</span>Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession: <span class="ver">50</span>And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor,M
and was gathered unto his people: <span class="ver">51</span>Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel. <span class="ver">52</span>Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.
<h2 id="c33">Chapter 33</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of GoM
d blessed the children of Israel before his death. <span class="ver">2</span>And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. <span class="ver">3</span>Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words. <span class="ver">4</span>Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation ofM
Jacob. <span class="ver">5</span>And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And of Levi he said,M
Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; <span class="ver">9</span>Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant. <span class="ver">10</span>They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altaM
r. <span class="ver">11</span>Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious thingM
s of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, <span class="ver">14</span>And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, <span class="ver">15</span>And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, <span class="ver">16</span>And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and uM
pon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. <span class="ver">17</span>His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents. <span class="ver">19</span>They shall call the peopM
le unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. <span class="ver">21</span>And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of M
the LORD, and his judgments with Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion
s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. <span class="ver">25</span>ThM
y shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. <span class="ver">27</span>The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them. <span class="ver">28</span>Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a laM
nd of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. <span class="ver">29</span>Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
<h2 id="c34">Chapter 34</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD M
shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, <span class="ver">2</span>And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, <span class="ver">3</span>And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. <span class="ver">4</span>And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt noM
t go over thither. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. <span class="ver">6</span>And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And the children of Israel wepM
t for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, <span class="ver">11</span>In all the signs and the wonders, whMp
ich the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, <span class="ver">12</span>And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel. </p>
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FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL
<span>otherwise called, The First Book of the Kings</span>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
<li><a href="#c1">1</a></li>
<li><a href="#c2">2</a></li>
<li><a href="#c3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="#c4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="#c5">5</a></li>
<li><a href="#c6">6</a></li>
<li><a href="#c7">7</a></li>
<li><a href="#c8">8</a></li>
<li><a href="#c9">9</a></li>
<li><a href="#c10">10</a></li>
<li><a href="#c11">11</a></li>
<li><a href="#c12">12</a></li>
<li><a href="#c13">13</a></li>
href="#c14">14</a></li>
<li><a href="#c15">15</a></li>
<li><a href="#c16">16</a></li>
<li><a href="#c17">17</a></li>
<li><a href="#c18">18</a></li>
<li><a href="#c19">19</a></li>
<li><a href="#c20">20</a></li>
<li><a href="#c21">21</a></li>
<li><a href="#c22">22</a></li>
<li><a href="#c23">23</a></li>
<li><a href="#c24">24</a></li>
<li><a href="#c25">25</a></li>
<li><a href="#c26">26</a></li>
<li><a href="#c27">27</a></li>
<li><a href="#c28">28</M
<li><a href="#c29">29</a></li>
<li><a href="#c30">30</a></li>
<li><a href="#c31">31</a></li>
<h2 id="c1">Chapter 1</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: <span class="ver">2</span>And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children,M
but Hannah had no children. <span class="ver">3</span>And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: <span class="ver">5</span>But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up herM
womb. <span class="ver">6</span>And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. <span class="ver">7</span>And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. <span class="ver">8</span>Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons? </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>So HanM
nah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD. <span class="ver">10</span>And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. <span class="ver">11</span>And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the M
days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. <span class="ver">12</span>And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth. <span class="ver">13</span>Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. <span class="ver">14</span>And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee. <span class="ver">15</span>And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I aM
m a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD. <span class="ver">16</span>Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. <span class="ver">17</span>Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. <span class="ver">18</span>And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman wentM
her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her. <span class="ver">20</span>Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD. <span class="ver">21</span>And the M
man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. <span class="ver">22</span>But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever. <span class="ver">23</span>And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck untiM
l she weaned him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young. <span class="ver">25</span>And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. <span class="ver">26</span>And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD. <span class="ver">27</span>For this cM
hild I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him: <span class="ver">28</span>Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.
<h2 id="c2">Chapter 2</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. <span class="ver">2</span>There is none holy as the LORM
D: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. <span class="ver">3</span>Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. <span class="ver">4</span>The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength. <span class="ver">5</span>They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she M
that hath many children is waxed feeble. <span class="ver">6</span>The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. <span class="ver">7</span>The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. <span class="ver">8</span>He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD
s, and he hath set the world upon them. <spM
an class="ver">9</span>He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. <span class="ver">10</span>The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed. <span class="ver">11</span>And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest. <M
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD. <span class="ver">13</span>And the priests
custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest
s servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; <span class="ver">14</span>And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites thM
at came thither. <span class="ver">15</span>Also before they burnt the fat, the priest
s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw. <span class="ver">16</span>And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force. <span class="ver">17</span>Wherefore the sin M
of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. <span class="ver">19</span>Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loM
an which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home. <span class="ver">21</span>And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. <span class="ver">23</span>And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of yM
our evil dealings by all this people. <span class="ver">24</span>Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD
s people to transgress. <span class="ver">25</span>If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them. <span class="ver">26</span>And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with meM
<p><span class="ver">27</span>And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh
s house? <span class="ver">28</span>And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel? <span class="ver">29</span>WhereforM
e kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? <span class="ver">30</span>Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. <span class="ver">31</sM
pan>Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father
s house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house. <span class="ver">32</span>And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever. <span class="ver">33</span>And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall dieM
in the flower of their age. <span class="ver">34</span>And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them. <span class="ver">35</span>And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever. <span class="ver">36</span>And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall coM
me and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests
offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
<h2 id="c3">Chapter 3</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision. <span class="ver">2</span>And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;M
<span class="ver">3</span>And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; <span class="ver">4</span>That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. <span class="ver">5</span>And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. <span class="ver">6</span>And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou dM
idst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again. <span class="ver">7</span>Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. <span class="ver">8</span>And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child. <span class="ver">9</span>Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, M
Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. <span class="ver">10</span>And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. <span class="ver">12</span>In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his hoM
use: when I begin, I will also make an end. <span class="ver">13</span>For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. <span class="ver">14</span>And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli
s house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. AnM
d Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision. <span class="ver">16</span>Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I. <span class="ver">17</span>And he said, What is the thing that the Lord hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee. <span class="ver">18</span>And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him M
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. <span class="ver">20</span>And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD. <span class="ver">21</span>And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.
<h2 id="c4">Chapter 4</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now IM
srael went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. <span class="ver">2</span>And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let usM
fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. <span class="ver">4</span>So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. <span class="ver">5</span>And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouteM
d with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. <span class="ver">6</span>And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp. <span class="ver">7</span>And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore. <span class="ver">8</span>Woe unto us! who shall deliver uM
s out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness. <span class="ver">9</span>Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousandM
footmen. <span class="ver">11</span>And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head. <span class="ver">13</span>And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out. <span class="M
ver">14</span>And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli. <span class="ver">15</span>Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. <span class="ver">16</span>And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son? <span class="ver">17</span>And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the PhiM
listines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken. <span class="ver">18</span>And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And his daughter in law, Phinehas
wife, was with child, near to be dM
elivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her. <span class="ver">20</span>And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it. <span class="ver">21</span>And she named the child I-chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and becM
ause of her father in law and her husband. <span class="ver">22</span>And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
<h2 id="c5">Chapter 5</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod. <span class="ver">2</span>When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, DM
agon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. <span class="ver">4</span>And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. <span class="ver">5</span>Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon
on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day. <span class="ver">6</span>But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof. <span class="ver">7</span>And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. <span class="ver">8</span>They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and M
said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither. <span class="ver">9</span>And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Therefore they sent the ark of M
God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. <span class="ver">11</span>So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. <span clM
ass="ver">12</span>And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
<h2 id="c6">Chapter 6</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months. <span class="ver">2</span>And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place. <span class="ver">3</span>And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God ofM
Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you. <span class="ver">4</span>Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords. <span class="ver">5</span>Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and iM
mages of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. <span class="ver">6</span>Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed? <span class="ver">7</span>Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and M
tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them: <span class="ver">8</span>And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go. <span class="ver">9</span>And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened M
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home: <span class="ver">11</span>And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods. <span class="ver">12</span>And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the PhilistinM
es went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh. <span class="ver">13</span>And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. <span class="ver">14</span>And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD. <span class="ver">15</span>And the Levites took down the ark of the LORM
D, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD. <span class="ver">16</span>And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. <span class="ver">17</span>And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, fM
or Ekron one; <span class="ver">18</span>And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth-shemite. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousM
and and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. <span class="ver">20</span>And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us? </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.
<h2 id="c7">Chapter 7</h2>
ass="ver">1</span>And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD. <span class="ver">2</span>And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with aM
ll your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. <span class="ver">4</span>Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only. <span class="ver">5</span>And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD. <span class="ver">6</span>And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out M
before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh. <span class="ver">7</span>And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines. <span class="ver">8</span>And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he wilM
l save us out of the hand of the Philistines. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him. <span class="ver">10</span>And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel. <span class="veM
r">11</span>And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car. <span class="ver">12</span>Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. <span class="ver">14</spanM
>And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites. <span class="ver">15</span>And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. <span class="ver">16</span>And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. <span class="ver">17</span>And his return was to Ramah;M
for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
<h2 id="c8">Chapter 8</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. <span class="ver">2</span>Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba. <span class="ver">3</span>And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. <span clasM
s="ver">4</span>Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, <span class="ver">5</span>And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. <span class="ver">7</span>And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they sM
ay unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. <span class="ver">8</span>According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. <span class="ver">9</span>Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. </p>
an class="ver">10</span>And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. <span class="ver">11</span>And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. <span class="ver">12</span>And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to mM
ake his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. <span class="ver">13</span>And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. <span class="ver">14</span>And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. <span class="ver">15</span>And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. <span class="ver">16</span>And he will take your menM
servants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. <span class="ver">17</span>He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. <span class="ver">18</span>And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; <span class=M
"ver">20</span>That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. <span class="ver">21</span>And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. <span class="ver">22</span>And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.
<h2 id="c9">Chapter 9</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now there was a man of BenjamM
in, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. <span class="ver">2</span>And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people. <span class="ver">3</span>And the asses of Kish Saul
s father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with tM
hee, and arise, go seek the asses. <span class="ver">4</span>And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not. <span class="ver">5</span>And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. <spM
an class="ver">6</span>And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go. <span class="ver">7</span>Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we? <span class="ver">8</span>And the servant answered Saul again,M
and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. <span class="ver">9</span>(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) <span class="ver">10</span>Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And as theyM
went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? <span class="ver">12</span>And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place: <span class="ver">13</span>As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he dotM
h bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him. <span class="ver">14</span>And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying, <span class="ver">16</span>To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou sM
halt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me. <span class="ver">17</span>And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people. <span class="ver">18</span>Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer
s house is. <span class="ver">19</span>And Samuel answered SaM
ul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart. <span class="ver">20</span>And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father
s house? <span class="ver">21</span>And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? anM
d my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me? <span class="ver">22</span>And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons. <span class="ver">23</span>And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee. <span class="ver">24</span>And the cook took up the shoulder, and that whM
ich was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. <span class="ver">26</span>And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to thM
e top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad. <span class="ver">27</span>And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.
<h2 id="c10">Chapter 10</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not becausM
e the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? <span class="ver">2</span>When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel
s sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son? <span class="ver">3</span>Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of TaborM
, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth-el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine: <span class="ver">4</span>And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands. <span class="ver">5</span>After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of pM
rophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: <span class="ver">6</span>And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man. <span class="ver">7</span>And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee. <span class="ver">8</span>And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down untM
o thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day. <span class="ver">10</span>And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. <span cM
lass="ver">11</span>And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets? <span class="ver">12</span>And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets? <span class="ver">13</span>And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place. </p>
class="ver">14</span>And Saul
s uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel. <span class="ver">15</span>And Saul
s uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you. <span class="ver">16</span>And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And Samuel called the pM
eople together unto the LORD to Mizpeh; <span class="ver">18</span>And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you: <span class="ver">19</span>And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselM
ves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands. <span class="ver">20</span>And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. <span class="ver">21</span>When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found. <span class="ver">22</span>Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORM
D answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff. <span class="ver">23</span>And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. <span class="ver">24</span>And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king. <span class="ver">25</span>Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrM
ote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched. <span class="ver">27</span>But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
<h2 id="c11">Chapter 11</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encM
amped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. <span class="ver">2</span>And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel. <span class="ver">3</span>And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days
respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us,M
we will come out to thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept. <span class="ver">5</span>And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. <span class="ver">6</span>And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatlM
y. <span class="ver">7</span>And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent. <span class="ver">8</span>And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. <span class="ver">9</span>AM
nd they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad. <span class="ver">10</span>Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. <span class="ver">11</span>And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of M
the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death. <span class="ver">13</span>And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel. <span class="ver">14</spanM
>Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. <span class="ver">15</span>And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
<h2 id="c12">Chapter 12</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have M
made a king over you. <span class="ver">2</span>And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day. <span class="ver">3</span>Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it M
you. <span class="ver">4</span>And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man
s hand. <span class="ver">5</span>And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. <span clM
ass="ver">7</span>Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers. <span class="ver">8</span>When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. <span class="ver">9</span>And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, andM
into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. <span class="ver">10</span>And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. <span class="ver">11</span>And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe. <span M
class="ver">12</span>And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king. <span class="ver">13</span>Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you. <span class="ver">14</span>If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the kingM
that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God: <span class="ver">15</span>But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes. <span class="ver">17</span>Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye mayM
perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king. <span class="ver">18</span>So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. <span class="ver">19</span>And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And Samuel said uM
nto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart; <span class="ver">21</span>And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. <span class="ver">22</span>For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name
s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people. <span class="ver">23</span>Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin agaM
inst the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: <span class="ver">24</span>Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you. <span class="ver">25</span>But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
<h2 id="c13">Chapter 13</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel, <span class="ver">2</span>Saul chose him threM
e thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. <span class="ver">3</span>And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear. <span class="ver">4</span>And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the PhilistinM
es, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven. <span class="ver">6</span>When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people wereM
distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. <span class="ver">7</span>And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. <span class="ver">9</span>And SauM
l said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering. <span class="ver">10</span>And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gatheM
red themselves together at Michmash; <span class="ver">12</span>Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering. <span class="ver">13</span>And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. <span class="ver">14</span>But now thy kingdomM
shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee. <span class="ver">15</span>And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men. <span class="ver">16</span>And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the PhilM
istines encamped in Michmash. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual: <span class="ver">18</span>And another company turned the way to Beth-horon: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for thM
e Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: <span class="ver">20</span>But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. <span class="ver">21</span>Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. <span class="ver">22</span>So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people M
that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found. <span class="ver">23</span>And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
<h2 id="c14">Chapter 14</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines
garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father. <span class="ver">2</span>And Saul tarried inM
the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men; <span class="ver">3</span>And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I-chabod
s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD
s priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines
garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side,M
and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. <span class="ver">5</span>The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. <span class="ver">6</span>And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few. <span class="ver"M
>7</span>And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. <span class="ver">8</span>Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them. <span class="ver">9</span>If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. <span class="ver">10</span>But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delM
ivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us. <span class="ver">11</span>And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. <span class="ver">12</span>And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into theM
hand of Israel. <span class="ver">13</span>And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him. <span class="ver">14</span>And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. <span class="ver">15</span>And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spM
oilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling. <span class="ver">16</span>And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another. <span class="ver">17</span>Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there. <span class="ver">18</span>And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the M
ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand. <span class="ver">20</span>And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man
s sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiturM
e. <span class="ver">21</span>Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan. <span class="ver">22</span>Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle. <span class="ver">23</span>So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the bM
attle passed over unto Beth-aven. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food. <span class="ver">25</span>And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground. <span class="ver">26</span>And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand M
to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. <span class="ver">27</span>But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened. <span class="ver">28</span>Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint. <span clasM
s="ver">29</span>Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. <span class="ver">30</span>How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines? <span class="ver">31</span>And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint. <span class="ver">32M
</span>And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day. <span class="ver">34</span>And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheM
ep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there. <span class="ver">35</span>And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">36</span>And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto M
thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God. <span class="ver">37</span>And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day. <span class="ver">38</span>And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day. <span class="ver">39</span>For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But thM
ere was not a man among all the people that answered him. <span class="ver">40</span>Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee. <span class="ver">41</span>Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped. <span class="ver">42</span>And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. <span clM
ass="ver">43</span>Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die. <span class="ver">44</span>And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan. <span class="ver">45</span>And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to M
the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not. <span class="ver">46</span>Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place. </p>
<p><span class="ver">47</span>So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexeM
d them. <span class="ver">48</span>And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. <span class="ver">49</span>Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: <span class="ver">50</span>And the name of Saul
s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, M
s uncle. <span class="ver">51</span>And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel. <span class="ver">52</span>And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
<h2 id="c15">Chapter 15</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words ofM
the LORD. <span class="ver">2</span>Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. <span class="ver">3</span>Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. <span class="ver">4</span>And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.M
<span class="ver">5</span>And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. <span class="ver">7</span>And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt. <span class="ver">M
8</span>And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. <span class="ver">9</span>But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, <span class="ver">11</span>It repeM
nteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night. <span class="ver">12</span>And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. <span class="ver">13</span>And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: IM
have performed the commandment of the LORD. <span class="ver">14</span>And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? <span class="ver">15</span>And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. <span class="ver">16</span>Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said toM
me this night. And he said unto him, Say on. <span class="ver">17</span>And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel? <span class="ver">18</span>And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed. <span class="ver">19</span>Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, andM
didst evil in the sight of the LORD? <span class="ver">20</span>And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. <span class="ver">21</span>But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal. <span class="ver">22</span>And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as greatM
delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. <span class="ver">23</span>For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: becaM
use I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. <span class="ver">25</span>Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD. <span class="ver">26</span>And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel. <span class="ver">27</span>And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent. <span class="ver">28</span>And SamuelM
said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou. <span class="ver">29</span>And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. <span class="ver">30</span>Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God. <span class="ver">31</span>So Samuel turned agM
ain after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. <span class="ver">33</span>And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. </p>
<p><span class="ver">34</span>Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to hM
is house to Gibeah of Saul. <span class="ver">35</span>And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
<h2 id="c16">Chapter 16</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among hiM
s sons. <span class="ver">2</span>And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD. <span class="ver">3</span>And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee. <span class="ver">4</span>And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceablyM
? <span class="ver">5</span>And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD
s anointed is before him. <span class="ver">7</span>But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused himM
: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. <span class="ver">8</span>Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. <span class="ver">9</span>Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. <span class="ver">10</span>Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these. <span class=M
"ver">11</span>And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither. <span class="ver">12</span>And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. <span class="ver">13</span>Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him inM
the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him. <span class="ver">15</span>And Saul
s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. <span class="ver">16</span>Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harM
p: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. <span class="ver">17</span>And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. <span class="ver">18</span>Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with hiM
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep. <span class="ver">20</span>And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. <span class="ver">21</span>And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer. <span class="ver">22</span>And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for heM
hath found favour in my sight. <span class="ver">23</span>And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
<h2 id="c17">Chapter 17</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. <span class="ver">2<M
/span>And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. <span class="ver">3</span>And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. <span class="ver">5</span>And he haM
d an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. <span class="ver">6</span>And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders. <span class="ver">7</span>And the staff of his spear was like a weaver
s beam; and his spear
s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him. <span class="ver">8</span>And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said uM
nto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. <span class="ver">9</span>If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us. <span class="ver">10</span>And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. <span class="ver">11</span>WhenM
Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. <span class="ver">13</span>And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and tM
he third Shammah. <span class="ver">14</span>And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. <span class="ver">15</span>But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father
s sheep at Beth-lehem. <span class="ver">16</span>And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. <span class="ver">17</span>And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren; <span class="M
ver">18</span>And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. <span class="ver">19</span>Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battleM
. <span class="ver">21</span>For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army. <span class="ver">22</span>And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren. <span class="ver">23</span>And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them. <span class="ver">24</spaM
n>And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid. <span class="ver">25</span>And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father
s house free in Israel. <span class="ver">26</span>And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this PhM
ilistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? <span class="ver">27</span>And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab
s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wildM
erness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. <span class="ver">29</span>And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner. <span class="ver">31</span>And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him. </p>
class="ver">32</span>And David said to Saul, Let no man
s heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. <span class="ver">33</span>And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. <span class="ver">34</span>And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father
s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: <span class="ver">35</span>And I went oM
ut after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. <span class="ver">36</span>Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. <span class="ver">37</span>David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this PhilistinM
e. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">38</span>And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. <span class="ver">39</span>And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. <span class="ver">40</span>And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him M
five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd
s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. <span class="ver">41</span>And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him. <span class="ver">42</span>And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. <span class="ver">43</span>And the Philistine said unto DaviM
d, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. <span class="ver">44</span>And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. <span class="ver">45</span>Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. <span class="ver">46</spanM
>This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. <span class="ver">47</span>And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD
s, and he will give you into our hands. <span class="ver">48</span>And it came to pasM
s, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. <span class="ver">49</span>And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. <span class="ver">50</span>So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in M
the hand of David. <span class="ver">51</span>Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled. <span class="ver">52</span>And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto GathM
, and unto Ekron. <span class="ver">53</span>And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. <span class="ver">54</span>And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent. </p>
<p><span class="ver">55</span>And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. <span claM
ss="ver">56</span>And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is. <span class="ver">57</span>And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. <span class="ver">58</span>And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.
<h2 id="c18">Chapter 18</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass, when he had made an endM
of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. <span class="ver">2</span>And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father
s house. <span class="ver">3</span>Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. <span class="ver">4</span>And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdleM
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul
s servants. <span class="ver">6</span>And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick. <spanM
class="ver">7</span>And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. <span class="ver">8</span>And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? <span class="ver">9</span>And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And it came to pass on the morrow, that tM
he evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul
s hand. <span class="ver">11</span>And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul. <span class="ver">13</span>Therefore Saul removed him from M
him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. <span class="ver">14</span>And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him. <span class="ver">15</span>Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him. <span class="ver">16</span>But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will M
I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD
s battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him. <span class="ver">18</span>And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father
s family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king? <span class="ver">19</span>But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul
s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife. <span M
class="ver">20</span>And Michal Saul
s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. <span class="ver">21</span>And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all hisM
servants love thee: now therefore be the king
s son in law. <span class="ver">23</span>And Saul
s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king
s son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? <span class="ver">24</span>And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David. <span class="ver">25</span>And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the PhilistM
ines, to be avenged of the king
s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. <span class="ver">26</span>And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king
s son in law: and the days were not expired. <span class="ver">27</span>Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king
s son in law. And SaulM
gave him Michal his daughter to wife. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul
s daughter loved him. <span class="ver">29</span>And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David
s enemy continually. <span class="ver">30</span>Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
="c19">Chapter 19</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. <span class="ver">2</span>But Jonathan Saul
s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself: <span class="ver">3</span>And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will coM
mmune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good: <span class="ver">5</span>For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: whereforeM
then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? <span class="ver">6</span>And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain. <span class="ver">7</span>And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a gM
reat slaughter; and they fled from him. <span class="ver">9</span>And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand. <span class="ver">10</span>And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul
s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night. <span class="ver">11</span>Saul also sent messengers unto David
s house, to watch him, and to slay M
him in the morning: and Michal David
s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. <span class="ver">13</span>And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats
hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. <span class="ver">14</span>And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. <span class="ver">15</M
span>And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. <span class="ver">16</span>And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats
hair for his bolster. <span class="ver">17</span>And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee? </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>So David M
fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. <span class="ver">19</span>And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. <span class="ver">20</span>And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. <span class="ver">21</span>And when it was M
told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also. <span class="ver">22</span>Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah. <span class="ver">23</span>And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. <span cM
lass="ver">24</span>And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
<h2 id="c20">Chapter 20</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life? <span class="ver">2</span>And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt nM
ot die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so. <span class="ver">3</span>And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death. <span class="ver">4</span>Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soM
ul desireth, I will even do it for thee. <span class="ver">5</span>And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even. <span class="ver">6</span>If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family. <span class="ver">7</span>If he say thus, It is well; thyM
servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him. <span class="ver">8</span>Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father? <span class="ver">9</span>And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not IM
tell it thee? <span class="ver">10</span>Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly? </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. <span class="ver">12</span>And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and sM
hew it thee; <span class="ver">13</span>The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father. <span class="ver">14</span>And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not: <span class="ver">15</span>But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemieM
s of David every one from the face of the earth. <span class="ver">16</span>So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David
s enemies. <span class="ver">17</span>And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul. <span class="ver">18</span>Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty. <span class="ver">19</span>And when thou hastM
stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel. <span class="ver">20</span>And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark. <span class="ver">21</span>And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as tM
he LORD liveth. <span class="ver">22</span>But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away. <span class="ver">23</span>And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat. <span class="ver">25</span>And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, eveM
n upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul
s place was empty. <span class="ver">26</span>Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean. <span class="ver">27</span>And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David
s place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day? <M
span class="ver">28</span>And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem: <span class="ver">29</span>And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king
s table. <span class="ver">30</span>Then Saul
s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou sM
on of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother
s nakedness? <span class="ver">31</span>For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die. <span class="ver">32</span>And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done? <span class="ver">33</sM
pan>And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David. <span class="ver">34</span>So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him. <span class="ver">36</span>AndM
he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. <span class="ver">37</span>And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee? <span class="ver">38</span>And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan
s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master. <span class="ver">39</span>But the lad knew not any thing: only JonathaM
n and David knew the matter. <span class="ver">40</span>And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city. </p>
<p><span class="ver">41</span>And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded. <span class="ver">42</span>And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in thM
e name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
<h2 id="c21">Chapter 21</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee? <span class="ver">2</span>And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, LetM
no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place. <span class="ver">3</span>Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present. <span class="ver">4</span>And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. <span class="ver">5</span>And DaviM
d answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel. <span class="ver">6</span>So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away. <span class="ver">7</span>Now a certain man of the servantsM
of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king
s business required haste. <span class="ver">9</span>And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrappedM
in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. <span class="ver">11</span>And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? <span classM
="ver">12</span>And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. <span class="ver">13</span>And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. <span class="ver">14</span>Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me? <span class="ver">15</span>Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow tM
o play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
<h2 id="c22">Chapter 22</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father
s house heard it, they went down thither to him. <span class="ver">2</span>And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him aboutM
four hundred men. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me. <span class="ver">4</span>And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. TheM
n David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;) <span class="ver">7</span>Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hM
undreds; <span class="ver">8</span>That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. <span class="verM
">10</span>And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. <span class="ver">11</span>Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father
s house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king. <span class="ver">12</span>And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord. <span class="ver">13</span>And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and thM
e son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? <span class="ver">14</span>Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king
s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house? <span class="ver">15</span>Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servM
ant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more. <span class="ver">16</span>And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall uponM
the priests of the LORD. <span class="ver">18</span>And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. <span class="ver">19</span>And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And one of the sons of AhimM
elech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. <span class="ver">21</span>And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD
s priests. <span class="ver">22</span>And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father
s house. <span class="ver">23</span>Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguaM
<h2 id="c23">Chapter 23</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors. <span class="ver">2</span>Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. <span class="ver">3</span>And David
s men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armieM
s of the Philistines? <span class="ver">4</span>Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand. <span class="ver">5</span>So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. <span class="ver">6</span>And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, M
that he came down with an ephod in his hand. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars. <span class="ver">8</span>And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, M
Bring hither the ephod. <span class="ver">10</span>Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. <span class="ver">11</span>Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down. <span class="ver">12</span>Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of M
Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth. <span class="ver">14</span>And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. <span class="verM
">15</span>And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And Jonathan Saul
s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. <span class="ver">17</span>And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth. <span class="ver">18</span>And they two made a covM
enant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? <span class="ver">20</span>Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king
s hand. <span class="ver">21</span>And Saul said, BlesM
sed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me. <span class="ver">22</span>Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly. <span class="ver">23</span>See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands oM
f Judah. <span class="ver">24</span>And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon. <span class="ver">25</span>Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. <span class="ver">26</span>And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side ofM
the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land. <span class="ver">28</span>Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>And David went up from thence,M
and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi.
<h2 id="c24">Chapter 24</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi. <span class="ver">2</span>Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. <span class="ver">3</span>And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to covM
er his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave. <span class="ver">4</span>And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul
s robe privily. <span class="ver">5</span>And it came to pass afterward, that David
s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul
s skirt. <span class="ver">6</span>And he M
said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD
s anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD. <span class="ver">7</span>So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. <span class="ver">8</span>David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David M
stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men
s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? <span class="ver">10</span>Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD
s anointed. <span class="ver">11</span>Moreover, my fatM
her, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it. <span class="ver">12</span>The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. <span class="ver">13</span>As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand M
shall not be upon thee. <span class="ver">14</span>After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. <span class="ver">15</span>The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. <span M
class="ver">17</span>And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. <span class="ver">18</span>And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not. <span class="ver">19</span>For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day. <span class="ver">20</span>And now,M
behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand. <span class="ver">21</span>Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father
s house. <span class="ver">22</span>And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
<h2 id="c25">Chapter 25</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Samuel died; and all the IsraM
elites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. <span class="ver">2</span>And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. <span class="ver">3</span>Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful counM
tenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. <span class="ver">5</span>And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name: <span class="ver">6</span>And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou M
hast. <span class="ver">7</span>And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel. <span class="ver">8</span>Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David. <span class="ver">9</span>And when David
s young men came, theM
y spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And Nabal answered David
s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master. <span class="ver">11</span>Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be? <span class="ver">12</span>So David
s young men turned theirM
way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings. <span class="ver">13</span>And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal
s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them. <span M
class="ver">15</span>But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields: <span class="ver">16</span>They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. <span class="ver">17</span>Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him. <M
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. <span class="ver">19</span>And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. <span class="ver">20</span>And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill,M
and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them. <span class="ver">21</span>Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good. <span class="ver">22</span>So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. <span class="ver">23</span>And when Abigail saw David, sheM
hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, <span class="ver">24</span>And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid. <span class="ver">25</span>Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men M
of my lord, whom thou didst send. <span class="ver">26</span>Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. <span class="ver">27</span>And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord. <span class="ver">28</span>I pray thee, forgive thM
e trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days. <span class="ver">29</span>Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling. <span class="ver">30</span>And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall haM
ve done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel; <span class="ver">31</span>That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this daM
y to meet me: <span class="ver">33</span>And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. <span class="ver">34</span>For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. <span class="ver">35</span>So David received of her hand that whiM
ch she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person. </p>
<p><span class="ver">36</span>And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal
s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. <span class="ver">37</span>But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wM
ife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. <span class="ver">38</span>And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died. </p>
<p><span class="ver">39</span>And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with AbigaM
il, to take her to him to wife. <span class="ver">40</span>And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife. <span class="ver">41</span>And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord. <span class="ver">42</span>And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and sheM
went after the messengers of David, and became his wife. <span class="ver">43</span>David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives. </p>
<p><span class="ver">44</span>But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David
s wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
<h2 id="c26">Chapter 26</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? <span class="ver">2<M
/span>Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. <span class="ver">3</span>And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. <span class="ver">4</span>David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And David arose, and cM
ame to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him. <span class="ver">6</span>Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee. <span class="ver">7</span>So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, beholM
d, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him. <span class="ver">8</span>Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time. <span class="ver">9</span>And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD
s anointed, and be gM
uiltless? <span class="ver">10</span>David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish. <span class="ver">11</span>The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD
s anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. <span class="ver">12</span>So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul
s bolster; and they gat them away, M
and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them: <span class="ver">14</span>And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king? <span class="ver">15</span>And David said to AM
bner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord. <span class="ver">16</span>This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD
s anointed. And now see where the king
s spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster. <span class="ver">17</span>And Saul knew David
s voice, and said, IM
s this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. <span class="ver">18</span>And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand? <span class="ver">19</span>Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiM
ding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods. <span class="ver">20</span>Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. <span clM
ass="ver">22</span>And David answered and said, Behold the king
s spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. <span class="ver">23</span>The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD
s anointed. <span class="ver">24</span>And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of M
all tribulation. <span class="ver">25</span>Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
<h2 id="c27">Chapter 27</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any cM
oast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. <span class="ver">2</span>And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. <span class="ver">3</span>And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal
s wife. <span class="ver">4</span>And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again forM
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee? <span class="ver">6</span>Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. <span class="ver">7</span>And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months. </p>
class="ver">8</span>And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">9</span>And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. <span class="ver">10</span>And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? M
And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites. <span class="ver">11</span>And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines. <span class="ver">12</span>And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant foM
<h2 id="c28">Chapter 28</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men. <span class="ver">2</span>And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</spaM
n>Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. <span class="ver">4</span>And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa. <span class="ver">5</span>And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled. <span class="ver">6</span>And wheM
n Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. <span class="ver">8</span>And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, M
I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee. <span class="ver">9</span>And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die? <span class="ver">10</span>And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing. <span class="ver">M
11</span>Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. <span class="ver">12</span>And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul. <span class="ver">13</span>And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. <span class="ver">14</span>And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old manM
cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. <span clasM
s="ver">16</span>Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy? <span class="ver">17</span>And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David: <span class="ver">18</span>Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day. <span class="ver">19</spaM
n>Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines. <span class="ver">20</span>Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And the woman came unto Saul, and saw thM
at he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me. <span class="ver">22</span>Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way. <span class="ver">23</span>But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman,M
compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. <span class="ver">24</span>And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof: <span class="ver">25</span>And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.
<h2 id="c29">Chapter 29</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now the Philistines gathered togetheM
r all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel. <span class="ver">2</span>And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish. <span class="ver">3</span>Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I haM
ve found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day? <span class="ver">4</span>And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men? <span class="ver">5</span>Is not this DavidM
, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands? </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not. <span class="ver">7</span>Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou diM
splease not the lords of the Philistines. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king? <span class="ver">9</span>And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. <span class="veM
r">10</span>Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master
s servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart. <span class="ver">11</span>So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
<h2 id="c30">Chapter 30</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites hadM
invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; <span class="ver">2</span>And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. <span class="ver">4</span>Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their vM
oice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. <span class="ver">5</span>And David
s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. <span class="ver">6</span>And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. <span class="ver">7</span>And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech
I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. <span class="ver">8</span>And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. <span class="ver">9</span>So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. <span class="ver">10</span>But David pursued, he and fM
our hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water; <span class="ver">12</span>And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights. <span M
class="ver">13</span>And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick. <span class="ver">14</span>We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. <span class="ver">15</span>And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear untoM
me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. <span class="ver">17</span>And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and thereM
escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. <span class="ver">18</span>And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. <span class="ver">19</span>And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all. <span class="ver">20</span>And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cM
attle, and said, This is David
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them. <span class="ver">22</span>Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will nM
ot give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart. <span class="ver">23</span>Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand. <span class="ver">24</span>For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: theM
y shall part alike. <span class="ver">25</span>And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD; <span class="ver">27</span>To them which were in Beth-el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir, <span class="ver">28</spM
an>And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, <span class="ver">29</span>And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites, <span class="ver">30</span>And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chor-ashan, and to them which were in Athach, <span class="ver">31</span>And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself andM
his men were wont to haunt.
<h2 id="c31">Chapter 31</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. <span class="ver">2</span>And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, Saul
s sons. <span class="ver">3</span>And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the M
archers. <span class="ver">4</span>Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. <span class="ver">5</span>And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him. <span class="ver">6</span>So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, tM
hat same day together. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. <span class="ver">8</span>And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. <span class="ver">9</spanM
>And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people. <span class="ver">10</span>And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul; <span class="ver">12</span>All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and tMm
ook the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. <span class="ver">13</span>And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. </p>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
<li><a href="#c1">1</aM
<li><a href="#c2">2</a></li>
<li><a href="#c3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="#c4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="#c5">5</a></li>
<li><a href="#c6">6</a></li>
<li><a href="#c7">7</a></li>
<li><a href="#c8">8</a></li>
<li><a href="#c9">9</a></li>
<li><a href="#c10">10</a></li>
<li><a href="#c11">11</a></li>
<li><a href="#c12">12</a></li>
<li><a href="#c13">13</a></li>
<li><a href="#c14">14</a></li>
<li><a href="#c15">15</a></li>
<li><a href="#c16">1M
<li><a href="#c17">17</a></li>
<li><a href="#c18">18</a></li>
<li><a href="#c19">19</a></li>
<li><a href="#c20">20</a></li>
<li><a href="#c21">21</a></li>
<li><a href="#c22">22</a></li>
<li><a href="#c23">23</a></li>
<li><a href="#c24">24</a></li>
<li><a href="#c25">25</a></li>
<li><a href="#c26">26</a></li>
<li><a href="#c27">27</a></li>
<li><a href="#c28">28</a></li>
<li><a href="#c29">29</a></li>
<li><a href="#c30">30</a></li>
<li><a href="#c31">31</a></li>
<li><a href="#c32">32</a></li>
<li><a href="#c33">33</a></li>
<li><a href="#c34">34</a></li>
<li><a href="#c35">35</a></li>
<li><a href="#c36">36</a></li>
<li><a href="#c37">37</a></li>
<li><a href="#c38">38</a></li>
<li><a href="#c39">39</a></li>
<li><a href="#c40">40</a></li>
<li><a href="#c41">41</a></li>
<li><a href="#c42">42</a></li>
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<li><a href="#c51">51</a></li>
<li><a href="#c52">52</a></li>
<li><a href="#c53">53</a></li>
<li><a href="#c54">54</a></li>
<li><a href="#c55">55</a></li>
<li><a href="#c56">56</a></li>
<li><a href="#c57">57</a></li>
<li><a href="#c58">58</a></li>
<li><a href="#c59">59</a></li>
<li><a href="#c60">60</a></li>
<li><a href="#c61">61</a></li>
<li><a href="#c62">62</a></li>
<li><a href="#c63">63</a></li>
<li><a href="#c64">64</a></li>
<li><a href="#c65">65</a></li>
<li><a href="#c66">66</a></li>
<li><a href="#c67">67</a></li>
<li><a href="#c68">68</a></li>
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<li><a href="#c70">70</a></li>
<li><a href="#c71">71</a></li>
<li><a href="#c72">72</a></li>
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<li><a href="#c75">75</a></li>
<li><a href="#c76">76</a></li>
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<li><a href="#c78">78</a></li>
<li><a href="#c79">79</a></li>
<li><a href="#c80">80</a></li>
<li><a href="#c81">81</a></li>
<li><a href="#c82">82</a></li>
<li><a href="#c83">83</a></li>
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<li><a href="#c101">101</a></li>
<li><a href="#c102">102</a></li>
i><a href="#c103">103</a></li>
<li><a href="#c104">104</a></li>
<li><a href="#c105">105</a></li>
<li><a href="#c106">106</a></li>
<li><a href="#c107">107</a></li>
<li><a href="#c108">108</a></li>
<li><a href="#c109">109</a></li>
<li><a href="#c110">110</a></li>
<li><a href="#c111">111</a></li>
<li><a href="#c112">112</a></li>
<li><a href="#c113">113</a></li>
<li><a href="#c114">114</a></li>
<li><a href="#c115">115</a></li>
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<li><a href="#c117">117</a></li>
<li><a href="#c118">118</a></li>
<li><a href="#c119">119</a></li>
<li><a href="#c120">120</a></li>
<li><a href="#c121">121</a></li>
<li><a href="#c122">122</a></li>
<li><a href="#c123">123</a></li>
<li><a href="#c124">124</a></li>
<li><a href="#c125">125</a></li>
<li><a href="#c126">126</a></li>
<li><a href="#c127">127</a></li>
<li><a href="#c128">128</a></li>
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<li><a href="#c132">132</a></li>
<li><a href="#c133">133</a></li>
<li><a href="#c134">134</a></li>
<li><a href="#c135">135</a></li>
<li><a href="#c136">136</a></li>
<li><a href="#c137">137</a></li>
<li><a href="#c138">138</a></li>
<li><a href="#c139">139</a></li>
<li><a href="#c140">140</a></li>
<li><a href="#c141">141</a></li>
<li><a href="#c142">142</a></li>
<li><a href="#c143">143</a></li>
<a href="#c144">144</a></li>
<li><a href="#c145">145</a></li>
<li><a href="#c146">146</a></li>
<li><a href="#c147">147</a></li>
<li><a href="#c148">148</a></li>
<li><a href="#c149">149</a></li>
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<h2 id="c1">Psalm 1</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>BuM
t his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners inM
the congregation of the righteous. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. </p>
<h2 id="c2">Psalm 2</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Let us break their bands asuM
nder, and cast away their cords from us. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. </p>
an class="ver">8</span>Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12<M
/span>Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. </p>
<h2 id="c3">Psalm 3</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>But thou, M
O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten alM
l mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. </p>
<h2 id="c4">Psalm 4</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>O ye sons of men, how long will ye turnM
my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>There be many thaM
t say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. </p>
<h2 id="c5">Psalm 5</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider myM
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers oM
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>For there is no faithfulness in theirM
mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. </p>
p><span class="ver">12</span>For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. </p>
<h2 id="c6">Psalm 6</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>My soul is also sore vexM
ed: but thou, O LORD, how long? </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies
<p><span class="ver">5</span>For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. </p>M
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly. </p>
<h2 id="c7">Psalm 7</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. OM
LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) </p>
<p><span class="ver">5<M
/span>Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>The LORD shall judgM
e the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>If hM
e turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>His mischief shalM
l return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. </p>
<h2 id="c8">Psalm 8</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Out of the mouth of babeM
s and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honouM
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! </p>
<h2 id="c9">Psalm 9</h2>
="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judgiM
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And he shall judge the world in righteousness, M
he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>When he maketh inquisition for bM
lood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own footM
<p><span class="ver">16</span>The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged inM
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. </p>
<h2 id="c10">Psalm 10</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>For the wicked boasteth of his heart
esseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>His mouth is fuM
ll of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the pM
oor may fall by his strong ones. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: thM
e poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>To jM
udge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. </p>
<h2 id="c11">Psalm 11</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>If the foundations be destroyed, M
what can the righteous do? </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD
s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>For the rM
ighteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. </p>
<h2 id="c12">Psalm 12</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, M
and the tongue that speaketh proud things: </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. </p>
<p><span class="vM
er">7</span>Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. </p>
<h2 id="c13">Psalm 13</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long sM
hall mine enemy be exalted over me? </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me. <M
<h2 id="c14">Psalm 14</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth M
good, no, not one. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the cM
aptivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. </p>
<h2 id="c15">Psalm 15</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. </M
<p><span class="ver">4</span>In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. </p>
<h2 id="c16">Psalm 16</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>O my M
soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest myM
<p><span class="ver">6</span>The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. </p>
><span class="ver">10</span>For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. </p>
<h2 id="c17">Psalm 17</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>LeM
t my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip noM
<p><span class="ver">6</span>I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly M
enemies, who compass me about. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wickM
ed, which is thy sword: </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. </p>
<h2 id="c18">Psalm 18</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief M
Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>I will call upon the LORD, who is M
worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Then the M
earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>HM
e made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.M
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>They prevented me in the day of my calamity: butM
the LORD was my stay. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put awM
ay his statutes from me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; anM
d with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all thM
ose that trust in him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>He maketh my feet like hinds
feet, and setteth me upon my high places. </p>
<p><span class="ver">34</span>He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>Thou hast also given me the M
shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. </p>
<p><span class="ver">36</span>Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. </p>
<p><span class="ver">37</span>I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">38</span>I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. </p>
<p><span class="ver">39</span>For thou hast girdM
ed me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">40</span>Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">41</span>They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. </p>
<p><span class="ver">42</span>Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. </p>
<p><span class="vM
er">43</span>Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">44</span>As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">45</span>The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. </p>
<p><span class="ver">46</span>The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation beM
<p><span class="ver">47</span>It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">48</span>He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. </p>
<p><span class="ver">49</span>Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. </p>
<p><span class="ver">50</span>Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth meM
rcy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore. </p>
<h2 id="c19">Psalm 19</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Their line is gone out thM
rough all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of thM
e LORD is sure, making wise the simple. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11<M
/span>Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sM
ight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. </p>
<h2 id="c20">Psalm 20</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Grant thee according to thine own heaM
rt, and fulfil all thy counsel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8M
</span>They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call. </p>
<h2 id="c21">Psalm 21</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Thou hast given him his heart
s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. </p>
ass="ver">3</span>For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. </p>
ass="ver">7</span>For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and theM
ir seed from among the children of men. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power. </p>
<h2 id="c22">Psalm 22</h2>
<span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, aM
nd thou didst deliver them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he deligM
<p><span class="ver">9</span>But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother
<p><span class="ver">10</span>I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. </p>
<p><span class="verM
">13</span>They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: M
they pierced my hands and my feet. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Save me from the lion
: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, hM
<p><span class="ver">25</span>My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>For the kingdom is tM
s: and he is the governor among the nations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this. </p>
="c23">Psalm 23</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy stM
aff they comfort me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. </p>
<h2 id="c24">Psalm 24</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD
s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. </p>
lass="ver">6</span>This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah. </p>
<h2 id="c25">Psalm 25</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. </p>
<p><span class="vM
er">4</span>Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness
ass="ver">8</span>Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>For thy name
s sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>What man is he that feareth the LORD?M
him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Let integrity and uprightness preM
serve me; for I wait on thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. </p>
<h2 id="c26">Psalm 26</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thM
<p><span class="ver">4</span>I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD: </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>LORD, I havM
e loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORDM
<h2 id="c27">Psalm 27</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. <M
<p><span class="ver">4</span>One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: thM
erefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O GodM
of my salvation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD M
in the land of the living. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. </p>
<h2 id="c28">Psalm 28</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy hoM
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy theM
m, and not build them up. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Save thy people, and bless thine inheritanM
ce: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. </p>
<h2 id="c29">Psalm 29</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of David. Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>The voice oM
f the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of KadM
<p><span class="ver">9</span>The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace. </p>
<h2 id="c30">Psalm 30</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the houM
se of David. I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. </p>
<p><span class="ver"M
>5</span>For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>What profit iM
s there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. </p>
<h2 id="c31">Psalm 31</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name
s sake lead me, and guide me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Pull me outM
of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities; </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And hast not shut me up into M
the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquainM
tance: they that did see me without fled from me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand M
of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Oh hM
ow great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>For I said in my haste, M
I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. </p>
<h2 id="c32">Psalm 32</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of David, Maschil. Blessed is he whose transgresM
sion is forgiven, whose sin is covered. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity hM
ave I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>M
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shoM
ut for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. </p>
<h2 id="c33">Psalm 33</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in trM
<p><span class="ver">5</span>He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of hM
<p><span class="ver">9</span>For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.M
<p><span class="ver">13</span>The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>An horse is a vaM
in thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy namM
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee. </p>
<h2 id="c34">Psalm 34</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>O M
magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and deliverethM
<p><span class="ver">8</span>O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">M
12</span>What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance M
of them from the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. </p>
class="ver">21</span>Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. </p>
<h2 id="c35">Psalm 35</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of David. Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. M
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Let their way be dark and slippery: and let tM
he angel of the LORD persecute them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>All my bones shalM
l say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him? </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returneM
d into mine own bosom. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matM
ters against them that are quiet in the land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not reM
<p><span class="ver">25</span>Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified,M
which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long. </p>
<h2 id="c36">Psalm 36</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found toM
<p><span class="ver">3</span>The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deepM
: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>O continuM
e thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise. </p>
<h2 id="c37">Psalm 37</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workersM
<p><span class="ver">2</span>For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. </p>
ss="ver">6</span>And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LOM
RD, they shall inherit the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth tM
hat his day is coming. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: butM
the LORD upholdeth the righteous. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>The wicked bM
orroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>I have been youM
ng, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>The righteous shall inherit M
the land, and dwell therein for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. </p>
<p><span class="ver">34</span>Wait on tM
he LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. </p>
<p><span class="ver">36</span>Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. </p>
<p><span class="ver">37</span>Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. </p>
<p><span class="ver">38</spM
an>But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. </p>
<p><span class="ver">39</span>But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. </p>
<p><span class="ver">40</span>And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. </p>
<h2 id="c38">Psalm 38</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebukeM
me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>My wounds stink and are corrupt becM
ause of my foolishness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. </p>
<p><span class="verM
">10</span>My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth nM
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">M
18</span>For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. <M
<h2 id="c39">Psalm 39</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. </p>
ass="ver">7</span>And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume aM
way like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. </p>
<h2 id="c40">Psalm 40</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined untoM
me, and heard my cry. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. </p>
ver">5</span>Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, </p>M
<p><span class="ver">8</span>I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>WithholM
d not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Let them be ashamed and confounded M
together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my delivereM
r; make no tarrying, O my God. </p>
<h2 id="c41">Psalm 41</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt makM
e all his bed in his sickness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they dM
<p><span class="ver">8</span>An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy dothM
not triumph over me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. </p>
<h2 id="c42">Psalm 42</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</spanM
>My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Why art thou cast down, OM
my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindM
ness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou iM
n God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. </p>
<h2 id="c43">Psalm 43</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let theM
m bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. </p>
<h2 id="c44">Psalm 44</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician for the sons of KorM
ah, Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a fM
avour unto them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>In M
God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Thou sellest thy people for nought, andM
dost not increase thy wealth by their price. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; byM
reason of the enemy and avenger. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched M
out our hands to a strange god; </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? </p>
="ver">25</span>For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies
<h2 id="c45">Psalm 45</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>ThouM
art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king
s enemies; whereby the people fM
all under thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Kings
ers were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father
<p><span class="ver">11</span>So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour. M
<p><span class="ver">13</span>The king
s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest M
make princes in all the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever. </p>
<h2 id="c46">Psalm 46</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into thM
e midst of the sea; </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>The heathen raged, the kinM
gdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Be still, and know thatM
I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. </p>
<h2 id="c47">Psalm 47</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. </p>
"ver">3</span>He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with M
<p><span class="ver">8</span>God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted. </p>
<h2 id="c48">Psalm 48</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of hiM
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>God is known in her palaces for a refuge. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Fear took hold upon them M
there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the M
earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even uM
<h2 id="c49">Psalm 49</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Both low and high, rich and poor, together. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon theM
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) </p>
s="ver">9</span>That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is likeM
the beasts that perish. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. </p>
ass="ver">16</span>Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>ManM
that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. </p>
<h2 id="c50">Psalm 50</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestM
uous round about him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, M
<p><span class="ver">8</span>I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. </p>
="ver">12</span>If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to M
do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderesM
<p><span class="ver">21</span>These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salM
<h2 id="c51">Psalm 51</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>For I acknowledge my transgressions: and mM
y sin is ever before me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Purge me wiM
th hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. </pM
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. </p>
s="ver">16</span>For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then M
shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. </p>
<h2 id="c52">Psalm 52</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Thou lovest eviM
l more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Lo, this is the maM
n that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints. </p>
<h2 id="c53">Psalm 53</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician upon Mahalath,M
Maschil, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Have the workers M
of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. </p>
="c54">Psalm 54</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us? Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah. </p>
s="ver">4</span>Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. </p>
<h2 id="c55">Psalm 55</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To theM
chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upM
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tM
ongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid M
myself from him: </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. </p>
<p><span class="veM
r">17</span>Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hathM
broken his covenant. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will tM
<h2 id="c56">Psalm 56</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. </p>
<p><span class="vM
er">4</span>In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Thou M
tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises untoM
<p><span class="ver">13</span>For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living? </p>
<h2 id="c57">Psalm 57</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. </p>M
<p><span class="ver">2</span>I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</spM
an>Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. </p>
ver">9</span>I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth. </p>
<h2 id="c58">Psalm 58</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightM
ly, O ye sons of men? </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wiselyM
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Before your pots can M
feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. </p>
<h2 id="c59">Psalm 59</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David; when SM
aul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.M
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt hM
ave all the heathen in derision. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be tM
aken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied. </p>
<p><span class="ver">1M
6</span>But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy. </p>
<h2 id="c60">Psalm 60</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician upon Shushan-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the M
valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayedM
because of the truth. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: PhM
ilistia, triumph thou because of me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies? </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A Psalm of David. Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of tM
hy wings. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Thou wilt prolong the king
s life: and his years as many generations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows. </p>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>They only consult to caM
st him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Trust in him at all timesM
; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work. </p>
<h2 id="c63">Psalm 63</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. </p>
p><span class="ver">3</span>Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Because thou hM
ast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: butM
the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. </p>
<h2 id="c64">Psalm 64</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: </p>
span class="ver">4</span>That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; sudM
denly shall they be wounded. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory. </p>
<h2 id="c65">Psalm 65</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To tM
he chief Musician, A Psalm and Song of David. Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with M
the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea: </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power: </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people. </p>
><span class="ver">8</span>They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with shM
owers: thou blessest the springing thereof. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing. </p>
<h2 id="c66">Psalm 66</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief MM
usician, A Song or Psalm. Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Come and seM
e the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Which holdethM
our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>I will go into thy house with M
burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>I cried unto him with my mouth, and he wasM
extolled with my tongue. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. </p>
<h2 id="c67">Psalm 67</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song. God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and causeM
his face to shine upon us; Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise theM
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him. </p>
<h2 id="c68">Psalm 68</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wM
ax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6M
</span>God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah: </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Thou, O God, didst send a plentifM
ul rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall M
ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>The chariots oM
f God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>He that is our God is the God of saM
lvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea: </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same. </p>
<p><span class="vM
er">24</span>They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, M
and the princes of Naphtali. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war. </p>
="ver">31</span>Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah: </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. </p>
<p><span class="ver">34</span>Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God. </p>
<h2 id="c69">Psalm 69</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. </p>
<p><span class="veM
r">3</span>I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, beM
ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother
<p><span class="ver">9</span>For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>When I M
wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>DeliverM
me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: heaM
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>They gave me also gall forM
my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>Let their habitatioM
n be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvM
ation, O God, set me up on high. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. </p>
ass="ver">34</span>Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. </p>
<p><span class="ver">36</span>The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein. </p>
<h2 id="c70">Psalm 70</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembranM
ce. Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. </p>M
<p><span class="ver">5</span>But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying. </p>
<h2 id="c71">Psalm 71</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort:M
thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother
s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee. </p>
s="ver">7</span>I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together, </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and takeM
him; for there is none to deliver him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation M
all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come. M
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee! </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my GodM
: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt. </p>
<h2 id="c72">Psalm 72</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm for Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousneM
<p><span class="ver">2</span>He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughM
out all generations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall licM
<p><span class="ver">10</span>The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. </p>
<span class="ver">14</span>He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass ofM
<p><span class="ver">17</span>His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>The prayers of David tM
he son of Jesse are ended. </p>
<h2 id="c73">Psalm 73</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. </p>
an class="ver">5</span>They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>They set their mouth against tM
he heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocencM
<p><span class="ver">14</span>For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Surely thou didst set them in slipperyM
places: thou castedst them down into destruction. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. </p>
<span class="ver">23</span>Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>For, lo,M
they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works. </p>
<h2 id="c74">Psalm 74</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Remember thy congregation, which thou haM
st purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. </p>
n class="ver">6</span>But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there amoM
ng us any that knoweth how long. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waterM
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. </p>
<span class="ver">18</span>Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>O let not the oppressed return ashamed: M
let the poor and needy praise thy name. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. </p>
<h2 id="c75">Psalm 75</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that M
thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. </p>
<p><span class="ver"M
>6</span>For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>But I will declare for ever; I will sing M
praises to the God of Jacob. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. </p>
<h2 id="c76">Psalm 76</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>There brake he the arrows of the boM
w, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in M
thy sight when once thou art angry? </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still, </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him M
that ought to be feared. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth. </p>
<h2 id="c77">Psalm 77</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph. I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. </p>
<span class="ver">3</span>I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Will the Lord cM
ast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remembeM
r thy wonders of old. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God? </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>The wM
aters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known. </p>
<p><span class="vM
er">20</span>Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. </p>
<h2 id="c78">Psalm 78</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>We will not hide them from their M
children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: </p>
="ver">7</span>That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>They kept not the covenant of God, and rM
efused to walk in his law; </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fM
<p><span class="ver">15</span>He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Yea, M
they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people? </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvaM
<p><span class="ver">23</span>Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>Man did eat angels
food: he sent them meat to the full. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>He rainM
ed flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire; </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths, </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fM
attest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble. </p>
<p><span class="ver">34</span>When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemM
<p><span class="ver">36</span>Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. </p>
<p><span class="ver">37</span>For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. </p>
<p><span class="ver">38</span>But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. </p>
<p><span class="ver">39</span>For he remembered that thM
ey were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. </p>
<p><span class="ver">40</span>How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! </p>
<p><span class="ver">41</span>Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">42</span>They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">43</span>How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the fieldM
<p><span class="ver">44</span>And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. </p>
<p><span class="ver">45</span>He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">46</span>He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust. </p>
<p><span class="ver">47</span>He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost. </p>
ss="ver">48</span>He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">49</span>He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">50</span>He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; </p>
<p><span class="ver">51</span>And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernaM
<p><span class="ver">52</span>But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. </p>
<p><span class="ver">53</span>And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">54</span>And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased. </p>
<p><span class="ver">55</span>He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided theM
m an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. </p>
<p><span class="ver">56</span>Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: </p>
<p><span class="ver">57</span>But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. </p>
<p><span class="ver">58</span>For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images. </p>
<p><span class="ver">59</sM
pan>When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: </p>
<p><span class="ver">60</span>So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; </p>
<p><span class="ver">61</span>And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy
<p><span class="ver">62</span>He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. </p>
<p><span class="ver">63</span>The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens werM
e not given to marriage. </p>
<p><span class="ver">64</span>Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">65</span>Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. </p>
<p><span class="ver">66</span>And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach. </p>
<p><span class="ver">67</span>Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: </p>
><span class="ver">68</span>But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. </p>
<p><span class="ver">69</span>And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">70</span>He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: </p>
<p><span class="ver">71</span>From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. </p>
<p><span class="ver">72</span>So heM
fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. </p>
<h2 id="c79">Psalm 79</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</M
span>Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire? </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. </p>
span class="ver">7</span>For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known amongM
the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanksM
for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations. </p>
<h2 id="c80">Psalm 80</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-eduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face toM
shine; and we shall be saved. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be savedM
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. </p>
lass="ver">12</span>Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. <M
<p><span class="ver">16</span>It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. </p>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of JM
<p><span class="ver">5</span>This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Hear, OM
my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>So I gave them up untM
lust: and they walked in their own counsels. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>He should have fed them alsM
o with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. </p>
<h2 id="c82">Psalm 82</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>DeliveM
r the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit M
<h2 id="c83">Psalm 83</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Song or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>They have said, Come, and let us cut them off fromM
being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children ofM
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>O my God,M
make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. </p>
<h2 id="c84">Psalm 84</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Yea, the sparrow M
hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. </p>
span class="ver">7</span>They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. </p>
class="ver">11</span>For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. </p>
<h2 id="c85">Psalm 85</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Thou hast foM
rgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Wilt thou not revive us again: that tM
hy people may rejoice in thee? </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace haveM
kissed each other. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps. </p>
<h2 id="c86">Psalm 86</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor andM
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</spanM
>Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>For thou artM
great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>O God, the proud are risen against me, and tM
he assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, M
LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me. </p>
<h2 id="c87">Psalm 87</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah. His foundation is in the holy mountains. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, M
with Ethiopia; this man was born there. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee. </p>
<h2 id="c88">Psalm 88</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Song M
or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut upM
, and I cannot come forth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy rightM
eousness in the land of forgetfulness? </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. </p>
ass="ver">17</span>They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. </p>
<h2 id="c89">Psalm 89</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: M
thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>For who in the heaven can be compared unto tM
he LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</spM
an>Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. </p>
an class="ver">14</span>Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exaltedM
<p><span class="ver">18</span>For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>He shall cry unto meM
, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. </p>
<p><span class="ver">34</span>My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>Once have I sM
worn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. </p>
<p><span class="ver">36</span>His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">37</span>It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">38</span>But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">39</span>Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown M
by casting it to the ground. </p>
<p><span class="ver">40</span>Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. </p>
<p><span class="ver">41</span>All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. </p>
<p><span class="ver">42</span>Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. </p>
<p><span class="ver">43</span>Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.M
<p><span class="ver">44</span>Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. </p>
<p><span class="ver">45</span>The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">46</span>How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire? </p>
<p><span class="ver">47</span>Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? </p>
<p><span class="ver">48</span>What man is he tM
hat liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">49</span>Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth? </p>
<p><span class="ver">50</span>Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; </p>
<p><span class="ver">51</span>Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anoinM
<p><span class="ver">52</span>Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen. </p>
<h2 id="c90">Psalm 90</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, ReM
turn, ye children of men. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>For we are consumed by thine anger, aM
nd by thy wrath are we troubled. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Make us glad according tM
o the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. </p>
<h2 id="c91">Psalm 91</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide underM
the shadow of the Almighty. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by niM
ght; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, eM
ven the most High, thy habitation; </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample unM
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. </p>
<h2 id="c92">Psalm 92</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm or Song for the sabbatM
h day. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</spaM
n>O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall periM
sh; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Those thaM
t be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. </p>
<h2 id="c93">Psalm 93</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world M
also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house,M
O LORD, for ever. </p>
<h2 id="c94">Psalm 94</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themM
<p><span class="ver">5</span>They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>He that planted the ear, shall he noM
t hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the piM
t be digged for the wicked. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dweM
<p><span class="ver">18</span>When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22M
</span>But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off. </p>
<h2 id="c95">Psalm 95</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noiseM
unto him with psalms. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>For he is our God; anM
d we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: </p>
class="ver">11</span>Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. </p>
<h2 id="c96">Psalm 96</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>For the LORD is great, and greatly tM
o be praised: he is to be feared above all gods. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into hisM
<p><span class="ver">9</span>O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Let the field be joyful, and all that M
is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth. </p>
<h2 id="c97">Psalm 97</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of hiM
<p><span class="ver">3</span>A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Confounded be allM
they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. </p>
class="ver">11</span>Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. </p>
<h2 id="c98">Psalm 98</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm. O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousneM
ss hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>With trumpeM
ts and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. </p>
<h2 id="c99">Psalm 99</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</spaM
n>The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>The king
s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Exalt ye the LORD ouM
r God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventM
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy. </p>
<h2 id="c100">Psalm 100</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of praise. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the shM
eep of his pasture. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations. </p>
<h2 id="c101">Psalm 101</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>I will behave myself wisely M
in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. </M
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD. </p>
<h2 id="c102">Psalm 102</h2>
<p><span class="ver"M
>1</span>A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>My heart is smitten, and withered like grasM
s; so that I forget to eat my bread. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>For I have eaM
ten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favourM
her, yea, the set time, is come. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. </p>
<p><span class="ver">1M
8</span>This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</sM
pan>When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>They shall perish, but thou shalt M
endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee. </p>
<h2 id="c103">Psalm 103</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. </p>
span class="ver">2</span>Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle
<p><span class="ver">6</span>The LORD executeth righteousneM
ss and judgment for all that are oppressed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. </p>
<p><span class="veM
r">11</span>For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>As for man, his days are as grass: as M
a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children
<p><span class="ver">18</span>To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>The LORD hathM
prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul. </p>
<h2 id="c104">Psalm 104</h2>
n class="ver">1</span>Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fiM
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. </p>
"ver">9</span>Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>He watereth the hM
ills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man
<p><span class="ver">16</span>The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath plantM
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>The younM
g lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creM
eping innumerable, both small and great beasts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, M
they die, and return to their dust. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God whilM
e I have my being. </p>
<p><span class="ver">34</span>My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD. </p>
<h2 id="c105">Psalm 105</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him:M
talk ye of all his wondrous works. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>He iM
s the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your iM
<p><span class="ver">12</span>When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Moreover he called for a M
famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>HM
e made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants. </p>
<span class="ver">26</span>He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. </p>
p><span class="ver">31</span>He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">34</span>He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number, </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>And did eat up all the herbs in their landM
, and devoured the fruit of their ground. </p>
<p><span class="ver">36</span>He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength. </p>
<p><span class="ver">37</span>He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">38</span>Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">39</span>He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the nightM
<p><span class="ver">40</span>The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. </p>
<p><span class="ver">41</span>He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. </p>
<p><span class="ver">42</span>For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. </p>
<p><span class="ver">43</span>And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: </p>
<p><span class="ver">44</span>And gave them the lanM
ds of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people; </p>
<p><span class="ver">45</span>That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD. </p>
<h2 id="c106">Psalm 106</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise? </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Blessed are they thatM
keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7M
</span>Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Nevertheless he saved them for his name
s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And he saved them from the hand of him thM
at hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And he gave tM
hem their request; but sent leanness into their soul. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</spM
an>Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt; </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">M
24</span>Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate tM
he sacrifices of the dead. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakM
<p><span class="ver">33</span>Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. </p>
<p><span class="ver">34</span>They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. </p>
<p><span class="ver">36</span>And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">37</span>Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters uM
<p><span class="ver">38</span>And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. </p>
<p><span class="ver">39</span>Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. </p>
<p><span class="ver">40</span>Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. </p>
<p><span class="ver">M
41</span>And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">42</span>Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. </p>
<p><span class="ver">43</span>Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. </p>
<p><span class="ver">44</span>Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: </p>
<p><span class="ver">45</sM
pan>And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">46</span>He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. </p>
<p><span class="ver">47</span>Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. </p>
<p><span class="ver">48</span>Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. PraiM
se ye the LORD. </p>
<h2 id="c107">Psalm 107</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; tM
hey found no city to dwell in. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! </p>
><span class="ver">9</span>For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. </p>
<p><span class="vM
er">13</span>Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</M
span>Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Oh that men would praisM
e the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteM
th up the waves thereof. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits
<p><span class="ver">28</span>Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are stillM
<p><span class="ver">30</span>Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry grM
<p><span class="ver">34</span>A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings. </p>
<p><span class="ver">36</span>And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; </p>
<p><span class="ver">37</span>And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. </p>
<p><span class="ver">38</spaM
n>He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. </p>
<p><span class="ver">39</span>Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. </p>
<p><span class="ver">40</span>He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. </p>
<p><span class="ver">41</span>Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock. </p>
<p><span class="vM
er">42</span>The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">43</span>Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD. </p>
<h2 id="c108">Psalm 108</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Song or Psalm of David. O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. </p>
"ver">3</span>I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth; </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>God hath spoken in his M
holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cM
ast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. </p>
<h2 id="c109">Psalm 109</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceiM
tful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. <M
<p><span class="ver">7</span>When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Let his days be few; and let another take his office. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Let the extortioner catch all that M
he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Let them beM
before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his M
bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name
s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>For I aM
m poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy: </p>
ass="ver">27</span>That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul. </p>
<h2 id="c110">Psalm 110</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Thy people shall be willing in the dM
ay of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countrM
<p><span class="ver">7</span>He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head. </p>
<h2 id="c111">Psalm 111</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteoM
usness endureth for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandmM
<p><span class="ver">8</span>They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever. </p>
<h2 id="c112">Psalm 112</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>PM
raise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. </p>
<p><span class="verM
">5</span>A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>He hath dispersM
ed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish. </p>
<h2 id="c113">Psalm 113</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and fM
<p><span class="ver">3</span>From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD
s name is to be praised. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth! </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>He raiseth up the pooM
r out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD. </p>
<h2 id="c114">Psalm 114</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Judah was his sanctuM
ary, and Israel his dominion. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs? </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Tremble, thou earth, at tM
he presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters. </p>
<h2 id="c115">Psalm 115</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>But our God is in the heavens:M
he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men
<p><span class="ver">5</span>They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. </p>
span class="ver">8</span>They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will blessM
us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD
s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. </p>
<span class="ver">17</span>The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD. </p>
<h2 id="c116">Psalm 116</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</spM
an>The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dM
ealt bountifully with thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>I said in my haste, All men are liars. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits tM
<p><span class="ver">13</span>I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>I will oM
ffer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people, </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>In the courts of the LORD
s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. </p>
<h2 id="c117">Psalm 117</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>For his merciful kindness M
is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD. </p>
<h2 id="c118">Psalm 118</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy M
endureth for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9<M
/span>It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. </p>
s="ver">13</span>Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>I shall not diM
e, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. </p>
"ver">22</span>The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>This is the LORD
s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have bleM
ssed you out of the house of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. </p>
<h2 id="c119">Psalm 119</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Blessed are the undefiled in theM
way, who walk in the law of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto alM
l thy commandments. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. </p>
<p><span class="veM
r">11</span>Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>M
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. </p>
n class="ver">21</span>Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me M
according to thy word. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>I have choM
sen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end. </p>
<p><span class="ver">34</span>Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. M
<p><span class="ver">35</span>Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. </p>
<p><span class="ver">36</span>Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">37</span>Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. </p>
<p><span class="ver">38</span>Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear. </p>
<p><span class="ver">39</span>Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments M
<p><span class="ver">40</span>Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">41</span>Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word. </p>
<p><span class="ver">42</span>So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. </p>
<p><span class="ver">43</span>And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments. </p>
ss="ver">44</span>So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">45</span>And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">46</span>I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">47</span>And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. </p>
<p><span class="ver">48</span>My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy M
<p><span class="ver">49</span>Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. </p>
<p><span class="ver">50</span>This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">51</span>The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law. </p>
<p><span class="ver">52</span>I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself. </p>
<p><span class="ver">53</span>Horror hath taken hold uM
pon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. </p>
<p><span class="ver">54</span>Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. </p>
<p><span class="ver">55</span>I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law. </p>
<p><span class="ver">56</span>This I had, because I kept thy precepts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">57</span>Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. </p>
<p><span class="ver">58</span>I intreated thy favour with my wM
hole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. </p>
<p><span class="ver">59</span>I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">60</span>I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. </p>
<p><span class="ver">61</span>The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. </p>
<p><span class="ver">62</span>At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments. </p>
<p><span class="ver">63</spM
an>I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">64</span>The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">65</span>Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word. </p>
<p><span class="ver">66</span>Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. </p>
<p><span class="ver">67</span>Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. </p>M
<p><span class="ver">68</span>Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">69</span>The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. </p>
<p><span class="ver">70</span>Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law. </p>
<p><span class="ver">71</span>It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">72</span>The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousandM
s of gold and silver. </p>
<p><span class="ver">73</span>Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. </p>
<p><span class="ver">74</span>They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word. </p>
<p><span class="ver">75</span>I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">76</span>Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, accordinM
g to thy word unto thy servant. </p>
<p><span class="ver">77</span>Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight. </p>
<p><span class="ver">78</span>Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">79</span>Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">80</span>Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashameM
<p><span class="ver">81</span>My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. </p>
<p><span class="ver">82</span>Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? </p>
<p><span class="ver">83</span>For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">84</span>How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? </p>
<p><span class="ver">85</span>The proud have digged pits fM
or me, which are not after thy law. </p>
<p><span class="ver">86</span>All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">87</span>They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">88</span>Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">89</span>For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. </p>
<p><span class="ver">90</span>Thy faithfulnM
ess is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">91</span>They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants. </p>
<p><span class="ver">92</span>Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. </p>
<p><span class="ver">93</span>I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">94</span>I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts. M
<p><span class="ver">95</span>The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">96</span>I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad. </p>
<p><span class="ver">97</span>O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">98</span>Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">99</span>I have more understaM
nding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">100</span>I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">101</span>I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. </p>
<p><span class="ver">102</span>I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">103</span>How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! </p>
class="ver">104</span>Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. </p>
<p><span class="ver">105</span>Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. </p>
<p><span class="ver">106</span>I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. </p>
<p><span class="ver">107</span>I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word. </p>
<p><span class="ver">108</span>Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouM
th, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments. </p>
<p><span class="ver">109</span>My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. </p>
<p><span class="ver">110</span>The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">111</span>Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. </p>
<p><span class="ver">112</span>I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end. </p>
class="ver">113</span>I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. </p>
<p><span class="ver">114</span>Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. </p>
<p><span class="ver">115</span>Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">116</span>Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. </p>
<p><span class="ver">117</span>Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy stM
atutes continually. </p>
<p><span class="ver">118</span>Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. </p>
<p><span class="ver">119</span>Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">120</span>My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. </p>
<p><span class="ver">121</span>I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors. </p>
"ver">122</span>Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">123</span>Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">124</span>Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">125</span>I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">126</span>It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void M
<p><span class="ver">127</span>Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. </p>
<p><span class="ver">128</span>Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way. </p>
<p><span class="ver">129</span>Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">130</span>The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. </p>
<p><span class="ver">131</span>I oM
pened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments. </p>
<p><span class="ver">132</span>Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. </p>
<p><span class="ver">133</span>Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">134</span>Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">135</span>Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statM
<p><span class="ver">136</span>Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. </p>
<p><span class="ver">137</span>Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. </p>
<p><span class="ver">138</span>Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. </p>
<p><span class="ver">139</span>My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. </p>
<p><span class="ver">140</span>Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant M
<p><span class="ver">141</span>I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">142</span>Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">143</span>Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. </p>
<p><span class="ver">144</span>The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. </p>
<p><span class="ver">145</span>I cM
ried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">146</span>I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">147</span>I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. </p>
<p><span class="ver">148</span>Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word. </p>
<p><span class="ver">149</span>Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgM
<p><span class="ver">150</span>They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. </p>
<p><span class="ver">151</span>Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">152</span>Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">153</span>Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. </p>
<p><span class="ver">154</span>Plead my cause, and deliver me: qM
uicken me according to thy word. </p>
<p><span class="ver">155</span>Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">156</span>Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. </p>
<p><span class="ver">157</span>Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">158</span>I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. </p>
<p><span class="veM
r">159</span>Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">160</span>Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">161</span>Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. </p>
<p><span class="ver">162</span>I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. </p>
<p><span class="ver">163</span>I hate and abhor lying: bM
ut thy law do I love. </p>
<p><span class="ver">164</span>Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. </p>
<p><span class="ver">165</span>Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">166</span>LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments. </p>
<p><span class="ver">167</span>My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. </p>
<p><span class="ver">168</span>I have kept thy precepts and tM
hy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">169</span>Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word. </p>
<p><span class="ver">170</span>Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. </p>
<p><span class="ver">171</span>My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">172</span>My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness. </p>
><span class="ver">173</span>Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">174</span>I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight. </p>
<p><span class="ver">175</span>Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">176</span>I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. </p>
<h2 id="c120">Psalm 120</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Song of dM
egrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! </p>
<p><span class="ver">6<M
/span>My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. </p>
<h2 id="c121">Psalm 121</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. </M
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forM
th, and even for evermore. </p>
<h2 id="c122">Psalm 122</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Song of degrees of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto thM
e name of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>For my brethren and companions
sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Because of the house of the LORDM
our God I will seek thy good. </p>
<h2 id="c123">Psalm 123</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we aM
re exceedingly filled with contempt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. </p>
<h2 id="c124">Psalm 124</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Song of degrees of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Then they had sM
wallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. </p>
ass="ver">8</span>Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. </p>
<h2 id="c125">Psalm 125</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the riM
ghteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel. </p>
<h2 id="c126">Psalm 126</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Song of degrees. When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were liM
ke them that dream. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>He M
that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. </p>
<h2 id="c127">Psalm 127</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. </p>
<h2 id="c128">Psalm 128</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LM
ORD; that walketh in his ways. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt seM
e the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Yea, thou shalt see thy children
s children, and peace upon Israel. </p>
<h2 id="c129">Psalm 129</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>The plowers plowed upon my back: they maM
de long their furrows. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Neither do they which M
go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. </p>
<h2 id="c130">Psalm 130</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>But there is forgiveness with theM
e, that thou mayest be feared. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.M
<h2 id="c131">Psalm 131</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Song of degrees of David. LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever. </p>
<h2 id="c132">Psalm 132</h2>
p><span class="ver">1</span>A Song of degrees. LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions: </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob; </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed; </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mightyM
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>For thy servant David
not away the face of thine anointed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>M
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himM
self shall his crown flourish. </p>
<h2 id="c133">Psalm 133</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>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; </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there M
the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. </p>
<h2 id="c134">Psalm 134</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Song of degrees. Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion. </p>
<h2 id="c135">Psalm 135</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Praise ye M
the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye servants of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God, </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>For I know that the LORD is great, and thaM
t our Lord is above all gods. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst ofM
thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan: </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations. </p>
class="ver">14</span>For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men
<p><span class="ver">16</span>They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>They that make them are like untoM
them: so is every one that trusteth in them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron: </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. </p>
<h2 id="c136">Psalm 136</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endurethM
<p><span class="ver">2</span>O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>To him that stretched out the earth above M
the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever: </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And brought out IsraM
el from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever: </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever: </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever: </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy enduretM
<p><span class="ver">16</span>To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever: </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth fM
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever: </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever: </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>Who giveth food to all flesh: for M
his mercy endureth for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever. </p>
<h2 id="c137">Psalm 137</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us requM
ired of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>How shall we sing the LORD
s song in a strange land? </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who sM
aid, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. </p>
<h2 id="c138">Psalm 138</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of David. I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. </p>
<p><span class="verM
">2</span>I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is tM
he glory of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own handsM
<h2 id="c139">Psalm 139</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. <M
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>If I take the wingsM
of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>For thou hast possessed myM
reins: thou hast covered me in my mother
<p><span class="ver">14</span>I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in conM
tinuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>For they speak against thee wickedly, and thiM
ne enemies take thy name in vain. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. </p>
<h2 id="c140">PsaM
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders
poison is under their lips. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the M
violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Grant not, O LORD, thM
e desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence. </p>
<h2 id="c141">Psalm 141</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; aM
nd the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer alM
so shall be in their calamities. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Our bones are scattered at the grave
s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Keep me from the snares which they have laid fM
or me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. </p>
<h2 id="c142">Psalm 142</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>When M
my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me M
from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me. </p>
<h2 id="c143">Psalm 143</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sigM
ht shall no man living be justified. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>I stretch fM
orth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee uM
nto thee to hide me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name
s sake: for thy righteousness
sake bring my soul out of trouble. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant. </p>
<h2 id="c144">Psalm 144</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A PsM
alm of David. Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. <M
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. </p>
s="ver">9</span>I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood: </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>That our sons may be as plants M
grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace: </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Happy is that people, that isM
in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD. </p>
<h2 id="c145">Psalm 145</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>David
s Psalm of praise. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>One generM
ation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>The LORD is gracious, and fulM
l of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. </p>
<span class="ver">13</span>Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>The LORD is righM
teous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let M
all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. </p>
<h2 id="c146">Psalm 146</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day hM
is thoughts perish. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever: </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners: </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth themM
that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD. </p>
<h2 id="c147">Psalm 147</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comeM
<p><span class="ver">2</span>The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicM
ked down to the ground. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs ofM
<p><span class="ver">11</span>The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>He sendeth forth hM
is commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD. </p>
<h2 id="c148">Psalm 148</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. </p>
ver">4</span>Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfillM
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his M
glory is above the earth and heaven. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD. </p>
<h2 id="c149">Psalm 149</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. </pM
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>M
To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD. </p>
<h2 id="c150">Psalm 150</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Praise hM
im for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. PraL
ise ye the LORD. </p>
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<span>THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET</span>
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<li><a href="#c2">2</a></li>
<li><a href="#c3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="#c4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="#c5">5</a></li>
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<h2 id="c1">Chapter 1</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. <span class="ver">2</span>In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin
aptivity, <span class="ver">3</span>The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. <span class="ver">5</span>Also out of the midst thereofM
came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. <span class="ver">6</span>And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. <span class="ver">7</span>And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf
s foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. <span class="ver">8</span>And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. <sM
pan class="ver">9</span>Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. <span class="ver">10</span>As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. <span class="ver">11</span>Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two coveM
red their bodies. <span class="ver">12</span>And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. <span class="ver">13</span>As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. <span class="ver">14</span>And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearanceM
of a flash of lightning. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. <span class="ver">16</span>The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. <span class="ver">17</span>When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went. <spaM
n class="ver">18</span>As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. <span class="ver">19</span>And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. <span class="ver">20</span>Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in tM
he wheels. <span class="ver">21</span>When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. <span class="ver">22</span>And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. <span class="ver">23</span>And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toM
ward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. <span class="ver">24</span>And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings. <span class="ver">25</span>And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. </p>
lass="ver">26</span>And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. <span class="ver">27</span>And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. <sM
pan class="ver">28</span>As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
<h2 id="c2">Chapter 2</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee. <span class="ver">2</span>And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, andM
set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. <span class="ver">3</span>And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. <span class="ver">4</span>For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. <span class="ver">5</span>And they, whether they will hear, or whether theyM
will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. <span class="ver">7</span>And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: forM
they are most rebellious. <span class="ver">8</span>But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein; <span class="ver">10</span>And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
<h2 id="c3">Chapter 3</h2>
<span class="ver">1</span>Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. <span class="ver">2</span>So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll. <span class="ver">3</span>And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the houM
se of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. <span class="ver">5</span>For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; <span class="ver">6</span>Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee. <span class="ver">7</span>But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of IsraeM
l are impudent and hardhearted. <span class="ver">8</span>Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. <span class="ver">9</span>As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. <span class="ver">10</span>Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears. <span class="ver">11</span>AnM
d go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. <span class="ver">12</span>Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place. <span class="ver">13</span>I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noiM
se of a great rushing. <span class="ver">14</span>So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days. <span class="ver">16</span>And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <spanM
class="ver">17</span>Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. <span class="ver">18</span>When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. <span class="ver">19</span>Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickednessM
, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. <span class="ver">20</span>Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand. <span class="ver">21</span>Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteousM
sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee. <span class="ver">23</span>Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face. <span class="ver">24</span>Then the spirit entered M
into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house. <span class="ver">25</span>But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them: <span class="ver">26</span>And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house. <span class="ver">27</span>But when I speak with thee, I will open thyM
mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
<h2 id="c4">Chapter 4</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: <span class="ver">2</span>And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it rounM
d about. <span class="ver">3</span>Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. <span class="ver">4</span>Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. <span class="ver">5</span>For I have laiM
d upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. <span class="ver">6</span>And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year. <span class="ver">7</span>Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy agaM
inst it. <span class="ver">8</span>And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. <span class="ver">10</span>And thM
y meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. <span class="ver">11</span>Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink. <span class="ver">12</span>And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. <span class="ver">13</span>And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will dM
rive them. <span class="ver">14</span>Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth. <span class="ver">15</span>Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow
s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. <span class="ver">16</span>Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in JerusaM
lem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: <span class="ver">17</span>That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
<h2 id="c5">Chapter 5</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber
s razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair. <span class="ver"M
>2</span>Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them. <span class="ver">3</span>Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. <span class="ver">4</span>Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire coM
me forth into all the house of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her. <span class="ver">6</span>And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them. <span class="ver">7</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye M
multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you; <span class="ver">8</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations. <span class="ver">9</span>And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because ofM
all thine abominations. <span class="ver">10</span>Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds. <span class="ver">11</span>Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I hM
<p><span class="ver">12</span>A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. <span class="ver">13</span>Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I M
have accomplished my fury in them. <span class="ver">14</span>Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by. <span class="ver">15</span>So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it. <span class="ver">16</span>When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of fM
amine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread: <span class="ver">17</span>So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.
<h2 id="c6">Chapter 6</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Son ofM
man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, <span class="ver">3</span>And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places. <span class="ver">4</span>And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols. <span class="ver">5</spM
an>And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars. <span class="ver">6</span>In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. <span class="ver">7</span>And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I amM
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries. <span class="ver">9</span>And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have M
committed in all their abominations. <span class="ver">10</span>And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. <span class="ver">12</span>He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near sM
hall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them. <span class="ver">13</span>Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols. <span class="ver">14</span>So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and makeM
the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
<h2 id="c7">Chapter 7</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land. <span class="ver">3</span>Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judgM
e thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations. <span class="ver">4</span>And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. <span class="ver">5</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. <span class="ver">6</span>An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come. <span class="ver">7</spM
an>The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains. <span class="ver">8</span>Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations. <span class="ver">9</span>And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations thaM
t are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth. <span class="ver">10</span>Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded. <span class="ver">11</span>Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them. <span class="ver">12</span>The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for M
wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. <span class="ver">13</span>For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life. <span class="ver">14</span>They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. <span class="ver">15</span>The sword is without, and the pestilM
ence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity. <span class="ver">17</span>All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water. <span class="ver">18</span>They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall covM
er them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads. <span class="ver">19</span>They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of M
their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them. <span class="ver">21</span>And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it. <span class="ver">22</span>My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is M
full of violence. <span class="ver">24</span>Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled. <span class="ver">25</span>Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. <span class="ver">26</span>Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from M
the ancients. <span class="ver">27</span>The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
<h2 id="c8">Chapter 8</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that thM
e hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me. <span class="ver">2</span>Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber. <span class="ver">3</span>And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that M
looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. <span class="ver">4</span>And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. <span class="ver">6</span>He said furM
thermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall. <span class="ver">8</span>Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door. <span class="ver">9</span>AnM
d he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here. <span class="ver">10</span>So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about. <span class="ver">11</span>And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up. <M
span class="ver">12</span>Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do. <span class="ver">14</span>Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD
s house which was toward the north; and, behold, there saM
t women weeping for Tammuz. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. <span class="ver">16</span>And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD
s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward theM
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. <span class="ver">18</span>Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear tM
<h2 id="c9">Chapter 9</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand. <span class="ver">2</span>And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer
s inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brM
asen altar. <span class="ver">3</span>And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer
s inkhorn by his side; <span class="ver">4</span>And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5<M
/span>And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: <span class="ver">6</span>Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house. <span class="ver">7</span>And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and sM
lew in the city. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem? <span class="ver">9</span>Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth noM
t. <span class="ver">10</span>And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head. <span class="ver">11</span>And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.
<h2 id="c10">Chapter 10</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire sM
tone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. <span class="ver">2</span>And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight. <span class="ver">3</span>Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. <span class="ver">4</span>Then the glory of the LORD went up from tM
he cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD
s glory. <span class="ver">5</span>And the sound of the cherubims
wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh. <span class="ver">6</span>And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside thM
e wheels. <span class="ver">7</span>And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man
s hand under their wings. <span class="ver">9</span>And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherubM
: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. <span class="ver">10</span>And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. <span class="ver">11</span>When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. <span class="ver">12</span>And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were M
full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had. <span class="ver">13</span>As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel. <span class="ver">14</span>And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. <span class="ver">15</span>And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar. <span class="ver">16</span>AnM
d when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them. <span class="ver">17</span>When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them. <span class="ver">18</span>Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims. <span class="ver">19</span>And the cherubimsM
lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD
s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. <span class="ver">20</span>This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims. <span class="ver">21</span>Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands M
of a man was under their wings. <span class="ver">22</span>And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.
<h2 id="c11">Chapter 11</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD
s house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son ofM
Benaiah, princes of the people. <span class="ver">2</span>Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: <span class="ver">3</span>Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. <span class="ver">5</span>And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O hM
ouse of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them. <span class="ver">6</span>Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain. <span class="ver">7</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it. <span class="ver">8</span>Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the LordM
GOD. <span class="ver">9</span>And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you. <span class="ver">10</span>Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. <span class="ver">11</span>This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel: <span class="ver">12</span>And ye shall know that I am the LOM
RD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel? <span class="ver">14</span>Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">15</span>Son of man, thy breM
thren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession. <span class="ver">16</span>Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. <span class="ver">17</span>Therefore say, ThusM
saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. <span class="ver">18</span>And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence. <span class="ver">19</span>And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: <M
span class="ver">20</span>That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. <span class="ver">21</span>But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. <M
span class="ver">23</span>And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me. <span class="ver">25</span>Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me.
<h2 id="c12">Chapter 12</h2>
s="ver">1</span>The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house. <span class="ver">3</span>Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house. <spaM
n class="ver">4</span>Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity. <span class="ver">5</span>Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby. <span class="ver">6</span>In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel. <span cM
lass="ver">7</span>And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, <span class="ver">9</span>Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou? <span class="ver">10</span>Say thou unto them, ThM
us saith the Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them. <span class="ver">11</span>Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity. <span class="ver">12</span>And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes. <span classM
="ver">13</span>My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there. <span class="ver">14</span>And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them. <span class="ver">15</span>And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries. <span clasM
s="ver">16</span>But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, <span class="ver">18</span>Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness; <span class="ver">19</span>And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith thM
e Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein. <span class="ver">20</span>And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="veM
r">22</span>Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? <span class="ver">23</span>Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. <span class="ver">24</span>For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. <span class="ver">25</M
span>For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, <span class="ver">27</span>Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off. <span class="ver">28</span>TherefoM
re say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD.
<h2 id="c13">Chapter 13</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD; <span class="ver">3</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto tM
he foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! <span class="ver">4</span>O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. <span class="ver">5</span>Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD. <span class="ver">6</span>They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word. <span claM
ss="ver">7</span>Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken? <span class="ver">8</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD. <span class="ver">9</span>And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of tM
he house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter: <span class="ver">11</span>Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend M
it. <span class="ver">12</span>Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? <span class="ver">13</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it. <span class="ver">14</span>So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereoM
f shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. <span class="ver">15</span>Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; <span class="ver">16</span>To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD. </p>
<span class="ver">17</span>Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them, <span class="ver">18</span>And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you? <span class="ver">19</span>And will ye pollute me among my people for handfulsM
of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies? <span class="ver">20</span>Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly. <span class="ver">21</span>Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out ofM
your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. <span class="ver">22</span>Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life: <span class="ver">23</span>Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. <span class="ver">2</span>And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">3</span>Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them? <span class="ver">4</span>Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that M
setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols; <span class="ver">5</span>That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces fM
rom all your abominations. <span class="ver">7</span>For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: <span class="ver">8</span>And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my M
people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. <span class="ver">9</span>And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. <span class="ver">10</span>And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him; <span class="ver">11</span>That the house of Israel may go no more astray fromM
me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, <span class="ver">13</span>Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it: <span class="ver">14</span>Though thM
ese three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: <span class="ver">16</span>Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate. M
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it: <span class="ver">18</span>Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: <span class="ver">20</span>ThoM
ugh Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness. <span class="ver">21</span>For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sM
ons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it. <span class="ver">23</span>And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.
<h2 id="c15">Chapter 15</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the word of the LORDM
came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? <span class="ver">3</span>Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? <span class="ver">4</span>Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work? <span class="ver">5</span>Behold, when it was whole, it was meet forM
no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned? </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. <span class="ver">7</span>And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them. <spM
an class="ver">8</span>And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.
<h2 id="c16">Chapter 16</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, <span class="ver">3</span>And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. <span class="ver">4</span>AM
nd as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. <span class="ver">5</span>None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wasM
t in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. <span class="ver">7</span>I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare. <span class="ver">8</span>Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware untM
o thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine. <span class="ver">9</span>Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. <span class="ver">10</span>I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers
skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk. <span class="ver">11</span>I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy M
neck. <span class="ver">12</span>And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head. <span class="ver">13</span>Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom. <span class="ver">14</span>And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness,M
which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was. <span class="ver">16</span>And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so. <span class="ver">17</span>Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels ofM
my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them, <span class="ver">18</span>And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them. <span class="ver">19</span>My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD. <span class="ver">20</span>Moreover thou hast takenM
thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, <span class="ver">21</span>That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them? <span class="ver">22</span>And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood. <span class="ver">23</span>And it came to pass aM
fter all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;) <span class="ver">24</span>That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street. <span class="ver">25</span>Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms. <span class="ver">26</span>Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of fleshM
; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. <span class="ver">27</span>Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way. <span class="ver">28</span>Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied. <span class="ver">29M
</span>Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith. <span class="ver">30</span>How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman; <span class="ver">31</span>In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire; <span class="ver">32</span>But as a wife M
that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband! <span class="ver">33</span>They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom. <span class="ver">34</span>And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35M
</span>Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD: <span class="ver">36</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them; <span class="ver">37</span>Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gM
ather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness. <span class="ver">38</span>And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. <span class="ver">39</span>And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee nakeM
d and bare. <span class="ver">40</span>They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords. <span class="ver">41</span>And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more. <span class="ver">42</span>So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I wilM
l be quiet, and will be no more angry. <span class="ver">43</span>Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">44</span>Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. <span class="ver">45</span>Thou art thy motM
s daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite. <span class="ver">46</span>And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters. <span class="ver">47</span>Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if tM
hat were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways. <span class="ver">48</span>As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. <span class="ver">49</span>Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. <span class="ver">50</span>And they were haughty, and committM
ed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good. <span class="ver">51</span>Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done. <span class="ver">52</span>Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shamM
e, in that thou hast justified thy sisters. <span class="ver">53</span>When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them: <span class="ver">54</span>That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them. <span class="ver">55</span>When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return tM
o their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate. <span class="ver">56</span>For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride, <span class="ver">57</span>Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about. <span class="ver">58</span>Thou hast boM
rne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">59</span>For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant. </p>
<p><span class="ver">60</span>Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. <span class="ver">61</span>Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy yM
ounger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant. <span class="ver">62</span>And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: <span class="ver">63</span>That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
<h2 id="c17">Chapter 17</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span clasM
s="ver">2</span>Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel; <span class="ver">3</span>And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: <span class="ver">4</span>He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants. <span class="ver">5</span>He took also of the seed of the land, and planteM
d it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree. <span class="ver">6</span>And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. <span class="ver">7</span>There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might watM
er it by the furrows of her plantation. <span class="ver">8</span>It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. <span class="ver">9</span>Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. <span class="ver"M
>10</span>Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">12</span>Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon; <span class="ver">1M
3</span>And hath taken of the king
s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land: <span class="ver">14</span>That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand. <span class="ver">15</span>But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covM
enant, and be delivered? <span class="ver">16</span>As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. <span class="ver">17</span>Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons: <span class="ver">18</span>Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lM
o, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape. <span class="ver">19</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head. <span class="ver">20</span>And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me. <span class="ver">21</span>And alM
l his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent: <span class="ver">23</span>In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall briM
ng forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell. <span class="ver">24</span>And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.
<h2 id="c18">Chapter 18</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word of the LORD came unto me againM
, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children
s teeth are set on edge? <span class="ver">3</span>As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. <span class="ver">4</span>Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>But if a maM
n be just, and do that which is lawful and right, <span class="ver">6</span>And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour
s wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman, <span class="ver">7</span>And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; <span class="ver">8</span>He that hatM
h not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man, <span class="ver">9</span>Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things, <span class="ver">11</span>And that doeth not any of those duties, bM
ut even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour
s wife, <span class="ver">12</span>Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination, <span class="ver">13</span>Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Now, lo, if hM
e beget a son, that seeth all his father
s sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like, <span class="ver">15</span>That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour
s wife, <span class="ver">16</span>Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment, <span class="ver">17</span>M
That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live. <span class="ver">18</span>As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When M
the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live. <span class="ver">20</span>The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. <span class="ver">21</span>But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutesM
, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. <span class="ver">22</span>All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. <span class="ver">23</span>Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live? </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniqM
uity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? <span class="ver">26</span>When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquM
ity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. <span class="ver">27</span>Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. <span class="ver">28</span>Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. <span class="ver">29</span>Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of IM
srael, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal? <span class="ver">30</span>Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? <span class="ver">32</span>For I have no pleasurM
e in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
<h2 id="c19">Chapter 19</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, <span class="ver">2</span>And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. <span class="ver">3</span>And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. <span class="ver">4</spaM
n>The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">5</span>Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. <span class="ver">6</span>And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. <span class="ver">7</span>And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was dM
esolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring. <span class="ver">8</span>Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit. <span class="ver">9</span>And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she waM
s fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. <span class="ver">11</span>And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches. <span class="ver">12</span>But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them. <span class="ver">13</span>And now she is planted in M
the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground. <span class="ver">14</span>And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
<h2 id="c20">Chapter 20</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the LORD, and sat before me. <span class="ver">2</M
span>Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, <span class="ver">3</span>Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you. <span class="ver">4</span>Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers: </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifteM
d up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God; <span class="ver">6</span>In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands: <span class="ver">7</span>Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselveM
s with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. <span class="ver">8</span>But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">9</span>But I wrought for my name
s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I mM
ade myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness. <span class="ver">11</span>And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. <span class="ver">12</span>Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them. <span class="M
ver">13</span>But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them. <span class="ver">14</span>But I wrought for my name
s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. <span class="ver">15</span>Yet also I lifted up my hand untoM
them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; <span class="ver">16</span>Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. <span class="ver">17</span>Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness. <span class="ver">18</span>But I said unto their children in the wilderM
ness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols: <span class="ver">19</span>I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; <span class="ver">20</span>And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God. <span class="ver">21</span>Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them,M
which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness. <span class="ver">22</span>Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name
s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth. <span class="ver">23</span>I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them thM
rough the countries; <span class="ver">24</span>Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers
idols. <span class="ver">25</span>Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live; <span class="ver">26</span>And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that theM
y might know that I am the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me. <span class="ver">28</span>For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the proM
vocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings. <span class="ver">29</span>Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day. <span class="ver">30</span>Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations? <span class="ver">31</span>For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make yourM
sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you. <span class="ver">32</span>And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arM
m, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you: <span class="ver">34</span>And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. <span class="ver">35</span>And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. <span class="ver">36</span>Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you,M
saith the Lord GOD. <span class="ver">37</span>And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: <span class="ver">38</span>And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. <span class="ver">39</span>As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his M
idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols. <span class="ver">40</span>For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. <span class="ver">41</span>I will accept you with your sweet savourM
, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. <span class="ver">42</span>And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers. <span class="ver">43</span>And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight fM
or all your evils that ye have committed. <span class="ver">44</span>And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name
s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">45</span>Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">46</span>Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; M
<span class="ver">47</span>And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. <span class="ver">48</span>And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched. <span class="ver">49</span>Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not spM
<h2 id="c21">Chapter 21</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, <span class="ver">3</span>And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. <span class="ver">4</span>Seeing M
then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: <span class="ver">5</span>That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more. <span class="ver">6</span>Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. <span class="ver">7</span>And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore siM
ghest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">9</span>Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: <span class="ver">10</span>It is M
sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. <span class="ver">11</span>And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. <span class="ver">12</span>Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefM
ore upon thy thigh. <span class="ver">13</span>Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD. <span class="ver">14</span>Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers. <span class="ver">15</span>I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may fM
aint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter. <span class="ver">16</span>Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set. <span class="ver">17</span>I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, <span class="ver">19</span>Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the swordM
of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city. <span class="ver">20</span>Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced. <span class="ver">21</span>For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver. <span class="ver">22</spanM
>At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort. <span class="ver">23</span>And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken. <span class="ver">24</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity toM
be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, <span class="ver">26</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. <span class="ver">27</spM
an>I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering: <span class="ver">29</span>Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon tM
he necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end. <span class="ver">30</span>Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity. <span class="ver">31</span>And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy. <span class="ver">32</span>Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire;M
thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it.
<h2 id="c22">Chapter 22</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations. <span class="ver">3</span>Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idoM
ls against herself to defile herself. <span class="ver">4</span>Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries. <span class="ver">5</span>Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed. <span class="ver">6</span>Behold, the prM
inces of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood. <span class="ver">7</span>In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow. <span class="ver">8</span>Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths. <span class="ver">9</span>In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdnessM
. <span class="ver">10</span>In thee have they discovered their fathers
nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution. <span class="ver">11</span>And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour
s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father
s daughter. <span class="ver">12</span>In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours M
by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee. <span class="ver">14</span>Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it. <span class="ver">15</span>And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consM
ume thy filthiness out of thee. <span class="ver">16</span>And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. <span class="ver">17</span>And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">18</span>Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver. <span class="ver">19</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye aM
re all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. <span class="ver">20</span>As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you. <span class="ver">21</span>Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof. <span class="ver">22</span>As silver is melM
ted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">24</span>Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. <span class="ver">25</span>There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; theM
y have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. <span class="ver">26</span>Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. <span class="ver">27</span>Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destrM
oy souls, to get dishonest gain. <span class="ver">28</span>And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken. <span class="ver">29</span>The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. <span class="ver">30</span>And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap M
before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. <span class="ver">31</span>Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.
<h2 id="c23">Chapter 23</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: <span class="ver">3</span>And they committedM
whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. <span class="ver">4</span>And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. <span class="ver">5</span>And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours, <span class="ver">6M
</span>Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses. <span class="ver">7</span>Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself. <span class="ver">8</span>Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her. <span claM
ss="ver">9</span>Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted. <span class="ver">10</span>These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her. <span class="ver">11</span>And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms. <span clM
ass="ver">12</span>She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men. <span class="ver">13</span>Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way, <span class="ver">14</span>And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion, <span class="ver">15</span>Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upoM
n their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity: <span class="ver">16</span>And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea. <span class="ver">17</span>And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them. <span class="ver">18</span>So she discovered her whoredoms, and discoM
vered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister. <span class="ver">19</span>Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">20</span>For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses. <span class="ver">21</span>Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thyM
teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side; <span class="ver">23</span>The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses. <span class="vM
er">24</span>And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments. <span class="ver">25</span>And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; anM
d thy residue shall be devoured by the fire. <span class="ver">26</span>They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels. <span class="ver">27</span>Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more. <span class="ver">28</span>For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy miM
nd is alienated: <span class="ver">29</span>And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. <span class="ver">30</span>I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols. <span class="ver">31</span>Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thiM
ne hand. <span class="ver">32</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister
s cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much. <span class="ver">33</span>Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria. <span class="ver">34</span>Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith theM
Lord GOD. <span class="ver">35</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. </p>
<p><span class="ver">36</span>The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations; <span class="ver">37</span>That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused theirM
sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them. <span class="ver">38</span>Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths. <span class="ver">39</span>For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house. <span class="ver">40</span>And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto wM
hom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments, <span class="ver">41</span>And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil. <span class="ver">42</span>And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads. <spanM
class="ver">43</span>Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them? <span class="ver">44</span>Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women. </p>
<p><span class="ver">45</span>And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their handM
s. <span class="ver">46</span>For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled. <span class="ver">47</span>And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire. <span class="ver">48</span>Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness. <span class="ver">49</span>And they shall reM
compense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
<h2 id="c24">Chapter 24</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day. <span class="ver">3</span>And utter a parable unto the rebelliM
ous house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it: <span class="ver">4</span>Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones. <span class="ver">5</span>Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whoM
se scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it. <span class="ver">7</span>For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; <span class="ver">8</span>That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered. <span class="ver">9</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will evM
en make the pile for fire great. <span class="ver">10</span>Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned. <span class="ver">11</span>Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed. <span class="ver">12</span>She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire. <span class="ver">M
13</span>In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee. <span class="ver">14</span>I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Also the word of the LORD came unM
to me, saying, <span class="ver">16</span>Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down. <span class="ver">17</span>Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men. <span class="ver">18</span>So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morningM
as I was commanded. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so? <span class="ver">20</span>Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">21</span>Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall M
fall by the sword. <span class="ver">22</span>And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men. <span class="ver">23</span>And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another. <span class="ver">24</span>Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. <span class="verM
">25</span>Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters, <span class="ver">26</span>That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears? <span class="ver">27</span>In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and M
they shall know that I am the LORD.
<h2 id="c25">Chapter 25</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them; <span class="ver">3</span>And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, whenM
they went into captivity; <span class="ver">4</span>Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk. <span class="ver">5</span>And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. <span class="ver">6</span>For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and staM
mped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel; <span class="ver">7</span>Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto allM
the heathen; <span class="ver">9</span>Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim, <span class="ver">10</span>Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations. <span class="ver">11</span>And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">1M
2</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them; <span class="ver">13</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword. <span class="ver">14</span>And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in EdM
om according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred; <span class="ver">16</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast. <span class="ver">17</M
span>And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
<h2 id="c26">Chapter 26</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenishM
ed, now she is laid waste: <span class="ver">3</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up. <span class="ver">4</span>And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. <span class="ver">5</span>It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the LoM
rd GOD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations. <span class="ver">6</span>And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people. <span class="ver">8</span>He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and M
he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee. <span class="ver">9</span>And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers. <span class="ver">10</span>By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach. <span class="M
ver">11</span>With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground. <span class="ver">12</span>And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water. <span class="ver">13</span>And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sM
ound of thy harps shall be no more heard. <span class="ver">14</span>And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee? <span class="ver">16</span>Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrM
ones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee. <span class="ver">17</span>And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it! <span class="ver">18</span>Now M
shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure. <span class="ver">19</span>For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee; <span class="ver">20</span>When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolaM
te of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living; <span class="ver">21</span>I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD.
<h2 id="c27">Chapter 27</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus; <span class="ver">3</span>And say untoM
Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty. <span class="ver">4</span>Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty. <span class="ver">5</span>They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee. <span class="ver">6</span>Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the companyM
of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim. <span class="ver">7</span>Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee. <span class="ver">8</span>The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots. <span class="ver">9</span>The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all M
the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise. <span class="ver">10</span>They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness. <span class="ver">11</span>The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect. <span class="ver">12</span>Tarshish was thy M
merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs. <span class="ver">13</span>Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market. <span class="ver">14</span>They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules. <span class="ver">15</span>The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a presentM
horns of ivory and ebony. <span class="ver">16</span>Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. <span class="ver">17</span>Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm. <span class="ver">18</span>Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multiM
tude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool. <span class="ver">19</span>Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. <span class="ver">20</span>Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots. <span class="ver">21</span>Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants. <span class="ver">22</span>The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchanM
ts: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold. <span class="ver">23</span>Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants. <span class="ver">24</span>These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise. <span class="ver">25</span>The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast repM
lenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. <span class="ver">27</span>Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin. <span claM
ss="ver">28</span>The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. <span class="ver">29</span>And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land; <span class="ver">30</span>And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes: <span class="ver">31</span>And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, anM
d gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. <span class="ver">32</span>And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea? <span class="ver">33</span>When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise. <span class="ver">34</span>In theM
time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall. <span class="ver">35</span>All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance. <span class="ver">36</span>The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.
<h2 id="c28">Chapter 28</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word of M
the LORD came again unto me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: <span class="ver">3</span>Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee: <span class="ver">4</span>With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hasM
t gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: <span class="ver">5</span>By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: <span class="ver">6</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God; <span class="ver">7</span>Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and thM
ey shall defile thy brightness. <span class="ver">8</span>They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas. <span class="ver">9</span>Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. <span class="ver">10</span>Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>MoreovM
er the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">12</span>Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. <span class="ver">13</span>Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy piM
pes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. <span class="ver">14</span>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. <span class="ver">15</span>Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. <span class="ver">16</span>By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinneM
d: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. <span class="ver">17</span>Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. <span class="ver">18</span>Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore wiM
ll I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. <span class="ver">19</span>All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">21</span>Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it, <span class="ver">22</span>AM
nd say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her. <span class="ver">23</span>For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And there shall be no more a pM
ricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. <span class="ver">25</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob. <span class="ver">26</span>And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall buiM
ld houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.
<h2 id="c29">Chapter 29</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: <span cM
lass="ver">3</span>Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. <span class="ver">4</span>But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales. <span class="ver">5</span>And I will leavM
e thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven. <span class="ver">6</span>And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. <span class="ver">7</span>When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and wheM
n they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee. <span class="ver">9</span>And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it. <span class="ver">10</span>Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the M
land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. <span class="ver">11</span>No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. <span class="ver">12</span>And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperseM
them through the countries. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered: <span class="ver">14</span>And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom. <span class="ver">15</span>It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the natioM
ns: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. <span class="ver">16</span>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. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">18</span>Son of man, NebuchaM
drezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it: <span class="ver">19</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. <span class="ver">20</span>I have given hM
im the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
<h2 id="c30">Chapter 30</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the LorM
d GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! <span class="ver">3</span>For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen. <span class="ver">4</span>And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down. <span class="ver">5</span>Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in leagM
ue, shall fall with them by the sword. <span class="ver">6</span>Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. <span class="ver">7</span>And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted. <span class="ver">8</span>And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, aM
nd when all her helpers shall be destroyed. <span class="ver">9</span>In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh. <span class="ver">10</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. <span class="ver">11</span>He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and M
they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain. <span class="ver">12</span>And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it. <span class="ver">13</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the landM
of Egypt. <span class="ver">14</span>And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No. <span class="ver">15</span>And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No. <span class="ver">16</span>And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily. <span class="ver">17</span>The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shaM
ll go into captivity. <span class="ver">18</span>At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity. <span class="ver">19</span>Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the woM
rd of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">21</span>Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. <span class="ver">22</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. <span class="ver">23</span>And I will scatter the Egyptians aM
mong the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. <span class="ver">24</span>And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh
s arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. <span class="ver">25</span>But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he sM
hall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">26</span>And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
<h2 id="c31">Chapter 31</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like M
in thy greatness? </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. <span class="ver">4</span>The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field. <span class="ver">5</span>Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were mulM
tiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth. <span class="ver">6</span>All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. <span class="ver">7</span>Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters. <span class="ver">8</span>The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees M
were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty. <span class="ver">9</span>I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height; <span clM
ass="ver">11</span>I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness. <span class="ver">12</span>And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him. <span class="ver">13</span>Upon hisM
ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches: <span class="ver">14</span>To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit. <span class="ver">15</span>Thus saM
ith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. <span class="ver">16</span>I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in theM
nether parts of the earth. <span class="ver">17</span>They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is PM
haraoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
<h2 id="c32">Chapter 32</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet,M
and fouledst their rivers. <span class="ver">3</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net. <span class="ver">4</span>Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee. <span class="ver">5</span>And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys withM
thy height. <span class="ver">6</span>I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee. <span class="ver">7</span>And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. <span class="ver">8</span>All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD. <span class="ver">9</span>I M
will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known. <span class="ver">10</span>Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.M
<span class="ver">12</span>By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. <span class="ver">13</span>I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them. <span class="ver">14</span>Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saM
ith the Lord GOD. <span class="ver">15</span>When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD. <span class="ver">16</span>This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>It came to pass alM
so in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">18</span>Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit. <span class="ver">19</span>Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. <span class="ver">20</span>They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the swoM
rd: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes. <span class="ver">21</span>The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. <span class="ver">22</span>Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword: <span class="ver">23</span>Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, M
fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living. <span class="ver">24</span>There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit. <span class="ver">25</span>They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: allM
of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain. <span class="ver">26</span>There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living. <span class="ver">27</span>And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncM
ircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. <span class="ver">28</span>Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword. <span class="ver">29</span>There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the swordM
: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit. <span class="ver">30</span>There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit. <span class="ver">31</span>Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain M
by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. <span class="ver">32</span>For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
<h2 id="c33">Chapter 33</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the peM
ople of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: <span class="ver">3</span>If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; <span class="ver">4</span>Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. <span class="ver">5</span>He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver M
his soul. <span class="ver">6</span>But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman
<p><span class="ver">7</span>So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. <span class="ver">8</span>When I say unto the wicked, O wickM
ed man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. <span class="ver">9</span>Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. <span class="ver">10</span>Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us,M
and we pine away in them, how should we then live? <span class="ver">11</span>Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? <span class="ver">12</span>Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he M
shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth. <span class="ver">13</span>When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it. <span class="ver">14</span>Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he tM
urn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; <span class="ver">15</span>If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. <span class="ver">16</span>None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: buM
t as for them, their way is not equal. <span class="ver">18</span>When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. <span class="ver">19</span>But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And it came to pass in the twelftM
h year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten. <span class="ver">22</span>Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. <span class="ver">23</span>Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">24</span>Son of man, they that inhabit thosM
e wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance. <span class="ver">25</span>Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land? <span class="ver">26</span>Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour
s wife: and shall ye possess the land? <span class="ver">27</span>Say thoM
u thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. <span class="ver">28</span>For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through. <span class="ver">29</span>Then shall they know that I am the LORD, wM
hen I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD. <span class="ver">31</span>And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and theyM
hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. <span class="ver">32</span>And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not. <span class="ver">33</span>And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.
<h2 id="c34">Chapter 34</h2>
<p><span class="ver">M
1</span>And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? <span class="ver">3</span>Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock. <span class="ver">4</span>The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye hM
ealed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. <span class="ver">5</span>And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. <span class="ver">6</span>My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon aM
ll the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; <span class="ver">8</span>As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock; <span class="ver">9</span>Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; <spM
an class="ver">10</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. <span class="ver">12</span>As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day thaM
t he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. <span class="ver">13</span>And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. <span class="ver">14</span>I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of IsrM
ael shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. <span class="ver">15</span>I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD. <span class="ver">16</span>I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment. <span class="ver">17</span>M
And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats. <span class="ver">18</span>Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? <span class="ver">19</span>And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled wM
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. <span class="ver">21</span>Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; <span class="ver">22</span>Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle. <span class="ver">23</span>And I will set upM
one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. <span class="ver">24</span>And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it. <span class="ver">25</span>And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. <span class="ver">26</span>And I will make them and the places rM
ound about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing. <span class="ver">27</span>And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them. <span class="ver">28</span>And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shalM
l the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid. <span class="ver">29</span>And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. <span class="ver">30</span>Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD. <span class="ver">31</span>And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are mM
en, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.
<h2 id="c35">Chapter 35</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, <span class="ver">3</span>And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate. <span class="ver">4</span>I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be M
desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. <span class="ver">5</span>Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end: <span class="ver">6</span>Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee. <span class="ver">7</span>Thus will I make mount Seir most dM
esolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth. <span class="ver">8</span>And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword. <span class="ver">9</span>I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. <span class="ver">10</span>Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess iM
t; whereas the LORD was there: <span class="ver">11</span>Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee. <span class="ver">12</span>And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume. <spanM
class="ver">13</span>Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them. <span class="ver">14</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate. <span class="ver">15</span>As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
<h2 id="c36">Chapter 3M
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD: <span class="ver">2</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession: <span class="ver">3</span>Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heaM
then, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people: <span class="ver">4</span>Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about; <span class="ver">5</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spM
oken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey. <span class="ver">6</span>Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen: <span class="ver">7</span>Therefore thM
us saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come. <span class="ver">9</span>For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown: <span class="ver">10</span>And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cM
ities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded: <span class="ver">11</span>And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. <span class="ver">12</span>Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men. <M
span class="ver">13</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations; <span class="ver">14</span>Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD. <span class="ver">15</span>Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord GOD. </p>
ass="ver">16</span>Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">17</span>Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. <span class="ver">18</span>Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it: <span class="ver">19</span>And I scattered them among the heathen, and they werM
e dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them. <span class="ver">20</span>And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. <span class="ver">22</span>Therefore say unto the house of IM
srael, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name
s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. <span class="ver">23</span>And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. <span class="ver">24</span>For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather M
you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. <span class="ver">26</span>A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. <span class="ver">27</span>And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walkM
in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. <span class="ver">28</span>And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. <span class="ver">29</span>I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. <span class="ver">30</span>And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heaM
then. <span class="ver">31</span>Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations. <span class="ver">32</span>Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel. <span class="ver">33</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in M
the cities, and the wastes shall be builded. <span class="ver">34</span>And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by. <span class="ver">35</span>And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited. <span class="ver">36</span>Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolaM
te: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it. <span class="ver">37</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock. <span class="ver">38</span>As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
<h2 id="c37">Chapter 37</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carriM
ed me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, <span class="ver">2</span>And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. <span class="ver">3</span>And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. <span class="ver">4</span>Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. <sM
pan class="ver">5</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: <span class="ver">6</span>And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. <span class="ver">7</span>So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. <span class="ver">8<M
/span>And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. <span class="ver">9</span>Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. <span class="ver">10</span>So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding grM
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. <span class="ver">12</span>Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. <span class="ver">13</span>And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened yM
our graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, <span class="ver">14</span>And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, <span class="ver">16</span>Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take anothM
er stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions: <span class="ver">17</span>And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these? <span class="ver">19</span>Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, aM
nd the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes. <span class="ver">21</span>And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: <span class="ver"M
>22</span>And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all: <span class="ver">23</span>Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my peopleM
, and I will be their God. <span class="ver">24</span>And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. <span class="ver">25</span>And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children
s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. <span class="verM
">26</span>Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. <span class="ver">27</span>My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. <span class="ver">28</span>And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
<h2 id="c38">Chapter 38</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, <span class="ver">3</span>And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: <span class="ver">4</span>And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of theM
m clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: <span class="ver">5</span>Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: <span class="ver">6</span>Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. <span class="ver">7</span>Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. <span class="ver">9</span>Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. <span class="verM
">10</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: <span class="ver">11</span>And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, <span class="ver">12</span>To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon thM
e people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. <span class="ver">13</span>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? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the LordM
GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it? <span class="ver">15</span>And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army: <span class="ver">16</span>And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O GM
og, before their eyes. <span class="ver">17</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them? <span class="ver">18</span>And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face. <span class="ver">19</span>For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in thatM
day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; <span class="ver">20</span>So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. <span class="ver">21</span>And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saiM
th the Lord GOD: every man
s sword shall be against his brother. <span class="ver">22</span>And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. <span class="ver">23</span>Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
<h2 id="c39">Chapter 39</h2>
ass="ver">1</span>Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: <span class="ver">2</span>And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: <span class="ver">3</span>And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. <span class="ver">4M
</span>Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. <span class="ver">5</span>Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. <span class="ver">6</span>And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD. <span class="ver">7</span>So will I make my holy nM
ame known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken. <span class="ver">9</span>And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the sM
pears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: <span class="ver">10</span>So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stoM
p the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog. <span class="ver">12</span>And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land. <span class="ver">13</span>Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD. <span class="ver">14</span>And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the lM
and to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search. <span class="ver">15</span>And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man
s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog. <span class="ver">16</span>And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And, thou son of man, thus saithM
the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. <span class="ver">18</span>Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. <span class="ver">19</span>And ye shall eat faM
t till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. <span class="ver">20</span>Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD. <span class="ver">21</span>And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them. <span class="ver">22</span>So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God fM
rom that day and forward. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword. <span class="ver">24</span>According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them. <span class="ver">25</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will M
I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name; <span class="ver">26</span>After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid. <span class="ver">27</span>When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies
lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations; <span class="ver">2M
8</span>Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there. <span class="ver">29</span>Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
<h2 id="c40">Chapter 40</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth dM
ay of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither. <span class="ver">2</span>In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south. <span class="ver">3</span>And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and hM
e stood in the gate. <span class="ver">4</span>And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel. <span class="ver">5</span>And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man
s hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadtM
h of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad. <span class="ver">7</span>And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one M
reed. <span class="ver">8</span>He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed. <span class="ver">9</span>Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward. <span class="ver">10</span>And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side. <span class="ver">11</span>And he measured the breadth of the enM
try of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. <span class="ver">12</span>The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side. <span class="ver">13</span>He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door. <span class="ver">14</span>He made also posts of thrM
eescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate. <span class="ver">15</span>And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits. <span class="ver">16</span>And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees. <span class="ver">17</span>Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, therM
e were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement. <span class="ver">18</span>And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement. <span class="ver">19</span>Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he M
measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof. <span class="ver">21</span>And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. <span class="ver">22</span>And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; andM
the arches thereof were before them. <span class="ver">23</span>And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures. <span class="ver">25</span>And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like thoM
se windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. <span class="ver">26</span>And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof. <span class="ver">27</span>And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits. <span class="ver">28</span>And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate:M
and he measured the south gate according to these measures; <span class="ver">29</span>And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad. <span class="ver">30</span>And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad. <span class="ver">31</span>And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and pM
alm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures. <span class="ver">33</span>And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad. <span class="ver">34</sM
pan>And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these measures; <span class="ver">36</span>The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. <span class="ver">37</spM
an>And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps. <span class="ver">38</span>And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering. </p>
<p><span class="ver">39</span>And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering. <spaM
n class="ver">40</span>And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables. <span class="ver">41</span>Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices. <span class="ver">42</span>And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit hiM
gh: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice. <span class="ver">43</span>And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering. </p>
<p><span class="ver">44</span>And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north. <span claM
ss="ver">45</span>And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house. <span class="ver">46</span>And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister unto him. <span class="ver">47</span>So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altarM
that was before the house. </p>
<p><span class="ver">48</span>And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side. <span class="ver">49</span>The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another M
<h2 id="c41">Chapter 41</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle. <span class="ver">2</span>And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits. <span class="ver"M
>3</span>Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits. <span class="ver">4</span>So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place. <span class="ver">5</span>After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side. <span class="ver">6</span>AndM
the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house. <span class="ver">7</span>And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the M
highest by the midst. <span class="ver">8</span>I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits. <span class="ver">9</span>The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within. <span class="ver">10</span>And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side. <span class="ver">11</span>And the doorM
s of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about. <span class="ver">12</span>Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits. <span class="ver">13</span>So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separatM
e place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long; <span class="ver">14</span>Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits. <span class="ver">15</span>And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court; <span class="ver">16</span>The door posts, and the naM
rrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered; <span class="ver">17</span>To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure. <span class="ver">18</span>And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces; <span class="vM
er">19</span>So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about. <span class="ver">20</span>From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple. <span class="ver">21</span>The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other. <span class="ver">22</span>The altar ofM
wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD. <span class="ver">23</span>And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors. <span class="ver">24</span>And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door. <span class="ver">25</span>And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple,M
cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without. <span class="ver">26</span>And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.
<h2 id="c42">Chapter 42</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the M
separate place, and which was before the building toward the north. <span class="ver">2</span>Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits. <span class="ver">3</span>Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories. <span class="ver">4</span>And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward theM
north. <span class="ver">5</span>Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building. <span class="ver">6</span>For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground. <span class="ver">7</span>And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the lengM
th thereof was fifty cubits. <span class="ver">8</span>For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits. <span class="ver">9</span>And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court. <span class="ver">10</span>The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building. <span class="ver">11</span>And the M
way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors. <span class="ver">12</span>And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the soM
uth chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy. <span class="ver">14</span>When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on otherM
garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people. <span class="ver">15</span>Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about. <span class="ver">16</span>He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. <span class="ver">17</span>He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. <span class="verM
">18</span>He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. <span class="ver">20</span>He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.
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<p><span class="ver">1</span>Afterward he brought me to the gate, evenM
the gate that looketh toward the east: <span class="ver">2</span>And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory. <span class="ver">3</span>And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. <span class="ver">4</span>And the glM
ory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east. <span class="ver">5</span>So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house. <span class="ver">6</span>And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children ofM
Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places. <span class="ver">8</span>In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. <span class="ver">9</span>Now let them put away their whoredom,M
and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. <span class="ver">11</span>And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, aM
nd all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them. <span class="ver">12</span>This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, M
and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar. <span class="ver">14</span>And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit. <span class="ver">15</span>So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns. <span class="ver">16</M
span>And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof. <span class="ver">17</span>And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make M
it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon. <span class="ver">19</span>And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering. <span class="ver">20</span>And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it. <span class="ver">21</span>ThouM
shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary. <span class="ver">22</span>And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock. <span class="ver">23</span>When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish. <span class="ver">24</span>AM
nd thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD. <span class="ver">25</span>Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish. <span class="ver">26</span>Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves. <span class="ver">27</span>And when these days are expired, it shall be,M
that upon the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord GOD.
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<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. <span class="ver">2</span>Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of IsM
rael, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut. <span class="ver">3</span>It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD: and I fell upon my face. <span class="ver">5</span>And the LORD said unto me, Son M
of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary. <span class="ver">6</span>And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations, <span class="ver">7</span>In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strM
angers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations. <span class="ver">8</span>And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into myM
sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel. <span class="ver">10</span>And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity. <span class="ver">11</span>Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.M
<span class="ver">12</span>Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity. <span class="ver">13</span>And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed. <span class="ver">14</spM
an>But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD: <span class="ver">16</span>They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall comM
e near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within. <span class="ver">18</span>They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth swM
eat. <span class="ver">19</span>And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments. <span class="ver">20</span>Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads. <span class="ver">21</span>Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they M
enter into the inner court. <span class="ver">22</span>Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before. <span class="ver">23</span>And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. <span class="ver">24</span>And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgmentsM
: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths. <span class="ver">25</span>And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves. <span class="ver">26</span>And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days. <span class="ver">27</span>And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner courM
t, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord GOD. <span class="ver">28</span>And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession. <span class="ver">29</span>They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs. <span class="ver">30</span>And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of alM
l, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest
s: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house. <span class="ver">31</span>The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
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<p><span class="ver">1</span>Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall M
be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about. <span class="ver">2</span>Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof. <span class="ver">3</span>And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and theM
most holy place. <span class="ver">4</span>The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary. <span class="ver">5</span>And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And ye shallM
appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the lengM
th shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border. <span class="ver">8</span>In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord M
GOD. <span class="ver">10</span>Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. <span class="ver">11</span>The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. <span class="ver">12</span>And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. <span class="ver">13</span>This is the oblation that ye shall M
offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley: <span class="ver">14</span>Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer: <span class="ver">15</span>And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliaM
tion for them, saith the Lord GOD. <span class="ver">16</span>All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel. <span class="ver">17</span>And it shall be the prince
s part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of IsrM
ael. <span class="ver">18</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary: <span class="ver">19</span>And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court. <span class="ver">20</span>And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, M
and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house. <span class="ver">21</span>In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. <span class="ver">22</span>And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering. <span class="ver">23</span>And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemiM
sh daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering. <span class="ver">24</span>And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah. <span class="ver">25</span>In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil.
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p><span class="ver">1</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened. <span class="ver">2</span>And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go foM
rth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening. <span class="ver">3</span>Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons. <span class="ver">4</span>And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish. <span class="ver">5</span>And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give,M
and an hin of oil to an ephah. <span class="ver">6</span>And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish. <span class="ver">7</span>And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah. <span class="ver">8</span>And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall goM
forth by the way thereof. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it. <span class="ver">10</span>And the prince in the midst of them, when they go inM
, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth. <span class="ver">11</span>And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. <span class="ver">12</span>Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace ofM
ferings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate. <span class="ver">13</span>Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD of a lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning. <span class="ver">14</span>And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance untoM
the LORD. <span class="ver">15</span>Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons
; it shall be their possession by inheritance. <span class="ver">17</span>But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to theM
prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons
for them. <span class="ver">18</span>Moreover the prince shall not take of the people
s inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: andM
, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward. <span class="ver">20</span>Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people. <span class="ver">21</span>Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court. <span class="ver">2M
2</span>In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure. <span class="ver">23</span>And there was a row of building round about in them, round about them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about. <span class="ver">24</span>Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.
<h2 id="c47">Chapter 47</h2>
ass="ver">1</span>Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar. <span class="ver">2</span>Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on thM
e right side. <span class="ver">3</span>And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles. <span class="ver">4</span>Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins. <span class="ver">5</span>Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: M
for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river. <span class="ver">7</span>Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. <span class="ver">8</span>Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go intM
o the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. <span class="ver">9</span>And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh. <span class="ver">10</span>And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim;M
they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. <span class="ver">11</span>But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt. <span class="ver">12</span>And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his montM
hs, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions. <span class="ver">14</span>And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inM
heritance. <span class="ver">15</span>And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; <span class="ver">16</span>Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazar-hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran. <span class="ver">17</span>And the border from the sea shall be Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side. <span clasM
s="ver">18</span>And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side. <span class="ver">19</span>And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward. <span class="ver">20</span>The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west sideM
. <span class="ver">21</span>So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. <span class="ver">23</span>And it shall come to pass, that in whatM
tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD.
<h2 id="c48">Chapter 48</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan. <span class="ver">2</span>And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher. <spanM
class="ver">3</span>And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali. <span class="ver">4</span>And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh. <span class="ver">5</span>And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim. <span class="ver">6</span>And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben. <span class="ver">7</span>And by the bordeM
r of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it. <span class="ver">9</span>The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of M
ten thousand in breadth. <span class="ver">10</span>And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof. <span class="ver">11</span>It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astM
ray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray. <span class="ver">12</span>And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites. <span class="ver">13</span>And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand. <span class="ver">14</span>And they shall not sell of it, neither excM
hange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof. <span class="ver">16</span>And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thoM
usand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred. <span class="ver">17</span>And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty. <span class="ver">18</span>And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy M
portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city. <span class="ver">19</span>And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel. <span class="ver">20</span>All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possM
ession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof. <span class="ver">22</span>Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince
s, between the border of Judah and the borM
der of Benjamin, shall be for the prince. <span class="ver">23</span>As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion. <span class="ver">24</span>And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion. <span class="ver">25</span>And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion. <span class="ver">26</span>And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a poM
rtion. <span class="ver">27</span>And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion. <span class="ver">28</span>And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea. <span class="ver">29</span>This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>And tM
hese are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures. <span class="ver">31</span>And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi. <span class="ver">32</span>And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan. <span class="ver">33</span>And at the south side four thousand and five hundred mM
easures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun. <span class="ver">34</span>At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali. <span class="ver">35</span>It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there. </p>
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<span>THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED</span>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<li><a href="#c2">2</a></li>
<li><a href="#c3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="#c4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="#c5">5</a></li>
<li><a href="#c6">6</a></li>
<li><a href="#c7">7</a></li>
<li><a href="#c8">8</a></li>
<li><a href="#c9">9</a></li>
<li><a href="#c10">10</a></li>
<li><a href="#c11">11</a></li>
<li><a href="#c12">12</a></li>
<li><a href="#c13">13</a></li>
<li><a href="#c14">14</a></li>
<li><a href="#c15">15</a></li>
href="#c16">16</a></li>
<li><a href="#c17">17</a></li>
<li><a href="#c18">18</a></li>
<li><a href="#c19">19</a></li>
<li><a href="#c20">20</a></li>
<li><a href="#c21">21</a></li>
<li><a href="#c22">22</a></li>
<li><a href="#c23">23</a></li>
<li><a href="#c24">24</a></li>
<li><a href="#c25">25</a></li>
<li><a href="#c26">26</a></li>
<li><a href="#c27">27</a></li>
<li><a href="#c28">28</a></li>
<li><a href="#c29">29</a></li>
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<li><a href="#c31">31</a></li>
<li><a href="#c32">32</a></li>
<li><a href="#c33">33</a></li>
<li><a href="#c34">34</a></li>
<li><a href="#c35">35</a></li>
<li><a href="#c36">36</a></li>
<li><a href="#c37">37</a></li>
<li><a href="#c38">38</a></li>
<li><a href="#c39">39</a></li>
<li><a href="#c40">40</a></li>
<li><a href="#c41">41</a></li>
<li><a href="#c42">42</a></li>
<li><a href="#c43">43</a></li>
<li><a href="#c44">44</a></li>
i><a href="#c45">45</a></li>
<li><a href="#c46">46</a></li>
<li><a href="#c47">47</a></li>
<li><a href="#c48">48</a></li>
<li><a href="#c49">49</a></li>
<li><a href="#c50">50</a></li>
<h2 id="c1">Chapter 1</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. <span class="ver">2</span>And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. <spanM
class="ver">3</span>And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. <span class="ver">4</span>And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. <span class="ver">5</span>And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. <span class="ver">7</span>And God made thM
e firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. <span class="ver">8</span>And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. <span class="ver">10</span>And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called hM
e Seas: and God saw that it was good. <span class="ver">11</span>And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. <span class="ver">12</span>And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. <span class="ver">13</span>And the evening and the morning were the third daM
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: <span class="ver">15</span>And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. <span class="ver">16</span>And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. <span class="ver">17</spaM
n>And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, <span class="ver">18</span>And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. <span class="ver">19</span>And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. <span class="ver">20</span>And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. <span class="ver">21</span>AnM
d God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. <span class="ver">22</span>And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. <span class="ver">23</span>And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creaM
ture after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. <span class="ver">25</span>And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all M
the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. <span class="ver">27</span>So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. <span class="ver">28</span>And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>And God sM
aid, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. <span class="ver">30</span>And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. <span class="ver">31</span>And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the eveM
ning and the morning were the sixth day.
<h2 id="c2">Chapter 2</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. <span class="ver">2</span>And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. <span class="ver">3</span>And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</M
span>These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, <span class="ver">5</span>And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. <span class="ver">6</span>But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. <span class="ver">7</span>And theM
LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. <span class="ver">9</span>And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. <span class="ver">10</span>AnM
d a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. <span class="ver">11</span>The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; <span class="ver">12</span>And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. <span class="ver">13</span>And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. <span class="ver">14</span>And the name of the thM
ird river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. <span class="ver">15</span>And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. <span class="ver">16</span>And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: <span class="ver">17</span>But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.M
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. <span class="ver">19</span>And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. <span class="ver">20</span>And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the fiM
eld; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. <span class="ver">21</span>And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; <span class="ver">22</span>And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. <span class="ver">23</span>And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. <span classM
="ver">24</span>Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. <span class="ver">25</span>And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
<h2 id="c3">Chapter 3</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? <span class="ver">2</span>And the woman said uM
nto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: <span class="ver">3</span>But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. <span class="ver">4</span>And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: <span class="ver">5</span>For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. <span class="ver">6</span>And when tM
he woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. <span class="ver">7</span>And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. <span class="ver">8</span>And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and hM
is wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. <span class="ver">9</span>And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? <span class="ver">10</span>And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. <span class="ver">11</span>And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? <span class="ver">12</span>And the man said, M
The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. <span class="ver">13</span>And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. <span class="ver">14</span>And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: <span class="ver">15</span>And I M
will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. <span class="ver">16</span>Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. <span class="ver">17</span>And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, sayiM
ng, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; <span class="ver">18</span>Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; <span class="ver">19</span>In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. <span class="ver">20</span>And Adam called his wife
s name Eve; because she was tM
he mother of all living. <span class="ver">21</span>Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: <span class="ver">23</span>Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. <span class="ver">24</sM
pan>So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
<h2 id="c4">Chapter 4</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. <span class="ver">2</span>And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. <span class="ver">3</span>And in process of time iM
t came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. <span class="ver">4</span>And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: <span class="ver">5</span>But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. <span class="ver">6</span>And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? <span class="ver">7</span>IfM
thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. <span class="ver">8</span>And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother
s keeper? <span class="ver">10</span>And he said, M
What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother
s blood crieth unto me from the ground. <span class="ver">11</span>And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother
s blood from thy hand; <span class="ver">12</span>When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. <span class="ver">13</span>And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. <span class="ver">14</spanM
>Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. <span class="ver">15</span>And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And Cain went out from the presence of the LORM
D, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. <span class="ver">17</span>And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. <span class="ver">18</span>And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. <span class="M
ver">20</span>And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. <span class="ver">21</span>And his brother
s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. <span class="ver">22</span>And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. <span class="ver">23</span>And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speeM
ch: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. <span class="ver">24</span>If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. <span class="ver">26</span>And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
<h2 id="c5">Chapter 5</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; <span class="ver">2</span>Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: <span class="ver">4</span>And the days of AdaM
m after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: <span class="ver">5</span>And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. <span class="ver">6</span>And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: <span class="ver">7</span>And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: <span class="ver">8</span>And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. </p>
ass="ver">9</span>And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: <span class="ver">10</span>And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: <span class="ver">11</span>And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel: <span class="ver">13</span>And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: <span cM
lass="ver">14</span>And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: <span class="ver">16</span>And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: <span class="ver">17</span>And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, aM
nd he begat Enoch: <span class="ver">19</span>And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: <span class="ver">20</span>And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: <span class="ver">22</span>And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: <span class="ver">23</span>And all the days of Enoch wM
ere three hundred sixty and five years: <span class="ver">24</span>And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. <span class="ver">25</span>And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: <span class="ver">26</span>And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: <span class="ver">27</span>And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>And LamM
ech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: <span class="ver">29</span>And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. <span class="ver">30</span>And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: <span class="ver">31</span>And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. <span class="ver">32</span>And NoahM
was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
<h2 id="c6">Chapter 6</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, <span class="ver">2</span>That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. <span class="ver">3</span>And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be M
an hundred and twenty years. <span class="ver">4</span>There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. <span class="ver">6</span>And it repented the LORD that he had madeM
man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. <span class="ver">7</span>And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. <span class="ver">8</span>But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. <span class="ver">10<M
/span>And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. <span class="ver">11</span>The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. <span class="ver">12</span>And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. <span class="ver">13</span>And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. </p>
<p><span class="verM
">14</span>Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. <span class="ver">15</span>And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. <span class="ver">16</span>A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and M
third stories shalt thou make it. <span class="ver">17</span>And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. <span class="ver">18</span>But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
wives with thee. <span class="ver">19</span>And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou brinM
g into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. <span class="ver">20</span>Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. <span class="ver">21</span>And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. <span class="ver">22</span>Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, M
<h2 id="c7">Chapter 7</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. <span class="ver">2</span>Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. <span class="ver">3</span>Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. <spaM
n class="ver">4</span>For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. <span class="ver">5</span>And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. <span class="ver">6</span>And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons
wives with him, into theM
ark, because of the waters of the flood. <span class="ver">8</span>Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, <span class="ver">9</span>There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. <span class="ver">10</span>And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>In the six hundredth year of Noah
s life, in the second M
month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. <span class="ver">12</span>And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. <span class="ver">13</span>In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah
s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; <span class="ver">14</span>They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kindM
, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. <span class="ver">15</span>And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. <span class="ver">16</span>And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. <span class="ver">17</span>And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it M
was lift up above the earth. <span class="ver">18</span>And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. <span class="ver">19</span>And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. <span class="ver">20</span>Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. <span class="ver">21</span>And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and oM
f cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: <span class="ver">22</span>All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. <span class="ver">23</span>And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. <span class="ver">2M
4</span>And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
<h2 id="c8">Chapter 8</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged; <span class="ver">2</span>The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; <span class="ver">3</span>And the waters returned from off the earth continualM
ly: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. <span class="ver">4</span>And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. <span class="ver">5</span>And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had maM
de: <span class="ver">7</span>And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. <span class="ver">8</span>Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; <span class="ver">9</span>But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. <M
span class="ver">10</span>And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; <span class="ver">11</span>And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. <span class="ver">12</span>And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year,M
in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. <span class="ver">14</span>And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And God spake unto Noah, saying, <span class="ver">16</span>Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons
wives with thee. <span class="ver">17</spM
an>Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. <span class="ver">18</span>And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons
wives with him: <span class="ver">19</span>Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of thM
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. <span class="ver">21</span>And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man
s sake; for the imagination of man
s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. <span class="ver">22</span>While the earth remaM
ineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
<h2 id="c9">Chapter 9</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. <span class="ver">2</span>And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they deliveredM
. <span class="ver">3</span>Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. <span class="ver">4</span>But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. <span class="ver">5</span>And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man
s brother will I require the life of man. <span class="ver">6</span>Whoso sheddeth man
hall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. <span class="ver">7</span>And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, <span class="ver">9</span>And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; <span class="ver">10</span>And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earthM
with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. <span class="ver">11</span>And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. <span class="ver">12</span>And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: <span class="ver">13</span>I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shaM
ll be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. <span class="ver">14</span>And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: <span class="ver">15</span>And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. <span class="ver">16</span>And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant betwM
een God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. <span class="ver">17</span>And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. <span class="ver">19</span>These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread. <span class="ver">20</span>And M
Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: <span class="ver">21</span>And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. <span class="ver">22</span>And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. <span class="ver">23</span>And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father
s nakedness. <span class="ver">24</span>And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. <span class="ver">25</span>And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. <span class="ver">26</span>And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. <span class="ver">27</span>God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>And Noah lived aftM
er the flood three hundred and fifty years. <span class="ver">29</span>And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
<h2 id="c10">Chapter 10</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. <span class="ver">2</span>The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. <span class="ver">3</span>And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and RiphatM
h, and Togarmah. <span class="ver">4</span>And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. <span class="ver">5</span>By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. <span class="ver">7</span>And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. <span cM
lass="ver">8</span>And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. <span class="ver">9</span>He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. <span class="ver">10</span>And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. <span class="ver">11</span>Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, <span class="ver">12</span>And Resen between NinevehM
and Calah: the same is a great city. <span class="ver">13</span>And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, <span class="ver">14</span>And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, <span class="ver">16</span>And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, <span class="ver">17</span>And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, <span class="ver">18</span>And the Arvadite, andM
the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. <span class="ver">19</span>And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. <span class="ver">20</span>These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of EbM
er, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. <span class="ver">22</span>The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. <span class="ver">23</span>And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. <span class="ver">24</span>And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. <span class="ver">25</span>And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother
s name was Joktan. <span class="ver">26</sM
pan>And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, <span class="ver">27</span>And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, <span class="ver">28</span>And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, <span class="ver">29</span>And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. <span class="ver">30</span>And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east. <span class="ver">31</span>These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after M
their nations. <span class="ver">32</span>These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
<h2 id="c11">Chapter 11</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. <span class="ver">2</span>And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. <span class="ver">3</span>And they said one to anoM
ther, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. <span class="ver">4</span>And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. <span class="ver">5</span>And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. <span class="ver">6</span>And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they M
have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. <span class="ver">7</span>Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another
s speech. <span class="ver">8</span>So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. <span class="ver">9</span>Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the languaM
ge of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: <span class="ver">11</span>And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. <span class="ver">12</span>And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: <span class="ver">13</span>And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah M
four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. <span class="ver">14</span>And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: <span class="ver">15</span>And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. <span class="ver">16</span>And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: <span class="ver">17</span>And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. <span class="ver">18</span>And Peleg lived thirty years, aM
nd begat Reu: <span class="ver">19</span>And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. <span class="ver">20</span>And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: <span class="ver">21</span>And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. <span class="ver">22</span>And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: <span class="ver">23</span>And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughtersM
. <span class="ver">24</span>And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: <span class="ver">25</span>And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. <span class="ver">26</span>And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. <span class="ver">28</span>And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of hM
is nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. <span class="ver">29</span>And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram
s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor
s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. <span class="ver">30</span>But Sarai was barren; she had no child. <span class="ver">31</span>And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son
s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram
s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the ChaldeM
es, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. <span class="ver">32</span>And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
<h2 id="c12">Chapter 12</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father
s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: <span class="ver">2</span>And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thM
ou shalt be a blessing: <span class="ver">3</span>And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. <span class="ver">4</span>So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. <span class="ver">5</span>And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother
s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten M
in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. <span class="ver">7</span>And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. <span class="ver">8</span>And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of M
Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD. <span class="ver">9</span>And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. <span class="ver">11</span>And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto SaraiM
his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: <span class="ver">12</span>Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. <span class="ver">13</span>Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheM
ld the woman that she was very fair. <span class="ver">15</span>The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh
s house. <span class="ver">16</span>And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. <span class="ver">17</span>And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram
s wife. <span class="ver">18</span>And Pharaoh calM
led Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? <span class="ver">19</span>Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. <span class="ver">20</span>And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
<h2 id="c13">Chapter 13</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, aM
nd all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. <span class="ver">2</span>And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. <span class="ver">3</span>And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Hai; <span class="ver">4</span>Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And Lot also, which went with Abram,M
had flocks, and herds, and tents. <span class="ver">6</span>And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. <span class="ver">7</span>And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram
s cattle and the herdmen of Lot
s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. <span class="ver">8</span>And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmenM
and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. <span class="ver">9</span>Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. <span class="ver">10</span>And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto ZoaM
r. <span class="ver">11</span>Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. <span class="ver">12</span>Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. <span class="ver">13</span>But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine M
eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: <span class="ver">15</span>For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. <span class="ver">16</span>And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. <span class="ver">17</span>Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. <span clasM
s="ver">18</span>Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
<h2 id="c14">Chapter 14</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; <span class="ver">2</span>That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king M
of Bela, which is Zoar. <span class="ver">3</span>All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. <span class="ver">4</span>Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. <span class="ver">5</span>And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim, <span class="ver">6</span>And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paranM
, which is by the wilderness. <span class="ver">7</span>And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar. <span class="ver">8</span>And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; <span class="ver">9</span>With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with TM
idal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five. <span class="ver">10</span>And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain. <span class="ver">11</span>And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. <span class="ver">12</span>And they took Lot, Abram
s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.M
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. <span class="ver">14</span>And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. <span class="ver">15</span>And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, andM
smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. <span class="ver">16</span>And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king
s dale. <span class="ver">18</span>And Melchizedek king of Salem broughM
t forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. <span class="ver">19</span>And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: <span class="ver">20</span>And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. <span class="ver">21</span>And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. <span class="ver">22</span>And Abram said to the king of Sodom, IM
have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, <span class="ver">23</span>That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: <span class="ver">24</span>Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
<h2 id="c15">Chapter 15</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>AfteM
r these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. <span class="ver">2</span>And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? <span class="ver">3</span>And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. <span class="ver">4</span>And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not beM
thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. <span class="ver">5</span>And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. <span class="ver">6</span>And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. <span class="ver">7</span>And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. M
<span class="ver">8</span>And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? <span class="ver">9</span>And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. <span class="ver">10</span>And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. <span class="ver">11</span>And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, M
Abram drove them away. <span class="ver">12</span>And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. <span class="ver">13</span>And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; <span class="ver">14</span>And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. <span classM
="ver">15</span>And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. <span class="ver">16</span>But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. <span class="ver">17</span>And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. <span class="ver">18</span>In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I giM
ven this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: <span class="ver">19</span>The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, <span class="ver">20</span>And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, <span class="ver">21</span>And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
<h2 id="c16">Chapter 16</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now Sarai Abram
s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.M
<span class="ver">2</span>And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. <span class="ver">3</span>And Sarai Abram
s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw thM
at she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. <span class="ver">5</span>And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee. <span class="ver">6</span>But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And the angel of the LORD M
found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. <span class="ver">8</span>And he said, Hagar, Sarai
s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. <span class="ver">9</span>And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. <span class="ver">10</span>And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for M
multitude. <span class="ver">11</span>And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. <span class="ver">12</span>And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man
s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. <span class="ver">13</span>And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also heM
re looked after him that seeth me? <span class="ver">14</span>Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son
s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. <span class="ver">16</span>And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
<h2 id="c17">Chapter 17</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, andM
said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. <span class="ver">2</span>And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. <span class="ver">3</span>And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, <span class="ver">4</span>As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. <span class="ver">5</span>Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many natiM
ons have I made thee. <span class="ver">6</span>And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. <span class="ver">7</span>And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. <span class="ver">8</span>And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlastinM
g possession; and I will be their God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. <span class="ver">10</span>This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. <span class="ver">11</span>And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. <span class="ver">12</span>M
And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. <span class="ver">13</span>He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. <span class="ver">14</span>And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off froM
m his people; he hath broken my covenant. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. <span class="ver">16</span>And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. <span class="ver">17</span>Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred yearM
s old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? <span class="ver">18</span>And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! <span class="ver">19</span>And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. <span class="ver">20</span>And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceeM
dingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. <span class="ver">21</span>But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. <span class="ver">22</span>And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham
s house; and circumcised thM
e flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. <span class="ver">24</span>And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. <span class="ver">25</span>And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. <span class="ver">26</span>In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. <span class="ver">27</span>And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the M
stranger, were circumcised with him.
<h2 id="c18">Chapter 18</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; <span class="ver">2</span>And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, <span class="ver">3</span>And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, fromM
thy servant: <span class="ver">4</span>Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: <span class="ver">5</span>And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. <span class="ver">6</span>And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. <spaM
n class="ver">7</span>And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. <span class="ver">8</span>And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. <span class="ver">10</span>And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according toM
the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. <span class="ver">11</span>Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. <span class="ver">12</span>Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? <span class="ver">13</span>And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bM
ear a child, which am old? <span class="ver">14</span>Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. <span class="ver">15</span>Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. <span class="ver">17</span>And the LORD said, SM
hall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; <span class="ver">18</span>Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? <span class="ver">19</span>For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. <span class="ver">20</span>And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom andM
Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; <span class="ver">21</span>I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. <span class="ver">22</span>And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? <span class="ver">24</span>PeradventurM
e there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? <span class="ver">25</span>That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? <span class="ver">26</span>And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. <span claM
ss="ver">27</span>And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes: <span class="ver">28</span>Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. <span class="ver">29</span>And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty
s sake. <span class="veM
r">30</span>And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. <span class="ver">31</span>And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty
s sake. <span class="ver">32</span>And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be foM
und there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten
s sake. <span class="ver">33</span>And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
<h2 id="c19">Chapter 19</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; <span class="ver">2</span>And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray youM
s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. <span class="ver">3</span>And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old anM
d young, all the people from every quarter: <span class="ver">5</span>And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. <span class="ver">6</span>And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, <span class="ver">7</span>And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. <span class="ver">8</span>Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, andM
do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. <span class="ver">9</span>And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. <span class="ver">10</span>But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. <spaM
n class="ver">11</span>And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: <span class="ver">13</span>For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sM
ent us to destroy it. <span class="ver">14</span>And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. <span class="ver">16</span>And while he lingM
ered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. <span class="ver">18</span>And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord: <span cM
lass="ver">19</span>Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: <span class="ver">20</span>Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. <span class="ver">21</span>And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will nM
ot overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken. <span class="ver">22</span>Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. <span class="ver">24</span>Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; <span class="ver">25</span>And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all M
the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD: <span class="ver">28</span>And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29<M
/span>And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. <span class="ver">31</span>And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man inM
the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: <span class="ver">32</span>Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. <span class="ver">33</span>And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. <span class="ver">34</span>And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight wM
ith my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. <span class="ver">35</span>And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. <span class="ver">36</span>Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. <span class="ver">37</span>And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of theM
Moabites unto this day. <span class="ver">38</span>And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
<h2 id="c20">Chapter 20</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. <span class="ver">2</span>And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. <span class="ver">3</sM
pan>But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man
s wife. <span class="ver">4</span>But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? <span class="ver">5</span>Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. <span class="ver">6</span>And God said unto hM
im in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. <span class="ver">7</span>Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. <span class="ver">8</span>Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told allM
these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid. <span class="ver">9</span>Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. <span class="ver">10</span>And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? <span class="ver">11</span>And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in thM
is place; and they will slay me for my wife
s sake. <span class="ver">12</span>And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. <span class="ver">13</span>And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father
s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother. <span class="ver">14</span>And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and meM
nservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. <span class="ver">15</span>And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee. <span class="ver">16</span>And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed AbimelechM
, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. <span class="ver">18</span>For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham
<h2 id="c21">Chapter 21</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. <span class="ver">2</span>For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. <span class="ver">3</span>And AbrahaM
m called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. <span class="ver">4</span>And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. <span class="ver">5</span>And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. <span class="ver">7</span>And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have giveM
n children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age. <span class="ver">8</span>And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. <span class="ver">10</span>Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. <span class="ver">11</span>And theM
thing was very grievous in Abraham
s sight because of his son. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. <span class="ver">13</span>And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. <span class="ver">14</span>And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bM
ottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. <span class="ver">15</span>And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. <span class="ver">16</span>And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. <span classM
="ver">17</span>And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. <span class="ver">18</span>Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation. <span class="ver">19</span>And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. <span class="ver">20</span>And God was wiM
th the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. <span class="ver">21</span>And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: <span class="ver">23</span>Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my soM
s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. <span class="ver">24</span>And Abraham said, I will swear. <span class="ver">25</span>And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech
s servants had violently taken away. <span class="ver">26</span>And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day. <span class="verM
">27</span>And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. <span class="ver">28</span>And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. <span class="ver">29</span>And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? <span class="ver">30</span>And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. <span class="ver">31</span>Wherefore hM
e called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them. <span class="ver">32</span>Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. <span class="ver">34</span>And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines
<h2 id="c22">Chapter 22</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. <span class="ver">2</span>And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men wiM
th him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. <span class="ver">4</span>Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. <span class="ver">5</span>And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. <span class="ver">6</span>And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took theM
fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. <span class="ver">7</span>And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? <span class="ver">8</span>And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. <span class="ver">9</span>And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an aM
ltar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. <span class="ver">10</span>And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. <span class="ver">11</span>And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. <span class="ver">12</span>And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld M
thy son, thine only son from me. <span class="ver">13</span>And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. <span class="ver">14</span>And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven theM
second time, <span class="ver">16</span>And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: <span class="ver">17</span>That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; <span class="ver">18</span>And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeM
yed my voice. <span class="ver">19</span>So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor; <span class="ver">21</span>Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, <span class="ver">22</span>And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and M
Bethuel. <span class="ver">23</span>And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham
s brother. <span class="ver">24</span>And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
<h2 id="c23">Chapter 23</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. <span class="ver">2</span>And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and AbrM
aham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, <span class="ver">4</span>I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. <span class="ver">5</span>And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, <span class="ver">6</span>Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulM
chres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. <span class="ver">7</span>And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. <span class="ver">8</span>And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, <span class="ver">9</span>That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of hiM
s field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you. <span class="ver">10</span>And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, <span class="ver">11</span>Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead. <span clM
ass="ver">12</span>And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. <span class="ver">13</span>And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. <span class="ver">14</span>And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, <span class="ver">15</span>My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and M
thee? bury therefore thy dead. <span class="ver">16</span>And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure <span class=M
"ver">18</span>Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. <span class="ver">19</span>And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. <span class="ver">20</span>And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
<h2 id="c24">Chapter 24</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</spaM
n>And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. <span class="ver">2</span>And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: <span class="ver">3</span>And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: <span class="ver">4</span>But thou shalt go unto my couM
ntry, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. <span class="ver">5</span>And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest? <span class="ver">6</span>And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father
s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake untM
o me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. <span class="ver">8</span>And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again. <span class="ver">9</span>And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And the servant took tenM
camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. <span class="ver">11</span>And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water. <span class="ver">12</span>And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham. <span class="ver">13</spM
an>Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water: <span class="ver">14</span>And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And it came to pass, befoM
re he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham
s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. <span class="ver">16</span>And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. <span class="ver">17</span>And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. <span class="ver">18</span>And she said,M
Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. <span class="ver">19</span>And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. <span class="ver">20</span>And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. <span class="ver">21</span>And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperM
ous or not. <span class="ver">22</span>And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; <span class="ver">23</span>And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father
s house for us to lodge in? <span class="ver">24</span>And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. <span class="ver">25</span>She said mM
oreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. <span class="ver">26</span>And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD. <span class="ver">27</span>And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master
s brethren. <span class="ver">28</span>And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother
s house these things. </p>
<p><span class="ver"M
>29</span>And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well. <span class="ver">30</span>And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister
s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well. <span class="ver">31</span>And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the housM
e, and room for the camels. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men
s feet that were with him. <span class="ver">33</span>And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on. <span class="ver">34</span>And he said, I am Abraham
s servant. <span class="ver">35</span>And the LORD hath blessed my masterM
greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses. <span class="ver">36</span>And Sarah my master
s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath. <span class="ver">37</span>And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: <span class="ver">38</span>But thou shalt go unto my father
s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son. <span class="ver">39</span>And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me. <span class="ver">40</span>And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father
s house: <span class="ver">41</span>Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear fM
rom my oath. <span class="ver">42</span>And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go: <span class="ver">43</span>Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink; <span class="ver">44</span>And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORDM
hath appointed out for my master
s son. <span class="ver">45</span>And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. <span class="ver">46</span>And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also. <span class="ver">47</span>And I asked her, and saiM
d, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor
s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands. <span class="ver">48</span>And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master
s daughter unto his son. <span class="ver">49</span>And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I mayM
turn to the right hand, or to the left. <span class="ver">50</span>Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. <span class="ver">51</span>Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master
s wife, as the LORD hath spoken. <span class="ver">52</span>And it came to pass, that, when Abraham
s servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth. <span class="ver">53</span>And the serM
vant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things. <span class="ver">54</span>And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master. <span class="ver">55</span>And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go. <span class="ver">56</spaM
n>And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master. <span class="ver">57</span>And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth. <span class="ver">58</span>And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go. <span class="ver">59</span>And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham
s servant, and his men. <span class="ver">60</span>And they blessed Rebekah, and said M
unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">61</span>And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. <span class="ver">62</span>And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country. <span class="ver">63</span>And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he liM
fted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming. <span class="ver">64</span>And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. <span class="ver">65</span>For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself. <span class="ver">66</span>And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. <span class="ver">67</span>And Isaac brought her into hM
s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother
<h2 id="c25">Chapter 25</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. <span class="ver">2</span>And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. <span class="ver">3</span>And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. <span class="ver">4</spM
an>And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. <span class="ver">6</span>But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. <span class="ver">7</span>And these are the days of the years of Abraham
s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and M
fifteen years. <span class="ver">8</span>Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. <span class="ver">9</span>And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; <span class="ver">10</span>The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And it came to pass aM
fter the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham
s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah
s handmaid, bare unto Abraham: <span class="ver">13</span>And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, <span class="ver">14</span>And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, <span cM
lass="ver">15</span>Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: <span class="ver">16</span>These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations. <span class="ver">17</span>And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people. <span class="ver">18</span>And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest towM
ard Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham
s son: Abraham begat Isaac: <span class="ver">20</span>And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. <span class="ver">21</span>And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. <span class="M
ver">22</span>And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD. <span class="ver">23</span>And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. <span clasM
s="ver">25</span>And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. <span class="ver">26</span>And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau
s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. <span class="ver">27</span>And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. <span class="ver">28</span>And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venM
ison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: <span class="ver">30</span>And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. <span class="ver">31</span>And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. <span class="ver">32</span>And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? <span class="ver">33</span>AM
nd Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. <span class="ver">34</span>Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
<h2 id="c26">Chapter 26</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. <span class="ver">2</span>AM
nd the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: <span class="ver">3</span>Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; <span class="ver">4</span>And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the M
earth be blessed; <span class="ver">5</span>Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: <span class="ver">7</span>And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon. <span class="ver">8</span>And it came to pass, when he had been there aM
long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. <span class="ver">9</span>And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. <span class="ver">10</span>And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltinM
ess upon us. <span class="ver">11</span>And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. <span class="ver">12</span>Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. <span class="ver">13</span>And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: <span class="ver">14</span>For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the PhilistM
ines envied him. <span class="ver">15</span>For all the wells which his father
s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. <span class="ver">16</span>And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. <span class="ver">18</span>And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digM
ged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. <span class="ver">19</span>And Isaac
s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. <span class="ver">20</span>And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac
s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him. <span class="ver">21</span>And they dM
igged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. <span class="ver">22</span>And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. <span class="ver">23</span>And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. <span class="ver">24</span>And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear notM
, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham
s sake. <span class="ver">25</span>And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac
s servants digged a well. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. <span class="ver">27</span>And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and hM
ave sent me away from you? <span class="ver">28</span>And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; <span class="ver">29</span>That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD. <span class="ver">30</span>And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. <spaM
n class="ver">31</span>And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. <span class="ver">32</span>And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac
s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water. <span class="ver">33</span>And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">34</span>And Esau was forty years old whM
en he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: <span class="ver">35</span>Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
<h2 id="c27">Chapter 27</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. <span class="ver">2</span>And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not M
the day of my death: <span class="ver">3</span>Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; <span class="ver">4</span>And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. <span class="ver">5</span>And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And Rebekah spake unto JacoM
b her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, <span class="ver">7</span>Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death. <span class="ver">8</span>Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee. <span class="ver">9</span>Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth: <span class="ver">10</span>And M
thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. <span class="ver">11</span>And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: <span class="ver">12</span>My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. <span class="ver">13</span>And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. <span clM
ass="ver">14</span>And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved. <span class="ver">15</span>And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son: <span class="ver">16</span>And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck: <span class="ver">17</span>And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into tM
he hand of her son Jacob. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son? <span class="ver">19</span>And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. <span class="ver">20</span>And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it toM
me. <span class="ver">21</span>And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. <span class="ver">22</span>And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob
s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. <span class="ver">23</span>And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau
s hands: so he blessed him. <span class="ver">24</span>And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? AnM
d he said, I am. <span class="ver">25</span>And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son
s venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank. <span class="ver">26</span>And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. <span class="ver">27</span>And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which theM
LORD hath blessed: <span class="ver">28</span>Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: <span class="ver">29</span>Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother
s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gonM
e out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. <span class="ver">31</span>And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son
s venison, that thy soul may bless me. <span class="ver">32</span>And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau. <span class="ver">33</span>And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath tM
aken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed. <span class="ver">34</span>And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. <span class="ver">35</span>And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. <span class="ver">36</span>And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me theseM
two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? <span class="ver">37</span>And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? <span class="ver">38</span>And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father.M
And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. <span class="ver">39</span>And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; <span class="ver">40</span>And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. </p>
<p><span class="ver">41</span>And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blesseM
d him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. <span class="ver">42</span>And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. <span class="ver">43</span>Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; <span class="ver">44</span>And tarry with hM
im a few days, until thy brother
s fury turn away; <span class="ver">45</span>Until thy brother
s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day? <span class="ver">46</span>And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
<h2 id="c28">Chapter 28</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. <span class="ver">2</span>Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother
s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother
s brother. <span class="ver">3</span>And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; <spM
an class="ver">4</span>And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. <span class="ver">5</span>And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob
<p><span class="ver">6</span>When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as M
he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; <span class="ver">7</span>And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram; <span class="ver">8</span>And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; <span class="ver">9</span>Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham
s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</spM
an>And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. <span class="ver">11</span>And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. <span class="ver">12</span>And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. <span class="ver">13</span>And, behold, the LORD sM
tood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; <span class="ver">14</span>And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. <span class="ver">15</span>And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and wilM
l bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. <span class="ver">17</span>And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. <span class="ver">18</span>And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for hiM
s pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. <span class="ver">19</span>And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. <span class="ver">20</span>And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, <span class="ver">21</span>So that I come again to my father
s house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: <span class="ver">22</span>AndM
this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God
s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
<h2 id="c29">Chapter 29</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. <span class="ver">2</span>And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well
s mouth. <span clasM
s="ver">3</span>And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well
s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well
s mouth in his place. <span class="ver">4</span>And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we. <span class="ver">5</span>And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him. <span class="ver">6</span>And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, RacheM
l his daughter cometh with the sheep. <span class="ver">7</span>And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. <span class="ver">8</span>And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well
s mouth; then we water the sheep. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father
s sheep: for she kept them. <span classM
="ver">10</span>And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother
s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother
s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well
s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother
s brother. <span class="ver">11</span>And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. <span class="ver">12</span>And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father
s brother, and that he was Rebekah
s son: and she ran and told her father. <span cM
lass="ver">13</span>And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister
s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. <span class="ver">14</span>And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wM
ages be? <span class="ver">16</span>And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. <span class="ver">17</span>Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. <span class="ver">18</span>And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. <span class="ver">19</span>And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me. <span class="ver">20</spanM
>And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. <span class="ver">22</span>And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. <span class="ver">23</span>And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. <span class="ver">24</span>And M
Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid. <span class="ver">25</span>And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? <span class="ver">26</span>And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. <span class="ver">27</span>Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou sM
halt serve with me yet seven other years. <span class="ver">28</span>And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. <span class="ver">29</span>And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid. <span class="ver">30</span>And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel wasM
barren. <span class="ver">32</span>And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. <span class="ver">33</span>And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. <span class="ver">34</span>And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joinedM
unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. <span class="ver">35</span>And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
<h2 id="c30">Chapter 30</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. <span class="ver">2</span>And Jacob
s anger was kindled against Rachel: anM
d he said, Am I in God
s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? <span class="ver">3</span>And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. <span class="ver">4</span>And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her. <span class="ver">5</span>And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. <span class="ver">6</span>And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a sM
on: therefore called she his name Dan. <span class="ver">7</span>And Bilhah Rachel
s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. <span class="ver">8</span>And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. <span class="ver">9</span>When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. <span class="ver">10</span>And Zilpah Leah
s maid bare Jacob a son. <span class="ver">11</span>And Leah saM
id, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. <span class="ver">12</span>And Zilpah Leah
s maid bare Jacob a second son. <span class="ver">13</span>And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son
s mandrakes. <span class="ver">15</span>And she saidM
unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son
s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son
s mandrakes. <span class="ver">16</span>And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son
s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. <span class="ver">17</span>And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bareM
Jacob the fifth son. <span class="ver">18</span>And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. <span class="ver">19</span>And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. <span class="ver">20</span>And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. <span class="ver">21</span>And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name DM
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. <span class="ver">23</span>And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach: <span class="ver">24</span>And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. <span clM
ass="ver">26</span>Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. <span class="ver">27</span>And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake. <span class="ver">28</span>And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. <span class="ver">29</span>And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattM
le was with me. <span class="ver">30</span>For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? <span class="ver">31</span>And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock: <span class="ver">32</span>I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all thM
e speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire. <span class="ver">33</span>So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. <span class="ver">34</span>And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. <span class="ver">35M
</span>And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. <span class="ver">36</span>And he set three days
journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban
<p><span class="ver">37</span>And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes iM
n them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. <span class="ver">38</span>And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. <span class="ver">39</span>And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. <span class="ver">40</span>And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all thM
e brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban
s cattle. <span class="ver">41</span>And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. <span class="ver">42</span>But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban
s, and the stronger Jacob
s. <span class="ver">43</span>And the man increased exceedingly, anM
d had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
<h2 id="c31">Chapter 31</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And he heard the words of Laban
s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father
s; and of that which was our father
s hath he gotten all this glory. <span class="ver">2</span>And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. <span class="ver">3</span>And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, anM
d to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. <span class="ver">4</span>And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, <span class="ver">5</span>And said unto them, I see your father
s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me. <span class="ver">6</span>And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. <span class="ver">7</span>And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. <sM
pan class="ver">8</span>If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked. <span class="ver">9</span>Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. <span class="ver">10</span>And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and M
grisled. <span class="ver">11</span>And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I. <span class="ver">12</span>And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. <span class="ver">13</span>I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kiM
ndred. <span class="ver">14</span>And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father
s house? <span class="ver">15</span>Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money. <span class="ver">16</span>For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children
s: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Then Jacob rose up, and set his soM
ns and his wives upon camels; <span class="ver">18</span>And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. <span class="ver">19</span>And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father
s. <span class="ver">20</span>And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. <span class="ver">21</span>So he fleM
d with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead. <span class="ver">22</span>And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. <span class="ver">23</span>And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days
journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. <span class="ver">24</span>And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. </p>
class="ver">25</span>Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. <span class="ver">26</span>And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? <span class="ver">27</span>Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabrM
et, and with harp? <span class="ver">28</span>And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing. <span class="ver">29</span>It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. <span class="ver">30</span>And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father
s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods? <span cM
lass="ver">31</span>And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me. <span class="ver">32</span>With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. <span class="ver">33</span>And Laban went into Jacob
s tent, and into Leah
s tent, and into the two maidservants
tents; but he found them not. Then M
s tent, and entered into Rachel
s tent. <span class="ver">34</span>Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel
s furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not. <span class="ver">35</span>And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images. </p>
<p><span class="ver">36</span>And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and JM
acob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? <span class="ver">37</span>Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both. <span class="ver">38</span>This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten. <span class="ver">39</span>That which wM
as torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. <span class="ver">40</span>Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. <span class="ver">41</span>Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times. <span class="ver">42</span>Except the God of M
my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. </p>
<p><span class="ver">43</span>And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born? <span claM
ss="ver">44</span>Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. <span class="ver">45</span>And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. <span class="ver">46</span>And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. <span class="ver">47</span>And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. <span class="ver">48</span>And Laban said, This heap is a witness bM
etween me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; <span class="ver">49</span>And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. <span class="ver">50</span>If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee. <span class="ver">51</span>And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee; <span classM
="ver">52</span>This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. <span class="ver">53</span>The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac. <span class="ver">54</span>Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.M
<span class="ver">55</span>And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
<h2 id="c32">Chapter 32</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. <span class="ver">2</span>And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God
s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. <span class="ver">3</span>And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the lanM
d of Seir, the country of Edom. <span class="ver">4</span>And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: <span class="ver">5</span>And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet M
thee, and four hundred men with him. <span class="ver">7</span>Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; <span class="ver">8</span>And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thM
y kindred, and I will deal well with thee: <span class="ver">10</span>I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. <span class="ver">11</span>Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. <span class="ver">12</span>And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and M
make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; <span class="ver">14</span>Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, <span class="ver">15</span>Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. <span class="ver">16</span>And he delivered them into the hand ofM
his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. <span class="ver">17</span>And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? <span class="ver">18</span>Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob
s; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. <span class="ver">19</span>And so cM
ommanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. <span class="ver">20</span>And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me. <span class="ver">21</span>So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company. <span class="ver">22</span>And he rose upM
that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. <span class="ver">23</span>And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. <span class="ver">25</span>And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob
s thigh was out of joint, as he M
wrestled with him. <span class="ver">26</span>And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. <span class="ver">27</span>And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. <span class="ver">28</span>And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. <span class="ver">29</span>And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore isM
it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. <span class="ver">30</span>And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. <span class="ver">31</span>And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. <span class="ver">32</span>Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob
s thigh in the sinew thM
<h2 id="c33">Chapter 33</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. <span class="ver">2</span>And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. <span class="ver">3</span>And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came M
near to his brother. <span class="ver">4</span>And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. <span class="ver">5</span>And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant. <span class="ver">6</span>Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. <span class="ver">7</span>And Leah also with her children came near, anM
d bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. <span class="ver">8</span>And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. <span class="ver">9</span>And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself. <span class="ver">10</span>And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as thoughM
I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. <span class="ver">11</span>Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it. <span class="ver">12</span>And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. <span class="ver">13</span>And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overM
drive them one day, all the flock will die. <span class="ver">14</span>Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. <span class="ver">15</span>And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>So Esau returned that day on his wM
ay unto Seir. <span class="ver">17</span>And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city. <span class="ver">19</span>And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem
undred pieces of money. <span class="ver">20</span>And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
<h2 id="c34">Chapter 34</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. <span class="ver">2</span>And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. <span class="ver">3</span>And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he lovM
ed the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. <span class="ver">4</span>And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. <span class="ver">5</span>And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. <span class="ver">7</span>And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heM
ard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob
s daughter; which thing ought not to be done. <span class="ver">8</span>And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. <span class="ver">9</span>And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. <span class="ver">10</span>And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be beM
fore you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein. <span class="ver">11</span>And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. <span class="ver">12</span>Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. <span class="ver">13</span>And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah theirM
sister: <span class="ver">14</span>And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us: <span class="ver">15</span>But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised; <span class="ver">16</span>Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. <span class="ver">17</span>But if ye will not hearken unM
to us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. <span class="ver">18</span>And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor
s son. <span class="ver">19</span>And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob
s daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, <span class="ver">21</spM
an>These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. <span class="ver">22</span>Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. <span class="ver">23</span>Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consenM
t unto them, and they will dwell with us. <span class="ver">24</span>And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah
s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. <span class="ver">26</span>And they sleM
w Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem
s house, and went out. <span class="ver">27</span>The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. <span class="ver">28</span>They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field, <span class="ver">29</span>And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all thM
at was in the house. <span class="ver">30</span>And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. <span class="ver">31</span>And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
<h2 id="c35">Chapter 35</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And God said unto Jacob, Arise, gM
o up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. <span class="ver">2</span>Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: <span class="ver">3</span>And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. <spaM
n class="ver">4</span>And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. <span class="ver">5</span>And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him. <span cM
lass="ver">7</span>And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. <span class="ver">8</span>But Deborah Rebekah
s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him. <span class="ver">10</span>And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shallM
not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. <span class="ver">11</span>And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; <span class="ver">12</span>And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. <span class="ver">13</span>And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him. <span M
class="ver">14</span>And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. <span class="ver">15</span>And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. <span class="ver">17</span>And it came to pass, when she was in hard labouM
r, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. <span class="ver">18</span>And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin. <span class="ver">19</span>And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem. <span class="ver">20</span>And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel
s grave unto this day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And Israel journeyed,M
and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. <span class="ver">22</span>And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father
s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: <span class="ver">23</span>The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob
s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: <span class="ver">24</span>The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: <span class="ver">25</span>And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel
Dan, and Naphtali: <span class="ver">26</span>And the sons of Zilpah, Leah
s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. <span class="ver">28</span>And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. <span class="ver">29</span>And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people,M
being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
<h2 id="c36">Chapter 36</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom. <span class="ver">2</span>Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; <span class="ver">3</span>And Bashemath Ishmael
s daughter, sister of Nebajoth. <span class="ver">4</span>And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and BashematM
h bare Reuel; <span class="ver">5</span>And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan. <span class="ver">6</span>And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob. <span class="ver">7</span>For their riches were more than that they might dM
well together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle. <span class="ver">8</span>Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir: <span class="ver">10</span>These are the names of Esau
s sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau. <span class="ver">11</span>And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and M
Gatam, and Kenaz. <span class="ver">12</span>And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau
s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau
s wife. <span class="ver">13</span>And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau
s wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. </p>
class="ver">15</span>These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, <span class="ver">16</span>Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And these are the sons of Reuel Esau
s son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are theM
sons of Bashemath Esau
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau
s wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau
s wife. <span class="ver">19</span>These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, <span class="ver">21</span>And Dishon, andM
Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. <span class="ver">22</span>And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan
s sister was Timna. <span class="ver">23</span>And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. <span class="ver">24</span>And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. <span class="veM
r">25</span>And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah. <span class="ver">26</span>And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. <span class="ver">27</span>The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. <span class="ver">28</span>The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran. <span class="ver">29</span>These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, <span class="ver">30</span>DukeM
Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. <span class="ver">32</span>And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. <span class="ver">33</span>And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. <span class="ver">34</span>And Jobab died, andM
Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead. <span class="ver">35</span>And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith. <span class="ver">36</span>And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. <span class="ver">37</span>And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. <span class="ver">38</span>And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. <span class="vM
er">39</span>And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife
s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. <span class="ver">40</span>And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, <span class="ver">41</span>Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, <span class="ver">42</span>Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke MibzarM
, <span class="ver">43</span>Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.
<h2 id="c37">Chapter 37</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. <span class="ver">2</span>These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and wiM
th the sons of Zilpah, his father
s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. <span class="ver">3</span>Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. <span class="ver">4</span>And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and theM
y hated him yet the more. <span class="ver">6</span>And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: <span class="ver">7</span>For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. <span class="ver">8</span>And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for hiM
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. <span class="ver">10</span>And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? <span class="ver">11</span>M
And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And his brethren went to feed their father
s flock in Shechem. <span class="ver">13</span>And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. <span class="ver">14</span>And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of thM
e vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? <span class="ver">16</span>And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks. <span class="ver">17</span>And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. <span class="ver">18</span>And M
when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. <span class="ver">19</span>And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. <span class="ver">20</span>Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams. <span class="ver">21</span>And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. <span class="M
ver">22</span>And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him; <span class="ver">24</span>And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. <spanM
class="ver">25</span>And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. <span class="ver">26</span>And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? <span class="ver">27</span>Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his bretM
hren were content. <span class="ver">28</span>Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. <span class="ver">30</span>And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go? <span class="ver">31</spaM
n>And they took Joseph
s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; <span class="ver">32</span>And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son
s coat or no. <span class="ver">33</span>And he knew it, and said, It is my son
s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. <span class="ver">34</span>And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, andM
mourned for his son many days. <span class="ver">35</span>And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. <span class="ver">36</span>And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh
s, and captain of the guard.
<h2 id="c38">Chapter 38</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethM
ren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. <span class="ver">2</span>And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. <span class="ver">3</span>And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. <span class="ver">4</span>And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. <span class="ver">5</span>And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when sM
he bare him. <span class="ver">6</span>And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. <span class="ver">7</span>And Er, Judah
s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. <span class="ver">8</span>And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother
s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. <span class="ver">9</span>And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother
s wife, that he spilled it on the groM
und, lest that he should give seed to his brother. <span class="ver">10</span>And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also. <span class="ver">11</span>Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father
s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah
s wife died; and JuM
dah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. <span class="ver">13</span>And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. <span class="ver">14</span>And she put her widow
s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. <span class="ver">15</span>When M
Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face. <span class="ver">16</span>And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? <span class="ver">17</span>And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? <span class="ver">18</span>And he said, What pledge shallM
I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. <span class="ver">19</span>And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. <span class="ver">20</span>And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman
s hand: but he found her not. <span class="ver">21</span>Then he asked the men of that place, sM
aying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place. <span class="ver">22</span>And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place. <span class="ver">23</span>And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, sayiM
ng, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. <span class="ver">25</span>When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff. <span class="ver">26</span>And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not M
to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. <span class="ver">28</span>And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. <span class="ver">29</span>And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this M
breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez. <span class="ver">30</span>And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
<h2 id="c39">Chapter 39</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. <span class="ver">2</span>And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a pM
rosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. <span class="ver">3</span>And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. <span class="ver">4</span>And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. <span class="ver">5</span>And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed M
s sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field. <span class="ver">6</span>And he left all that he had in Joseph
s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And it came to pass after these things, that his master
s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. <span class="ver">8</span>But he refused, and sM
s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; <span class="ver">9</span>There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? <span class="ver">10</span>And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. <span class="ver"M
>11</span>And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within. <span class="ver">12</span>And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. <span class="ver">13</span>And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, <span class="ver">14</span>That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, sayM
ing, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice: <span class="ver">15</span>And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out. <span class="ver">16</span>And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. <span class="ver">17</span>And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in uM
nto me to mock me: <span class="ver">18</span>And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out. <span class="ver">19</span>And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled. <span class="ver">20</span>And Joseph
s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king
s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. <span class="ver">22</span>And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph
s hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. <span class="ver">23</span>The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.
d="c40">Chapter 40</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt. <span class="ver">2</span>And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. <span class="ver">3</span>And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. <span class="ver">4</span>And the captaM
in of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. <span class="ver">6</span>And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad. <span class="ver">7</span>And he asked Pharaoh
s that were with him in the ward of his lord
s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? <span class="ver">8</span>And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you. <span class="ver">9</span>And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; <span class="ver">10</span>And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though itM
budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes: <span class="ver">11</span>And Pharaoh
s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh
s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh
s hand. <span class="ver">12</span>And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days: <span class="ver">13</span>Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver PhM
s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler. <span class="ver">14</span>But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: <span class="ver">15</span>For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. <span class="ver">16</span>When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he sM
aid unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head: <span class="ver">17</span>And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head. <span class="ver">18</span>And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days: <span class="ver">19</span>Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birM
ds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh
s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. <span class="ver">21</span>And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh
s hand: <span class="ver">22</span>But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them. <span class="ver">23</M
span>Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
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<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. <span class="ver">2</span>And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. <span class="ver">3</span>And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the otheM
r kine upon the brink of the river. <span class="ver">4</span>And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. <span class="ver">5</span>And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. <span class="ver">6</span>And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. <span class="ver">7</span>And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh aM
woke, and, behold, it was a dream. <span class="ver">8</span>And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day: <span class="ver">10</span>Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captainM
s house, both me and the chief baker: <span class="ver">11</span>And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. <span class="ver">12</span>And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. <span class="ver">13</span>And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored untoM
mine office, and him he hanged. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. <span class="ver">15</span>And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it. <span class="ver">16</span>And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God sM
hall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. <span class="ver">17</span>And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river: <span class="ver">18</span>And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow: <span class="ver">19</span>And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: <span class="ver">20</span>And the lean and the ilM
l favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine: <span class="ver">21</span>And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke. <span class="ver">22</span>And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good: <span class="ver">23</span>And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: <span class="ver">24</span>And the thin ears devoured the sM
even good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do. <span class="ver">26</span>The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. <span class="ver">27</span>And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the eaM
st wind shall be seven years of famine. <span class="ver">28</span>This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh. <span class="ver">29</span>Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: <span class="ver">30</span>And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land; <span class="ver">31</span>And the plenty shall not be known iM
n the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous. <span class="ver">32</span>And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. <span class="ver">33</span>Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">34</span>Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seveM
n plenteous years. <span class="ver">35</span>And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. <span class="ver">36</span>And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine. </p>
<p><span class="ver">37</span>And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. <span class="ver">3M
8</span>And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? <span class="ver">39</span>And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: <span class="ver">40</span>Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. <span class="ver">41</span>And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the lanM
d of Egypt. <span class="ver">42</span>And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph
s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; <span class="ver">43</span>And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">44</span>And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of M
Egypt. <span class="ver">45</span>And Pharaoh called Joseph
s name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">46</span>And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">47</span>And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. <span clM
ass="ver">48</span>And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. <span class="ver">49</span>And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number. <span class="ver">50</span>And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto M
him. <span class="ver">51</span>And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father
s house. <span class="ver">52</span>And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. </p>
<p><span class="ver">53</span>And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. <span class="ver">54</span>And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph hadM
said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. <span class="ver">55</span>And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do. <span class="ver">56</span>And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">57</span>And all countries cM
ame into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
<h2 id="c42">Chapter 42</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? <span class="ver">2</span>And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>And Joseph
s ten brethren went down to buy corn M
in Egypt. <span class="ver">4</span>But Benjamin, Joseph
s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. <span class="ver">5</span>And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. <span class="ver">6</span>And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph
s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. <span classM
="ver">7</span>And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. <span class="ver">8</span>And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. <span class="ver">9</span>And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. <span class="ver">10</span>And they said unto him, Nay, myM
lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. <span class="ver">11</span>We are all one man
s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies. <span class="ver">12</span>And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. <span class="ver">13</span>And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not. <span class="ver">14</span>And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake uM
nto you, saying, Ye are spies: <span class="ver">15</span>Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. <span class="ver">16</span>Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. <span class="ver">17</span>And he put them all together into ward three days. <span class="ver">18</span>And JosephM
said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: <span class="ver">19</span>If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses: <span class="ver">20</span>But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, whenM
he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. <span class="ver">22</span>And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required. <span class="ver">23</span>And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. <span class="ver">24</span>And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and M
took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man
s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them. <span class="ver">26</span>And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. <span class="ver">27</span>And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack
an class="ver">28</span>And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us? </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying, <span class="ver">30</span>The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. <span class="ver">31</spM
an>And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: <span class="ver">32</span>We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. <span class="ver">33</span>And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone: <span class="ver">34</span>And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know tM
hat ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man
s bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. <span class="ver">36</span>And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all theM
se things are against me. <span class="ver">37</span>And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. <span class="ver">38</span>And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
<h2 id="c43">Chapter 43</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the famiM
ne was sore in the land. <span class="ver">2</span>And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. <span class="ver">3</span>And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. <span class="ver">4</span>If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: <span class="ver">5</span>But if thou wilt not send hM
im, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. <span class="ver">6</span>And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother? <span class="ver">7</span>And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down? M
<span class="ver">8</span>And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. <span class="ver">9</span>I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: <span class="ver">10</span>For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time. <span class="ver">11</span>And their father Israel sM
aid unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds: <span class="ver">12</span>And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight: <span class="ver">13</span>Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: <span class="ver">14</span>And God AlmM
ighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. <span class="ver">16</span>And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon. <M
span class="ver">17</span>And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph
s house. <span class="ver">18</span>And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph
s house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. <span class="ver">19</span>And they came near to the steward of Joseph
s house, and they communed with him aM
t the door of the house, <span class="ver">20</span>And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food: <span class="ver">21</span>And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man
s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand. <span class="ver">22</span>And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. <span class="ver">23</span>And heM
said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them. <span class="ver">24</span>And the man brought the men into Joseph
s house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender. <span class="ver">25</span>And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>And when Joseph caM
me home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. <span class="ver">27</span>And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? <span class="ver">28</span>And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance. <span class="ver">29</span>And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother
n, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. <span class="ver">30</span>And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. <span class="ver">31</span>And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread. <span class="ver">32</span>And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which M
did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. <span class="ver">33</span>And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another. <span class="ver">34</span>And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin
s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
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<p><span class="ver">1</span>And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men
s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man
s mouth. <span class="ver">2</span>And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack
s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. <span class="ver">3</span>As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. <span class="ver">4</span>And wheM
n they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good? <span class="ver">5</span>Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. <span class="ver">7</span>And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? GM
od forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing: <span class="ver">8</span>Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks
mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord
s house silver or gold? <span class="ver">9</span>With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord
s bondmen. <span class="ver">10</span>And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be myM
servant; and ye shall be blameless. <span class="ver">11</span>Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. <span class="ver">12</span>And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin
s sack. <span class="ver">13</span>Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph
s house; for he was yet there:M
and they fell before him on the ground. <span class="ver">15</span>And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine? <span class="ver">16</span>And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord
s servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. <span class="ver">17</span>And he said, God forbid that I should do soM
: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord
s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. <span class="ver">19</span>My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? <span class="ver">20</span>And we said unto my lord, We have a fathM
er, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. <span class="ver">21</span>And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. <span class="ver">22</span>And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die. <span class="ver">23</span>And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you,M
ye shall see my face no more. <span class="ver">24</span>And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. <span class="ver">25</span>And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. <span class="ver">26</span>And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man
s face, except our youngest brother be with us. <span class="ver">27</span>And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wifM
e bare me two sons: <span class="ver">28</span>And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: <span class="ver">29</span>And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. <span class="ver">30</span>Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad
s life; <span class="ver">31</span>It shall come to pass, when he seeth that tM
he lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. <span class="ver">32</span>For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. <span class="ver">33</span>Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. <span class="ver">34</span>For how shall I goM
up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
<h2 id="c45">Chapter 45</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. <span class="ver">2</span>And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. <span class="ver">3</span>And Joseph said untoM
his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. <span class="ver">4</span>And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. <span class="ver">5</span>Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. <span class="ver">6</span>For these two years hath the famM
ine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. <span class="ver">7</span>And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. <span class="ver">8</span>So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">9</span>Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, M
Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: <span class="ver">10</span>And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children
s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: <span class="ver">11</span>And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. <span class="ver">12</span>And, behold, your M
eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. <span class="ver">13</span>And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither. <span class="ver">14</span>And he fell upon his brother Benjamin
s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. <span class="ver">15</span>Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him. </p>
ss="ver">16</span>And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh
s house, saying, Joseph
s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. <span class="ver">17</span>And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; <span class="ver">18</span>And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. <span class="ver">19</span>Now thou aM
rt commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. <span class="ver">20</span>Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours. <span class="ver">21</span>And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. <span class="ver">22</span>To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave thrM
ee hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. <span class="ver">23</span>And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way. <span class="ver">24</span>So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, <M
span class="ver">26</span>And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob
s heart fainted, for he believed them not. <span class="ver">27</span>And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: <span class="ver">28</span>And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
<h2 id="c46">ChapterM
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. <span class="ver">2</span>And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. <span class="ver">3</span>And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: <span class="ver">4</span>I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I M
will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. <span class="ver">5</span>And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. <span class="ver">6</span>And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him: <span class="ver">7</span>His sons, and his sons
him, his daughters, and his sons
daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob
s firstborn. <span class="ver">9</span>And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. </p>
class="ver">11</span>And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. <span class="ver">15</span>These be the sons of Leah, M
which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. <span class="ver">18</span>These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughterM
, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. <span class="ver">19</span>The sons of Rachel Jacob
s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. <span class="ver">22</span>These are the sons oM
f Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And the sons of Dan; Hushim. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. <span class="ver">25</span>These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven. <span class="ver">26</span>All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob
wives, all the souls were threescore and six; <span class="ver">27</span>And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. <span class="ver">29</span>And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto M
him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. <span class="ver">30</span>And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. <span class="ver">31</span>And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father
s house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father
s house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; <span class="ver">32</span>And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattleM
; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. <span class="ver">33</span>And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation? <span class="ver">34</span>That ye shall say, Thy servants
trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
<h2 id="c47">Chapter 47</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>TheM
n Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen. <span class="ver">2</span>And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. <span class="ver">3</span>And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. <span class="ver">4</span>TheM
y said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen. <span class="ver">5</span>And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee: <span class="ver">6</span>The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and M
if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. <span class="ver">7</span>And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. <span class="ver">8</span>And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? <span class="ver">9</span>And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the M
life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. <span class="ver">10</span>And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. <span class="ver">12</span>And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father
s household, with bread, according to their families. </p>
ss="ver">13</span>And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. <span class="ver">14</span>And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh
s house. <span class="ver">15</span>And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph,M
and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth. <span class="ver">16</span>And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. <span class="ver">17</span>And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year. <span class="ver">18</span>When that year was ended, they cameM
unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: <span class="ver">19</span>Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate. <span class="ver">20</span>And Joseph bM
ought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh
s. <span class="ver">21</span>And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. <span class="ver">22</span>Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands. <spaM
n class="ver">23</span>Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. <span class="ver">24</span>And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones. <span class="ver">25</span>And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find graceM
in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh
s servants. <span class="ver">26</span>And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh
<p><span class="ver">27</span>And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. <span class="ver">28</span>And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so tM
he whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. <span class="ver">29</span>And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: <span class="ver">30</span>But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. <span classM
="ver">31</span>And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed
<h2 id="c48">Chapter 48</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. <span class="ver">2</span>And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. <span class="ver">3</span>And Jacob said uM
nto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, <span class="ver">4</span>And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be M
mine. <span class="ver">6</span>And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. <span class="ver">7</span>And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Beth-lehem. <span class="ver">8</span>And Israel beheld Joseph
s sons, and said, Who are these? <span class="ver">M
9</span>And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. <span class="ver">10</span>Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. <span class="ver">11</span>And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. <span class="ver">12</span>And Joseph brought them M
out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. <span class="ver">13</span>And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel
s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel
s right hand, and brought them near unto him. <span class="ver">14</span>And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim
s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh
s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. </p>
class="ver">15</span>And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, <span class="ver">16</span>The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. <span class="ver">17</span>And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: M
and he held up his father
s hand, to remove it from Ephraim
s head unto Manasseh
s head. <span class="ver">18</span>And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. <span class="ver">19</span>And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. <span class="ver">20</span>AnM
d he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. <span class="ver">21</span>And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. <span class="ver">22</span>Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
<h2 id="c49">Chapter 49</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1M
</span>And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. <span class="ver">2</span>Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: <span class="ver">4</span>Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up M
s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. <span class="ver">6</span>O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. <span class="ver">7</span>Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in JaM
cob, and scatter them in Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father
s children shall bow down before thee. <span class="ver">9</span>Judah is a lion
s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? <span class="ver">10</span>The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comeM
; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. <span class="ver">11</span>Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass
s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: <span class="ver">12</span>His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>IssacharM
is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: <span class="ver">15</span>And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. <span class="ver">17</span>Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. <span class="ver">18</span>I have waited for thy salvation,M
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: <span class="ver">23</span>The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot aM
t him, and hated him: <span class="ver">24</span>But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) <span class="ver">25</span>Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb: <span class="ver">26</span>The blessings of thy father have prevaileM
d above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to hM
is blessing he blessed them. <span class="ver">29</span>And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, <span class="ver">30</span>In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace. <span class="ver">31</span>There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried IsM
aac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah. <span class="ver">32</span>The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth. <span class="ver">33</span>And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
<h2 id="c50">Chapter 50</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Joseph fell upon his father
s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. <span class="ver">2</span>And JoM
seph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. <span class="ver">3</span>And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days. <span class="ver">4</span>And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, <span class="ver">5</span>M
My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. <span class="ver">6</span>And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, <span clM
ass="ver">8</span>And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father
s house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. <span class="ver">9</span>And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company. <span class="ver">10</span>And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days. <span class="vM
er">11</span>And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan. <span class="ver">12</span>And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: <span class="ver">13</span>For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplM
ace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And when Joseph
s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. <span class="ver">16</span>And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command M
before he died, saying, <span class="ver">17</span>So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him. <span class="ver">18</span>And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants. <span class="ver">19</span>And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the placM
e of God? <span class="ver">20</span>But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. <span class="ver">21</span>Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father
s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. <span class="ver">23</span>And Joseph saw Ephraim
of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph
s knees. <span class="ver">24</span>And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. <span class="ver">25</span>And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. <span class="ver">26</span>So Joseph died, being an hundL
red and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. </p>
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<span>THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET</span>
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<li><a href="#c2">2</a></li>
<li><a href="#c3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="#c4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="#c5">5</a></li>
<li><a href="#c6">6</a></li>
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<li><a href="#c8">8</a></li>
<li><a href="#c9">9</a></li>
<li><a href="#c10">10</a></li>
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<h2 id="c1">Chapter 1</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. <span class="ver">2</span>Hear, O M
heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. <span class="ver">3</span>The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master
s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. <span class="ver">4</span>Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. </p>
p><span class="ver">5</span>Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. <span class="ver">6</span>From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. <span class="ver">7</span>Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolM
ate, as overthrown by strangers. <span class="ver">8</span>And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. <span class="ver">9</span>Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. <span class="ver">11</span>To what purM
pose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. <span class="ver">12</span>When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? <span class="ver">13</span>Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the soM
lemn meeting. <span class="ver">14</span>Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. <span class="ver">15</span>And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; <span class="ver">17</span>Learn to do well; seek judgmenM
t, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. <span class="ver">18</span>Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. <span class="ver">19</span>If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: <span class="ver">20</span>But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. </p>
ver">21</span>How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. <span class="ver">22</span>Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: <span class="ver">23</span>Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. <span class="ver">24</span>Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of IM
srael, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies: </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: <span class="ver">26</span>And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. <span class="ver">27</span>Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness. </p>
class="ver">28</span>And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed. <span class="ver">29</span>For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. <span class="ver">30</span>For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. <span class="ver">31</span>And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall botM
h burn together, and none shall quench them.
<h2 id="c2">Chapter 2</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. <span class="ver">2</span>And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD
s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. <span class="ver">3</span>And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of tM
he 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. <span class="ver">4</span>And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. <span class="ver">5</span>O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us wM
alk in the light of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers. <span class="ver">7</span>Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots: <span class="ver">8</span>Their land also is full of idolsM
; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: <span class="ver">9</span>And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. <span class="ver">11</span>The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. <span clasM
s="ver">12</span>For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: <span class="ver">13</span>And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, <span class="ver">14</span>And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, <span class="ver">15</span>And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, <span class="ver">16</span>And upon all the M
ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. <span class="ver">17</span>And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. <span class="ver">18</span>And the idols he shall utterly abolish. <span class="ver">19</span>And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. <span class="ver">20</spanM
>In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; <span class="ver">21</span>To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. <span class="ver">22</span>Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
<h2 id="c3">Chapter 3</h2>
="ver">1</span>For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, <span class="ver">2</span>The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, <span class="ver">3</span>The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. <span class="ver">4</span>And I will give children to be their princes, M
and babes shall rule over them. <span class="ver">5</span>And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable. <span class="ver">6</span>When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand: <span class="ver">7</span>In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in myM
house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people. <span class="ver">8</span>For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. <span class="ver">10</span>Say ye to the righteous, that it shall bM
e well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. <span class="ver">11</span>Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. <span class="ver">13</span>The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people. <span class="ver">14</span>The LORD will entM
er into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. <span class="ver">15</span>What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: <spaM
n class="ver">17</span>Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts. <span class="ver">18</span>In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon, <span class="ver">19</span>The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, <span class="ver">20</span>The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, anM
d the earrings, <span class="ver">21</span>The rings, and nose jewels, <span class="ver">22</span>The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, <span class="ver">23</span>The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails. <span class="ver">24</span>And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instM
ead of beauty. <span class="ver">25</span>Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. <span class="ver">26</span>And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
<h2 id="c4">Chapter 4</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. <span class="ver">2</span>In that day shall the branch of the M
LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. <span class="ver">3</span>And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem: <span class="ver">4</span>When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgmenM
t, and by the spirit of burning. <span class="ver">5</span>And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. <span class="ver">6</span>And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
<h2 id="c5">Chapter 5</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now will I sing to my weM
llbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: <span class="ver">2</span>And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. <span class="ver">3</span>And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. <span M
class="ver">4</span>What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? <span class="ver">5</span>And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: <span class="ver">6</span>And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and M
thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. <span class="ver">7</span>For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! <span class="ver">9</span>In mine ears said the LOM
RD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. <span class="ver">10</span>Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! <span class="ver">12</span>And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not tM
he work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. <span class="ver">14</span>Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. <span class="ver">15</span>And the mean man shall be broM
ught down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: <span class="ver">16</span>But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. <span class="ver">17</span>Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. <span class="ver">18</span>Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: <span class="ver">19</span>That say, LetM
him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! <span class="ver">21</span>Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! <span class="ver">22</span>Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men M
of strength to mingle strong drink: <span class="ver">23</span>Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! <span class="ver">24</span>Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. <span class="ver">25</span>Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled M
against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: <span class="ver">27</span>None shall be weary nor stumble among themM
; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: <span class="ver">28</span>Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses
hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: <span class="ver">29</span>Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it. <span class="ver">30</span>And M
in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
<h2 id="c6">Chapter 6</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. <span class="ver">2</span>Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, aM
nd with twain he did fly. <span class="ver">3</span>And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. <span class="ver">4</span>And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. <spanM
class="ver">6</span>Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: <span class="ver">7</span>And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. <span class="ver">8</span>Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And he said, Go, and tell this people, M
Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. <span class="ver">10</span>Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. <span class="ver">11</span>Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, <span class="ver">12</span>And the LOM
RD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
<h2 id="c7">Chapter 7</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, aM
nd Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. <span class="ver">2</span>And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. <span class="ver">3</span>Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fullM
s field; <span class="ver">4</span>And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. <span class="ver">5</span>Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, <span class="ver">6</span>Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:M
<span class="ver">7</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. <span class="ver">8</span>For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. <span class="ver">9</span>And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah
s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Moreover the LORD spake again M
unto Ahaz, saying, <span class="ver">11</span>Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. <span class="ver">12</span>But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. <span class="ver">13</span>And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? <span class="ver">14</span>Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name ImM
manuel. <span class="ver">15</span>Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. <span class="ver">16</span>For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father
s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria. <span classM
="ver">18</span>And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. <span class="ver">19</span>And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes. <span class="ver">20</span>In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, theM
head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard. <span class="ver">21</span>And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep; <span class="ver">22</span>And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land. <span class="ver">23</span>And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand sM
ilverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns. <span class="ver">24</span>With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns. <span class="ver">25</span>And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
<h2 id="c8">Chapter 8</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a greM
at roll, and write in it with a man
s pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz. <span class="ver">2</span>And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. <span class="ver">3</span>And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz. <span class="ver">4</span>For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shallM
be taken away before the king of Assyria. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>The LORD spake also unto me again, saying, <span class="ver">6</span>Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah
s son; <span class="ver">7</span>Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: <span class="ver">8M
</span>And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. <span class="ver">10</span>Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak tM
he word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, <span class="ver">12</span>Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. <span class="ver">13</span>Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. <span class="ver">14</span>And heM
shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. <span class="ver">15</span>And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. <span class="ver">16</span>Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. <span class="ver">17</span>And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. <span class="ver">18<M
/span>Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? <span class="ver">20</span>To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in M
them. <span class="ver">21</span>And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward. <span class="ver">22</span>And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
<h2 id="c9">Chapter 9</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when M
at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. <span class="ver">2</span>The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. <span class="ver">3</span>Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoiceM
when they divide the spoil. <span class="ver">4</span>For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. <span class="ver">5</span>For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire. <span class="ver">6</span>For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor,M
The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. <span class="ver">7</span>Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel. <span class="ver">9</span>And all the people shall know, even Ephraim aM
nd the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, <span class="ver">10</span>The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars. <span class="ver">11</span>Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; <span class="ver">12</span>The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned awM
ay, but his hand is stretched out still. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts. <span class="ver">14</span>Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. <span class="ver">15</span>The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. <span class="ver">16</span>For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them arM
e destroyed. <span class="ver">17</span>Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of M
smoke. <span class="ver">19</span>Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother. <span class="ver">20</span>And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: <span class="ver">21</span>Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turM
ned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
<h2 id="c10">Chapter 10</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; <span class="ver">2</span>To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! <span class="ver">3</span>And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from fM
ar? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? <span class="ver">4</span>Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. <span class="ver">6</span>I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge,M
to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. <span class="ver">7</span>Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. <span class="ver">8</span>For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? <span class="ver">9</span>Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? <span class="ver">10</span>As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graveM
n images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; <span class="ver">11</span>Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols? <span class="ver">12</span>Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. <span class="ver">13</span>For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for IM
am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: <span class="ver">14</span>And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. <span class="ver">15</span>Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shakeM
th it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood. <span class="ver">16</span>Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire. <span class="ver">17</span>And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day; <span class="ver">18</span>And shalM
l consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth. <span class="ver">19</span>And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. <span claM
ss="ver">21</span>The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. <span class="ver">22</span>For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. <span class="ver">23</span>For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not aM
fraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt. <span class="ver">25</span>For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction. <span class="ver">26</span>And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. <span class="ver">27</span>And it shall come to M
pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. <span class="ver">28</span>He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages: <span class="ver">29</span>They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled. <span class="ver">30</span>Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto LaM
ish, O poor Anathoth. <span class="ver">31</span>Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee. <span class="ver">32</span>As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. <span class="ver">33</span>Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. <span class="ver">34</span>And he shall cut down the thicketsM
of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
<h2 id="c11">Chapter 11</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: <span class="ver">2</span>And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; <span class="ver">3</span>And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LOM
RD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: <span class="ver">4</span>But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. <span class="ver">5</span>And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. <span class="ver">6</span>The wolf also shall dwell with tM
he lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. <span class="ver">7</span>And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. <span class="ver">8</span>And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice
den. <span class="ver">9</span>They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mouM
ntain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. <span class="ver">11</span>And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, andM
from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. <span class="ver">12</span>And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. <span class="ver">13</span>The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. <span class="ver">14</span>But they shall fly upon theM
shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them. <span class="ver">15</span>And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod. <span class="ver">16</span>And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, fM
rom Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
<h2 id="c12">Chapter 12</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. <span class="ver">2</span>Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. <span class="ver">3</span>Therefore with joy shall M
ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. <span class="ver">4</span>And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. <span class="ver">5</span>Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth. <span class="ver">6</span>Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
<h2 id="c13">Chapter 13</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>TM
he burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. <span class="ver">2</span>Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. <span class="ver">3</span>I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. <span class="ver">4</span>The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gatherM
ed together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. <span class="ver">5</span>They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. <span class="ver">7</span>Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man
s heart shall melt: <span class="ver">8</span>And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrowM
s shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. <span class="ver">9</span>Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. <span class="ver">10</span>For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her lightM
to shine. <span class="ver">11</span>And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. <span class="ver">12</span>I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. <span class="ver">13</span>Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. <sM
pan class="ver">14</span>And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land. <span class="ver">15</span>Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. <span class="ver">16</span>Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. <span class="ver">17</span>Behold, I will stir up M
the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. <span class="ver">18</span>Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees
excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. <span class="ver">20</span>It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt iM
n from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. <span class="ver">21</span>But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. <span class="ver">22</span>And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
<h2 id="c14">Chapter 14</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. <span class="ver">2</span>And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over M
their oppressors. <span class="ver">3</span>And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! <span class="ver">5</span>The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. <span class="ver">6</span>He who smote tM
he people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. <span class="ver">7</span>The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. <span class="ver">8</span>Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us. <span class="ver">9</span>Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones ofM
the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. <span class="ver">10</span>All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us? <span class="ver">11</span>Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. <span class="ver">12</span>How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! M
<span class="ver">13</span>For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: <span class="ver">14</span>I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. <span class="ver">15</span>Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. <span class="ver">16</span>They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is thM
is the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; <span class="ver">17</span>That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? <span class="ver">18</span>All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. <span class="ver">19</span>But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of tM
he pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. <span class="ver">20</span>Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned. <span class="ver">21</span>Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. <span class="ver">22</span>For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon theM
name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">23</span>I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: <span class="ver">25</span>That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then sM
hall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. <span class="ver">26</span>This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. <span class="ver">27</span>For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? <span class="ver">28</span>In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>Rejoice not thou, wholM
e Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent
s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. <span class="ver">30</span>And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant. <span class="ver">31</span>Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his aM
ppointed times. <span class="ver">32</span>What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
<h2 id="c15">Chapter 15</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; <span class="ver">2</span>He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over NeM
bo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off. <span class="ver">3</span>In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly. <span class="ver">4</span>And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him. <span class="ver">5</span>My heart shall cry out for Moab; hisM
fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction. <span class="ver">6</span>For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. <span class="ver">7</span>Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows. <span class="ver">8</spaM
n>For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim. <span class="ver">9</span>For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.
<h2 id="c16">Chapter 16</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. <span class="ver">2</span>For it shalM
l be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon. <span class="ver">3</span>Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth. <span class="ver">4</span>Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. <span class="ver">5</M
span>And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so. <span class="ver">7</span>Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken. <span class=M
"ver">8</span>For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. <span class=M
"ver">10</span>And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease. <span class="ver">11</span>Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to M
his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail. <span class="ver">13</span>This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time. <span class="ver">14</span>But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
<h2 id="c17">Chapter 17</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a cM
ity, and it shall be a ruinous heap. <span class="ver">2</span>The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. <span class="ver">3</span>The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts. <span class="ver">4</span>And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesM
h shall wax lean. <span class="ver">5</span>And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel. <span class="ver">7</span>At that day shall a man look to his MM
aker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. <span class="ver">8</span>And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation. <span class="ver">10</span>Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvatM
ion, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: <span class="ver">11</span>In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing M
like the rushing of mighty waters! <span class="ver">13</span>The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. <span class="ver">14</span>And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
<h2 id="c18">Chapter 18</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</sM
pan>Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: <span class="ver">2</span>That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled! <span class="ver">3</span>All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountaiM
ns; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye. <span class="ver">4</span>For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. <span class="ver">5</span>For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches. <span class="ver">6</span>They shall be left together unto the fowM
ls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.
<h2 id="c19">Chapter 19</h2>
<span class="ver">1</span>The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. <span class="ver">2</span>And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. <span class="ver">3</span>And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst therM
eof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. <span class="ver">4</span>And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts. <span class="ver">5</span>And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. <span class="ver">6</span>And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks oM
f defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. <span class="ver">7</span>The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more. <span class="ver">8</span>The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish. <span class="ver">9</span>Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be coM
nfounded. <span class="ver">10</span>And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? <span class="ver">12</span>Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt. <span classM
="ver">13</span>The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof. <span class="ver">14</span>The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit. <span class="ver">15</span>Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do. <span class="ver">16</span>In that day shall M
Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it. <span class="ver">17</span>And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; onM
e shall be called, The city of destruction. <span class="ver">19</span>In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD. <span class="ver">20</span>And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them. <span class="ver">21</span>And the LORD shall be known to EgyptM
, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it. <span class="ver">22</span>And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shM
all serve with the Assyrians. <span class="ver">24</span>In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: <span class="ver">25</span>Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
<h2 id="c20">Chapter 20</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; <sM
pan class="ver">2</span>At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. <span class="ver">3</span>And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia; <span class="ver">4</span>So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, nakM
ed and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. <span class="ver">5</span>And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. <span class="ver">6</span>And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?
<h2 id="c21">Chapter 21</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in M
the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. <span class="ver">2</span>A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. <span class="ver">3</span>Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. <span class="vM
er">4</span>My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. <span class="ver">5</span>Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. <span class="ver">6</span>For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. <span class="ver">7</span>And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed: <spaM
n class="ver">8</span>And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: <span class="ver">9</span>And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. <span class="ver">10</span>O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared uM
<p><span class="ver">11</span>The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? <span class="ver">12</span>The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. <span class="ver">14</span>The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was tM
hirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. <span class="ver">15</span>For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. <span class="ver">16</span>For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: <span class="ver">17</span>And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken iM
<h2 id="c22">Chapter 22</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? <span class="ver">2</span>Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle. <span class="ver">3</span>All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far. <span class="ver">4</span>ThereM
fore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people. <span class="ver">5</span>For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains. <span class="ver">6</span>And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. <span class="ver">7</span>And it shall come to pass, that thy choicesM
t valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest. <span class="ver">9</span>Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool. <span class="ver">10</span>And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortifyM
the wall. <span class="ver">11</span>Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago. <span class="ver">12</span>And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: <span class="ver">13</span>And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to moM
rrow we shall die. <span class="ver">14</span>And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say, <span class="ver">16</span>What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, anM
d that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock? <span class="ver">17</span>Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee. <span class="ver">18</span>He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord
s house. <span class="ver">19</span>And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</spM
an>And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: <span class="ver">21</span>And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. <span class="ver">22</span>And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. <span class="ver">2M
3</span>And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father
s house. <span class="ver">24</span>And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father
s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons. <span class="ver">25</span>In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon M
it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
<h2 id="c23">Chapter 23</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. <span class="ver">2</span>Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. <span class="ver">3</span>And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenuM
e; and she is a mart of nations. <span class="ver">4</span>Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins. <span class="ver">5</span>As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. <span class="ver">6</span>Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. <span class="ver">7</span>Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is ofM
ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. <span class="ver">8</span>Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth? <span class="ver">9</span>The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. <span class="ver">10</span>Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength. <span class="ver">11<M
/span>He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof. <span class="ver">12</span>And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest. <span class="ver">13</span>Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers theM
reof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin. <span class="ver">14</span>Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. <span class="ver">15</span>And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. <span class="ver">16</span>Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remM
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. <span class="ver">18</span>And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. <span class="ver">2</span>And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. <span class="ver">3</span>TheM
land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word. <span class="ver">4</span>The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. <span class="ver">5</span>The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. <span class="ver">6</span>Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are deM
solate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. <span class="ver">7</span>The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh. <span class="ver">8</span>The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. <span class="ver">9</span>They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. <span class="ver">10</span>The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man M
may come in. <span class="ver">11</span>There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. <span class="ver">12</span>In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done. <span class="ver">14</span>They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for thM
e majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea. <span class="ver">15</span>Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. <span class="ver">17</span>Fear, and the M
pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. <span class="ver">18</span>And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake. <span class="ver">19</span>The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. <span class="ver">20</span>The earth shall reel tM
o and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. <span class="ver">21</span>And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. <span class="ver">22</span>And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited. <sM
pan class="ver">23</span>Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
<h2 id="c25">Chapter 25</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. <span class="ver">2</span>For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to beM
no city; it shall never be built. <span class="ver">3</span>Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee. <span class="ver">4</span>For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. <span class="ver">5</span>Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of aM
cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. <span class="ver">7</span>And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. <span class="ver">8</span>He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD wiM
ll wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. <span class="ver">10</span>For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down forM
the dunghill. <span class="ver">11</span>And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands. <span class="ver">12</span>And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
<h2 id="c26">Chapter 26</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong ciM
ty; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. <span class="ver">2</span>Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. <span class="ver">3</span>Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. <span class="ver">4</span>Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth itM
low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. <span class="ver">6</span>The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. <span class="ver">7</span>The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. <span class="ver">8</span>Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. <span class="ver">9</span>With my soul have I desired thee in the nightM
; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. <span class="ver">10</span>Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD. <span class="ver">11</span>LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemiM
es shall devour them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. <span class="ver">13</span>O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. <span class="ver">14</span>They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish. <span class="ver">15</span>Thou hast increaM
sed the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth. <span class="ver">16</span>LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them. <span class="ver">17</span>Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD. <span class="ver">18</span>We have been with child, we have been in pain, we havM
e as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. <span class="ver">19</span>Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignM
ation be overpast. <span class="ver">21</span>For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
<h2 id="c27">Chapter 27</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. <span class="ver">2</span>In that daM
y sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. <span class="ver">3</span>I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. <span class="ver">4</span>Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together. <span class="ver">5</span>Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me. <span class="ver">6</span>He shall cause them that come of Jacob M
to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? <span class="ver">8</span>In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. <span class="ver">9</span>By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his M
sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. <span class="ver">10</span>Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. <span class="ver">11</span>When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therM
efore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. <span class="ver">13</span>And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts iM
n the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
<h2 id="c28">Chapter 28</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! <span class="ver">2</span>Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with tM
he hand. <span class="ver">3</span>The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet: <span class="ver">4</span>And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people, <span cM
lass="ver">6</span>And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. <span class="ver">8</span>For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, soM
that there is no place clean. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. <span class="ver">10</span>For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: <span class="ver">11</span>For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. <span class="ver">12</span>To whom he said, This is the restM
wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. <span class="ver">13</span>But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. <span class="ver">15</span>BecauseM
ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. <span class="ver">17</span>Judgment also will I lay to the linM
e, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. <span class="ver">19</span>From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexM
ation only to understand the report. <span class="ver">20</span>For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. <span class="ver">21</span>For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. <span class="ver">22</span>Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the LM
ord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. <span class="ver">24</span>Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground? <span class="ver">25</span>When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place? <span class="ver">26</spM
an>For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him. <span class="ver">27</span>For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. <span class="ver">28</span>Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen. <span class="ver">29</span>This also cometh forth from the LORD of hostM
s, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
<h2 id="c29">Chapter 29</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. <span class="ver">2</span>Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. <span class="ver">3</span>And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. <span class="ver">M
4</span>And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. <span class="ver">5</span>Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. <span class="ver">6</span>Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of M
hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. <span class="ver">8</span>It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinkM
eth; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. <span class="ver">10</span>For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. <span class="ver">11</span>AnM
d the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: <span class="ver">12</span>And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart M
far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: <span class="ver">14</span>Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. <span class="ver">15</span>Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? <span class="ver">16</span>SurM
ely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter
s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? <span class="ver">17</span>Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see ouM
t of obscurity, and out of darkness. <span class="ver">19</span>The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. <span class="ver">20</span>For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: <span class="ver">21</span>That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. <span class="ver">22</span>TheM
refore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale. <span class="ver">23</span>But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. <span class="ver">24</span>They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
<h2 id="c30">Chapter 30</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: <span class="ver">2</span>That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! <span class="ver">3</span>Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. <span clasM
s="ver">4</span>For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. <span class="ver">5</span>They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. <span class="ver">6</span>The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camelsM
, to a people that shall not profit them. <span class="ver">7</span>For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: <span class="ver">9</span>That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: <span class="ver">10</span>Which say to theM
seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: <span class="ver">11</span>Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. <span class="ver">12</span>Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: <span class="ver">13</span>Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling ouM
t in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant. <span class="ver">14</span>And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters
vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit. <span class="ver">15</span>For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye woulM
d not. <span class="ver">16</span>But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. <span class="ver">17</span>One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted,M
that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. <span class="ver">19</span>For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. <span class="ver">20</span>And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teacheM
rs: <span class="ver">21</span>And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. <span class="ver">22</span>Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. <span class="ver">23</span>Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bM
read of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures. <span class="ver">24</span>The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. <span class="ver">25</span>And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. <span class="ver">26</span>Moreover the liM
ght of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: <span class="ver">28</span>And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to thM
e midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. <span class="ver">29</span>Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel. <span class="ver">30</span>And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his angM
er, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. <span class="ver">31</span>For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod. <span class="ver">32</span>And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it. <span class="ver">33</span>For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made itM
deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
<h2 id="c31">Chapter 31</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD! <span class="ver">2</span>Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: buM
t will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. <span class="ver">3</span>Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together. <span class="ver">4</span>For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth M
against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. <span class="ver">5</span>As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted. <span class="ver">7</span>For in that day every man shall cast away his M
idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited. <span class="ver">9</span>And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
id="c32">Chapter 32</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. <span class="ver">2</span>And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. <span class="ver">3</span>And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. <span class="ver">4</span>The heart also of the rash shall understand M
knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. <span class="ver">5</span>The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. <span class="ver">6</span>For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. <span class="ver">7</span>The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth M
wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. <span class="ver">8</span>But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech. <span class="ver">10</span>Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. <span class="ver">11</span>Tremble, ye women M
that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins. <span class="ver">12</span>They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. <span class="ver">13</span>Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: <span class="ver">14</span>Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a M
joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; <span class="ver">15</span>Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. <span class="ver">16</span>Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. <span class="ver">17</span>And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. <span class="ver">18</span>And my people shall dwell in aM
peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places; <span class="ver">19</span>When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. <span class="ver">20</span>Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
<h2 id="c33">Chapter 33</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalM
t cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. <span class="ver">2</span>O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. <span class="ver">3</span>At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. <span class="ver">4</span>And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: asM
the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them. <span class="ver">5</span>The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness. <span class="ver">6</span>And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. <span class="ver">7</span>Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. <span class="ver">8</span>The highways lie waste, the wayfaring mM
an ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man. <span class="ver">9</span>The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. <span class="ver">10</span>Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself. <span class="ver">11</span>Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you. <span class="ver">12</spanM
>And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might. <span class="ver">14</span>The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? <span class="ver">15</span>He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that M
despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; <span class="ver">16</span>He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. <span class="ver">17</span>Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off. <span class="ver">18</span>Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is theM
scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers? <span class="ver">19</span>Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand. <span class="ver">20</span>Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. <span claM
ss="ver">21</span>But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. <span class="ver">22</span>For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us. <span class="ver">23</span>Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey. <span class="ver">24</span>AM
nd the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
<h2 id="c34">Chapter 34</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it. <span class="ver">2</span>For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. <span clasM
s="ver">3</span>Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. <span class="ver">4</span>And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. <span class="ver">5</span>For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the peM
ople of my curse, to judgment. <span class="ver">6</span>The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea. <span class="ver">7</span>And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. <span class="ver">8</span>For it is the day M
s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion. <span class="ver">9</span>And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. <span class="ver">10</span>It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>But the cormorant and the bitterM
n shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. <span class="ver">12</span>They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. <span class="ver">13</span>And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls. <span class="ver">14</span>The wild beasts of thM
e desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest. <span class="ver">15</span>There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hathM
commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. <span class="ver">17</span>And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
<h2 id="c35">Chapter 35</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. <span class="ver">2</span>It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singinM
g: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. <span class="ver">4</span>Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you. <span class="ver">5</span>Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears oM
f the deaf shall be unstopped. <span class="ver">6</span>Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. <span class="ver">7</span>And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. <span class="ver">8</span>And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the uncleanM
shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. <span class="ver">9</span>No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: <span class="ver">10</span>And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
<h2 id="c36">Chapter 36</h2>
n class="ver">1</span>Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them. <span class="ver">2</span>And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller
s field. <span class="ver">3</span>Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah
s son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribeM
s son, the recorder. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? <span class="ver">5</span>I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? <span class="ver">6</span>Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will gM
o into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him. <span class="ver">7</span>But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar? <span class="ver">8</span>Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. <span class=M
"ver">9</span>How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master
s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? <span class="ver">10</span>And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to uM
language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? <span class="ver">13</span>Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews
language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria. <span class="ver">14</sM
pan>Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you. <span class="ver">15</span>Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. <span class="ver">16</span>Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one M
the waters of his own cistern; <span class="ver">17</span>Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. <span class="ver">18</span>Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? <span class="ver">19</span>Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? <spaM
n class="ver">20</span>Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? <span class="ver">21</span>But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king
s commandment was, saying, Answer him not. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent,M
and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
<h2 id="c37">Chapter 37</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">2</span>And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. <span class="ver">3</span>And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This M
day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. <span class="ver">4</span>It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left. <span class="ver">5</span>So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. </p>
ver">6</span>And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. <span class="ver">7</span>Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heardM
that he was departed from Lachish. <span class="ver">9</span>And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, <span class="ver">10</span>Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. <span class="ver">11</span>Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to M
all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered? <span class="ver">12</span>Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar? <span class="ver">13</span>Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah weM
nt up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. <span class="ver">15</span>And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying, <span class="ver">16</span>O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth. <span class="ver">17</span>Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God. <span M
class="ver">18</span>Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries, <span class="ver">19</span>And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men
s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. <span class="ver">20</span>Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Then Isaiah the son of Amoz senM
t unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria: <span class="ver">22</span>This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. <span class="ver">23</span>Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the HoM
ly One of Israel. <span class="ver">24</span>By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel. <span class="ver">25</span>I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places. <span classM
="ver">26</span>Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps. <span class="ver">27</span>Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. <span class="ver">28</span>But I know thy abode, and thy goinM
g out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. <span class="ver">29</span>Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. <span class="ver">30</span>And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the frM
uit thereof. <span class="ver">31</span>And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: <span class="ver">32</span>For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. <span class="ver">33</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it. <sM
pan class="ver">34</span>By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">35</span>For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David
s sake. <span class="ver">36</span>Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">37</span>So SennM
acherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. <span class="ver">38</span>And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
<h2 id="c38">Chapter 38</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, ThuM
s saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. <span class="ver">2</span>Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, <span class="ver">3</span>And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, <span class="ver">5</span>Go, and say to HezekiM
ah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. <span class="ver">6</span>And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city. <span class="ver">7</span>And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken; <span class="ver">8</span>Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sM
un dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: <span class="ver">10</span>I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years. <span class="ver">11</span>I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with M
the inhabitants of the world. <span class="ver">12</span>Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd
s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. <span class="ver">13</span>I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. <span class="ver">14</span>Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail wM
ith looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me. <span class="ver">15</span>What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul. <span class="ver">16</span>O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. <span class="ver">17</span>Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruptioM
n: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. <span class="ver">18</span>For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. <span class="ver">19</span>The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. <span class="ver">20</span>The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD. <spanM
class="ver">21</span>For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover. <span class="ver">22</span>Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
<h2 id="c39">Chapter 39</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered. <span class="ver">2</span>And Hezekiah wM
as glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me,M
even from Babylon. <span class="ver">4</span>Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. <span class="ver">5</span>Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts: <span class="ver">6</span>Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saiM
th the LORD. <span class="ver">7</span>And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. <span class="ver">8</span>Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
<h2 id="c40">Chapter 40</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. <span class="ver">2</span>Speak ye comfM
ortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD
s hand double for all her sins. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. <span class="ver">4</span>Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: <span clM
ass="ver">5</span>And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. <span class="ver">6</span>The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: <span class="ver">7</span>The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. <span class="ver">8</span>The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the woM
rd of our God shall stand for ever. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! <span class="ver">10</span>Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. <span class="ver">11</span>He shall feed his flock like a shephM
erd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? <span class="ver">13</span>Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? <span class="ver">14</span>With whom tooM
k he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? <span class="ver">15</span>Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. <span class="ver">16</span>And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. <span class="ver">17</span>All nations before him are as nothing; and tM
hey are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? <span class="ver">19</span>The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. <span class="ver">20</span>He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. <span class="M
ver">21</span>Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? <span class="ver">22</span>It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: <span class="ver">23</span>That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. <span class="ver">24</span>Yea, thM
ey shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. <span class="ver">25</span>To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. <span class="ver">26</span>Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he M
is strong in power; not one faileth. <span class="ver">27</span>Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. <span class="ver">29</span>He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth stM
rength. <span class="ver">30</span>Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: <span class="ver">31</span>But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
<h2 id="c41">Chapter 41</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near togetheM
r to judgment. <span class="ver">2</span>Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. <span class="ver">3</span>He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. <span class="ver">4</span>Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. <span classM
="ver">5</span>The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. <span class="ver">6</span>They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. <span class="ver">7</span>So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved. <span class="ver">8</span>But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whomM
I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. <span class="ver">9</span>Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. <span class="ver">11</span>Behold, all they thatM
were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. <span class="ver">12</span>Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. <span class="ver">13</span>For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. <span class="ver">14</span>Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I willM
help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. <span class="ver">15</span>Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. <span class="ver">16</span>Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. <span class="ver">17</span>When the poor and needy seek waterM
, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. <span class="ver">18</span>I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. <span class="ver">19</span>I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: <span cM
lass="ver">20</span>That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. <span class="ver">21</span>Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. <span class="ver">22</span>Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.M
<span class="ver">23</span>Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. <span class="ver">24</span>Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you. <span class="ver">25</span>I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. <M
span class="ver">26</span>Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words. <span class="ver">27</span>The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. <span class="ver">28</span>For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, cM
ould answer a word. <span class="ver">29</span>Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
<h2 id="c42">Chapter 42</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. <span class="ver">2</span>He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. <span class="ver">3</span>A bruised reed shall he not bM
reak, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. <span class="ver">4</span>He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: <span class="ver">6</spaM
n>I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; <span class="ver">7</span>To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. <span class="ver">8</span>I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. <span class="ver">9</span>Behold, the former things are come to pass,M
and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. <span class="ver">10</span>Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. <span class="ver">11</span>Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. <span class="ver">12</span>Let them giveM
glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands. <span class="ver">13</span>The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. <span class="ver">14</span>I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. <span class="ver">15</span>I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will mM
ake the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. <span class="ver">16</span>And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods. <span class="ver">18</span>Hear, yeM
deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. <span class="ver">19</span>Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD
s servant? <span class="ver">20</span>Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not. <span class="ver">21</span>The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness
sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. <span class="ver">22</span>But this is a people robbed and spoiled; tM
hey are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore. <span class="ver">23</span>Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come? <span class="ver">24</span>Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law. <span class="ver">25</span>Therefore he hath pM
oured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
<h2 id="c43">Chapter 43</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. <span class="ver">2</span>When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, tM
hey shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. <span class="ver">3</span>For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. <span class="ver">4</span>Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life. <span class="ver">5</span>Fear not: for I am with thee: I will brM
ing thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; <span class="ver">6</span>I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; <span class="ver">7</span>Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. <span class="ver">9</span>Let all the natioM
ns be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth. <span class="ver">10</span>Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. <span class="ver">11</span>I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me thM
ere is no saviour. <span class="ver">12</span>I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God. <span class="ver">13</span>Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it? </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their noblesM
, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships. <span class="ver">15</span>I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. <span class="ver">16</span>Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; <span class="ver">17</span>Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Remember ye not the former things, neitherM
consider the things of old. <span class="ver">19</span>Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. <span class="ver">20</span>The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. <span class="ver">21</span>This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. </p>
ss="ver">22</span>But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. <span class="ver">23</span>Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. <span class="ver">24</span>Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast weaM
ried me with thine iniquities. <span class="ver">25</span>I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. <span class="ver">26</span>Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. <span class="ver">27</span>Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me. <span class="ver">28</span>Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to repM
<h2 id="c44">Chapter 44</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: <span class="ver">2</span>Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. <span class="ver">3</span>For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: <span class="veM
r">4</span>And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. <span class="ver">5</span>One shall say, I am the LORD
s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel. <span class="ver">6</span>Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. <span class="ver">7</span>And who, as I, shall calM
l, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. <span class="ver">8</span>Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are M
their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. <span class="ver">10</span>Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing? <span class="ver">11</span>Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. <span class="ver">12</span>The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it wiM
th the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint. <span class="ver">13</span>The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. <span class="ver">14</span>He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the treM
es of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. <span class="ver">15</span>Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto. <span class="ver">16</span>He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:M
<span class="ver">17</span>And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god. <span class="ver">18</span>They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. <span class="ver">19</span>And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea,M
also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? <span class="ver">20</span>He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotM
ten of me. <span class="ver">22</span>I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. <span class="ver">23</span>Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. <span class="ver">24</span>Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I aM
m the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; <span class="ver">25</span>That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; <span class="ver">26</span>That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decaM
yed places thereof: <span class="ver">27</span>That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: <span class="ver">28</span>That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
<h2 id="c45">Chapter 45</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to M
open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; <span class="ver">2</span>I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: <span class="ver">3</span>And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. <span class="ver">4</span>For Jacob my servant
s sake, and Israel mine elect, I M
have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: <span class="ver">6</span>That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. <span class="ver">7</span>I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these thiM
ngs. <span class="ver">8</span>Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it. <span class="ver">9</span>Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? <span class="ver">10</span>Woe unto him that saith unto his fathM
er, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth? <span class="ver">11</span>Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. <span class="ver">12</span>I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded. <span class="ver">13</span>I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shM
all build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts. <span class="ver">14</span>Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God. <span class="ver">15</spM
an>Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. <span class="ver">16</span>They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols. <span class="ver">17</span>But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. <span class="ver">18</span>For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established M
it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else. <span class="ver">19</span>I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god thatM
cannot save. <span class="ver">21</span>Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. <span class="ver">22</span>Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. <span class="ver">23</span>I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and M
shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. <span class="ver">24</span>Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. <span class="ver">25</span>In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
<h2 id="c46">Chapter 46</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriM
ages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. <span class="ver">2</span>They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: <span class="ver">4</span>And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; evenM
I will carry, and will deliver you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like? <span class="ver">6</span>They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship. <span class="ver">7</span>They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can hM
e not answer, nor save him out of his trouble. <span class="ver">8</span>Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors. <span class="ver">9</span>Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, <span class="ver">10</span>Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: <span class="ver">11</span>Calling a ravenM
ous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness: <span class="ver">13</span>I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
<h2 id="c47">Chapter 47</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Come downM
, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. <span class="ver">2</span>Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. <span class="ver">3</span>Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. <span class="ver">4</span>As for our redeemer, the LORDM
of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. <span class="ver">5</span>Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst nM
ot lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. <span class="ver">8</span>Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: <span class="ver">9</span>But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy soM
rceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddeM
nly, which thou shalt not know. <span class="ver">12</span>Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. <span class="ver">13</span>Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. <span class="ver">14</span>Behold, they shall be as stubM
ble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. <span class="ver">15</span>Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
<h2 id="c48">Chapter 48</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters M
of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. <span class="ver">2</span>For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. <span class="ver">3</span>I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass. <span class="ver">4</span>Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and M
thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; <span class="ver">5</span>I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them. <span class="ver">6</span>Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them. <span class="ver">7</span>They are created now, and not froM
m the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them. <span class="ver">8</span>Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>For my name
s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. <span class="ver">10</span>BeholdM
, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. <span class="ver">11</span>For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. <span class="ver">13</span>Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I caM
ll unto them, they stand up together. <span class="ver">14</span>All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. <span class="ver">15</span>I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time thaM
t it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. <span class="ver">17</span>Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. <span class="ver">18</span>O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: <span class="ver">19</span>Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels M
like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. <span class="ver">21</span>And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out. <span claM
ss="ver">22</span>There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.
<h2 id="c49">Chapter 49</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. <span class="ver">2</span>And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me; <span class="ver">3</span>And said unto me, Thou arM
t my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. <span class="ver">4</span>Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength. <span class="ver">6</span>And he saidM
, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. <span class="ver">7</span>Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy M
One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. <span class="ver">8</span>Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; <span class="ver">9</span>That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. <span clM
ass="ver">10</span>They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. <span class="ver">11</span>And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted. <span class="ver">12</span>Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; anM
d break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. <span class="ver">14</span>But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. <span class="ver">15</span>Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. <span class="ver">16</span>Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. <spanM
class="ver">17</span>Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth. <span class="ver">19</span>For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrowM
by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. <span class="ver">20</span>The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell. <span class="ver">21</span>Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, whereM
had they been? <span class="ver">22</span>Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. <span class="ver">23</span>And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not beM
ashamed that wait for me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? <span class="ver">25</span>But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. <span class="ver">26</span>And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as withM
sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
<h2 id="c50">Chapter 50</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother
s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away. <span class="ver">2</span>Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was thM
ere none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst. <span class="ver">3</span>I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. <span class="ver">4</span>The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by moM
rning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. <span class="ver">6</span>I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. <span claM
ss="ver">8</span>He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. <span class="ver">9</span>Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upoM
n his God. <span class="ver">11</span>Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
<h2 id="c51">Chapter 51</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. <span class="ver">2</span>Look unto Abraham M
your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. <span class="ver">3</span>For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my juM
dgment to rest for a light of the people. <span class="ver">5</span>My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust. <span class="ver">6</span>Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shM
all not be abolished. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. <span class="ver">8</span>For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancM
ient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? <span class="ver">10</span>Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? <span class="ver">11</span>Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away. <span class="verM
">12</span>I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; <span class="ver">13</span>And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor? <span class="ver">14</span>The captive exile hasteneth that heM
may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail. <span class="ver">15</span>But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name. <span class="ver">16</span>And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which haM
st drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. <span class="ver">18</span>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. <span class="ver">19</span>These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee? <span class="ver"M
>20</span>Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: <span class="ver">22</span>Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: <span cM
lass="ver">23</span>But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
<h2 id="c52">Chapter 52</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. <span class="ver">2</span>Shake thyself fromM
the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. <span class="ver">3</span>For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money. <span class="ver">4</span>For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. <span class="ver">5</span>Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? tM
hey that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed. <span class="ver">6</span>Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! <span class="ver">M
8</span>Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. <span class="ver">10</span>The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11<M
/span>Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD. <span class="ver">12</span>For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. <span class="ver">14</span>As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so mM
arred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: <span class="ver">15</span>So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
<h2 id="c53">Chapter 53</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? <span class="ver">2</span>For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dryM
ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. <span class="ver">3</span>He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. <span class="ver">5</span>But he was wounded for our transM
gressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. <span class="ver">6</span>All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. <span class="ver">7</span>He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. <span class="ver">8</span>HM
e was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. <span class="ver">9</span>And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his M
seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. <span class="ver">11</span>He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. <span class="ver">12</span>Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of maM
ny, and made intercession for the transgressors.
<h2 id="c54">Chapter 54</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">2</span>Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; <span clasM
s="ver">3</span>For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. <span class="ver">4</span>Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. <span class="ver">5</span>For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy M
One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. <span class="ver">6</span>For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. <span class="ver">7</span>For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. <span class="ver">8</span>In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer. <span class="ver">9</M
span>For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. <span class="ver">10</span>For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, IM
will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. <span class="ver">12</span>And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. <span class="ver">13</span>And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children. <span class="ver">14</span>In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee. <M
span class="ver">15</span>Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. <span class="ver">16</span>Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is M
the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
<h2 id="c55">Chapter 55</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. <span class="ver">2</span>Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let yoM
ur soul delight itself in fatness. <span class="ver">3</span>Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. <span class="ver">4</span>Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. <span class="ver">5</span>Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of IsraeM
l; for he hath glorified thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: <span class="ver">7</span>Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">9</span>For as the heavens aM
re higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. <span class="ver">10</span>For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: <span class="ver">11</span>So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thinM
g whereto I sent it. <span class="ver">12</span>For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. <span class="ver">13</span>Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
<h2 id="c56">Chapter 56</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>M
Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. <span class="ver">2</span>Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch saM
y, Behold, I am a dry tree. <span class="ver">4</span>For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; <span class="ver">5</span>Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. <span class="ver">6</span>Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the nameM
of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; <span class="ver">7</span>Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people. <span class="ver">8</span>The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gaM
thered unto him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest. <span class="ver">10</span>His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. <span class="ver">11</span>Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. <span class="ver">12</span>CoM
me ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
<h2 id="c57">Chapter 57</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. <span class="ver">2</span>He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</M
span>But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore. <span class="ver">4</span>Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood, <span class="ver">5</span>Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? <span class="ver">6</span>Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are M
thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these? <span class="ver">7</span>Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. <span class="ver">8</span>Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou M
sawest it. <span class="ver">9</span>And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell. <span class="ver">10</span>Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved. <span class="ver">11</span>And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy hM
eart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not? <span class="ver">12</span>I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain; <span class="ver">14</span>And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the sM
tumblingblock out of the way of my people. <span class="ver">15</span>For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. <span class="ver">16</span>For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. <span class="ver">17</span>ForM
the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. <span class="ver">18</span>I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. <span class="ver">19</span>I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him. <span class="ver">20</span>But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot M
rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. <span class="ver">21</span>There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
<h2 id="c58">Chapter 58</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. <span class="ver">2</span>Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they taM
ke delight in approaching to God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. <span class="ver">4</span>Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. <span class="ver">5</span>Is it such a fast that I have chosen? M
a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD? <span class="ver">6</span>Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? <span class="ver">7</span>Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seM
est the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward. <span class="ver">9</span>Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speM
aking vanity; <span class="ver">10</span>And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: <span class="ver">11</span>And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. <span class="ver">12</span>And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raisM
e up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: <span class="ver">14</span>Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thM
ee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
<h2 id="c59">Chapter 59</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Behold, the LORD
s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: <span class="ver">2</span>But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. <span class="ver">3</span>For your hands are defiled wM
ith blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. <span class="ver">4</span>None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. <span class="ver">5</span>They hatch cockatrice
eggs, and weave the spider
s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. <span class="ver">6</span>Their webs shall not become garments, nM
either shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. <span class="ver">7</span>Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. <span class="ver">8</span>The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9M
</span>Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. <span class="ver">10</span>We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men. <span class="ver">11</span>We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. <span class="ver">12</sM
pan>For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them; <span class="ver">13</span>In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. <span class="ver">14</span>And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. <spM
an class="ver">15</span>Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him. <span class="ver">17</span>For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of venM
geance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke. <span class="ver">18</span>According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence. <span class="ver">19</span>So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And the Redeemer shall comM
e to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">21</span>As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed
s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
<h2 id="c60">Chapter 60</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LOM
RD is risen upon thee. <span class="ver">2</span>For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. <span class="ver">3</span>And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. <span class="ver">4</span>Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. <spanM
class="ver">5</span>Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee. <span class="ver">6</span>The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD. <span class="ver">7</span>All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unM
to thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory. <span class="ver">8</span>Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? <span class="ver">9</span>Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. <span class="verM
">10</span>And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. <span class="ver">11</span>Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. <span class="ver">12</span>For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.M
<span class="ver">13</span>The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. <span class="ver">14</span>The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. <span class="ver">15</span>Whereas thou hast M
been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. <span class="ver">16</span>Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. <span class="ver">17</span>For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors rigM
hteousness. <span class="ver">18</span>Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. <span class="ver">19</span>The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. <span class="ver">20</span>Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thM
ine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. <span class="ver">21</span>Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. <span class="ver">22</span>A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.
<h2 id="c61">Chapter 61</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed meM
to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; <span class="ver">2</span>To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; <span class="ver">3</span>To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called M
trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. <span class="ver">5</span>And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. <span class="ver">6</span>But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the MinisteM
rs of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. <span class="ver">8</span>For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. <span class="ver">M
9</span>And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed. <span class="ver">10</span>I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. <span class="ver">11</span>FoM
r as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
<h2 id="c62">Chapter 62</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>For Zion
s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem
s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. <span class="ver">2</span>And the Gentiles shall see thy M
righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name. <span class="ver">3</span>Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. <span class="ver">4</span>Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</M
span>For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. <span class="ver">6</span>I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, <span class="ver">7</span>And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. <span class="ver">8</span>The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and M
by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured: <span class="ver">9</span>But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lifM
t up a standard for the people. <span class="ver">11</span>Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. <span class="ver">12</span>And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
<h2 id="c63">Chapter 63</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from BozrM
ah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. <span class="ver">2</span>Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? <span class="ver">3</span>I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. <span cM
lass="ver">4</span>For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. <span class="ver">5</span>And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. <span class="ver">6</span>And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>I will mention the lovingkindnesses oM
f the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. <span class="ver">8</span>For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. <span class="ver">9</span>In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redM
eemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. <span class="ver">11</span>Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? <span class="ver">12</span>That led them by the right hand of Moses with hiM
s glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? <span class="ver">13</span>That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? <span class="ver">14</span>As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zealM
and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained? <span class="ver">16</span>Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants
sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. <span class="ver">18</span>The peM
ople of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. <span class="ver">19</span>We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
<h2 id="c64">Chapter 64</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, <span class="ver">2</span>As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name knoM
wn to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence! <span class="ver">3</span>When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. <span class="ver">4</span>For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. <span class="ver">5</span>Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that rM
emember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. <span class="ver">6</span>But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. <span class="ver">7</span>And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. <spM
an class="ver">8</span>But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. <span class="ver">10</span>Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. <span class="ver">11</span>Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: andM
all our pleasant things are laid waste. <span class="ver">12</span>Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
<h2 id="c65">Chapter 65</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. <span class="ver">2</span>I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was notM
good, after their own thoughts; <span class="ver">3</span>A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; <span class="ver">4</span>Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine
s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; <span class="ver">5</span>Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. M
<span class="ver">6</span>Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, <span class="ver">7</span>Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a bM
lessing is in it: so will I do for my servants
sakes, that I may not destroy them all. <span class="ver">9</span>And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there. <span class="ver">10</span>And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that foM
rget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number. <span class="ver">12</span>Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not. <span class="ver">13</span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall dM
rink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: <span class="ver">14</span>Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. <span class="ver">15</span>And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name: <span class="ver">16</span>That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he thM
at sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. <span class="ver">18</span>But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. <span class="ver">19</span>And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my peM
ople: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying. <span class="ver">20</span>There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed. <span class="ver">21</span>And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. <span class="ver">22</span>They shall not build, and another inhabit; tM
hey shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. <span class="ver">23</span>They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them. <span class="ver">24</span>And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. <span class="ver">25</span>The wolf and the lamb shall feed togethM
er, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent
s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
<h2 id="c66">Chapter 66</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? <span class="ver">2</span>For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will IM
look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. <span class="ver">3</span>He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog
s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine
s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. <span class="ver">4</span>I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; bM
ecause when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name
s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. <span class="ver">6</span>A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that renderetM
h recompence to his enemies. <span class="ver">7</span>Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. <span class="ver">8</span>Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. <span class="ver">9</span>Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shuM
t the womb? saith thy God. <span class="ver">10</span>Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: <span class="ver">11</span>That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. <span class="ver">12</span>For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suM
ck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. <span class="ver">13</span>As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. <span class="ver">14</span>And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. <span class="ver">15</span>For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwiM
nd, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. <span class="ver">16</span>For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many. <span class="ver">17</span>They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine
s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">18</span>For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, thM
at I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory. <span class="ver">19</span>And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. <span class="ver">20</span>And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations uponM
horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">21</span>And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">22</span>For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. <span class="ver">23</span>And iM
t shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">24</span>And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. </p>
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<span>THE THIRD BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED</span>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
<a href="#c1">1</a></li>
<li><a href="#c2">2</a></li>
<li><a href="#c3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="#c4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="#c5">5</a></li>
<li><a href="#c6">6</a></li>
<li><a href="#c7">7</a></li>
<li><a href="#c8">8</a></li>
<li><a href="#c9">9</a></li>
<li><a href="#c10">10</a></li>
<li><a href="#c11">11</a></li>
<li><a href="#c12">12</a></li>
<li><a href="#c13">13</a></li>
<li><a href="#c14">14</a></li>
<li><a href="#c15">15</a></li>
i><a href="#c16">16</a></li>
<li><a href="#c17">17</a></li>
<li><a href="#c18">18</a></li>
<li><a href="#c19">19</a></li>
<li><a href="#c20">20</a></li>
<li><a href="#c21">21</a></li>
<li><a href="#c22">22</a></li>
<li><a href="#c23">23</a></li>
<li><a href="#c24">24</a></li>
<li><a href="#c25">25</a></li>
<li><a href="#c26">26</a></li>
<li><a href="#c27">27</a></li>
<h2 id="c1">Chapter 1</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD M
called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock. <span class="ver">3</span>If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LM
ORD. <span class="ver">4</span>And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. <span class="ver">5</span>And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron
s sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. <span class="ver">6</span>And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces. <span class="ver">7</span>And the soM
ns of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire: <span class="ver">8</span>And the priests, Aaron
s sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar: <span class="ver">9</span>But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And if hisM
offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish. <span class="ver">11</span>And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron
s sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar. <span class="ver">12</span>And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar: <span class="veM
r">13</span>But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons. <span class="ver">15</span>And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and theM
blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar: <span class="ver">16</span>And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes: <span class="ver">17</span>And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
<h2 id="c2">Chapter 2</h2>
p><span class="ver">1</span>And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: <span class="ver">2</span>And he shall bring it to Aaron
s sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: <span class="vM
er">3</span>And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron
: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. <span class="verM
">6</span>Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. <span class="ver">8</span>And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar. <span class="ver">9</span>And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn M
it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. <span class="ver">10</span>And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron
: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire. <span class="ver">11</span>No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the LORD made by fire. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>As for the oblation of the firsM
tfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour. <span class="ver">13</span>And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. <span class="ver">14</span>And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of cornM
dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears. <span class="ver">15</span>And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering. <span class="ver">16</span>And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
<h2 id="c3">Chapter 3</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of theM
herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD. <span class="ver">2</span>And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron
s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. <span class="ver">3</span>And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,M
<span class="ver">4</span>And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. <span class="ver">5</span>And Aaron
s sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock; male or female, he sM
hall offer it without blemish. <span class="ver">7</span>If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the LORD. <span class="ver">8</span>And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron
s sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar. <span class="ver">9</span>And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shalM
l he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, <span class="ver">10</span>And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. <span class="ver">11</span>And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before M
the LORD. <span class="ver">13</span>And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about. <span class="ver">14</span>And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, <span class="ver">15</span>And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and tM
he caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. <span class="ver">16</span>And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD
s. <span class="ver">17</span>It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
<h2 id="c4">Chapter 4</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Speak unto theM
children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them: <span class="ver">3</span>If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering. <span class="ver">4</span>And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation M
before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock
s head, and kill the bullock before the LORD. <span class="ver">5</span>And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock
s blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation: <span class="ver">6</span>And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary. <span class="ver">7</span>And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweM
et incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. <span class="ver">8</span>And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, <span class="ver">9</span>And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and thM
e caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away, <span class="ver">10</span>As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering. <span class="ver">11</span>And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung, <span class="ver">12</span>Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and bM
urn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty; <span class="ver">14</span>When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and brM
ing him before the tabernacle of the congregation. <span class="ver">15</span>And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD. <span class="ver">16</span>And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock
s blood to the tabernacle of the congregation: <span class="ver">17</span>And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail. <spM
an class="ver">18</span>And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. <span class="ver">19</span>And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar. <span class="ver">20</span>And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do M
with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them. <span class="ver">21</span>And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty; <span class="ver">23</span>Or if his sin, whereinM
he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish: <span class="ver">24</span>And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering. <span class="ver">25</span>And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt ofM
fering. <span class="ver">26</span>And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; <span class="ver">28</span>Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, coM
me to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. <span class="ver">29</span>And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. <span class="ver">30</span>And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. <span class="ver"M
>31</span>And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him. <span class="ver">32</span>And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish. <span class="ver">33</span>And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the plM
ace where they kill the burnt offering. <span class="ver">34</span>And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar: <span class="ver">35</span>And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORM
D: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
<h2 id="c5">Chapter 5</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. <span class="ver">2</span>Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and M
if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty. <span class="ver">3</span>Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty. <span class="ver">4</span>Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these. <span claM
ss="ver">5</span>And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing: <span class="ver">6</span>And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin. <span class="ver">7</span>And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committM
ed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. <span class="ver">8</span>And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder: <span class="ver">9</span>And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering. <sM
pan class="ver">10</span>And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a siM
n offering. <span class="ver">12</span>Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin offering. <span class="ver">13</span>And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest
s, as a meat offering. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And the LORM
D spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">15</span>If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering: <span class="ver">16</span>And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priestM
shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. <span class="ver">18</span>And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him cM
oncerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him. <span class="ver">19</span>It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the LORD.
<h2 id="c6">Chapter 6</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neigM
hbour; <span class="ver">3</span>Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein: <span class="ver">4</span>Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, <span class="ver">5</span>Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even rM
estore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering. <span class="ver">6</span>And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: <span class="ver">7</span>And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.M
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">9</span>Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it. <span class="ver">10</span>And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering M
on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. <span class="ver">11</span>And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place. <span class="ver">12</span>And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings. <span class="ver">13</span>The fire shall ever be burniM
ng upon the altar; it shall never go out. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar. <span class="ver">15</span>And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD. <span class="ver">16</span>And the remainder thereof shalM
l Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it. <span class="ver">17</span>It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering. <span class="ver">18</span>All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offeriM
ngs of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">20</span>This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night. <span class="ver">21</span>In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bringM
it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the LORD. <span class="ver">22</span>And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt. <span class="ver">23</span>For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">25</span>Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, sayiM
ng, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD: it is most holy. <span class="ver">26</span>The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation. <span class="ver">27</span>Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled inM
the holy place. <span class="ver">28</span>But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water. <span class="ver">29</span>All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy. <span class="ver">30</span>And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.
<h2 id="c7">Chapter 7</M
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy. <span class="ver">2</span>In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar. <span class="ver">3</span>And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, <span class="ver">4</span>And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul tM
hat is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away: <span class="ver">5</span>And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering. <span class="ver">6</span>Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy. <span class="ver">7</span>As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it. <span class="ver">8<M
/span>And the priest that offereth any man
s burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered. <span class="ver">9</span>And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest
s that offereth it. <span class="ver">10</span>And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another. <span class="ver">11</span>And this is the law ofM
the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the LORD. <span class="ver">12</span>If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. <span class="ver">13</span>Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. <span class="ver">14</span>And of it he shall offer onM
e out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest
s that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings. <span class="ver">15</span>And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning. <span class="ver">16</span>But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow M
also the remainder of it shall be eaten: <span class="ver">17</span>But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire. <span class="ver">18</span>And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity. <span class="ver">19</span>And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thinM
g shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof. <span class="ver">20</span>But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. <span class="ver">21</span>Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifiM
ce of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">23</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat. <span class="ver">24</span>And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it. <span class="ver">25</spM
an>For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people. <span class="ver">26</span>Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings. <span class="ver">27</span>Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="veM
r">29</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings. <span class="ver">30</span>His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the LORD. <span class="ver">31</span>And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron
. <span class="ver">32</span>And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings. <span class="ver">33</span>He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part. <span class="ver">34</span>For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest M
and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest
s office; <span class="ver">36</span>Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations. <span class=M
"ver">37</span>This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; <span class="ver">38</span>Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai.
<h2 id="c8">Chapter 8</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</spM
an>Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread; <span class="ver">3</span>And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. <span class="ver">4</span>And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. <span class="ver">5</span>And Moses said unto the congregation, This is thM
e thing which the LORD commanded to be done. <span class="ver">6</span>And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. <span class="ver">7</span>And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. <span class="ver">8</span>And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim. <span class="ver">9</span>AM
nd he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses. <span class="ver">10</span>And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them. <span class="ver">11</span>And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them. <span class="ver">12</span>And he poured of the anointing M
s head, and anointed him, to sanctify him. <span class="ver">13</span>And Moses brought Aaron
s sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the LORD commanded Moses. <span class="ver">14</span>And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering. <span class="ver">15</span>And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about wM
ith his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it. <span class="ver">16</span>And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar. <span class="ver">17</span>But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And he broughtM
the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. <span class="ver">19</span>And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. <span class="ver">20</span>And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat. <span class="ver">21</span>And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto theM
LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. <span class="ver">23</span>And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron
s right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. <span class="ver">24</span>And he brought Aaron
s sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, anM
d upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. <span class="ver">25</span>And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoulder: <span class="ver">26</span>And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them onM
the fat, and upon the right shoulder: <span class="ver">27</span>And he put all upon Aaron
s hands, and upon his sons
hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the LORD. <span class="ver">28</span>And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. <span class="ver">29</span>And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the LORD: for of the ram of conM
secration it was Moses
part; as the LORD commanded Moses. <span class="ver">30</span>And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons
garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons
garments with him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thM
ere eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it. <span class="ver">32</span>And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire. <span class="ver">33</span>And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you. <span class="ver">34</span>As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to dM
o, to make an atonement for you. <span class="ver">35</span>Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded. <span class="ver">36</span>So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
<h2 id="c9">Chapter 9</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel; <span clasM
s="ver">2</span>And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD. <span class="ver">3</span>And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering; <span class="ver">4</span>Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD; and a meat offering mingled with oil:M
for to day the LORD will appear unto you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD. <span class="ver">6</span>And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you. <span class="ver">7</span>And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atoM
nement for thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the LORD commanded. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. <span class="ver">9</span>And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar: <span class="ver">10</span>But the fat, and M
the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses. <span class="ver">11</span>And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. <span class="ver">12</span>And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron
s sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar. <span class="ver">13</span>And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar. <span claM
ss="ver">14</span>And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And he brought the people
s offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first. <span class="ver">16</span>And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the manner. <span class="ver">17</span>And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altM
ar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning. <span class="ver">18</span>He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron
s sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about, <span class="ver">19</span>And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver: <span class="ver">20</span>And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat M
upon the altar: <span class="ver">21</span>And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded. <span class="ver">22</span>And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings. <span class="ver">23</span>And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the peoM
ple. <span class="ver">24</span>And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
<h2 id="c10">Chapter 10</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. <span class="ver">2</span>And there went out fire from tM
he LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. <span class="ver">3</span>Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. <span class="ver">4</span>And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. <span class="ver">5</span>So they went near, andM
carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said. <span class="ver">6</span>And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled. <span class="ver">7</span>And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is uM
pon you. And they did according to the word of Moses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying, <span class="ver">9</span>Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations: <span class="ver">10</span>And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; <span class="ver">11</span>And that ye may teach the childreM
n of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy: <span class="ver">13</span>And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons
due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so M
I am commanded. <span class="ver">14</span>And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons
due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel. <span class="ver">15</span>The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons
with thee, by a stM
atute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying, <span class="ver">17</span>Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD? <span class="ver">18</span>Behold, M
the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded. <span class="ver">19</span>And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD? <span class="ver">20</span>And when Moses heard that, he was content.
<h2 id="c11">Chapter 11</h2>
class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, <span class="ver">2</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. <span class="ver">3</span>Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. <span class="ver">4</span>Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheM
weth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. <span class="ver">5</span>And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. <span class="ver">6</span>And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. <span class="ver">7</span>And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. <span class="ver">8</span>Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase M
shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. <span class="ver">10</span>And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: <span class="ver">11</span>They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye sM
hall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. <span class="ver">12</span>Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, <span class="ver">14</span>And the vulture, and the kite after his kind; <span class="ver">15</span>Every raven after his M
kind; <span class="ver">16</span>And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, <span class="ver">17</span>And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, <span class="ver">18</span>And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, <span class="ver">19</span>And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. <span class="ver">20</span>All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you. <span class="ver">21</span>Yet these may ye M
eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth; <span class="ver">22</span>Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. <span class="ver">23</span>But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you. <span class="ver">24</span>And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the M
carcase of them shall be unclean until the even. <span class="ver">25</span>And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. <span class="ver">26</span>The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean. <span class="ver">27</span>And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whosM
o toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even. <span class="ver">28</span>And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind, <span class="ver">30</span>And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. <span class="ver">3M
1</span>These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even. <span class="ver">32</span>And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed. <span class="ver">33</span>And every earthen vessel, whereinto any M
of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it. <span class="ver">34</span>Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. <span class="ver">35</span>And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. <span class="ver">36</span>NevertheleM
ss a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean. <span class="ver">37</span>And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean. <span class="ver">38</span>But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. <span class="ver">39</span>And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean uM
ntil the even. <span class="ver">40</span>And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. <span class="ver">41</span>And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten. <span class="ver">42</span>Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creeM
p upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination. <span class="ver">43</span>Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. <span class="ver">44</span>For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. <span class="ver">45</spanM
>For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. <span class="ver">46</span>This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth: <span class="ver">47</span>To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.
<h2 id="c12">Chapter 12</h2>
<p><span class="vM
er">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. <span class="ver">3</span>And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. <span class="ver">4</span>And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowM
ed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. <span class="ver">5</span>But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. <span class="ver">6</span>And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door ofM
the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest: <span class="ver">7</span>Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female. <span class="ver">8</span>And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.M
<h2 id="c13">Chapter 13</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests: <span class="ver">3</span>And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plM
ague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. <span class="ver">4</span>If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days: <span class="ver">5</span>And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spreM
ad not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more: <span class="ver">6</span>And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. <span class="ver">7</span>But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again: <span clM
ass="ver">8</span>And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest; <span class="ver">10</span>And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising; <span class="ver">11</span>It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flM
esh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean. <span class="ver">12</span>And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh; <span class="ver">13</span>Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean. <span class="ver">14<M
/span>But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. <span class="ver">15</span>And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy. <span class="ver">16</span>Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest; <span class="ver">17</span>And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean. </p>
><span class="ver">18</span>The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed, <span class="ver">19</span>And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest; <span class="ver">20</span>And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil. <span class="ver">21M
</span>But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: <span class="ver">22</span>And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague. <span class="ver">23</span>But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>Or if there be M
any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white; <span class="ver">25</span>Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. <span class="ver">26</span>But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white haiM
r in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: <span class="ver">27</span>And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. <span class="ver">28</span>And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him cleaM
n: for it is an inflammation of the burning. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard; <span class="ver">30</span>Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard. <span class="ver">31</span>And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper tM
han the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days: <span class="ver">32</span>And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin; <span class="ver">33</span>He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more: <span class="ver">34</spM
an>And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. <span class="ver">35</span>But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing; <span class="ver">36</span>Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean. <span class="ver">37<M
/span>But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean. </p>
<p><span class="ver">38</span>If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots; <span class="ver">39</span>Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean. <span class="ver">40M
</span>And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean. <span class="ver">41</span>And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean. <span class="ver">42</span>And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead. <span class="ver">43</span>Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in hisM
bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh; <span class="ver">44</span>He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head. <span class="ver">45</span>And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. <span class="ver">46</span>All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is uM
nclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be. </p>
<p><span class="ver">47</span>The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment; <span class="ver">48</span>Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin; <span class="ver">49</span>And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a pM
lague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest: <span class="ver">50</span>And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days: <span class="ver">51</span>And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean. <span class="ver">52</span>He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woM
ollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire. <span class="ver">53</span>And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; <span class="ver">54</span>Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more: <span class="ver">55</span>And the priest shall look on the plague, after thaM
t it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without. <span class="ver">56</span>And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: <span class="ver">57</span>And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in theM
woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire. <span class="ver">58</span>And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean. <span class="ver">59</span>This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to proM
<h2 id="c14">Chapter 14</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: <span class="ver">3</span>And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper; <span class="ver">4</span>Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alivM
e and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: <span class="ver">5</span>And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water: <span class="ver">6</span>As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water: <span class="ver">7</span>And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, andM
shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field. <span class="ver">8</span>And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days. <span class="ver">9</span>But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and hM
e shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean. <span class="ver">10</span>And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. <span class="ver">11</span>And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregaM
tion: <span class="ver">12</span>And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: <span class="ver">13</span>And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest
s, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy: <span class="ver">14</span>And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and tM
he priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot: <span class="ver">15</span>And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand: <span class="ver">16</span>And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD: <span class="ver">17</span>And of the rest of the M
oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering: <span class="ver">18</span>And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest
s hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD. <span class="ver">19</span>And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an aM
tonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering: <span class="ver">20</span>And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean. <span class="ver">21</span>And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat ofM
fering, and a log of oil; <span class="ver">22</span>And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering. <span class="ver">23</span>And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD. <span class="ver">24</span>And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offeM
ring before the LORD: <span class="ver">25</span>And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot: <span class="ver">26</span>And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand: <span class="ver">27</span>And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil tM
hat is in his left hand seven times before the LORD: <span class="ver">28</span>And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering: <span class="ver">29</span>And the rest of the oil that is in the priest
s hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the LORD. <spM
an class="ver">30</span>And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get; <span class="ver">31</span>Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD. <span class="ver">32</span>This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing. </p>
class="ver">33</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, <span class="ver">34</span>When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession; <span class="ver">35</span>And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house: <span class="ver">36</span>Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go intM
o it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house: <span class="ver">37</span>And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall; <span class="ver">38</span>Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days: <span class="ver">39</span>And the priest shall come again the M
seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house; <span class="ver">40</span>Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city: <span class="ver">41</span>And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place: <span class="ver">42</span>And they shall take other stones, and pM
ut them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house. <span class="ver">43</span>And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered; <span class="ver">44</span>Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean. <span class="ver">45</span>And he shall break down the housM
e, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place. <span class="ver">46</span>Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even. <span class="ver">47</span>And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes. <span class="ver">48</span>And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the plague haM
th not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed. <span class="ver">49</span>And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: <span class="ver">50</span>And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water: <span class="ver">51</span>And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain biM
rd, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times: <span class="ver">52</span>And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet: <span class="ver">53</span>But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean. <span class="ver">54</span>This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and sM
call, <span class="ver">55</span>And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house, <span class="ver">56</span>And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot: <span class="ver">57</span>To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.
<h2 id="c15">Chapter 15</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh,M
because of his issue he is unclean. <span class="ver">3</span>And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. <span class="ver">4</span>Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean. <span class="ver">5</span>And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. <span class="ver">6</span>M
And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. <span class="ver">7</span>And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. <span class="ver">8</span>And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. <span class="ver">9</span>M
And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean. <span class="ver">10</span>And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. <span class="ver">11</span>And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. <span clM
ass="ver">12</span>And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. <span class="ver">13</span>And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean. <span class="ver">14</span>And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the M
door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest: <span class="ver">15</span>And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD for his issue. <span class="ver">16</span>And if any man
s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. <span class="ver">17</span>And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of coM
pulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. <span class="ver">18</span>The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. <span class="ver">20</span>And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall M
be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. <span class="ver">21</span>And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. <span class="ver">22</span>And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. <span class="ver">23</span>And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. <spM
an class="ver">24</span>And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. <span class="ver">25</span>And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean. <span class="ver">26</span>Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issuM
e shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation. <span class="ver">27</span>And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. <span class="ver">28</span>But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. <span class="ver">29</span>And on the eighth day she shall take unto hM
er two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. <span class="ver">30</span>And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness. <span class="ver">31</span>Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among thM
em. <span class="ver">32</span>This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith; <span class="ver">33</span>And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.
<h2 id="c16">Chapter 16</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died; <span class="ver">2</spanM
>And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. <span class="ver">3</span>Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. <span class="ver">4</span>He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded M
with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on. <span class="ver">5</span>And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. <span class="ver">6</span>And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house. <span class="ver">7</span>And he shall taM
ke the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. <span class="ver">8</span>And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat. <span class="ver">9</span>And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD
s lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. <span class="ver">10</span>But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and tM
o let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. <span class="ver">11</span>And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself: <span class="ver">12</span>And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: <span class="ver">13</span>And he shaM
ll put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not: <span class="ver">14</span>And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, aM
nd do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: <span class="ver">16</span>And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. <span class="ver">17</span>And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregaM
tion when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. <span class="ver">18</span>And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. <span class="ver">19</span>And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven tM
imes, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: <span class="ver">21</span>And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and sM
hall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: <span class="ver">22</span>And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. <span class="ver">23</span>And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there: <span class="ver">24</span>And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put oM
n his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. <span class="ver">25</span>And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar. <span class="ver">26</span>And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp. <span class="ver">27</span>And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood wasM
brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. <span class="ver">28</span>And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether itM
be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: <span class="ver">30</span>For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD. <span class="ver">31</span>It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. <span class="ver">32</span>And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest
s office in his father
s stead, shall make M
the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments: <span class="ver">33</span>And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation. <span class="ver">34</span>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. And he did as the LORD M
<h2 id="c17">Chapter 17</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, saying, <span class="ver">3</span>What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, <span class="ver">4</span>And bringeth it not unto the door ofM
the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people: <span class="ver">5</span>To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD. <span clM
ass="ver">6</span>And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the LORD. <span class="ver">7</span>And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers whicM
h sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice, <span class="ver">9</span>And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the LORD; even that man shall be cut off from among his people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. <spM
an class="ver">11</span>For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. <span class="ver">12</span>Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. <span class="ver">13</span>And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and caM
tcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. <span class="ver">14</span>For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. <span class="ver">15</span>And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be M
one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean. <span class="ver">16</span>But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.
<h2 id="c18">Chapter 18</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God. <span class="ver">3</span>After the doings of the laM
nd of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. <span class="ver">4</span>Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God. <span class="ver">5</span>Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin M
to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. <span class="ver">7</span>The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. <span class="ver">8</span>The nakedness of thy father
s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father
s nakedness. <span class="ver">9</span>The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou sM
halt not uncover. <span class="ver">10</span>The nakedness of thy son
s daughter, or of thy daughter
s daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness. <span class="ver">11</span>The nakedness of thy father
s daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. <span class="ver">12</span>Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father
s sister: she is thy father
s near kinswoman. <span class="ver">13</span>Thou shalM
t not uncover the nakedness of thy mother
s sister: for she is thy mother
s near kinswoman. <span class="ver">14</span>Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father
s brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt. <span class="ver">15</span>Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son
s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. <span class="ver">16</span>Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother
s wife: it is thy brother
n class="ver">17</span>Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son
s daughter, or her daughter
s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness. <span class="ver">18</span>Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. <span class="ver">19</span>Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uM
ncleanness. <span class="ver">20</span>Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour
s wife, to defile thyself with her. <span class="ver">21</span>And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. <span class="ver">22</span>Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. <span class="ver">23</span>Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand befM
ore a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion. <span class="ver">24</span>Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: <span class="ver">25</span>And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. <span class="ver">26</span>Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stM
ranger that sojourneth among you: <span class="ver">27</span>(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;) <span class="ver">28</span>That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you. <span class="ver">29</span>For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. <span class="ver">30</span>Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinanM
ce, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
<h2 id="c19">Chapter 19</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my saM
bbaths: I am the LORD your God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will. <span class="ver">6</span>It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire. <span class="ver">7</span>And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it M
is abominable; it shall not be accepted. <span class="ver">8</span>Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. <span class="ver">10</span>And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather evM
ery grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the mM
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood M
of thy neighbour: I am the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field M
with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. <span class="ver">21</span>And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering. <span M
class="ver">22</span>And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of. <span class="ver">24</span>But in the fourth year aM
ll the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal. <span class="ver">25</span>And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. <span class="ver">27</span>Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. <span class="ver">28</span>Ye shall not make aM
ny cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. </pM
<p><span class="ver">32</span>Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. <span class="ver">34</span>But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>Ye shall do no unM
righteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. <span class="ver">36</span>Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. <span class="ver">37</span>Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.
<h2 id="c20">Chapter 20</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Again, thou shalt say to the childrM
en of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. <span class="ver">3</span>And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. <span class="ver">4</span>And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyeM
s from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not: <span class="ver">5</span>Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God. <span class="ver">8</span>And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And the man that committeth adultery with another man
s wife, even he that committeM
th adultery with his neighbour
s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. <span class="ver">11</span>And the man that lieth with his father
s wife hath uncovered his father
s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. <span class="ver">12</span>And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. <span class="ver">13</span>If a man also lie with mM
ankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. <span class="ver">14</span>And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you. <span class="ver">15</span>And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast. <span class="ver">16</span>And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down tM
hereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. <span class="ver">17</span>And if a man shall take his sister, his father
s daughter, or his mother
s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister
s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity. <span class="ver">18</span>And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, andM
shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people. <span class="ver">19</span>And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother
s sister, nor of thy father
s sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity. <span class="ver">20</span>And if a man shall lie with his uncle
s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle
s nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die M
childless. <span class="ver">21</span>And if a man shall take his brother
s wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother
s nakedness; they shall be childless. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out. <span class="ver">23</span>And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and thereforeM
I abhorred them. <span class="ver">24</span>But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people. <span class="ver">25</span>Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I M
have separated from you as unclean. <span class="ver">26</span>And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.
<h2 id="c21">Chapter 21</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron,M
and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: <span class="ver">2</span>But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, <span class="ver">3</span>And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. <span class="ver">4</span>But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself. <span class="ver">5</spM
an>They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. <span class="ver">6</span>They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy. <span class="ver">7</span>They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy untoM
his God. <span class="ver">8</span>Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire. <span class="ver">10</span>And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garmentM
s, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; <span class="ver">11</span>Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; <span class="ver">12</span>Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD. <span class="ver">13</span>And he shall take a wife in her virginity. <span class="ver">14</span>A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shallM
he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife. <span class="ver">15</span>Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">17</span>Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. <span class="ver">18</span>For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not apM
proach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, <span class="ver">19</span>Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, <span class="ver">20</span>Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; <span class="ver">21</span>No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of hM
is God. <span class="ver">22</span>He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy. <span class="ver">23</span>Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them. <span class="ver">24</span>And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.
<h2 id="c22">Chapter 22</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <spaM
n class="ver">2</span>Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD. <span class="ver">3</span>Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD. <span class="vM
er">4</span>What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him; <span class="ver">5</span>Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath; <span class="ver">6</span>The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat M
of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water. <span class="ver">7</span>And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food. <span class="ver">8</span>That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD. <span class="ver">9</span>They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them. <span class="ver">10</M
span>There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. <span class="ver">11</span>But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat. <span class="ver">12</span>If the priest
s daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things. <span class="ver">13</span>But if the priest
s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have nM
o child, and is returned unto her father
s house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father
s meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing. <span class="ver">15</span>And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD; <span class="ver">16</span>Or suffer them to bear theM
iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">18</span>Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering; <span class="ver">19</spM
an>Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. <span class="ver">20</span>But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you. <span class="ver">21</span>And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein. <span class="ver">22</span>Blind, or broken, or maimed, or hM
aving a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD. <span class="ver">23</span>Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. <span class="ver">24</span>Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land. <span cM
lass="ver">25</span>Neither from a stranger
s hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">27</span>When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD. <span M
class="ver">28</span>And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day. <span class="ver">29</span>And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will. <span class="ver">30</span>On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD. <span class="ver">31</span>Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD. <span class="ver">32</span>Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will M
be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you, <span class="ver">33</span>That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.
<h2 id="c23">Chapter 23</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. <span class="ver">3</span>Six days shall work be donM
e: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. <span class="ver">5</span>In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD
s passover. <span class="ver">6</span>And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye muM
st eat unleavened bread. <span class="ver">7</span>In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. <span class="ver">8</span>But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">10</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto M
you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: <span class="ver">11</span>And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. <span class="ver">12</span>And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD. <span class="ver">13</span>And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fM
ine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin. <span class="ver">14</span>And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the daM
y that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: <span class="ver">16</span>Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD. <span class="ver">17</span>Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD. <span class="ver">18</span>And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs witM
hout blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD. <span class="ver">19</span>Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. <span class="ver">20</span>And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORM
D, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest. <span class="ver">21</span>And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest:M
thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">24</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. <span class="ver">25</span>Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</spM
an>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">27</span>Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. <span class="ver">28</span>And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God. <span class="ver">29</span>For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that sameM
day, he shall be cut off from among his people. <span class="ver">30</span>And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. <span class="ver">31</span>Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. <span class="ver">32</span>It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbM
<p><span class="ver">33</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">34</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD. <span class="ver">35</span>On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. <span class="ver">36</span>Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and M
ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein. <span class="ver">37</span>These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day: <span class="ver">38</span>Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offM
erings, which ye give unto the LORD. <span class="ver">39</span>Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. <span class="ver">40</span>And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. M
<span class="ver">41</span>And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month. <span class="ver">42</span>Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: <span class="ver">43</span>That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. <span class="ver">44</span>And M
Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.
<h2 id="c24">Chapter 24</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. <span class="ver">3</span>Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: it shM
all be a statute for ever in your generations. <span class="ver">4</span>He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake. <span class="ver">6</span>And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD. <span class="ver">7</span>And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memoM
rial, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD. <span class="ver">8</span>Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. <span class="ver">9</span>And it shall be Aaron
; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an EgyptianM
, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp; <span class="ver">11</span>And the Israelitish woman
s son blasphemed the name of the LORD, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother
s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) <span class="ver">12</span>And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them. <span class="ver">13</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <M
span class="ver">14</span>Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. <span class="ver">15</span>And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. <span class="ver">16</span>And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, whM
en he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. <span class="ver">18</span>And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast. <span class="ver">19</span>And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; <span class="ver">20</span>Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again. <spM
an class="ver">21</span>And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death. <span class="ver">22</span>Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD. <span class="ver">3</span>Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; <span class="ver">4</span>But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbathM
for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. <span class="ver">5</span>That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land. <span class="ver">6</span>And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee, <span class="ver">7</span>And for thy cattle, and for the M
beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. <span class="ver">9</span>Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. <span class="ver">10</span>And ye shall hallM
ow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. <span class="ver">11</span>A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. <span class="ver">12</span>For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increM
ase thereof out of the field. <span class="ver">13</span>In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession. <span class="ver">14</span>And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour
s hand, ye shall not oppress one another: <span class="ver">15</span>According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee: <span class="ver">16</span>According to the multitude M
of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee. <span class="ver">17</span>Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. <span class="ver">19</span>And the land M
shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. <span class="ver">20</span>And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: <span class="ver">21</span>Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. <span class="ver">22</span>And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store. </pM
<p><span class="ver">23</span>The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. <span class="ver">24</span>And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. <span class="ver">26</span>And if the man have none to redeem it, and himM
self be able to redeem it; <span class="ver">27</span>Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession. <span class="ver">28</span>But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession. <span class="ver">29</span>And if a man sell a dwelling house in a waM
lled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it. <span class="ver">30</span>And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile. <span class="ver">31</span>But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and thM
ey shall go out in the jubile. <span class="ver">32</span>Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. <span class="ver">33</span>And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. <span class="ver">34</span>But the field of the suburbs of their cities mayM
not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. <span class="ver">36</span>Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. <span class="ver">37</span>Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase. <span class="ver">38</span>IM
am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">39</span>And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: <span class="ver">40</span>But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile: <span class="ver">41</span>And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his childrM
en with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. <span class="ver">42</span>For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen. <span class="ver">43</span>Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God. <span class="ver">44</span>Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. <spM
an class="ver">45</span>Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. <span class="ver">46</span>And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour. </p>
<p><span class="ver">47</spaM
n>And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger
s family: <span class="ver">48</span>After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him: <span class="ver">49</span>Either his uncle, or his uncle
s son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself. <span class="ver">50M
</span>And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him. <span class="ver">51</span>If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for. <span class="ver">52</span>And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shallM
count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption. <span class="ver">53</span>And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. <span class="ver">54</span>And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him. <span class="ver">55</span>For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the M
land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
<h2 id="c26">Chapter 26</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; <span class="ver">4<M
/span>Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. <span class="ver">5</span>And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. <span class="ver">6</span>And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword gM
o through your land. <span class="ver">7</span>And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. <span class="ver">8</span>And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. <span class="ver">9</span>For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. <span class="ver">10</span>And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old becaM
use of the new. <span class="ver">11</span>And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. <span class="ver">12</span>And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. <span class="ver">13</span>I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all theM
se commandments; <span class="ver">15</span>And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: <span class="ver">16</span>I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. <span class="ver">17</span>And I will set my face against you, and ye shall M
be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. <span class="ver">18</span>And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. <span class="ver">19</span>And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: <span class="ver">20</span>And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of tM
he land yield their fruits. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. <span class="ver">22</span>I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate. <span class="ver">23</span>And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; <span class=M
"ver">24</span>Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. <span class="ver">25</span>And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. <span class="ver">26</span>And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread aM
gain by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. <span class="ver">27</span>And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; <span class="ver">28</span>Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. <span class="ver">29</span>And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. <span class="ver">30</span>And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcaseM
s upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. <span class="ver">31</span>And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. <span class="ver">32</span>And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. <span class="ver">33</span>And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. M
<span class="ver">34</span>Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies
land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. <span class="ver">35</span>As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. <span class="ver">36</span>And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and theM
y shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. <span class="ver">37</span>And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. <span class="ver">38</span>And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. <span class="ver">39</span>And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies
lands; and also in the iniquities of their fatherM
s shall they pine away with them. <span class="ver">40</span>If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; <span class="ver">41</span>And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: <span class="ver">42</span>Then will I remember mM
y covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. <span class="ver">43</span>The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. <span class="ver">44</span>And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I wiM
ll not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God. <span class="ver">45</span>But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD. <span class="ver">46</span>These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of MoseM
<h2 id="c27">Chapter 27</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation. <span class="ver">3</span>And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. <span class="ver">4</span>And if it be M
a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. <span class="ver">5</span>And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. <span class="ver">6</span>And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver. <span class="ver">7</span>And if it be from sixty years old and above; if M
it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. <span class="ver">8</span>But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him. <span class="ver">9</span>And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy. <span class="ver">10</span>He shall not alter it, nor change iM
t, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy. <span class="ver">11</span>And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest: <span class="ver">12</span>And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be. <span class="ver">13</span>But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add M
a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. <span class="ver">15</span>And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his. <span class="ver">16</span>And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a fielM
d of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. <span class="ver">17</span>If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand. <span class="ver">18</span>But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation. <span class="vM
er">19</span>And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him. <span class="ver">20</span>And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more. <span class="ver">21</span>But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest
s. <span class="ver">22</M
span>And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession; <span class="ver">23</span>Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD. <span class="ver">24</span>In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong. <span class="ver">25</span>AnM
d all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD
s firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD
s. <span class="ver">27</span>And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estiM
mation. <span class="ver">28</span>Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD. <span class="ver">29</span>None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death. <span class="ver">30</span>And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD
s: it is holy unto the LORD. <span class="ver">31</span>And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof. <span class="ver">32</span>And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD. <span class="ver">33</span>He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeeM
med. <span class="ver">34</span>These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai. </p>
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<h1>Bitcoin v0.1 released</h1>
<b>Hal Finney</b>
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<pre>Satoshi Nakamoto writes:
><i> Announcing the first release of Bitcoin, a new electronic cash
</i>><i> system that uses a peer-to-peer network to prevent double-spending.
</i>><i> It's completely decentralized with no server or central authority.
</i>><i> See bitcoin.org for screenshots.
</i>><i> Download link:
</i>><i> <a href="http://downloads.souM
rceforge.net/bitcoin/bitcoin-0.1.0.rar">http://downloads.sourceforge.net/bitcoin/bitcoin-0.1.0.rar</a>
Congratulations to Satoshi on this first alpha release. I am looking
forward to trying it out.
><i> Total circulation will be 21,000,000 coins. It'll be distributed
</i>><i> to network nodes when they make blocks, with the amount cut in half
</i>><i> every 4 years.
</i>><i> first 4 years: 10,500,000 coins
</i>><i> next 4 years: 5,250,000 coins
</i>><i> next 4 years: 2,625,000 M
</i>><i> next 4 years: 1,312,500 coins
It's interesting that the system can be configured to only allow a
certain maximum number of coins ever to be generated. I guess the
idea is that the amount of work needed to generate a new coin will
become more difficult as time goes on.
One immediate problem with any new currency is how to value it. Even
ignoring the practical problem that virtually no one will accept it
at first, there is still a difficulty in coming up with a reasonable
gument in favor of a particular non-zero value for the coins.
As an amusing thought experiment, imagine that Bitcoin is successful and
becomes the dominant payment system in use throughout the world. Then the
total value of the currency should be equal to the total value of all
the wealth in the world. Current estimates of total worldwide household
wealth that I have found range from $100 trillion to $300 trillion. With
20 million coins, that gives each coin a value of about $10 million.
So the possibility of geM
nerating coins today with a few cents of compute
time may be quite a good bet, with a payoff of something like 100 million
to 1! Even if the odds of Bitcoin succeeding to this degree are slim,
are they really 100 million to one against? Something to think about...
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Now when Dawn in robe of saffron was hasting from the streams of
Oceanus, to bring light to mortals and immortals, Thetis reached the
ships with the armour that the god had given her. She found her son
fallen about the body of Patroclus and weeping bitterly. Many also
of his followers were weeping round him, but when the goddess came
among them she clasped his hand in her own, saying, "My son, grieve
as we may we must let this man lie, for it is by heavenM
he has fallen; now, therefore, accept from Vulcan this rich and goodly
armour, which no man has ever yet borne upon his shoulders."
As she spoke she set the armour before Achilles, and it rang out bravely
as she did so. The Myrmidons were struck with awe, and none dared
look full at it, for they were afraid; but Achilles was roused to
still greater fury, and his eyes gleamed with a fierce light, for
he was glad when he handled the splendid present which the god had
made him. Then, as soon as M
he had satisfied himself with looking at
it, he said to his mother, "Mother, the god has given me armour, meet
handiwork for an immortal and such as no living could have fashioned;
I will now arm, but I much fear that flies will settle upon the son
of Menoetius and breed worms about his wounds, so that his body, now
he is dead, will be disfigured and the flesh will rot."
Silver-footed Thetis answered, "My son, be not disquieted about this
matter. I will find means to protect him from the swarms of noisomeM
flies that prey on the bodies of men who have been killed in battle.
He may lie for a whole year, and his flesh shall still be as sound
as ever, or even sounder. Call, therefore, the Achaean heroes in assembly;
unsay your anger against Agamemnon; arm at once, and fight with might
As she spoke she put strength and courage into his heart, and she
then dropped ambrosia and red nectar into the wounds of Patroclus,
that his body might suffer no change.
Then Achilles went out upon the seashore,M
and with a loud cry called
on the Achaean heroes. On this even those who as yet had stayed always
at the ships, the pilots and helmsmen, and even the stewards who were
about the ships and served out rations, all came to the place of assembly
because Achilles had shown himself after having held aloof so long
from fighting. Two sons of Mars, Ulysses and the son of Tydeus, came
limping, for their wounds still pained them; nevertheless they came,
and took their seats in the front row of the assembly. Last of alM
came Agamemnon, king of men, he too wounded, for Coon son of Antenor
had struck him with a spear in battle.
When the Achaeans were got together Achilles rose and said, "Son of
Atreus, surely it would have been better alike for both you and me,
when we two were in such high anger about Briseis, surely it would
have been better, had Diana's arrow slain her at the ships on the
day when I took her after having sacked Lyrnessus. For so, many an
Achaean the less would have bitten dust before the foe in the dM
of my anger. It has been well for Hector and the Trojans, but the
Achaeans will long indeed remember our quarrel. Now, however, let
it be, for it is over. If we have been angry, necessity has schooled
our anger. I put it from me: I dare not nurse it for ever; therefore,
bid the Achaeans arm forthwith that I may go out against the Trojans,
and learn whether they will be in a mind to sleep by the ships or
no. Glad, I ween, will he be to rest his knees who may fly my spear
speak, and the Achaeans rejoiced in that he had put away
Then Agamemnon spoke, rising in his place, and not going into the
middle of the assembly. "Danaan heroes," said he, "servants of Mars,
it is well to listen when a man stands up to speak, and it is not
seemly to interrupt him, or it will go hard even with a practised
speaker. Who can either hear or speak in an uproar? Even the finest
orator will be disconcerted by it. I will expound to the son of Peleus,
and do you other Achaeans heed meM
and mark me well. Often have the
Achaeans spoken to me of this matter and upbraided me, but it was
not I that did it: Jove, and Fate, and Erinys that walks in darkness
struck me mad when we were assembled on the day that I took from Achilles
the meed that had been awarded to him. What could I do? All things
are in the hand of heaven, and Folly, eldest of Jove's daughters,
shuts men's eyes to their destruction. She walks delicately, not on
the solid earth, but hovers over the heads of men to make them stumblM
or to ensnare them.
"Time was when she fooled Jove himself, who they say is greatest whether
of gods or men; for Juno, woman though she was, beguiled him on the
day when Alcmena was to bring forth mighty Hercules in the fair city
of Thebes. He told it out among the gods saying, 'Hear me all gods
and goddesses, that I may speak even as I am minded; this day shall
an Ilithuia, helper of women who are in labour, bring a man child
into the world who shall be lord over all that dwell about him who
y blood and lineage.' Then said Juno all crafty and full of
guile, 'You will play false, and will not hold to your word. Swear
me, O Olympian, swear me a great oath, that he who shall this day
fall between the feet of a woman, shall be lord over all that dwell
about him who are of your blood and lineage.'
"Thus she spoke, and Jove suspected her not, but swore the great oath,
to his much ruing thereafter. For Juno darted down from the high summit
of Olympus, and went in haste to Achaean Argos where she kneM
the noble wife of Sthenelus son of Perseus then was. She being with
child and in her seventh month, Juno brought the child to birth though
there was a month still wanting, but she stayed the offspring of Alcmena,
and kept back the Ilithuiae. Then she went to tell Jove the son of
Saturn, and said, 'Father Jove, lord of the lightning- I have a word
for your ear. There is a fine child born this day, Eurystheus, son
to Sthenelus the son of Perseus; he is of your lineage; it is well,
therefore, that he shM
ould reign over the Argives.'
"On this Jove was stung to the very quick, and in his rage he caught
Folly by the hair, and swore a great oath that never should she again
invade starry heaven and Olympus, for she was the bane of all. Then
he whirled her round with a twist of his hand, and flung her down
from heaven so that she fell on to the fields of mortal men; and he
was ever angry with her when he saw his son groaning under the cruel
labours that Eurystheus laid upon him. Even so did I grieve when mightM
Hector was killing the Argives at their ships, and all the time I
kept thinking of Folly who had so baned me. I was blind, and Jove
robbed me of my reason; I will now make atonement, and will add much
treasure by way of amends. Go, therefore, into battle, you and your
people with you. I will give you all that Ulysses offered you yesterday
in your tents: or if it so please you, wait, though you would fain
fight at once, and my squires shall bring the gifts from my ship,
that you may see whether what I giveM
And Achilles answered, "Son of Atreus, king of men Agamemnon, you
can give such gifts as you think proper, or you can withhold them:
it is in your own hands. Let us now set battle in array; it is not
well to tarry talking about trifles, for there is a deed which is
as yet to do. Achilles shall again be seen fighting among the foremost,
and laying low the ranks of the Trojans: bear this in mind each one
of you when he is fighting."
Then Ulysses said, "Achilles, godlike and brave, send M
thus against Ilius to fight the Trojans fasting, for the battle will
be no brief one, when it is once begun, and heaven has filled both
sides with fury; bid them first take food both bread and wine by the
ships, for in this there is strength and stay. No man can do battle
the livelong day to the going down of the sun if he is without food;
however much he may want to fight his strength will fail him before
he knows it; hunger and thirst will find him out, and his limbs will
him. But a man can fight all day if he is full fed
with meat and wine; his heart beats high, and his strength will stay
till he has routed all his foes; therefore, send the people away and
bid them prepare their meal; King Agamemnon will bring out the gifts
in presence of the assembly, that all may see them and you may be
satisfied. Moreover let him swear an oath before the Argives that
he has never gone up into the couch of Briseis, nor been with her
after the manner of men and women; and do you, too, showM
of a gracious mind; let Agamemnon entertain you in his tents with
a feast of reconciliation, that so you may have had your dues in full.
As for you, son of Atreus, treat people more righteously in future;
it is no disgrace even to a king that he should make amends if he
was wrong in the first instance."
And King Agamemnon answered, "Son of Laertes, your words please me
well, for throughout you have spoken wisely. I will swear as you would
have me do; I do so of my own free will, neither shall IM
name of heaven in vain. Let, then, Achilles wait, though he would
fain fight at once, and do you others wait also, till the gifts come
from my tent and we ratify the oath with sacrifice. Thus, then, do
I charge you: take some noble young Achaeans with you, and bring from
my tents the gifts that I promised yesterday to Achilles, and bring
the women also; furthermore let Talthybius find me a boar from those
that are with the host, and make it ready for sacrifice to Jove and
d Achilles, "Son of Atreus, king of men Agamemnon, see to
these matters at some other season, when there is breathing time and
when I am calmer. Would you have men eat while the bodies of those
whom Hector son of Priam slew are still lying mangled upon the plain?
Let the sons of the Achaeans, say I, fight fasting and without food,
till we have avenged them; afterwards at the going down of the sun
let them eat their fill. As for me, Patroclus is lying dead in my
tent, all hacked and hewn, with his feet to theM
door, and his comrades
are mourning round him. Therefore I can take thought of nothing save
only slaughter and blood and the rattle in the throat of the dying."
Ulysses answered, "Achilles, son of Peleus, mightiest of all the Achaeans,
in battle you are better than I, and that more than a little, but
in counsel I am much before you, for I am older and of greater knowledge.
Therefore be patient under my words. Fighting is a thing of which
men soon surfeit, and when Jove, who is wars steward, weighs the upsM
it may well prove that the straw which our sickles have reaped is
far heavier than the grain. It may not be that the Achaeans should
mourn the dead with their bellies; day by day men fall thick and threefold
continually; when should we have respite from our sorrow? Let us mourn
our dead for a day and bury them out of sight and mind, but let those
of us who are left eat and drink that we may arm and fight our foes
more fiercely. In that hour let no man hold back, waiting for a second
summons; such summoM
ns shall bode ill for him who is found lagging
behind at our ships; let us rather sally as one man and loose the
fury of war upon the Trojans."
When he had thus spoken he took with him the sons of Nestor, with
Meges son of Phyleus, Thoas, Meriones, Lycomedes son of Creontes,
and Melanippus, and went to the tent of Agamemnon son of Atreus. The
word was not sooner said than the deed was done: they brought out
the seven tripods which Agamemnon had promised, with the twenty metal
cauldrons and the twelve horM
ses; they also brought the women skilled
in useful arts, seven in number, with Briseis, which made eight. Ulysses
weighed out the ten talents of gold and then led the way back, while
the young Achaeans brought the rest of the gifts, and laid them in
the middle of the assembly.
Agamemnon then rose, and Talthybius whose voice was like that of a
god came to him with the boar. The son of Atreus drew the knife which
he wore by the scabbard of his mighty sword, and began by cutting
off some bristles from the bM
oar, lifting up his hands in prayer as
he did so. The other Achaeans sat where they were all silent and orderly
to hear the king, and Agamemnon looked into the vault of heaven and
prayed saying, "I call Jove the first and mightiest of all gods to
witness, I call also Earth and Sun and the Erinyes who dwell below
and take vengeance on him who shall swear falsely, that I have laid
no hand upon the girl Briseis, neither to take her to my bed nor otherwise,
but that she has remained in my tents inviolate. If I sM
may heaven visit me with all the penalties which it metes out to those
who perjure themselves."
He cut the boar's throat as he spoke, whereon Talthybius whirled it
round his head, and flung it into the wide sea to feed the fishes.
Then Achilles also rose and said to the Argives, "Father Jove, of
a truth you blind men's eyes and bane them. The son of Atreus had
not else stirred me to so fierce an anger, nor so stubbornly taken
Briseis from me against my will. Surely Jove must have counselled
the destruction of many an Argive. Go, now, and take your food that
we may begin fighting."
On this he broke up the assembly, and every man went back to his own
ship. The Myrmidons attended to the presents and took them away to
the ship of Achilles. They placed them in his tents, while the stable-men
drove the horses in among the others.
Briseis, fair as Venus, when she saw the mangled body of Patroclus,
flung herself upon it and cried aloud, tearing her breast, her neck,
and her lovely face with botM
h her hands. Beautiful as a goddess she
wept and said, "Patroclus, dearest friend, when I went hence I left
you living; I return, O prince, to find you dead; thus do fresh sorrows
multiply upon me one after the other. I saw him to whom my father
and mother married me, cut down before our city, and my three own
dear brothers perished with him on the self-same day; but you, Patroclus,
even when Achilles slew my husband and sacked the city of noble Mynes,
told me that I was not to weep, for you said you would mM
marry me, and take me back with him to Phthia, we should have a wedding
feast among the Myrmidons. You were always kind to me and I shall
never cease to grieve for you."
She wept as she spoke, and the women joined in her lament-making as
though their tears were for Patroclus, but in truth each was weeping
for her own sorrows. The elders of the Achaeans gathered round Achilles
and prayed him to take food, but he groaned and would not do so. "I
pray you," said he, "if any comrade will hear me,M
nor drink, for I am in great heaviness, and will stay fasting even
to the going down of the sun."
On this he sent the other princes away, save only the two sons of
Atreus and Ulysses, Nestor, Idomeneus, and the knight Phoenix, who
stayed behind and tried to comfort him in the bitterness of his sorrow:
but he would not be comforted till he should have flung himself into
the jaws of battle, and he fetched sigh on sigh, thinking ever of
Patroclus. Then he said-
"Hapless and dearest cM
omrade, you it was who would get a good dinner
ready for me at once and without delay when the Achaeans were hasting
to fight the Trojans; now, therefore, though I have meat and drink
in my tents, yet will I fast for sorrow. Grief greater than this I
could not know, not even though I were to hear of the death of my
father, who is now in Phthia weeping for the loss of me his son, who
am here fighting the Trojans in a strange land for the accursed sake
of Helen, nor yet though I should hear that my son is no mM
who is being brought up in Scyros- if indeed Neoptolemus is still
living. Till now I made sure that I alone was to fall here at Troy
away from Argos, while you were to return to Phthia, bring back my
son with you in your own ship, and show him all my property, my bondsmen,
and the greatness of my house- for Peleus must surely be either dead,
or what little life remains to him is oppressed alike with the infirmities
of age and ever present fear lest he should hear the sad tidings of
wept as he spoke, and the elders sighed in concert as each thought
on what he had left at home behind him. The son of Saturn looked down
with pity upon them, and said presently to Minerva, "My child, you
have quite deserted your hero; is he then gone so clean out of your
recollection? There he sits by the ships all desolate for the loss
of his dear comrade, and though the others are gone to their dinner
he will neither eat nor drink. Go then and drop nectar and ambrosia
into his breast, that he may know no M
With these words he urged Minerva, who was already of the same mind.
She darted down from heaven into the air like some falcon sailing
on his broad wings and screaming. Meanwhile the Achaeans were arming
throughout the host, and when Minerva had dropped nectar and ambrosia
into Achilles so that no cruel hunger should cause his limbs to fail
him, she went back to the house of her mighty father. Thick as the
chill snow-flakes shed from the hand of Jove and borne on the keen
blasts of the north winM
d, even so thick did the gleaming helmets,
the bossed shields, the strongly plated breastplates, and the ashen
spears stream from the ships. The sheen pierced the sky, the whole
land was radiant with their flashing armour, and the sound of the
tramp of their treading rose from under their feet. In the midst of
them all Achilles put on his armour; he gnashed his teeth, his eyes
gleamed like fire, for his grief was greater than he could bear. Thus,
then, full of fury against the Trojans, did he don the gift ofM
god, the armour that Vulcan had made him.
First he put on the goodly greaves fitted with ancle-clasps, and next
he did on the breastplate about his chest. He slung the silver-studded
sword of bronze about his shoulders, and then took up the shield so
great and strong that shone afar with a splendour as of the moon.
As the light seen by sailors from out at sea, when men have lit a
fire in their homestead high up among the mountains, but the sailors
are carried out to sea by wind and storm far from thM
they would be- even so did the gleam of Achilles' wondrous shield
strike up into the heavens. He lifted the redoubtable helmet, and
set it upon his head, from whence it shone like a star, and the golden
plumes which Vulcan had set thick about the ridge of the helmet, waved
all around it. Then Achilles made trial of himself in his armour to
see whether it fitted him, so that his limbs could play freely under
it, and it seemed to buoy him up as though it had been wings.
He also drew his fatherM
's spear out of the spear-stand, a spear so
great and heavy and strong that none of the Achaeans save only Achilles
had strength to wield it; this was the spear of Pelian ash from the
topmost ridges of Mt. Pelion, which Chiron had once given to Peleus,
fraught with the death of heroes. Automedon and Alcimus busied themselves
with the harnessing of his horses; they made the bands fast about
them, and put the bit in their mouths, drawing the reins back towards
the chariot. Automedon, whip in hand, sprang up beM
and after him Achilles mounted in full armour, resplendent as the
sun-god Hyperion. Then with a loud voice he chided with his father's
horses saying, "Xanthus and Balius, famed offspring of Podarge- this
time when we have done fighting be sure and bring your driver safely
back to the host of the Achaeans, and do not leave him dead on the
plain as you did Patroclus."
Then fleet Xanthus answered under the yoke- for white-armed Juno had
endowed him with human speech- and he bowed his head tM
touched the ground as it hung down from under the yoke-band. "Dread
Achilles," said he, "we will indeed save you now, but the day of your
death is near, and the blame will not be ours, for it will be heaven
and stern fate that will destroy you. Neither was it through any sloth
or slackness on our part that the Trojans stripped Patroclus of his
armour; it was the mighty god whom lovely Leto bore that slew him
as he fought among the foremost, and vouchsafed a triumph to Hector.
swiftly as Zephyrus who they say is fleetest of
all winds; nevertheless it is your doom to fall by the hand of a man
When he had thus said the Erinyes stayed his speech, and Achilles
answered him in great sadness, saying, "Why, O Xanthus, do you thus
foretell my death? You need not do so, for I well know that I am to
fall here, far from my dear father and mother; none the more, however,
shall I stay my hand till I have given the Trojans their fill of fighting."
So saying, with a loud cryM
he drove his horses to the front.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Thus, then, did the Achaeans arm by their ships round you, O son
of Peleus, who were hungering for battle; while the Trojans over against
them armed upon the rise of the plain.
Meanwhile Jove from the top of many-delled Olympus, bade Themis gather
the gods in council, whereon she went about and called them to the
house of Jove. There was not a river absent except Oceanus, nor a
one of the nymphs that haunt fair groves, or springs of rivers
and meadows of green grass. When they reached the house of cloud-compelling
Jove, they took their seats in the arcades of polished marble which
Vulcan with his consummate skill had made for father Jove.
In such wise, therefore, did they gather in the house of Jove. Neptune
also, lord of the earthquake, obeyed the call of the goddess, and
came up out of the sea to join them. There, sitting in the midst of
them, he asked what Jove's purpose mightM
be. "Why," said he, "wielder
of the lightning, have you called the gods in council? Are you considering
some matter that concerns the Trojans and Achaeans- for the blaze
of battle is on the point of being kindled between them?"
And Jove answered, "You know my purpose, shaker of earth, and wherefore
I have called you hither. I take thought for them even in their destruction.
For my own part I shall stay here seated on Mt. Olympus and look on
in peace, but do you others go about among Trojans and Achaeans, M
help either side as you may be severally disposed. If Achilles fights
the Trojans without hindrance they will make no stand against him;
they have ever trembled at the sight of him, and now that he is roused
to such fury about his comrade, he will override fate itself and storm
Thus spoke Jove and gave the word for war, whereon the gods took their
several sides and went into battle. Juno, Pallas Minerva, earth-encircling
Neptune, Mercury bringer of good luck and excellent in all cunning-M
all these joined the host that came from the ships; with them also
came Vulcan in all his glory, limping, but yet with his thin legs
plying lustily under him. Mars of gleaming helmet joined the Trojans,
and with him Apollo of locks unshorn, and the archer goddess Diana,
Leto, Xanthus, and laughter-loving Venus.
So long as the gods held themselves aloof from mortal warriors the
Achaeans were triumphant, for Achilles who had long refused to fight
was now with them. There was not a Trojan but his limbs faiM
for fear as he beheld the fleet son of Peleus all glorious in his
armour, and looking like Mars himself. When, however, the Olympians
came to take their part among men, forthwith uprose strong Strife,
rouser of hosts, and Minerva raised her loud voice, now standing by
the deep trench that ran outside the wall, and now shouting with all
her might upon the shore of the sounding sea. Mars also bellowed out
upon the other side, dark as some black thunder-cloud, and called
on the Trojans at the top of hiM
s voice, now from the acropolis, and
now speeding up the side of the river Simois till he came to the hill
Thus did the gods spur on both hosts to fight, and rouse fierce contention
also among themselves. The sire of gods and men thundered from heaven
above, while from beneath Neptune shook the vast earth, and bade the
high hills tremble. The spurs and crests of many-fountained Ida quaked,
as also the city of the Trojans and the ships of the Achaeans. Hades,
king of the realms below, was strM
uck with fear; he sprang panic-stricken
from his throne and cried aloud in terror lest Neptune, lord of the
earthquake, should crack the ground over his head, and lay bare his
mouldy mansions to the sight of mortals and immortals- mansions so
ghastly grim that even the gods shudder to think of them. Such was
the uproar as the gods came together in battle. Apollo with his arrows
took his stand to face King Neptune, while Minerva took hers against
the god of war; the archer-goddess Diana with her golden arrowsM
of far-darting Apollo, stood to face Juno; Mercury the lusty bringer
of good luck faced Leto, while the mighty eddying river whom men can
Scamander, but gods Xanthus, matched himself against Vulcan.
The gods, then, were thus ranged against one another. But the heart
of Achilles was set on meeting Hector son of Priam, for it was with
his blood that he longed above all things else to glut the stubborn
lord of battle. Meanwhile Apollo set Aeneas on to attack the son of
Peleus, and put courage into hM
is heart, speaking with the voice of
Lycaon son of Priam. In his likeness therefore, he said to Aeneas,
"Aeneas, counsellor of the Trojans, where are now the brave words
with which you vaunted over your wine before the Trojan princes, saying
that you would fight Achilles son of Peleus in single combat?"
And Aeneas answered, "Why do you thus bid me fight the proud son of
Peleus, when I am in no mind to do so? Were I to face him now, it
would not be for the first time. His spear has already put me to Right
from Ida, when he attacked our cattle and sacked Lyrnessus and Pedasus;
Jove indeed saved me in that he vouchsafed me strength to fly, else
had the fallen by the hands of Achilles and Minerva, who went before
him to protect him and urged him to fall upon the Lelegae and Trojans.
No man may fight Achilles, for one of the gods is always with him
as his guardian angel, and even were it not so, his weapon flies ever
straight, and fails not to pierce the flesh of him who is against
him; if heaven would let me figM
ht him on even terms he should not
soon overcome me, though he boasts that he is made of bronze."
Then said King Apollo, son to Jove, "Nay, hero, pray to the ever-living
gods, for men say that you were born of Jove's daughter Venus, whereas
Achilles is son to a goddess of inferior rank. Venus is child to Jove,
while Thetis is but daughter to the old man of the sea. Bring, therefore,
your spear to bear upon him, and let him not scare you with his taunts
As he spoke he put courage into the M
heart of the shepherd of his people,
and he strode in full armour among the ranks of the foremost fighters.
Nor did the son of Anchises escape the notice of white-armed Juno,
as he went forth into the throng to meet Achilles. She called the
gods about her, and said, "Look to it, you two, Neptune and Minerva,
and consider how this shall be; Phoebus Apollo has been sending Aeneas
clad in full armour to fight Achilles. Shall we turn him back at once,
or shall one of us stand by Achilles and endow him with strenM
that his heart fail not, and he may learn that the chiefs of the immortals
are on his side, while the others who have all along been defending
the Trojans are but vain helpers? Let us all come down from Olympus
and join in the fight, that this day he may take no hurt at the hands
of the Trojans. Hereafter let him suffer whatever fate may have spun
out for him when he was begotten and his mother bore him. If Achilles
be not thus assured by the voice of a god, he may come to fear presently
us meets him in battle, for the gods are terrible if they
are seen face to face."
Neptune lord of the earthquake answered her saying, "Juno, restrain
your fury; it is not well; I am not in favour of forcing the other
gods to fight us, for the advantage is too greatly on our own side;
let us take our places on some hill out of the beaten track, and let
mortals fight it out among themselves. If Mars or Phoebus Apollo begin
fighting, or keep Achilles in check so that he cannot fight, we too,
ise the cry of battle, and in that case they will soon
leave the field and go back vanquished to Olympus among the other
With these words the dark-haired god led the way to the high earth-barrow
of Hercules, built round solid masonry, and made by the Trojans and
Pallas Minerva for him fly to when the sea-monster was chasing him
from the shore on to the plain. Here Neptune and those that were with
him took their seats, wrapped in a thick cloud of darkness; but the
other gods seated themselves on thM
e brow of Callicolone round you,
O Phoebus, and Mars the waster of cities.
Thus did the gods sit apart and form their plans, but neither side
was willing to begin battle with the other, and Jove from his seat
on high was in command over them all. Meanwhile the whole plain was
alive with men and horses, and blazing with the gleam of armour. The
earth rang again under the tramp of their feet as they rushed towards
each other, and two champions, by far the foremost of them all, met
between the hosts to fighM
t- to wit, Aeneas son of Anchises, and noble
Aeneas was first to stride forward in attack, his doughty helmet tossing
defiance as he came on. He held his strong shield before his breast,
and brandished his bronze spear. The son of Peleus from the other
side sprang forth to meet him, fike some fierce lion that the whole
country-side has met to hunt and kill- at first he bodes no ill, but
when some daring youth has struck him with a spear, he crouches openmouthed,
his jaws foam, he roars with furM
y, he lashes his tail from side to
side about his ribs and loins, and glares as he springs straight before
him, to find out whether he is to slay, or be slain among the foremost
of his foes- even with such fury did Achilles burn to spring upon
When they were now close up with one another Achilles was first to
speak. "Aeneas," said he, "why do you stand thus out before the host
to fight me? Is it that you hope to reign over the Trojans in the
seat of Priam? Nay, though you kill me Priam will not hM
over to you. He is a man of sound judgement, and he has sons of his
own. Or have the Trojans been allotting you a demesne of passing richness,
fair with orchard lawns and corn lands, if you should slay me? This
you shall hardly do. I have discomfited you once already. Have you
forgotten how when you were alone I chased you from your herds helter-skelter
down the slopes of Ida? You did not turn round to look behind you;
you took refuge in Lyrnessus, but I attacked the city, and with the
of Minerva and father Jove I sacked it and carried its women
into captivity, though Jove and the other gods rescued you. You think
they will protect you now, but they will not do so; therefore I say
go back into the host, and do not face me, or you will rue it. Even
a fool may be wise after the event."
Then Aeneas answered, "Son of Peleus, think not that your words can
scare me as though I were a child. I too, if I will, can brag and
talk unseemly. We know one another's race and parentage as matters
ommon fame, though neither have you ever seen my parents nor I
yours. Men say that you are son to noble Peleus, and that your mother
is Thetis, fair-haired daughter of the sea. I have noble Anchises
for my father, and Venus for my mother; the parents of one or other
of us shall this day mourn a son, for it will be more than silly talk
that shall part us when the fight is over. Learn, then, my lineage
if you will- and it is known to many.
"In the beginning Dardanus was the son of Jove, and founded DardaniaM
for Ilius was not yet stablished on the plain for men to dwell in,
and her people still abode on the spurs of many-fountained Ida. Dardanus
had a son, king Erichthonius, who was wealthiest of all men living;
he had three thousand mares that fed by the water-meadows, they and
their foals with them. Boreas was enamoured of them as they were feeding,
and covered them in the semblance of a dark-maned stallion. Twelve
filly foals did they conceive and bear him, and these, as they sped
over the rich plain, woulM
d go bounding on over the ripe ears of corn
and not break them; or again when they would disport themselves on
the broad back of Ocean they could gallop on the crest of a breaker.
Erichthonius begat Tros, king of the Trojans, and Tros had three noble
sons, Ilus, Assaracus, and Ganymede who was comeliest of mortal men;
wherefore the gods carried him off to be Jove's cupbearer, for his
beauty's sake, that he might dwell among the immortals. Ilus begat
Laomedon, and Laomedon begat Tithonus, Priam, Lampus, ClytiM
Hiketaon of the stock of Mars. But Assaracus was father to Capys,
and Capys to Anchises, who was my father, while Hector is son to Priam.
"Such do I declare my blood and lineage, but as for valour, Jove gives
it or takes it as he will, for he is lord of all. And now let there
be no more of this prating in mid-battle as though we were children.
We could fling taunts without end at one another; a hundred-oared
galley would not hold them. The tongue can run all whithers and talk
all wise; it can go hM
ere and there, and as a man says, so shall he
be gainsaid. What is the use of our bandying hard like women who when
they fall foul of one another go out and wrangle in the streets, one
half true and the other lies, as rage inspires them? No words of yours
shall turn me now that I am fain to fight- therefore let us make trial
of one another with our spears."
As he spoke he drove his spear at the great and terrible shield of
Achilles, which rang out as the point struck it. The son of Peleus
before him with his strong hand, and he was afraid,
for he deemed that Aeneas's spear would go through it quite easily,
not reflecting that the god's glorious gifts were little likely to
yield before the blows of mortal men; and indeed Aeneas's spear did
not pierce the shield, for the layer of gold, gift of the god, stayed
the point. It went through two layers, but the god had made the shield
in five, two of bronze, the two innermost ones of tin, and one of
gold; it was in this that the spear was stayed.
Achilles in his turn threw, and struck the round shield of Aeneas
at the very edge, where the bronze was thinnest; the spear of Pelian
ash went clean through, and the shield rang under the blow; Aeneas
was afraid, and crouched backwards, holding the shield away from him;
the spear, however, flew over his back, and stuck quivering in the
ground, after having gone through both circles of the sheltering shield.
Aeneas though he had avoided the spear, stood still, blinded with
fear and grief because the weaponM
had gone so near him; then Achilles
sprang furiously upon him, with a cry as of death and with his keen
blade drawn, and Aeneas seized a great stone, so huge that two men,
as men now are, would be unable to lift it, but Aeneas wielded it
Aeneas would then have struck Achilles as he was springing towards
him, either on the helmet, or on the shield that covered him, and
Achilles would have closed with him and despatched him with his sword,
had not Neptune lord of the earthquake been quick toM
forthwith to the immortals, "Alas, I am sorry for great Aeneas, who
will now go down to the house of Hades, vanquished by the son of Peleus.
Fool that he was to give ear to the counsel of Apollo. Apollo will
never save him from destruction. Why should this man suffer when he
is guiltless, to no purpose, and in another's quarrel? Has he not
at all times offered acceptable sacrifice to the gods that dwell in
heaven? Let us then snatch him from death's jaws, lest the son of
Saturn be angry shouM
ld Achilles slay him. It is fated, moreover, that
he should escape, and that the race of Dardanus, whom Jove loved above
all the sons born to him of mortal women, shall not perish utterly
without seed or sign. For now indeed has Jove hated the blood of Priam,
while Aeneas shall reign over the Trojans, he and his children's children
that shall be born hereafter."
Then answered Juno, "Earth-shaker, look to this matter yourself, and
consider concerning Aeneas, whether you will save him, or suffer him,
though he be, to fall by the hand of Achilles son of Peleus.
For of a truth we two, I and Pallas Minerva, have sworn full many
a time before all the immortals, that never would we shield Trojans
from destruction, not even when all Troy is burning in the flames
that the Achaeans shall kindle."
When earth-encircling Neptune heard this he went into the battle amid
the clash of spears, and came to the place where Achilles and Aeneas
were. Forthwith he shed a darkness before the eyes of the son of Peleus,
ew the bronze-headed ashen spear from the shield of Aeneas, and
laid it at the feet of Achilles. Then he lifted Aeneas on high from
off the earth and hurried him away. Over the heads of many a band
of warriors both horse and foot did he soar as the god's hand sped
him, till he came to the very fringe of the battle where the Cauconians
were arming themselves for fight. Neptune, shaker of the earth, then
came near to him and said, Aeneas, what god has egged you on to this
folly in fighting the son of Peleus, wM
ho is both a mightier man of
valour and more beloved of heaven than you are? Give way before him
whensoever you meet him, lest you go down to the house of Hades even
though fate would have it otherwise. When Achilles is dead you may
then fight among the foremost undaunted, for none other of the Achaeans
The god left him when he had given him these instructions, and at
once removed the darkness from before the eyes of Achilles, who opened
them wide indeed and said in great anger, "Alas! wM
now beholding? Here is my spear upon the ground, but I see not him
whom I meant to kill when I hurled it. Of a truth Aeneas also must
be under heaven's protection, although I had thought his boasting
was idle. Let him go hang; he will be in no mood to fight me further,
seeing how narrowly he has missed being killed. I will now give my
orders to the Danaans and attack some other of the Trojans."
He sprang forward along the line and cheered his men on as he did
so. "Let not the Trojans," he M
cried, "keep you at arm's length, Achaeans,
but go for them and fight them man for man. However valiant I may
be, I cannot give chase to so many and fight all of them. Even Mars,
who is an immortal, or Minerva, would shrink from flinging himself
into the jaws of such a fight and laying about him; nevertheless,
so far as in me lies I will show no slackness of hand or foot nor
want of endurance, not even for a moment; I will utterly break their
ranks, and woe to the Trojan who shall venture within reach of my
Thus did he exhort them. Meanwhile Hector called upon the Trojans
and declared that he would fight Achilles. "Be not afraid, proud Trojans,"
said he, "to face the son of Peleus; I could fight gods myself if
the battle were one of words only, but they would be more than a match
for me, if we had to use our spears. Even so the deed of Achilles
will fall somewhat short of his word; he will do in part, and the
other part he will clip short. I will go up against him though his
hands be as fire- thougM
h his hands be fire and his strength iron."
Thus urged the Trojans lifted up their spears against the Achaeans,
and raised the cry of battle as they flung themselves into the midst
of their ranks. But Phoebus Apollo came up to Hector and said, "Hector,
on no account must you challenge Achilles to single combat; keep a
lookout for him while you are under cover of the others and away from
the thick of the fight, otherwise he will either hit you with a spear
or cut you down at close quarters."
ke, and Hector drew back within the crowd, for he was afraid
when he heard what the god had said to him. Achilles then sprang upon
the Trojans with a terrible cry, clothed in valour as with a garment.
First he killed Iphition son of Otrynteus, a leader of much people
whom a naiad nymph had borne to Otrynteus waster of cities, in the
land of Hyde under the snowy heights of Mt. Tmolus. Achilles struck
him full on the head as he was coming on towards him, and split it
clean in two; whereon he fell heavily to thM
e ground and Achilles vaunted
over him saying, "You he low, son of Otrynteus, mighty hero; your
death is here, but your lineage is on the Gygaean lake where your
father's estate lies, by Hyllus, rich in fish, and the eddying waters
Thus did he vaunt, but darkness closed the eyes of the other. The
chariots of the Achaeans cut him up as their wheels passed over him
in the front of the battle, and after him Achilles killed Demoleon,
a valiant man of war and son to Antenor. He struck him on the tM
through his bronze-cheeked helmet. The helmet did not stay the spear,
but it went right on, crushing the bone so that the brain inside was
shed in all directions, and his lust of fighting was ended. Then he
struck Hippodamas in the midriff as he was springing down from his
chariot in front of him, and trying to escape. He breathed his last,
bellowing like a bull bellows when young men are dragging him to offer
him in sacrifice to the King of Helice, and the heart of the earth-shaker
id he bellow as he lay dying. Achilles then went
in pursuit of Polydorus son of Priam, whom his father had always forbidden
to fight because he was the youngest of his sons, the one he loved
best, and the fastest runner. He, in his folly and showing off the
fleetness of his feet, was rushing about among front ranks until he
lost his life, for Achilles struck him in the middle of the back as
he was darting past him: he struck him just at the golden fastenings
of his belt and where the two pieces of the doubleM
breastplate overlapped.
The point of the spear pierced him through and came out by the navel,
whereon he fell groaning on to his knees and a cloud of darkness overshadowed
him as he sank holding his entrails in his hands.
When Hector saw his brother Polydorus with his entrails in his hands
and sinking down upon the ground, a mist came over his eyes, and he
could not bear to keep longer at a distance; he therefore poised his
spear and darted towards Achilles like a flame of fire. When Achilles
bounded forward and vaunted saying, "This is he that has
wounded my heart most deeply and has slain my beloved comrade. Not
for long shall we two quail before one another on the highways of
He looked fiercely on Hector and said, "Draw near, that you may meet
your doom the sooner." Hector feared him not and answered, "Son of
Peleus, think not that your words can scare me as though I were a
child; I too if I will can brag and talk unseemly; I know that you
are a mighty warrior, mightier by far than M
I, nevertheless the issue
lies in the the lap of heaven whether I, worse man though I be, may
not slay you with my spear, for this too has been found keen ere now."
He hurled his spear as he spoke, but Minerva breathed upon it, and
though she breathed but very lightly she turned it back from going
towards Achilles, so that it returned to Hector and lay at his feet
in front of him. Achilles then sprang furiously on him with a loud
cry, bent on killing him, but Apollo caught him up easily as a god
hid him in a thick darkness. Thrice did Achilles spring towards
him spear in hand, and thrice did he waste his blow upon the air.
When he rushed forward for the fourth time as though he were a god,
he shouted aloud saying, "Hound, this time too you have escaped death-
but of a truth it came exceedingly near you. Phoebus Apollo, to whom
it seems you pray before you go into battle, has again saved you;
but if I too have any friend among the gods I will surely make an
end of you when I come across you at some oM
ther time. Now, however,
I will pursue and overtake other Trojans."
On this he struck Dryops with his spear, about the middle of his neck,
and he fell headlong at his feet. There he let him lie and stayed
Demouchus son of Philetor, a man both brave and of great stature,
by hitting him on the knee with a spear; then he smote him with his
sword and killed him. After this he sprang on Laogonus and Dardanus,
sons of Bias, and threw them from their chariot, the one with a blow
from a thrown spear, while the oM
ther he cut down in hand-to-hand fight.
There was also Tros the son of Alastor- he came up to Achilles and
clasped his knees in the hope that he would spare him and not kill
him but let him go, because they were both of the same age. Fool,
he might have known that he should not prevail with him, for the man
was in no mood for pity or forbearance but was in grim earnest. Therefore
when Tros laid hold of his knees and sought a hearing for his prayers,
Achilles drove his sword into his liver, and the liver cameM
out, while his bosom was all covered with the black blood that welled
from the wound. Thus did death close his eyes as he lay lifeless.
Achilles then went up to Mulius and struck him on the ear with a spear,
and the bronze spear-head came right out at the other ear. He also
struck Echeclus son of Agenor on the head with his sword, which became
warm with the blood, while death and stern fate closed the eyes of
Echeclus. Next in order the bronze point of his spear wounded Deucalion
where the sinews of the elbow are united, whereon
he waited Achilles' onset with his arm hanging down and death staring
him in the face. Achilles cut his head off with a blow from his sword
and flung it helmet and all away from him, and the marrow came oozing
out of his backbone as he lay. He then went in pursuit of Rhigmus,
noble son of Peires, who had come from fertile Thrace, and struck
him through the middle with a spear which fixed itself in his belly,
so that he fell headlong from his chariot. He also M
squire to Rhigmus in the back as he was turning his horses in flight,
and thrust him from his chariot, while the horses were struck with
As a fire raging in some mountain glen after long drought- and the
dense forest is in a blaze, while the wind carries great tongues of
fire in every direction- even so furiously did Achilles rage, wielding
his spear as though he were a god, and giving chase to those whom
he would slay, till the dark earth ran with blood. Or as one who yokes
ad-browed oxen that they may tread barley in a threshing-floor-
and it is soon bruised small under the feet of the lowing cattle-
even so did the horses of Achilles trample on the shields and bodies
of the slain. The axle underneath and the railing that ran round the
car were bespattered with clots of blood thrown up by the horses'
hoofs, and from the tyres of the wheels; but the son of Peleus pressed
on to win still further glory, and his hands were bedrabbled with
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Now when they came to the ford of the full-flowing river Xanthus,
begotten of immortal Jove, Achilles cut their forces in two: one half
he chased over the plain towards the city by the same way that the
Achaeans had taken when flying panic-stricken on the preceding day
with Hector in full triumph; this way did they fly pell-mell, and
Juno sent down a thick mist in front of them to stay them. The other
half were hemmed in by the deep silver-eddying stream, M
it with a great uproar. The waters resounded, and the banks rang again,
as they swam hither and thither with loud cries amid the whirling
eddies. As locusts flying to a river before the blast of a grass fire-
the flame comes on and on till at last it overtakes them and they
huddle into the water- even so was the eddying stream of Xanthus filled
with the uproar of men and horses, all struggling in confusion before
Forthwith the hero left his spear upon the bank, leaning it against
a tamarisk bush, and plunged into the river like a god, armed with
his sword only. Fell was his purpose as he hewed the Trojans down
on every side. Their dying groans rose hideous as the sword smote
them, and the river ran red with blood. As when fish fly scared before
a huge dolphin, and fill every nook and corner of some fair haven-
for he is sure to eat all he can catch- even so did the Trojans cower
under the banks of the mighty river, and when Achilles' arms grew
weary with killing them, he drew twelveM
youths alive out of the water,
to sacrifice in revenge for Patroclus son of Menoetius. He drew them
out like dazed fawns, bound their hands behind them with the girdles
of their own shirts, and gave them over to his men to take back to
the ships. Then he sprang into the river, thirsting for still further
There he found Lycaon, son of Priam seed of Dardanus, as he was escaping
out of the water; he it was whom he had once taken prisoner when he
was in his father's vineyard, having set upon him by nM
was cutting young shoots from a wild fig-tree to make the wicker sides
of a chariot. Achilles then caught him to his sorrow unawares, and
sent him by sea to Lemnos, where the son of Jason bought him. But
a guest-friend, Eetion of Imbros, freed him with a great sum, and
sent him to Arisbe, whence he had escaped and returned to his father's
house. He had spent eleven days happily with his friends after he
had come from Lemnos, but on the twelfth heaven again delivered him
into the hands of AchilleM
s, who was to send him to the house of Hades
sorely against his will. He was unarmed when Achilles caught sight
of him, and had neither helmet nor shield; nor yet had he any spear,
for he had thrown all his armour from him on to the bank, and was
sweating with his struggles to get out of the river, so that his strength
was now failing him.
Then Achilles said to himself in his surprise, "What marvel do I see
here? If this man can come back alive after having been sold over
into Lemnos, I shall have the TrM
ojans also whom I have slain rising
from the world below. Could not even the waters of the grey sea imprison
him, as they do many another whether he will or no? This time let
him taste my spear, that I may know for certain whether mother earth
who can keep even a strong man down, will be able to hold him, or
whether thence too he will return."
Thus did he pause and ponder. But Lycaon came up to him dazed and
trying hard to embrace his knees, for he would fain live, not die.
Achilles thrust at him with hiM
s spear, meaning to kill him, but Lycaon
ran crouching up to him and caught his knees, whereby the spear passed
over his back, and stuck in the ground, hungering though it was for
blood. With one hand he caught Achilles' knees as he besought him,
and with the other he clutched the spear and would not let it go.
Then he said, "Achilles, have mercy upon me and spare me, for I am
your suppliant. It was in your tents that I first broke bread on the
day when you took me prisoner in the vineyard; after which you sM
away to Lemnos far from my father and my friends, and I brought you
the price of a hundred oxen. I have paid three times as much to gain
my freedom; it is but twelve days that I have come to Ilius after
much suffering, and now cruel fate has again thrown me into your hands.
Surely father Jove must hate me, that he has given me over to you
a second time. Short of life indeed did my mother Laothoe bear me,
daughter of aged Altes- of Altes who reigns over the warlike Lelegae
and holds steep Pedasus on the M
river Satnioeis. Priam married his
daughter along with many other women and two sons were born of her,
both of whom you will have slain. Your spear slew noble Polydorus
as he was fighting in the front ranks, and now evil will here befall
me, for I fear that I shall not escape you since heaven has delivered
me over to you. Furthermore I say, and lay my saying to your heart,
spare me, for I am not of the same womb as Hector who slew your brave
and noble comrade."
With such words did the princely son of PriM
am beseech Achilles; but
Achilles answered him sternly. "Idiot," said he, "talk not to me of
ransom. Until Patroclus fell I preferred to give the Trojans quarter,
and sold beyond the sea many of those whom I had taken alive; but
now not a man shall live of those whom heaven delivers into my hands
before the city of Ilius- and of all Trojans it shall fare hardest
with the sons of Priam. Therefore, my friend, you too shall die. Why
should you whine in this way? Patroclus fell, and he was a better
are. I too- see you not how I am great and goodly? I
am son to a noble father, and have a goddess for my mother, but the
hands of doom and death overshadow me all as surely. The day will
come, either at dawn or dark, or at the noontide, when one shall take
my life also in battle, either with his spear, or with an arrow sped
Thus did he speak, and Lycaon's heart sank within him. He loosed his
hold of the spear, and held out both hands before him; but Achilles
drew his keen blade, and strucM
k him by the collar-bone on his neck;
he plunged his two-edged sword into him to the very hilt, whereon
he lay at full length on the ground, with the dark blood welling from
him till the earth was soaked. Then Achilles caught him by the foot
and flung him into the river to go down stream, vaunting over him
the while, and saying, "Lie there among the fishes, who will lick
the blood from your wound and gloat over it; your mother shall not
lay you on any bier to mourn you, but the eddies of Scamander shall
r you into the broad bosom of the sea. There shall the fishes feed
on the fat of Lycaon as they dart under the dark ripple of the waters-
so perish all of you till we reach the citadel of strong Ilius- you
in flight, and I following after to destroy you. The river with its
broad silver stream shall serve you in no stead, for all the bulls
you offered him and all the horses that you flung living into his
waters. None the less miserably shall you perish till there is not
a man of you but has paid in full for tM
he death of Patroclus and the
havoc you wrought among the Achaeans whom you have slain while I held
aloof from battle."
So spoke Achilles, but the river grew more and more angry, and pondered
within himself how he should stay the hand of Achilles and save the
Trojans from disaster. Meanwhile the son of Peleus, spear in hand,
sprang upon Asteropaeus son of Pelegon to kill him. He was son to
the broad river Axius and Periboea eldest daughter of Acessamenus;
for the river had lain with her. Asteropaeus stooM
d up out of the water
to face him with a spear in either hand, and Xanthus filled him with
courage, being angry for the death of the youths whom Achilles was
slaying ruthlessly within his waters. When they were close up with
one another Achilles was first to speak. "Who and whence are you,"
said he, "who dare to face me? Woe to the parents whose son stands
up against me." And the son of Pelegon answered, "Great son of Peleus,
why should you ask my lineage. I am from the fertile land of far Paeonia,
of the Paeonians, and it is now eleven days that I am at Ilius.
I am of the blood of the river Axius- of Axius that is the fairest
of all rivers that run. He begot the famed warrior Pelegon, whose
son men call me. Let us now fight, Achilles."
Thus did he defy him, and Achilles raised his spear of Pelian ash.
Asteropaeus failed with both his spears, for he could use both hands
alike; with the one spear he struck Achilles' shield, but did not
pierce it, for the layer of gold, gift of the god, stayed the poiM
with the other spear he grazed the elbow of Achilles! right arm drawing
dark blood, but the spear itself went by him and fixed itself in the
ground, foiled of its bloody banquet. Then Achilles, fain to kill
him, hurled his spear at Asteropaeus, but failed to hit him and struck
the steep bank of the river, driving the spear half its length into
the earth. The son of Peleus then drew his sword and sprang furiously
upon him. Asteropaeus vainly tried to draw Achilles' spear out of
the bank by main force; thM
rice did he tug at it, trying with all his
might to draw it out, and thrice he had to leave off trying; the fourth
time he tried to bend and break it, but ere he could do so Achilles
smote him with his sword and killed him. He struck him in the belly
near the navel, so that all his bowels came gushing out on to the
ground, and the darkness of death came over him as he lay gasping.
Then Achilles set his foot on his chest and spoiled him of his armour,
vaunting over him and saying, "Lie there- begotten of a riM
you be, it is hard for you to strive with the offspring of Saturn's
son. You declare yourself sprung from the blood of a broad river,
but I am of the seed of mighty Jove. My father is Peleus, son of Aeacus
ruler over the many Myrmidons, and Aeacus was the son of Jove. Therefore
as Jove is mightier than any river that flows into the sea, so are
his children stronger than those of any river whatsoever. Moreover
you have a great river hard by if he can be of any use to you, but
there is no fighting M
against Jove the son of Saturn, with whom not
even King Achelous can compare, nor the mighty stream of deep-flowing
Oceanus, from whom all rivers and seas with all springs and deep wells
proceed; even Oceanus fears the lightnings of great Jove, and his
thunder that comes crashing out of heaven."
With this he drew his bronze spear out of the bank, and now that he
had killed Asteropaeus, he let him lie where he was on the sand, with
the dark water flowing over him and the eels and fishes busy nibbling
gnawing the fat that was about his kidneys. Then he went in chase
of the Paeonians, who were flying along the bank of the river in panic
when they saw their leader slain by the hands of the son of Peleus.
Therein he slew Thersilochus, Mydon, Astypylus, Mnesus, Thrasius,
Oeneus, and Ophelestes, and he would have slain yet others, had not
the river in anger taken human form, and spoken to him from out the
deep waters saying, "Achilles, if you excel all in strength, so do
you also in wickedness, for the gods arM
e ever with you to protect
you: if, then, the son of Saturn has vouchsafed it to you to destroy
all the Trojans, at any rate drive them out of my stream, and do your
grim work on land. My fair waters are now filled with corpses, nor
can I find any channel by which I may pour myself into the sea for
I am choked with dead, and yet you go on mercilessly slaying. I am
in despair, therefore, O captain of your host, trouble me no further."
Achilles answered, "So be it, Scamander, Jove-descended; but I will
r cease dealing out death among the Trojans, till I have pent
them up in their city, and made trial of Hector face to face, that
I may learn whether he is to vanquish me, or I him."
As he spoke he set upon the Trojans with a fury like that of the gods.
But the river said to Apollo, "Surely, son of Jove, lord of the silver
bow, you are not obeying the commands of Jove who charged you straitly
that you should stand by the Trojans and defend them, till twilight
fades, and darkness is over an the earth."
Meanwhile Achilles sprang from the bank into mid-stream, whereon the
river raised a high wave and attacked him. He swelled his stream into
a torrent, and swept away the many dead whom Achilles had slain and
left within his waters. These he cast out on to the land, bellowing
like a bull the while, but the living he saved alive, hiding them
in his mighty eddies. The great and terrible wave gathered about Achilles,
falling upon him and beating on his shield, so that he could not keep
his feet; he caught hold ofM
a great elm-tree, but it came up by the
roots, and tore away the bank, damming the stream with its thick branches
and bridging it all across; whereby Achilles struggled out of the
stream, and fled full speed over the plain, for he was afraid.
But the mighty god ceased not in his pursuit, and sprang upon him
with a dark-crested wave, to stay his hands and save the Trojans from
destruction. The son of Peleus darted away a spear's throw from him;
swift as the swoop of a black hunter-eagle which is the strongM
and fleetest of all birds, even so did he spring forward, and the
armour rang loudly about his breast. He fled on in front, but the
river with a loud roar came tearing after. As one who would water
his garden leads a stream from some fountain over his plants, and
all his ground-spade in hand he clears away the dams to free the channels,
and the little stones run rolling round and round with the water as
it goes merrily down the bank faster than the man can follow- even
so did the river keep catching up M
with Achilles albeit he was a fleet
runner, for the gods are stronger than men. As often as he would strive
to stand his ground, and see whether or no all the gods in heaven
were in league against him, so often would the mighty wave come beating
down upon his shoulders, and be would have to keep flying on and on
in great dismay; for the angry flood was tiring him out as it flowed
past him and ate the ground from under his feet.
Then the son of Peleus lifted up his voice to heaven saying, "Father
there none of the gods who will take pity upon me, and save
me from the river? I do not care what may happen to me afterwards.
I blame none of the other dwellers on Olympus so severely as I do
my dear mother, who has beguiled and tricked me. She told me I was
to fall under the walls of Troy by the flying arrows of Apollo; would
that Hector, the best man among the Trojans, might there slay me;
then should I fall a hero by the hand of a hero; whereas now it seems
that I shall come to a most pitiable end, trapM
ped in this river as
though I were some swineherd's boy, who gets carried down a torrent
while trying to cross it during a storm."
As soon as he had spoken thus, Neptune and Minerva came up to him
in the likeness of two men, and took him by the hand to reassure him.
Neptune spoke first. "Son of Peleus," said he, "be not so exceeding
fearful; we are two gods, come with Jove's sanction to assist you,
I, and Pallas Minerva. It is not your fate to perish in this river;
he will abate presently as you will seeM
; moreover we strongly advise
you, if you will be guided by us, not to stay your hand from fighting
till you have pent the Trojan host within the famed walls of Ilius-
as many of them as may escape. Then kill Hector and go back to the
ships, for we will vouchsafe you a triumph over him."
When they had so said they went back to the other immortals, but Achilles
strove onward over the plain, encouraged by the charge the gods had
laid upon him. All was now covered with the flood of waters, and much
rmour of the youths that had been slain was rifting about,
as also many corpses, but he forced his way against the stream, speeding
right onwards, nor could the broad waters stay him, for Minerva had
endowed him with great strength. Nevertheless Scamander did not slacken
in his pursuit, but was still more furious with the son of Peleus.
He lifted his waters into a high crest and cried aloud to Simois saying,
"Dear brother, let the two of us unite to save this man, or he will
sack the mighty city of King PriaM
m, and the Trojans will not hold
out against him. Help me at once; fill your streams with water from
their sources, rouse all your torrents to a fury; raise your wave
on high, and let snags and stones come thundering down you that we
may make an end of this savage creature who is now lording it as though
he were a god. Nothing shall serve him longer, not strength nor comeliness,
nor his fine armour, which forsooth shall soon be lying low in the
deep waters covered over with mud. I will wrap him in sand, and M
tons of shingle round him, so that the Achaeans shall not know how
to gather his bones for the silt in which I shall have hidden him,
and when they celebrate his funeral they need build no barrow."
On this he upraised his tumultuous flood high against Achilles, seething
as it was with foam and blood and the bo&ies of the dead. The dark
waters of the river stood upright and would have overwhelmed the son
of Peleus, but Juno, trembling lest Achilles should be swept away
in the mighty torrent, lifted heM
r voice on high and called out to
Vulcan her son. "Crook-foot," she cried, "my child, be up and doing,
for I deem it is with you that Xanthus is fain to fight; help us at
once, kindle a fierce fire; I will then bring up the west and the
white south wind in a mighty hurricane from the sea, that shall bear
the flames against the heads and armour of the Trojans and consume
them, while you go along the banks of Xanthus burning his trees and
wrapping him round with fire. Let him not turn you back neither by
words nor foul, and slacken not till I shout and tell you. Then
you may stay your flames."
On this Vulcan kindled a fierce fire, which broke out first upon the
plain and burned the many dead whom Achilles had killed and whose
bodies were lying about in great numbers; by this means the plain
was dried and the flood stayed. As the north wind, blowing on an orchard
that has been sodden with autumn rain, soon dries it, and the heart
of the owner is glad- even so the whole plan was dried and the dead
were consumed. Then he turned tongues of fire on to the river.
He burned the elms the willows and the tamarisks, the lotus also,
with the rushes and marshy herbage that grew abundantly by the banks
of the river. The eels and fishes that go darting about everywhere
in the water, these, too, were sorely harassed by the flames that
cunning Vulcan had kindled, and the river himself was scalded, so
that he spoke saying, "Vulcan, there is no god can hold his own against
you. I cannot fight you when you flare out yM
our flames in this way;
strive with me no longer. Let Achilles drive the Trojans out of city
immediately. What have I to do with quarrelling and helping people?"
He was boiling as he spoke, and all his waters were seething. As a
cauldron upon 'a large fire boils when it is melting the lard of some
fatted hog, and the lard keeps bubbling up all over when the dry faggots
blaze under it- even so were the goodly waters of Xanthus heated with
the fire till they were boiling. He could flow no longer but stayed
his stream, so afflicted was he by the blasts of fire which cunning
Vulcan had raised. Then he prayed to Juno and besought her saying,
"Juno, why should your son vex my stream with such especial fury?
I am not so much to blame as all the others are who have been helping
the Trojans. I will leave off, since you so desire it, and let son
leave off also. Furthermore I swear never again will I do anything
to save the Trojans from destruction, not even when all Troy is burning
in the flames which the Achaeans wilM
As soon as Juno heard this she said to her son Vulcan, "Son Vulcan,
hold now your flames; we ought not to use such violence against a
god for the sake of mortals."
When she had thus spoken Vulcan quenched his flames, and the river
went back once more into his own fair bed.
Xanthus was now beaten, so these two left off fighting, for Juno stayed
them though she was still angry; but a furious quarrel broke out among
the other gods, for they were of divided counsels. They fell on one
r with a mighty uproar- earth groaned, and the spacious firmament
rang out as with a blare of trumpets. Jove heard as he was sitting
on Olympus, and laughed for joy when he saw the gods coming to blows
among themselves. They were not long about beginning, and Mars piercer
of shields opened the battle. Sword in hand he sprang at once upon
Minerva and reviled her. "Why, vixen," said he, "have you again set
the gods by the ears in the pride and haughtiness of your heart? Have
you forgotten how you set Diomed soM
n of Tydeus on to wound me, and
yourself took visible spear and drove it into me to the hurt of my
fair body? You shall now suffer for what you then did to me."
As he spoke he struck her on the terrible tasselled aegis- so terrible
that not even can Jove's lightning pierce it. Here did murderous Mars
strike her with his great spear. She drew back and with her strong
hand seized a stone that was lying on the plain- great and rugged
and black- which men of old had set for the boundary of a field. With
she struck Mars on the neck, and brought him down. Nine roods
did he cover in his fall, and his hair was all soiled in the dust,
while his armour rang rattling round him. But Minerva laughed and
vaunted over him saying, "Idiot, have you not learned how far stronger
I am than you, but you must still match yourself against me? Thus
do your mother's curses now roost upon you, for she is angry and would
do you mischief because you have deserted the Achaeans and are helping
She then turned her tM
wo piercing eyes elsewhere, whereon Jove's daughter
Venus took Mars by the hand and led him away groaning all the time,
for it was only with great difficulty that he had come to himself
again. When Queen Juno saw her, she said to Minerva, "Look, daughter
of aegis-bearing Jove, unweariable, that vixen Venus is again taking
Mars through the crowd out of the battle; go after her at once."
Thus she spoke. Minerva sped after Venus with a will, and made at
her, striking her on the bosom with her strong hand so tM
fainting to the ground, and there they both lay stretched at full
length. Then Minerva vaunted over her saying, "May all who help the
Trojans against the Argives prove just as redoubtable and stalwart
as Venus did when she came across me while she was helping Mars. Had
this been so, we should long since have ended the war by sacking the
strong city of Ilius."
Juno smiled as she listened. Meanwhile King Neptune turned to Apollo
saying, "Phoebus, why should we keep each other at arm's length? M
is not well, now that the others have begun fighting; it will be disgraceful
to us if we return to Jove's bronze-floored mansion on Olympus without
having fought each other; therefore come on, you are the younger of
the two, and I ought not to attack you, for I am older and have had
more experience. Idiot, you have no sense, and forget how we two alone
of all the gods fared hardly round about Ilius when we came from Jove's
house and worked for Laomedon a whole year at a stated wage and he
ers. I built the Trojans the wall about their city,
so wide and fair that it might be impregnable, while you, Phoebus,
herded cattle for him in the dales of many valleyed Ida. When, however,
the glad hours brought round the time of payment, mighty Laomedon
robbed us of all our hire and sent us off with nothing but abuse.
He threatened to bind us hand and foot and sell us over into some
distant island. He tried, moreover, to cut off the ears of both of
us, so we went away in a rage, furious about the payment M
us, and yet withheld; in spite of all this, you are now showing favour
to his people, and will not join us in compassing the utter ruin of
the proud Trojans with their wives and children."
And King Apollo answered, "Lord of the earthquake, you would have
no respect for me if I were to fight you about a pack of miserable
mortals, who come out like leaves in summer and eat the fruit of the
field, and presently fall lifeless to the ground. Let us stay this
fighting at once and let them settlM
e it among themselves."
He turned away as he spoke, for he would lay no hand on the brother
of his own father. But his sister the huntress Diana, patroness of
wild beasts, was very angry with him and said, "So you would fly,
Far-Darter, and hand victory over to Neptune with a cheap vaunt to
boot. Baby, why keep your bow thus idle? Never let me again hear you
bragging in my father's house, as you have often done in the presence
of the immortals, that you would stand up and fight with Neptune."
e her no answer, but Jove's august queen was angry and upbraided
her bitterly. "Bold vixen," she cried, "how dare you cross me thus?
For all your bow you will find it hard to hold your own against me.
Jove made you as a lion among women, and lets you kill them whenever
you choose. You will And it better to chase wild beasts and deer upon
the mountains than to fight those who are stronger than you are. If
you would try war, do so, and find out by pitting yourself against
me, how far stronger I am than you areM
She caught both Diana's wrists with her left hand as she spoke, and
with her right she took the bow from her shoulders, and laughed as
she beat her with it about the ears while Diana wriggled and writhed
under her blows. Her swift arrows were shed upon the ground, and she
fled weeping from under Juno's hand as a dove that flies before a
falcon to the cleft of some hollow rock, when it is her good fortune
to escape. Even so did she fly weeping away, leaving her bow and arrows
layer of Argus, guide and guardian, said to Leto, "Leto,
I shall not fight you; it is ill to come to blows with any of Jove's
wives. Therefore boast as you will among the immortals that you worsted
Leto then gathered up Diana's bow and arrows that had fallen about
amid the whirling dust, and when she had got them she made all haste
after her daughter. Diana had now reached Jove's bronze-floored mansion
on Olympus, and sat herself down with many tears on the knees of her
er ambrosial raiment was quivering all about her. The
son of Saturn drew her towards him, and laughing pleasantly the while
began to question her saying, "Which of the heavenly beings, my dear
child, has been treating you in this cruel manner, as though you had
been misconducting yourself in the face of everybody?" and the fair-crowned
goddess of the chase answered, "It was your wife Juno, father, who
has been beating me; it is always her doing when there is any quarrelling
among the immortals."
they converse, and meanwhile Phoebus Apollo entered the strong
city of Ilius, for he was uneasy lest the wall should not hold out
and the Danaans should take the city then and there, before its hour
had come; but the rest of the ever-living gods went back, some angry
and some triumphant to Olympus, where they took their seats beside
Jove lord of the storm cloud, while Achilles still kept on dealing
out death alike on the Trojans and on their As when the smoke from
some burning city ascends to heaven when thM
e anger of the gods has
kindled it- there is then toil for all, and sorrow for not a few-
even so did Achilles bring toil and sorrow on the Trojans.
Old King Priam stood on a high tower of the wall looking down on huge
Achilles as the Trojans fled panic-stricken before him, and there
was none to help them. Presently he came down from off the tower and
with many a groan went along the wall to give orders to the brave
warders of the gate. "Keep the gates," said he, "wide open till the
people come flying intM
o the city, for Achilles is hard by and is driving
them in rout before him. I see we are in great peril. As soon as our
people are inside and in safety, close the strong gates for I fear
lest that terrible man should come bounding inside along with the
As he spoke they drew back the bolts and opened the gates, and when
these were opened there was a haven of refuge for the Trojans. Apollo
then came full speed out of the city to meet them and protect them.
Right for the city and the high wall, parM
ched with thirst and grimy
with dust, still they fied on, with Achilles wielding his spear furiously
behind them. For he was as one possessed, and was thirsting after
Then had the sons of the Achaeans taken the lofty gates of Troy if
Apollo had not spurred on Agenor, valiant and noble son to Antenor.
He put courage into his heart, and stood by his side to guard him,
leaning against a beech tree and shrouded in thick darkness. When
Agenor saw Achilles he stood still and his heart was clouded with
care. "Alas," said he to himself in his dismay, "if I fly before mighty
Achilles, and go where all the others are being driven in rout, he
will none the less catch me and kill me for a coward. How would it
be were I to let Achilles drive the others before him, and then fly
from the wall to the plain that is behind Ilius till I reach the spurs
of Ida and can hide in the underwood that is thereon? I could then
wash the sweat from off me in the river and in the evening return
to Ilius. But why commune with myseM
lf in this way? Like enough he
would see me as I am hurrying from the city over the plain, and would
speed after me till he had caught me- I should stand no chance against
him, for he is mightiest of all mankind. What, then, if I go out and
meet him in front of the city? His flesh too, I take it, can be pierced
by pointed bronze. Life is the same in one and all, and men say that
he is but mortal despite the triumph that Jove son of Saturn vouchsafes
So saying he stood on his guard and awaited AchilM
fain to fight him. As a leopardess that bounds from out a thick covert
to attack a hunter- she knows no fear and is not dismayed by the baying
of the hounds; even though the man be too quick for her and wound
her either with thrust or spear, still, though the spear has pierced
her she will not give in till she has either caught him in her grip
or been killed outright- even so did noble Agenor son of Antenor refuse
to fly till he had made trial of Achilles, and took aim at him with
ear, holding his round shield before him and crying with a loud
voice. "Of a truth," said he, "noble Achilles, you deem that you shall
this day sack the city of the proud Trojans. Fool, there will be trouble
enough yet before it, for there is many a brave man of us still inside
who will stand in front of our dear parents with our wives and children,
to defend Ilius. Here therefore, huge and mighty warrior though you
be, here shall you cue.
As he spoke his strong hand hurled his javelin from him, and the sM
struck Achilles on the leg beneath the knee; the greave of newly wrought
tin rang loudly, but the spear recoiled from the body of him whom
it had struck, and did not pierce it, for the gods gift stayed it.
Achilles in his turn attacked noble Agenor, but Apollo would not vouchsafe
him glory, for he snatched Agenor away and hid him in a thick mist,
sending him out of the battle unmolested Then he craftily drew the
son of Peleus away from going after the host, for he put on the semblance
od in front of Achilles, who ran towards him to give
him chase and pursued him over the corn lands of the plain, turning
him towards the deep waters of the river Scamander. Apollo ran but
a little way before him and beguiled Achilles by making him think
all the time that he was on the point of overtaking him. Meanwhile
the rabble of routed Trojans was thankful to crowd within the city
till their numbers thronged it; no longer did they dare wait for one
another outside the city walls, to learn who had escapedM
fallen in fight, but all whose feet and knees could still carry them
poured pell-mell into the town.
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Thus the Trojans in the city, scared like fawns, wiped the sweat
from off them and drank to quench their thirst, leaning against the
goodly battlements, while the Achaeans with their shields laid upon
their shoulders drew close up to the walls. But stern fate bade Hector
stay where he was before Ilius and tM
he Scaean gates. Then Phoebus
Apollo spoke to the son of Peleus saying, "Why, son of Peleus, do
you, who are but man, give chase to me who am immortal? Have you not
yet found out that it is a god whom you pursue so furiously? You did
not harass the Trojans whom you had routed, and now they are within
their walls, while you have been decoyed hither away from them. Me
you cannot kill, for death can take no hold upon me."
Achilles was greatly angered and said, "You have baulked me, Far-Darter,
s of all gods, and have drawn me away from the wall,
where many another man would have bitten the dust ere he got within
Ilius; you have robbed me of great glory and have saved the Trojans
at no risk to yourself, for you have nothing to fear, but I would
indeed have my revenge if it were in my power to do so."
On this, with fell intent he made towards the city, and as the winning
horse in a chariot race strains every nerve when he is flying over
the plain, even so fast and furiously did the limbs of AchillM
him onwards. King Priam was first to note him as he scoured the plain,
all radiant as the star which men call Orion's Hound, and whose beams
blaze forth in time of harvest more brilliantly than those of any
other that shines by night; brightest of them all though he be, he
yet bodes ill for mortals, for he brings fire and fever in his train-
even so did Achilles' armour gleam on his breast as he sped onwards.
Priam raised a cry and beat his head with his hands as he lifted them
up and shouted out toM
his dear son, imploring him to return; but Hector
still stayed before the gates, for his heart was set upon doing battle
with Achilles. The old man reached out his arms towards him and bade
him for pity's sake come within the walls. "Hector," he cried, "my
son, stay not to face this man alone and unsupported, or you will
meet death at the hands of the son of Peleus, for he is mightier than
you. Monster that he is; would indeed that the gods loved him no better
than I do, for so, dogs and vultures would soonM
devour him as he lay
stretched on earth, and a load of grief would be lifted from my heart,
for many a brave son has he reft from me, either by killing them or
selling them away in the islands that are beyond the sea: even now
I miss two sons from among the Trojans who have thronged within the
city, Lycaon and Polydorus, whom Laothoe peeress among women bore
me. Should they be still alive and in the hands of the Achaeans, we
will ransom them with gold and bronze, of which we have store, for
es endowed his daughter richly; but if they are already
dead and in the house of Hades, sorrow will it be to us two who were
their parents; albeit the grief of others will be more short-lived
unless you too perish at the hands of Achilles. Come, then, my son,
within the city, to be the guardian of Trojan men and Trojan women,
or you will both lose your own life and afford a mighty triumph to
the son of Peleus. Have pity also on your unhappy father while life
yet remains to him- on me, whom the son of Saturn M
a terrible doom on the threshold of old age, after I have seen my
sons slain and my daughters haled away as captives, my bridal chambers
pillaged, little children dashed to earth amid the rage of battle,
and my sons' wives dragged away by the cruel hands of the Achaeans;
in the end fierce hounds will tear me in pieces at my own gates after
some one has beaten the life out of my body with sword or spear-hounds
that I myself reared and fed at my own table to guard my gates, but
p my blood and then lie all distraught at my doors.
When a young man falls by the sword in battle, he may lie where he
is and there is nothing unseemly; let what will be seen, all is honourable
in death, but when an old man is slain there is nothing in this world
more pitiable than that dogs should defile his grey hair and beard
and all that men hide for shame."
The old man tore his grey hair as he spoke, but he moved not the heart
of Hector. His mother hard by wept and moaned aloud as she bared her
m and pointed to the breast which had suckled him. "Hector," she
cried, weeping bitterly the while, "Hector, my son, spurn not this
breast, but have pity upon me too: if I have ever given you comfort
from my own bosom, think on it now, dear son, and come within the
wall to protect us from this man; stand not without to meet him. Should
the wretch kill you, neither I nor your richly dowered wife shall
ever weep, dear offshoot of myself, over the bed on which you lie,
for dogs will devour you at the ships of tM
Thus did the two with many tears implore their son, but they moved
not the heart of Hector, and he stood his ground awaiting huge Achilles
as he drew nearer towards him. As serpent in its den upon the mountains,
full fed with deadly poisons, waits for the approach of man- he is
filled with fury and his eyes glare terribly as he goes writhing round
his den- even so Hector leaned his shield against a tower that jutted
out from the wall and stood where he was, undaunted.
"Alas," said he to M
himself in the heaviness of his heart, "if I go
within the gates, Polydamas will be the first to heap reproach upon
me, for it was he that urged me to lead the Trojans back to the city
on that awful night when Achilles again came forth against us. I would
not listen, but it would have been indeed better if I had done so.
Now that my folly has destroyed the host, I dare not look Trojan men
and Trojan women in the face, lest a worse man should say, 'Hector
has ruined us by his self-confidence.' Surely it wouldM
me to return after having fought Achilles and slain him, or to die
gloriously here before the city. What, again, if were to lay down
my shield and helmet, lean my spear against the wall and go straight
up to noble Achilles? What if I were to promise to give up Helen,
who was the fountainhead of all this war, and all the treasure that
Alexandrus brought with him in his ships to Troy, aye, and to let
the Achaeans divide the half of everything that the city contains
among themselves? I might makM
e the Trojans, by the mouths of their
princes, take a solemn oath that they would hide nothing, but would
divide into two shares all that is within the city- but why argue
with myself in this way? Were I to go up to him he would show me no
kind of mercy; he would kill me then and there as easily as though
I were a woman, when I had off my armour. There is no parleying with
him from some rock or oak tree as young men and maidens prattle with
one another. Better fight him at once, and learn to which of us JoveM
will vouchsafe victory."
Thus did he stand and ponder, but Achilles came up to him as it were
Mars himself, plumed lord of battle. From his right shoulder he brandished
his terrible spear of Pelian ash, and the bronze gleamed around him
like flashing fire or the rays of the rising sun. Fear fell upon Hector
as he beheld him, and he dared not stay longer where he was but fled
in dismay from before the gates, while Achilles darted after him at
his utmost speed. As a mountain falcon, swiftest of all birds,M
down upon some cowering dove- the dove flies before him but the falcon
with a shrill scream follows close after, resolved to have her- even
so did Achilles make straight for Hector with all his might, while
Hector fled under the Trojan wall as fast as his limbs could take
On they flew along the waggon-road that ran hard by under the wall,
past the lookout station, and past the weather-beaten wild fig-tree,
till they came to two fair springs which feed the river Scamander.
prings is warm, and steam rises from it as smoke
from a burning fire, but the other even in summer is as cold as hail
or snow, or the ice that forms on water. Here, hard by the springs,
are the goodly washing-troughs of stone, where in the time of peace
before the coming of the Achaeans the wives and fair daughters of
the Trojans used to wash their clothes. Past these did they fly, the
one in front and the other giving ha. behind him: good was the man
that fled, but better far was he that followed after, andM
indeed did they run, for the prize was no mere beast for sacrifice
or bullock's hide, as it might be for a common foot-race, but they
ran for the life of Hector. As horses in a chariot race speed round
the turning-posts when they are running for some great prize- a tripod
or woman- at the games in honour of some dead hero, so did these two
run full speed three times round the city of Priam. All the gods watched
them, and the sire of gods and men was the first to speak.
"Alas," said he, "my eyes bM
ehold a man who is dear to me being pursued
round the walls of Troy; my heart is full of pity for Hector, who
has burned the thigh-bones of many a heifer in my honour, at one while
on the of many-valleyed Ida, and again on the citadel of Troy; and
now I see noble Achilles in full pursuit of him round the city of
Priam. What say you? Consider among yourselves and decide whether
we shall now save him or let him fall, valiant though he be, before
Achilles, son of Peleus."
Then Minerva said, "Father, wielderM
of the lightning, lord of cloud
and storm, what mean you? Would you pluck this mortal whose doom has
long been decreed out of the jaws of death? Do as you will, but we
others shall not be of a mind with you."
And Jove answered, "My child, Trito-born, take heart. I did not speak
in full earnest, and I will let you have your way. Do without let
or hindrance as you are minded."
Thus did he urge Minerva who was already eager, and down she darted
from the topmost summits of Olympus.
in full pursuit of Hector, as a hound chasing a
fawn which he has started from its covert on the mountains, and hunts
through glade and thicket. The fawn may try to elude him by crouching
under cover of a bush, but he will scent her out and follow her up
until he gets her- even so there was no escape for Hector from the
fleet son of Peleus. Whenever he made a set to get near the Dardanian
gates and under the walls, that his people might help him by showering
down weapons from above, Achilles would gain on hM
im and head him back
towards the plain, keeping himself always on the city side. As a man
in a dream who fails to lay hands upon another whom he is pursuing-
the one cannot escape nor the other overtake- even so neither could
Achilles come up with Hector, nor Hector break away from Achilles;
nevertheless he might even yet have escaped death had not the time
come when Apollo, who thus far had sustained his strength and nerved
his running, was now no longer to stay by him. Achilles made signs
ost, and shook his head to show that no man was to
aim a dart at Hector, lest another might win the glory of having hit
him and he might himself come in second. Then, at last, as they were
nearing the fountains for the fourth time, the father of all balanced
his golden scales and placed a doom in each of them, one for Achilles
and the other for Hector. As he held the scales by the middle, the
doom of Hector fell down deep into the house of Hades- and then Phoebus
Apollo left him. Thereon Minerva went close uM
p to the son of Peleus
and said, "Noble Achilles, favoured of heaven, we two shall surely
take back to the ships a triumph for the Achaeans by slaying Hector,
for all his lust of battle. Do what Apollo may as he lies grovelling
before his father, aegis-bearing Jove, Hector cannot escape us longer.
Stay here and take breath, while I go up to him and persuade him to
make a stand and fight you."
Thus spoke Minerva. Achilles obeyed her gladly, and stood still, leaning
on his bronze-pointed ashen spear, whileM
Minerva left him and went
after Hector in the form and with the voice of Deiphobus. She came
close up to him and said, "Dear brother, I see you are hard pressed
by Achilles who is chasing you at full speed round the city of Priam,
let us await his onset and stand on our defence."
And Hector answered, "Deiphobus, you have always been dearest to me
of all my brothers, children of Hecuba and Priam, but henceforth I
shall rate you yet more highly, inasmuch as you have ventured outside
the wall for my sake wM
hen all the others remain inside."
Then Minerva said, "Dear brother, my father and mother went down on
their knees and implored me, as did all my comrades, to remain inside,
so great a fear has fallen upon them all; but I was in an agony of
grief when I beheld you; now, therefore, let us two make a stand and
fight, and let there be no keeping our spears in reserve, that we
may learn whether Achilles shall kill us and bear off our spoils to
the ships, or whether he shall fall before you."
va inveigle him by her cunning, and when the two were
now close to one another great Hector was first to speak. "I will-no
longer fly you, son of Peleus," said he, "as I have been doing hitherto.
Three times have I fled round the mighty city of Priam, without daring
to withstand you, but now, let me either slay or be slain, for I am
in the mind to face you. Let us, then, give pledges to one another
by our gods, who are the fittest witnesses and guardians of all covenants;
let it be agreed between us that if M
Jove vouchsafes me the longer
stay and I take your life, I am not to treat your dead body in any
unseemly fashion, but when I have stripped you of your armour, I am
to give up your body to the Achaeans. And do you likewise."
Achilles glared at him and answered, "Fool, prate not to me about
covenants. There can be no covenants between men and lions, wolves
and lambs can never be of one mind, but hate each other out and out
an through. Therefore there can be no understanding between you and
e be any covenants between us, till one or other shall
fall and glut grim Mars with his life's blood. Put forth all your
strength; you have need now to prove yourself indeed a bold soldier
and man of war. You have no more chance, and Pallas Minerva will forthwith
vanquish you by my spear: you shall now pay me in full for the grief
you have caused me on account of my comrades whom you have killed
He poised his spear as he spoke and hurled it. Hector saw it coming
and avoided it; he watched it M
and crouched down so that it flew over
his head and stuck in the ground beyond; Minerva then snatched it
up and gave it back to Achilles without Hector's seeing her; Hector
thereon said to the son of Peleus, "You have missed your aim, Achilles,
peer of the gods, and Jove has not yet revealed to you the hour of
my doom, though you made sure that he had done so. You were a false-tongued
liar when you deemed that I should forget my valour and quail before
you. You shall not drive spear into the back of a runawaM
should heaven so grant you power, drive it into me as I make straight
towards you; and now for your own part avoid my spear if you can-
would that you might receive the whole of it into your body; if you
were once dead the Trojans would find the war an easier matter, for
it is you who have harmed them most."
He poised his spear as he spoke and hurled it. His aim was true for
he hit the middle of Achilles' shield, but the spear rebounded from
it, and did not pierce it. Hector was angry when hM
e saw that the weapon
had sped from his hand in vain, and stood there in dismay for he had
no second spear. With a loud cry he called Diphobus and asked him
for one, but there was no man; then he saw the truth and said to himself,
"Alas! the gods have lured me on to my destruction. I deemed that
the hero Deiphobus was by my side, but he is within the wall, and
Minerva has inveigled me; death is now indeed exceedingly near at
hand and there is no way out of it- for so Jove and his son Apollo
ave willed it, though heretofore they have been ever
ready to protect me. My doom has come upon me; let me not then die
ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great
thing that shall be told among men hereafter."
As he spoke he drew the keen blade that hung so great and strong by
his side, and gathering himself together be sprang on Achilles like
a soaring eagle which swoops down from the clouds on to some lamb
or timid hare- even so did Hector brandish his sword and spring upon
illes. Achilles mad with rage darted towards him, with his wondrous
shield before his breast, and his gleaming helmet, made with four
layers of metal, nodding fiercely forward. The thick tresses of gold
wi which Vulcan had crested the helmet floated round it, and as the
evening star that shines brighter than all others through the stillness
of night, even such was the gleam of the spear which Achilles poised
in his right hand, fraught with the death of noble Hector. He eyed
his fair flesh over and over to seM
e where he could best wound it,
but all was protected by the goodly armour of which Hector had spoiled
Patroclus after he had slain him, save only the throat where the collar-bones
divide the neck from the shoulders, and this is a most deadly place:
here then did Achilles strike him as he was coming on towards him,
and the point of his spear went right through the fleshy part of the
neck, but it did not sever his windpipe so that he could still speak.
Hector fell headlong, and Achilles vaunted over him sayinM
you deemed that you should come off scatheless when you were spoiling
Patroclus, and recked not of myself who was not with him. Fool that
you were: for I, his comrade, mightier far than he, was still left
behind him at the ships, and now I have laid you low. The Achaeans
shall give him all due funeral rites, while dogs and vultures shall
work their will upon yourself."
Then Hector said, as the life ebbed out of him, "I pray you by your
life and knees, and by your parents, let not dogs devour M
ships of the Achaeans, but accept the rich treasure of gold and bronze
which my father and mother will offer you, and send my body home,
that the Trojans and their wives may give me my dues of fire when
Achilles glared at him and answered, "Dog, talk not to me neither
of knees nor parents; would that I could be as sure of being able
to cut your flesh into pieces and eat it raw, for the ill have done
me, as I am that nothing shall save you from the dogs- it shall not
bring ten or twenty-fold ransom and weigh it out for
me on the spot, with promise of yet more hereafter. Though Priam son
of Dardanus should bid them offer me your weight in gold, even so
your mother shall never lay you out and make lament over the son she
bore, but dogs and vultures shall eat you utterly up."
Hector with his dying breath then said, "I know you what you are,
and was sure that I should not move you, for your heart is hard as
iron; look to it that I bring not heaven's anger upon you on theM
when Paris and Phoebus Apollo, valiant though you be, shall slay you
at the Scaean gates."
When he had thus said the shrouds of death enfolded him, whereon his
soul went out of him and flew down to the house of Hades, lamenting
its sad fate that it should en' youth and strength no longer. But
Achilles said, speaking to the dead body, "Die; for my part I will
accept my fate whensoever Jove and the other gods see fit to send
As he spoke he drew his spear from the body and set it on one side;
then he stripped the blood-stained armour from Hector's shoulders
while the other Achaeans came running up to view his wondrous strength
and beauty; and no one came near him without giving him a fresh wound.
Then would one turn to his neighbour and say, "It is easier to handle
Hector now than when he was flinging fire on to our ships" and as
he spoke he would thrust his spear into him anew.
When Achilles had done spoiling Hector of his armour, he stood among
the Argives and said, "My friends, princes andM
Argives, now that heaven has vouchsafed us to overcome this man, who
has done us more hurt than all the others together, consider whether
we should not attack the city in force, and discover in what mind
the Trojans may be. We should thus learn whether they will desert
their city now that Hector has fallen, or will still hold out even
though he is no longer living. But why argue with myself in this way,
while Patroclus is still lying at the ships unburied, and unmourned-
ver forget so long as I am alive and my strength fails
not? Though men forget their dead when once they are within the house
of Hades, yet not even there will I forget the comrade whom I have
lost. Now, therefore, Achaean youths, let us raise the song of victory
and go back to the ships taking this man along with us; for we have
achieved a mighty triumph and have slain noble Hector to whom the
Trojans prayed throughout their city as though he were a god."
On this he treated the body of Hector with contumelM
sinews at the back of both his feet from heel to ancle and passed
thongs of ox-hide through the slits he had made: thus he made the
body fast to his chariot, letting the head trail upon the ground.
Then when he had put the goodly armour on the chariot and had himself
mounted, he lashed his horses on and they flew forward nothing loth.
The dust rose from Hector as he was being dragged along, his dark
hair flew all abroad, and his head once so comely was laid low on
earth, for Jove had now dM
elivered him into the hands of his foes to
do him outrage in his own land.
Thus was the head of Hector being dishonoured in the dust. His mother
tore her hair, and flung her veil from her with a loud cry as she
looked upon her son. His father made piteous moan, and throughout
the city the people fell to weeping and wailing. It was as though
the whole of frowning Ilius was being smirched with fire. Hardly could
the people hold Priam back in his hot haste to rush without the gates
of the city. He grovelledM
in the mire and besought them, calling each
one of them by his name. "Let be, my friends," he cried, "and for
all your sorrow, suffer me to go single-handed to the ships of the
Achaeans. Let me beseech this cruel and terrible man, if maybe he
will respect the feeling of his fellow-men, and have compassion on
my old age. His own father is even such another as myself- Peleus,
who bred him and reared him to- be the bane of us Trojans, and of
myself more than of all others. Many a son of mine has he slain in
he flower of his youth, and yet, grieve for these as I may, I do
so for one- Hector- more than for them all, and the bitterness of
my sorrow will bring me down to the house of Hades. Would that he
had died in my arms, for so both his ill-starred mother who bore him,
and myself, should have had the comfort of weeping and mourning over
Thus did he speak with many tears, and all the people of the city
joined in his lament. Hecuba then raised the cry of wailing among
the Trojans. "Alas, my son," she crM
ied, "what have I left to live
for now that you are no more? Night and day did I glory in. you throughout
the city, for you were a tower of strength to all in Troy, and both
men and women alike hailed you as a god. So long as you lived you
were their pride, but now death and destruction have fallen upon you."
Hector's wife had as yet heard nothing, for no one had come to tell
her that her husband had remained without the gates. She was at her
loom in an inner part of the house, weaving a double purple web,M
embroidering it with many flowers. She told her maids to set a large
tripod on the fire, so as to have a warm bath ready for Hector when
he came out of battle; poor woman, she knew not that he was now beyond
the reach of baths, and that Minerva had laid him low by the hands
of Achilles. She heard the cry coming as from the wall, and trembled
in every limb; the shuttle fell from her hands, and again she spoke
to her waiting-women. "Two of you," she said, "come with me that I
may learn what it is that haM
s befallen; I heard the voice of my husband's
honoured mother; my own heart beats as though it would come into my
mouth and my limbs refuse to carry me; some great misfortune for Priam's
children must be at hand. May I never live to hear it, but I greatly
fear that Achilles has cut off the retreat of brave Hector and has
chased him on to the plain where he was singlehanded; I fear he may
have put an end to the reckless daring which possessed my husband,
who would never remain with the body of his men, but woM
far in front, foremost of them all in valour."
Her heart beat fast, and as she spoke she flew from the house like
a maniac, with her waiting-women following after. When she reached
the battlements and the crowd of people, she stood looking out upon
the wall, and saw Hector being borne away in front of the city- the
horses dragging him without heed or care over the ground towards the
ships of the Achaeans. Her eyes were then shrouded as with the darkness
of night and she fell fainting backwardM
s. She tore the tiring from
her head and flung it from her, the frontlet and net with its plaited
band, and the veil which golden Venus had given her on the day when
Hector took her with him from the house of Eetion, after having given
countless gifts of wooing for her sake. Her husband's sisters and
the wives of his brothers crowded round her and supported her, for
she was fain to die in her distraction; when she again presently breathed
and came to herself, she sobbed and made lament among the Trojans
ing, 'Woe is me, O Hector; woe, indeed, that to share a common
lot we were born, you at Troy in the house of Priam, and I at Thebes
under the wooded mountain of Placus in the house of Eetion who brought
me up when I was a child- ill-starred sire of an ill-starred daughter-
would that he had never begotten me. You are now going into the house
of Hades under the secret places of the earth, and you leave me a
sorrowing widow in your house. The child, of whom you and I are the
unhappy parents, is as yet a mere iM
nfant. Now that you are gone, O
Hector, you can do nothing for him nor he for you. Even though he
escape the horrors of this woful war with the Achaeans, yet shall
his life henceforth be one of labour and sorrow, for others will seize
his lands. The day that robs a child of his parents severs him from
his own kind; his head is bowed, his cheeks are wet with tears, and
he will go about destitute among the friends of his father, plucking
one by the cloak and another by the shirt. Some one or other of these
y so far pity him as to hold the cup for a moment towards him and
let him moisten his lips, but he must not drink enough to wet the
roof of his mouth; then one whose parents are alive will drive him
from the table with blows and angry words. 'Out with you,' he will
say, 'you have no father here,' and the child will go crying back
to his widowed mother- he, Astyanax, who erewhile would sit upon his
father's knees, and have none but the daintiest and choicest morsels
set before him. When he had played till he M
was tired and went to sleep,
he would lie in a bed, in the arms of his nurse, on a soft couch,
knowing neither want nor care, whereas now that he has lost his father
his lot will be full of hardship- he, whom the Trojans name Astyanax,
because you, O Hector, were the only defence of their gates and battlements.
The wriggling writhing worms will now eat you at the ships, far from
your parents, when the dogs have glutted themselves upon you. You
will lie naked, although in your house you have fine and goodly rM
made by hands of women. This will I now burn; it is of no use to you,
for you can never again wear it, and thus you will have respect shown
you by the Trojans both men and women."
In such wise did she cry aloud amid her tears, and the women joined
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Thus did they make their moan throughout the city, while the Achaeans
when they reached the Hellespont went back every man to his own ship.
lles would not let the Myrmidons go, and spoke to his brave
comrades saying, "Myrmidons, famed horsemen and my own trusted friends,
not yet, forsooth, let us unyoke, but with horse and chariot draw
near to the body and mourn Patroclus, in due honour to the dead. When
we have had full comfort of lamentation we will unyoke our horses
and take supper all of us here."
On this they all joined in a cry of wailing and Achilles led them
in their lament. Thrice did they drive their chariots all sorrowing
e body, and Thetis stirred within them a still deeper yearning.
The sands of the seashore and the men's armour were wet with their
weeping, so great a minister of fear was he whom they had lost. Chief
in all their mourning was the son of Peleus: he laid his bloodstained
hand on the breast of his friend. "Fare well," he cried, "Patroclus,
even in the house of Hades. I will now do all that I erewhile promised
you; I will drag Hector hither and let dogs devour him raw; twelve
noble sons of Trojans will I also sM
lay before your pyre to avenge
As he spoke he treated the body of noble Hector with contumely, laying
it at full length in the dust beside the bier of Patroclus. The others
then put off every man his armour, took the horses from their chariots,
and seated themselves in great multitude by the ship of the fleet
descendant of Aeacus, who thereon feasted them with an abundant funeral
banquet. Many a goodly ox, with many a sheep and bleating goat did
they butcher and cut up; many a tusked boar moreover,M
did they singe and set to roast in the flames of Vulcan; and rivulets
of blood flowed all round the place where the body was lying.
Then the princes of the Achaeans took the son of Peleus to Agamemnon,
but hardly could they persuade him to come with them, so wroth was
he for the death of his comrade. As soon as they reached Agamemnon's
tent they told the serving-men to set a large tripod over the fire
in case they might persuade the son of Peleus 'to wash the clotted
gore from this bodyM
, but he denied them sternly, and swore it with
a solemn oath, saying, "Nay, by King Jove, first and mightiest of
all gods, it is not meet that water should touch my body, till I have
laid Patroclus on the flames, have built him a barrow, and shaved
my head- for so long as I live no such second sorrow shall ever draw
nigh me. Now, therefore, let us do all that this sad festival demands,
but at break of day, King Agamemnon, bid your men bring wood, and
provide all else that the dead may duly take into the reaM
the fire shall thus burn him out of our sight the sooner, and the
people shall turn again to their own labours."
Thus did he speak, and they did even as he had said. They made haste
to prepare the meal, they ate, and every man had his full share so
that all were satisfied. As soon as they had had had enough to eat
and drink, the others went to their rest each in his own tent, but
the son of Peleus lay grieving among his Myrmidons by the shore of
the sounding sea, in an open place where thM
e waves came surging in
one after another. Here a very deep slumber took hold upon him and
eased the burden of his sorrows, for his limbs were weary with chasing
Hector round windy Ilius. Presently the sad spirit of Patroclus drew
near him, like what he had been in stature, voice, and the light of
his beaming eyes, clad, too, as he had been clad in life. The spirit
hovered over his head and said-
"You sleep, Achilles, and have forgotten me; you loved me living,
but now that I am dead you think for me no M
further. Bury me with all
speed that I may pass the gates of Hades; the ghosts, vain shadows
of men that can labour no more, drive me away from them; they will
not yet suffer me to join those that are beyond the river, and I wander
all desolate by the wide gates of the house of Hades. Give me now
your hand I pray you, for when you have once given me my dues of fire,
never shall I again come forth out of the house of Hades. Nevermore
shall we sit apart and take sweet counsel among the living; the cruel
which was my birth-right has yawned its wide jaws around me-
nay, you too Achilles, peer of gods, are doomed to die beneath the
wall of the noble Trojans.
"One prayer more will I make you, if you will grant it; let not my
bones be laid apart from yours, Achilles, but with them; even as we
were brought up together in your own home, what time Menoetius brought
me to you as a child from Opoeis because by a sad spite I had killed
the son of Amphidamas- not of set purpose, but in childish quarrel
e. The knight Peleus took me into his house, entreated
me kindly, and named me to be your squire; therefore let our bones
lie in but a single urn, the two-handled golden vase given to you
And Achilles answered, "Why, true heart, are you come hither to lay
these charges upon me? will of my own self do all as you have bidden
me. Draw closer to me, let us once more throw our arms around one
another, and find sad comfort in the sharing of our sorrows."
He opened his arms towards him as he M
spoke and would have clasped
him in them, but there was nothing, and the spirit vanished as a vapour,
gibbering and whining into the earth. Achilles sprang to his feet,
smote his two hands, and made lamentation saying, "Of a truth even
in the house of Hades there are ghosts and phantoms that have no life
in them; all night long the sad spirit of Patroclus has hovered over
head making piteous moan, telling me what I am to do for him, and
looking wondrously like himself."
Thus did he speak and his words seM
t them all weeping and mourning
about the poor dumb dead, till rosy-fingered morn appeared. Then King
Agamemnon sent men and mules from all parts of the camp, to bring
wood, and Meriones, squire to Idomeneus, was in charge over them.
They went out with woodmen's axes and strong ropes in their hands,
and before them went the mules. Up hill and down dale did they go,
by straight ways and crooked, and when they reached the heights of
many-fountained Ida, they laid their axes to the roots of many a tall
ng oak that came thundering down as they felled it. They split
the trees and bound them behind the mules, which then wended their
way as they best could through the thick brushwood on to the plain.
All who had been cutting wood bore logs, for so Meriones squire to
Idomeneus had bidden them, and they threw them down in a line upon
the seashore at the place where Achilles would make a mighty monument
for Patroclus and for himself.
When they had thrown down their great logs of wood over the whole
ey stayed all of them where they were, but Achilles ordered
his brave Myrmidons to gird on their armour, and to yoke each man
his horses; they therefore rose, girded on their armour and mounted
each his chariot- they and their charioteers with them. The chariots
went before, and they that were on foot followed as a cloud in their
tens of thousands after. In the midst of them his comrades bore Patroclus
and covered him with the locks of their hair which they cut off and
threw upon his body. Last came AchillesM
with his head bowed for sorrow,
so noble a comrade was he taking to the house of Hades.
When they came to the place of which Achilles had told them they laid
the body down and built up the wood. Achilles then bethought him of
another matter. He went a space away from the pyre, and cut off the
yellow lock which he had let grow for the river Spercheius. He looked
all sorrowfully out upon the dark sea, and said, "Spercheius, in vain
did my father Peleus vow to you that when I returned home to my loved
ve land I should cut off this lock and offer you a holy hecatomb;
fifty she-goats was I to sacrifice to you there at your springs, where
is your grove and your altar fragrant with burnt-offerings. Thus did
my father vow, but you have not fulfilled his prayer; now, therefore,
that I shall see my home no more, I give this lock as a keepsake to
the hero Patroclus."
As he spoke he placed the lock in the hands of his dear comrade, and
all who stood by were filled with yearning and lamentation. The sun
ave gone down upon their mourning had not Achilles presently
said to Agamemnon, "Son of Atreus, for it is to you that the people
will give ear, there is a time to mourn and a time to cease from mourning;
bid the people now leave the pyre and set about getting their dinners:
we, to whom the dead is dearest, will see to what is wanted here,
and let the other princes also stay by me."
When King Agamemnon heard this he dismissed the people to their ships,
but those who were about the dead heaped up wood and bM
a hundred feet this way and that; then they laid the dead all sorrowfully
upon the top of it. They flayed and dressed many fat sheep and oxen
before the pyre, and Achilles took fat from all of them and wrapped
the body therein from head to foot, heaping the flayed carcases all
round it. Against the bier he leaned two-handled jars of honey and
unguents; four proud horses did he then cast upon the pyre, groaning
the while he did so. The dead hero had had house-dogs; two of them
did Achilles slay aM
nd threw upon the pyre; he also put twelve brave
sons of noble Trojans to the sword and laid them with the rest, for
he was full of bitterness and fury. Then he committed all to the resistless
and devouring might of the fire; he groaned aloud and callid on his
dead comrade by name. "Fare well," he cried, "Patroclus, even in the
house of Hades; I am now doing all that I have promised you. Twelve
brave sons of noble Trojans shall the flames consume along with yourself,
but dogs, not fire, shall devour the flesM
h of Hector son of Priam."
Thus did he vaunt, but the dogs came not about the body of Hector,
for Jove's daughter Venus kept them off him night and day, and anointed
him with ambrosial oil of roses that his flesh might not be torn when
Achilles was dragging him about. Phoebus Apollo moreover sent a dark
cloud from heaven to earth, which gave shade to the whole place where
Hector lay, that the heat of the sun might not parch his body.
Now the pyre about dead Patroclus would not kindle. Achilles therefore
bethought him of another matter; he went apart and prayed to the two
winds Boreas and Zephyrus vowing them goodly offerings. He made them
many drink-offerings from the golden cup and besought them to come
and help him that the wood might make haste to kindle and the dead
bodies be consumed. Fleet Iris heard him praying and started off to
fetch the winds. They were holding high feast in the house of boisterous
Zephyrus when Iris came running up to the stone threshold of the house
and stood there, but as soonM
as they set eyes on her they all came
towards her and each of them called her to him, but Iris would not
sit down. "I cannot stay," she said, "I must go back to the streams
of Oceanus and the land of the Ethiopians who are offering hecatombs
to the immortals, and I would have my share; but Achilles prays that
Boreas and shrill Zephyrus will come to him, and he vows them goodly
offerings; he would have you blow upon the pyre of Patroclus for whom
all the Achaeans are lamenting."
With this she left them, M
and the two winds rose with a cry that rent
the air and swept the clouds before them. They blew on and on until
they came to the sea, and the waves rose high beneath them, but when
they reached Troy they fell upon the pyre till the mighty flames roared
under the blast that they blew. All night long did they blow hard
and beat upon the fire, and all night long did Achilles grasp his
double cup, drawing wine from a mixing-bowl of gold, and calling upon
the spirit of dead Patroclus as he poured it upon the grouM
the earth was drenched. As a father mourns when he is burning the
bones of his bridegroom son whose death has wrung the hearts of his
parents, even so did Achilles mourn while burning the body of his
comrade, pacing round the bier with piteous groaning and lamentation.
At length as the Morning Star was beginning to herald the light which
saffron-mantled Dawn was soon to suffuse over the sea, the flames
fell and the fire began to die. The winds then went home beyond the
Thracian sea, which roared M
and boiled as they swept over it. The son
of Peleus now turned away from the pyre and lay down, overcome with
toil, till he fell into a sweet slumber. Presently they who were about
the son of Atreus drew near in a body, and roused him with the noise
and tramp of their coming. He sat upright and said, "Son of Atreus,
and all other princes of the Achaeans, first pour red wine everywhere
upon the fire and quench it; let us then gather the bones of Patroclus
son of Menoetius, singling them out with care; they arM
for they lie in the middle of the pyre, while all else, both men and
horses, has been thrown in a heap and burned at the outer edge. We
will lay the bones in a golden urn, in two layers of fat, against
the time when I shall myself go down into the house of Hades. As for
the barrow, labour not to raise a great one now, but such as is reasonable.
Afterwards, let those Achaeans who may be left at the ships when I
am gone, build it both broad and high."
Thus he spoke and they obeyed the word M
of the son of Peleus. First
they poured red wine upon the thick layer of ashes and quenched the
fire. With many tears they singled out the whitened bones of their
loved comrade and laid them within a golden urn in two layers of fat:
they then covered the urn with a linen cloth and took it inside the
tent. They marked off the circle where the barrow should be, made
a foundation for it about the pyre, and forthwith heaped up the earth.
When they had thus raised a mound they were going away, but Achilles
d the people and made them sit in assembly. He brought prizes
from the ships-cauldrons, tripods, horses and mules, noble oxen, women
with fair girdles, and swart iron.
The first prize he offered was for the chariot races- a woman skilled
in all useful arts, and a three-legged cauldron that had ears for
handles, and would hold twenty-two measures. This was for the man
who came in first. For the second there was a six-year old mare, unbroken,
and in foal to a he-ass; the third was to have a goodly cauldron M
had never yet been on the fire; it was still bright as when it left
the maker, and would hold four measures. The fourth prize was two
talents of gold, and the fifth a two-handled urn as yet unsoiled by
smoke. Then he stood up and spoke among the Argives saying-
"Son of Atreus, and all other Achaeans, these are the prizes that
lie waiting the winners of the chariot races. At any other time I
should carry off the first prize and take it to my own tent; you know
how far my steeds excel all others- for tM
hey are immortal; Neptune
gave them to my father Peleus, who in his turn gave them to myself;
but I shall hold aloof, I and my steeds that have lost their brave
and kind driver, who many a time has washed them in clear water and
anointed their manes with oil. See how they stand weeping here, with
their manes trailing on the ground in the extremity of their sorrow.
But do you others set yourselves in order throughout the host, whosoever
has confidence in his horses and in the strength of his chariot."
spoke the son of Peleus and the drivers of chariots bestirred
themselves. First among them all uprose Eumelus, king of men, son
of Admetus, a man excellent in horsemanship. Next to him rose mighty
Diomed son of Tydeus; he yoked the Trojan horses which he had taken
from Aeneas, when Apollo bore him out of the fight. Next to him, yellow-haired
Menelaus son of Atreus rose and yoked his fleet horses, Agamemnon's
mare Aethe, and his own horse Podargus. The mare had been given to
Agamemnon by echepolus son of AncM
hises, that he might not have to
follow him to Ilius, but might stay at home and take his ease; for
Jove had endowed him with great wealth and he lived in spacious Sicyon.
This mare, all eager for the race, did Menelaus put under the yoke.
Fourth in order Antilochus, son to noble Nestor son of Neleus, made
ready his horses. These were bred in Pylos, and his father came up
to him to give him good advice of which, however, he stood in but
little need. "Antilochus," said Nestor, "you are young, but Jove and
Neptune have loved you well, and have made you an excellent horseman.
I need not therefore say much by way of instruction. You are skilful
at wheeling your horses round the post, but the horses themselves
are very slow, and it is this that will, I fear, mar your chances.
The other drivers know less than you do, but their horses are fleeter;
therefore, my dear son, see if you cannot hit upon some artifice whereby
you may insure that the prize shall not slip through your fingers.
The woodman does more by skillM
than by brute force; by skill the pilot
guides his storm-tossed barque over the sea, and so by skill one driver
can beat another. If a man go wide in rounding this way and that,
whereas a man who knows what he is doing may have worse horses, but
he will keep them well in hand when he sees the doubling-post; he
knows the precise moment at which to pull the rein, and keeps his
eye well on the man in front of him. I will give you this certain
token which cannot escape your notice. There is a stump of a dead
ree-oak or pine as it may be- some six feet above the ground, and
not yet rotted away by rain; it stands at the fork of the road; it
has two white stones set one on each side, and there is a clear course
all round it. It may have been a monument to some one long since dead,
or it may have been used as a doubling-post in days gone by; now,
however, it has been fixed on by Achilles as the mark round which
the chariots shall turn; hug it as close as you can, but as you stand
in your chariot lean over a little tM
o the left; urge on your right-hand
horse with voice and lash, and give him a loose rein, but let the
left-hand horse keep so close in, that the nave of your wheel shall
almost graze the post; but mind the stone, or you will wound your
horses and break your chariot in pieces, which would be sport for
others but confusion for yourself. Therefore, my dear son, mind well
what you are about, for if you can be first to round the post there
is no chance of any one giving you the goby later, not even though
d Adrestus's horse Arion behind you horse which is of divine
race- or those of Laomedon, which are the noblest in this country."
When Nestor had made an end of counselling his son he sat down in
his place, and fifth in order Meriones got ready his horses. They
then all mounted their chariots and cast lots.- Achilles shook the
helmet, and the lot of Antilochus son of Nestor fell out first; next
came that of King Eumelus, and after his, those of Menelaus son of
Atreus and of Meriones. The last place fell to M
the lot of Diomed son
of Tydeus, who was the best man of them all. They took their places
in line; Achilles showed them the doubling-post round which they were
to turn, some way off upon the plain; here he stationed his father's
follower Phoenix as umpire, to note the running, and report truly.
At the same instant they all of them lashed their horses, struck them
with the reins, and shouted at them with all their might. They flew
full speed over the plain away from the ships, the dust rose from
as it were a cloud or whirlwind, and their manes were all
flying in the wind. At one moment the chariots seemed to touch the
ground, and then again they bounded into the air; the drivers stood
erect, and their hearts beat fast and furious in their lust of victory.
Each kept calling on his horses, and the horses scoured the plain
amid the clouds of dust that they raised.
It was when they were doing the last part of the course on their way
back towards the sea that their pace was strained to the utmost andM
it was seen what each could do. The horses of the descendant of Pheres
now took the lead, and close behind them came the Trojan stallions
of Diomed. They seemed as if about to mount Eumelus's chariot, and
he could feel their warm breath on his back and on his broad shoulders,
for their heads were close to him as they flew over the course. Diomed
would have now passed him, or there would have been a dead heat, but
Phoebus Apollo to spite him made him drop his whip. Tears of anger
fell from his eyes as he saM
w the mares going on faster than ever,
while his own horses lost ground through his having no whip. Minerva
saw the trick which Apollo had played the son of Tydeus, so she brought
him his whip and put spirit into his horses; moreover she went after
the son of Admetus in a rage and broke his yoke for him; the mares
went one to one side the course, and the other to the other, and the
pole was broken against the ground. Eumelus was thrown from his chariot
close to the wheel; his elbows, mouth, and nostrils wereM
and his forehead was bruised above his eyebrows; his eyes filled with
tears and he could find no utterance. But the son of Tydeus turned
his horses aside and shot far ahead, for Minerva put fresh strength
into them and covered Diomed himself with glory.
Menelaus son of Atreus came next behind him, but Antilochus called
to his father's horses. "On with you both," he cried, "and do your
very utmost. I do not bid you try to beat the steeds of the son of
Tydeus, for Minerva has put running into thM
em, and has covered Diomed
with glory; but you must overtake the horses of the son of Atreus
and not be left behind, or Aethe who is so fleet will taunt you. Why,
my good fellows, are you lagging? I tell you, and it shall surely
be- Nestor will keep neither of you, but will put both of you to the
sword, if we win any the worse a prize through your carelessness,
fly after them at your utmost speed; I will hit on a plan for passing
them in a narrow part of the way, and it shall not fail me."
rebuke of their master, and for a short space went
quicker. Presently Antilochus saw a narrow place where the road had
sunk. The ground was broken, for the winter's rain had gathered and
had worn the road so that the whole place was deepened. Menelaus was
making towards it so as to get there first, for fear of a foul, but
Antilochus turned his horses out of the way, and followed him a little
on one side. The son of Atreus was afraid and shouted out, "Antilochus,
you are driving recklessly; rein in your horsM
es; the road is too narrow
here, it will be wider soon, and you can pass me then; if you foul
my chariot you may bring both of us to a mischief."
But Antilochus plied his whip, and drove faster, as though he had
not heard him. They went side by side for about as far as a young
man can hurl a disc from his shoulder when he is trying his strength,
and then Menelaus's mares drew behind, for he left off driving for
fear the horses should foul one another and upset the chariots; thus,
while pressing on in queM
st of victory, they might both come headlong
to the ground. Menelaus then upbraided Antilochus and said, "There
is no greater trickster living than you are; go, and bad luck go with
you; the Achaeans say not well that you have understanding, and come
what may you shall not bear away the prize without sworn protest on
Then he called on his horses and said to them, "Keep your pace, and
slacken not; the limbs of the other horses will weary sooner than
yours, for they are neither of them young."
The horses feared the rebuke of their master, and went faster, so
that they were soon nearly up with the others.
Meanwhile the Achaeans from their seats were watching how the horses
went, as they scoured the plain amid clouds of their own dust. Idomeneus
captain of the Cretans was first to make out the running, for he was
not in the thick of the crowd, but stood on the most commanding part
of the ground. The driver was a long way off, but Idomeneus could
hear him shouting, and could see the foremost horM
a chestnut with a round white star, like the moon, on its forehead.
He stood up and said among the Argives, "My friends, princes and counsellors
of the Argives, can you see the running as well as I can? There seems
to be another pair in front now, and another driver; those that led
off at the start must have been disabled out on the plain. I saw them
at first making their way round the doubling-post, but now, though
I search the plain of Troy, I cannot find them. Perhaps the reins
m the driver's hand so that he lost command of his horses
at the doubling-post, and could not turn it. I suppose he must have
been thrown out there, and broken his chariot, while his mares have
left the course and gone off wildly in a panic. Come up and see for
yourselves, I cannot make out for certain, but the driver seems an
Aetolian by descent, ruler over the Argives, brave Diomed the son
Ajax the son of Oileus took him up rudely and said, "Idomeneus, why
should you be in such a hurry to tM
ell us all about it, when the mares
are still so far out upon the plain? You are none of the youngest,
nor your eyes none of the sharpest, but you are always laying down
the law. You have no right to do so, for there are better men here
than you are. Eumelus's horses are in front now, as they always have
been, and he is on the chariot holding the reins."
The captain of the Cretans was angry, and answered, "Ajax you are
an excellent railer, but you have no judgement, and are wanting in
much else as well, M
for you have a vile temper. I will wager you a
tripod or cauldron, and Agamemnon son of Atreus shall decide whose
horses are first. You will then know to your cost."
Ajax son of Oileus was for making him an angry answer, and there would
have been yet further brawling between them, had not Achilles risen
in his place and said, "Cease your railing Ajax and Idomeneus; it
is not you would be scandalised if you saw any one else do the like:
sit down and keep your eyes on the horses; they are speeding towards
the winning-post and will be bere directly. You will then both of
you know whose horses are first, and whose come after."
As he was speaking, the son of Tydeus came driving in, plying his
whip lustily from his shoulder, and his horses stepping high as they
flew over the course. The sand and grit rained thick on the driver,
and the chariot inlaid with gold and tin ran close behind his fleet
horses. There was little trace of wheel-marks in the fine dust, and
the horses came flying in at their utmost speed. M
in the middle of the crowd, and the sweat from their manes and chests
fell in streams on to the ground. Forthwith he sprang from his goodly
chariot, and leaned his whip against his horses' yoke; brave Sthenelus
now lost no time, but at once brought on the prize, and gave the woman
and the ear-handled cauldron to his comrades to take away. Then he
unyoked the horses.
Next after him came in Antilochus of the race of Neleus, who had passed
Menelaus by a trick and not by the fleetness of hM
so Menelaus came in as close behind him as the wheel is to the horse
that draws both the chariot and its master. The end hairs of a horse's
tail touch the tyre of the wheel, and there is never much space between
wheel and horse when the chariot is going; Menelaus was no further
than this behind Antilochus, though at first he had been a full disc's
throw behind him. He had soon caught him up again, for Agamemnon's
mare Aethe kept pulling stronger and stronger, so that if the course
en longer he would have passed him, and there would not even
have been a dead heat. Idomeneus's brave squire Meriones was about
a spear's cast behind Menelaus. His horses were slowest of all, and
he was the worst driver. Last of them all came the son of Admetus,
dragging his chariot and driving his horses on in front. When Achilles
saw him he was sorry, and stood up among the Argives saying, "The
best man is coming in last. Let us give him a prize for it is reasonable.
He shall have the second, but the firstM
must go to the son of Tydeus."
Thus did he speak and the others all of them applauded his saying,
and were for doing as he had said, but Nestor's son Antilochus stood
up and claimed his rights from the son of Peleus. "Achilles," said
he, "I shall take it much amiss if you do this thing; you would rob
me of my prize, because you think Eumelus's chariot and horses were
thrown out, and himself too, good man that he is. He should have prayed
duly to the immortals; he would not have come in fast if he had doneM
so. If you are sorry for him and so choose, you have much gold in
your tents, with bronze, sheep, cattle and horses. Take something
from this store if you would have the Achaeans speak well of you,
and give him a better prize even than that which you have now offered;
but I will not give up the mare, and he that will fight me for her,
Achilles smiled as he heard this, and was pleased with Antilochus,
who was one of his dearest comrades. So he said-
"Antilochus, if you would have meM
find Eumelus another prize, I will
give him the bronze breastplate with a rim of tin running all round
it which I took from Asteropaeus. It will be worth much money to him."
He bade his comrade Automedon bring the breastplate from his tent,
and he did so. Achilles then gave it over to Eumelus, who received
But Menelaus got up in a rage, furiously angry with Antilochus. An
attendant placed his staff in his hands and bade the Argives keep
silence: the hero then addressed them. "Antilochus," sM
is this from you who have been so far blameless? You have made me
cut a poor figure and baulked my horses by flinging your own in front
of them, though yours are much worse than mine are; therefore, O princes
and counsellors of the Argives, judge between us and show no favour,
lest one of the Achaeans say, 'Menelaus has got the mare through lying
and corruption; his horses were far inferior to Antilochus's, but
he has greater weight and influence.' Nay, I will determine the matter
no man will blame me, for I shall do what is just. Come
here, Antilochus, and stand, as our custom is, whip in hand before
your chariot and horses; lay your hand on your steeds, and swear by
earth-encircling Neptune that you did not purposely and guilefully
get in the way of my horses."
And Antilochus answered, "Forgive me; I am much younger, King Menelaus,
than you are; you stand higher than I do and are the better man of
the two; you know how easily young men are betrayed into indiscretion;
rs are more hasty and they have less judgement; make due
allowances therefore, and bear with me; I will of my own accord give
up the mare that I have won, and if you claim any further chattel
from my own possessions, I would rather yield it to you, at once,
than fall from your good graces henceforth, and do wrong in the sight
The son of Nestor then took the mare and gave her over to Menelaus,
whose anger was thus appeased; as when dew falls upon a field of ripening
corn, and the lands are briM
stling with the harvest- even so, O Menelaus,
was your heart made glad within you. He turned to Antilochus and said,
"Now, Antilochus, angry though I have been, I can give way to you
of my own free will; you have never been headstrong nor ill-disposed
hitherto, but this time your youth has got the better of your judgement;
be careful how you outwit your betters in future; no one else could
have brought me round so easily, but your good father, your brother,
and yourself have all of you had infinite trouble oM
therefore yield to your entreaty, and will give up the mare to you,
mine though it indeed be; the people will thus see that I am neither
harsh nor vindictive."
With this he gave the mare over to Antilochus's comrade Noemon, and
then took the cauldron. Meriones, who had come in fourth, carried
off the two talents of gold, and the fifth prize, the two-handled
urn, being unawarded, Achilles gave it to Nestor, going up to him
among the assembled Argives and saying, "Take this, my good old frieM
as an heirloom and memorial of the funeral of Patroclus- for you shall
see him no more among the Argives. I give you this prize though you
cannot win one; you can now neither wrestle nor fight, and cannot
enter for the javelin-match nor foot-races, for the hand of age has
been laid heavily upon you."
So saying he gave the urn over to Nestor, who received it gladly and
answered, "My son, all that you have said is true; there is no strength
now in my legs and feet, nor can I hit out with my hands from M
shoulder. Would that I were still young and strong as when the Epeans
were burying King Amarynceus in Buprasium, and his sons offered prizes
in his honour. There was then none that could vie with me neither
of the Epeans nor the Pylians themselves nor the Aetolians. In boxing
I overcame Clytomedes son of Enops, and in wrestling, Ancaeus of Pleuron
who had come forward against me. Iphiclus was a good runner, but I
beat him, and threw farther with my spear than either Phyleus or Polydorus.
acing alone did the two sons of Actor surpass me by crowding
their horses in front of me, for they were angry at the way victory
had gone, and at the greater part of the prizes remaining in the place
in which they had been offered. They were twins, and the one kept
on holding the reins, and holding the reins, while the other plied
the whip. Such was I then, but now I must leave these matters to younger
men; I must bow before the weight of years, but in those days I was
eminent among heroes. And now, sir, go M
on with the funeral contests
in honour of your comrade: gladly do I accept this urn, and my heart
rejoices that you do not forget me but are ever mindful of my goodwill
towards you, and of the respect due to me from the Achaeans. For all
which may the grace of heaven be vouchsafed you in great abundance."
Thereon the son of Peleus, when he had listened to all the thanks
of Nestor, went about among the concourse of the Achaeans, and presently
offered prizes for skill in the painful art of boxing. He broughtM
out a strong mule, and made it fast in the middle of the crowd- a
she-mule never yet broken, but six years old- when it is hardest of
all to break them: this was for the victor, and for the vanquished
he offered a double cup. Then he stood up and said among the Argives,
"Son of Atreus, and all other Achaeans, I invite our two champion
boxers to lay about them lustily and compete for these prizes. He
to whom Apollo vouchsafes the greater endurance, and whom the Achaeans
acknowledge as victor, shall take theM
mule back with him to his own
tent, while he that is vanquished shall have the double cup."
As he spoke there stood up a champion both brave and great stature,
a skilful boxer, Epeus, son of Panopeus. He laid his hand on the mule
and said, "Let the man who is to have the cup come hither, for none
but myself will take the mule. I am the best boxer of all here present,
and none can beat me. Is it not enough that I should fall short of
you in actual fighting? Still, no man can be good at everything. I
you plainly, and it shall come true; if any man will box with
me I will bruise his body and break his bones; therefore let his friends
stay here in a body and be at hand to take him away when I have done
They all held their peace, and no man rose save Euryalus son of Mecisteus,
who was son of Talaus. Mecisteus went once to Thebes after the fall
of Oedipus, to attend his funeral, and he beat all the people of Cadmus.
The son of Tydeus was Euryalus's second, cheering him on and hoping
hat he would win. First he put a waistband round him and
then he gave him some well-cut thongs of ox-hide; the two men being
now girt went into the middle of the ring, and immediately fell to;
heavily indeed did they punish one another and lay about them with
their brawny fists. One could hear the horrid crashing of their jaws,
and they sweated from every pore of their skin. Presently Epeus came
on and gave Euryalus a blow on the jaw as he was looking round; Euryalus
could not keep his legs; they gave way unM
der him in a moment and he
sprang up with a bound, as a fish leaps into the air near some shore
that is all bestrewn with sea-wrack, when Boreas furs the top of the
waves, and then falls back into deep water. But noble Epeus caught
hold of him and raised him up; his comrades also came round him and
led him from the ring, unsteady in his gait, his head hanging on one
side, and spitting great clots of gore. They set him down in a swoon
and then went to fetch the double cup.
The son of Peleus now brought ouM
t the prizes for the third contest
and showed them to the Argives. These were for the painful art of
wrestling. For the winner there was a great tripod ready for setting
upon the fire, and the Achaeans valued it among themselves at twelve
oxen. For the loser he brought out a woman skilled in all manner of
arts, and they valued her at four oxen. He rose and said among the
Argives, "Stand forward, you who will essay this contest."
Forthwith uprose great Ajax the son of Telamon, and crafty Ulysses,
iles rose also. The two girded themselves and went into the
middle of the ring. They gripped each other in their strong hands
like the rafters which some master-builder frames for the roof of
a high house to keep the wind out. Their backbones cracked as they
tugged at one another with their mighty arms- and sweat rained from
them in torrents. Many a bloody weal sprang up on their sides and
shoulders, but they kept on striving with might and main for victory
and to win the tripod. Ulysses could not throw AjaxM
Ulysses was too strong for him; but when the Achaeans began to tire
of watching them, Ajax said to ulysses, "Ulysses, noble son of Laertes,
you shall either lift me, or I you, and let Jove settle it between
He lifted him from the ground as he spoke, but Ulysses did not forget
his cunning. He hit Ajax in the hollow at back of his knee, so that
he could not keep his feet, but fell on his back with Ulysses lying
upon his chest, and all who saw it marvelled. Then Ulysses in turn
Ajax and stirred him a little from the ground but could not
lift him right off it, his knee sank under him, and the two fell side
by side on the ground and were all begrimed with dust. They now sprang
towards one another and were for wrestling yet a third time, but Achilles
rose and stayed them. "Put not each other further," said he, "to such
cruel suffering; the victory is with both alike, take each of you
an equal prize, and let the other Achaeans now compete."
Thus did he speak and they did even as he hM
ad said, and put on their
shirts again after wiping the dust from off their bodies.
The son of Peleus then offered prizes for speed in running- a mixing-bowl
beautifully wrought, of pure silver. It would hold six measures, and
far exceeded all others in the whole world for beauty; it was the
work of cunning artificers in Sidon, and had been brought into port
by Phoenicians from beyond the sea, who had made a present of it to
Thoas. Eueneus son of jason had given it to Patroclus in ransom of
caon, and Achilles now offered it as a prize in honour
of his comrade to him who should be the swiftest runner. For the second
prize he offered a large ox, well fattened, while for the last there
was to be half a talent of gold. He then rose and said among the Argives,
"Stand forward, you who will essay this contest."
Forthwith uprose fleet Ajax son of Oileus, with cunning Ulysses, and
Nestor's son Antilochus, the fastest runner among all the youth of
his time. They stood side by side and Achilles showed M
The course was set out for them from the starting-post, and the son
of Oileus took the lead at once, with Ulysses as close behind him
as the shuttle is to a woman's bosom when she throws the woof across
the warp and holds it close up to her; even so close behind him was
Ulysses- treading in his footprints before the dust could settle there,
and Ajax could feel his breath on the back of his head as he ran swiftly
on. The Achaeans all shouted applause as they saw him straining his
heered him as he shot past them; but when they were now
nearing the end of the course Ulysses prayed inwardly to Minerva.
"Hear me," he cried, "and help my feet, O goddess." Thus did he pray,
and Pallas Minerva heard his prayer; she made his hands and his feet
feel light, and when the runners were at the point of pouncing upon
the prize, Ajax, through Minerva's spite slipped upon some offal that
was lying there from the cattle which Achilles had slaughtered in
honour of Patroclus, and his mouth and nostrils M
were all filled with
cow dung. Ulysses therefore carried off the mixing-bowl, for he got
before Ajax and came in first. But Ajax took the ox and stood with
his hand on one of its horns, spitting the dung out of his mouth.
Then he said to the Argives, "Alas, the goddess has spoiled my running;
she watches over Ulysses and stands by him as though she were his
own mother." Thus did he speak and they all of them laughed heartily.
Antilochus carried off the last prize and smiled as he said to the
You all see, my friends, that now too the gods have shown
their respect for seniority. Ajax is somewhat older than I am, and
as for Ulysses, he belongs to an earlier generation, but he is hale
in spite of his years, and no man of the Achaeans can run against
him save only Achilles."
He said this to pay a compliment to the son of Peleus, and Achilles
answered, "Antilochus, you shall not have praised me to no purpose;
I shall give you an additional half talent of gold." He then gave
the half talent to AntiM
lochus, who received it gladly.
Then the son of Peleus brought out the spear, helmet and shield that
had been borne by Sarpedon, and were taken from him by Patroclus.
He stood up and said among the Argives, "We bid two champions put
on their armour, take their keen blades, and make trial of one another
in the presence of the multitude; whichever of them can first wound
the flesh of the other, cut through his armour, and draw blood, to
him will I give this goodly Thracian sword inlaid with silver, which
took from Asteropaeus, but the armour let both hold in partnership,
and I will give each of them a hearty meal in my own tent."
Forthwith uprose great Ajax the son of Telamon, as also mighty Diomed
son of Tydeus. When they had put on their armour each on his own side
of the ring, they both went into the middle eager to engage, and with
fire flashing from their eyes. The Achaeans marvelled as they beheld
them, and when the two were now close up with one another, thrice
did they spring forward and thrice trM
y to strike each other in close
combat. Ajax pierced Diomed's round shield, but did not draw blood,
for the cuirass beneath the shield protected him; thereon the son
of Tydeus from over his huge shield kept aiming continually at Ajax's
neck with the point of his spear, and the Achaeans alarmed for his
safety bade them leave off fighting and divide the prize between them.
Achilles then gave the great sword to the son of Tydeus, with its
scabbard, and the leathern belt with which to hang it.
offered the massive iron quoit which mighty Eetion had
erewhile been used to hurl, until Achilles had slain him and carried
it off in his ships along with other spoils. He stood up and said
among the Argives, "Stand forward, you who would essay this contest.
He who wins it will have a store of iron that will last him five years
as they go rolling round, and if his fair fields lie far from a town
his shepherd or ploughman will not have to make a journey to buy iron,
for he will have a stock of it on his own pM
Then uprose the two mighty men Polypoetes and Leonteus, with Ajax
son of Telamon and noble Epeus. They stood up one after the other
and Epeus took the quoit, whirled it, and flung it from him, which
set all the Achaeans laughing. After him threw Leonteus of the race
of Mars. Ajax son of Telamon threw third, and sent the quoit beyond
any mark that had been made yet, but when mighty Polypoetes took the
quoit he hurled it as though it had been a stockman's stick which
he sends flying about among hM
is cattle when he is driving them, so
far did his throw out-distance those of the others. All who saw it
roared applause, and his comrades carried the prize for him and set
it on board his ship.
Achilles next offered a prize of iron for archery- ten double-edged
axes and ten with single eddies: he set up a ship's mast, some way
off upon the sands, and with a fine string tied a pigeon to it by
the foot; this was what they were to aim at. "Whoever," he said, "can
hit the pigeon shall have all the axes and M
take them away with him;
he who hits the string without hitting the bird will have taken a
worse aim and shall have the single-edged axes."
Then uprose King Teucer, and Meriones the stalwart squire of Idomeneus
rose also, They cast lots in a bronze helmet and the lot of Teucer
fell first. He let fly with his arrow forthwith, but he did not promise
hecatombs of firstling lambs to King Apollo, and missed his bird,
for Apollo foiled his aim; but he hit the string with which the bird
was tied, near its foot;M
the arrow cut the string clean through so
that it hung down towards the ground, while the bird flew up into
the sky, and the Achaeans shouted applause. Meriones, who had his
arrow ready while Teucer was aiming, snatched the bow out of his hand,
and at once promised that he would sacrifice a hecatomb of firstling
lambs to Apollo lord of the bow; then espying the pigeon high up under
the clouds, he hit her in the middle of the wing as she was circling
upwards; the arrow went clean through the wing and fixed iM
the ground at Meriones' feet, but the bird perched on the ship's mast
hanging her head and with all her feathers drooping; the life went
out of her, and she fell heavily from the mast. Meriones, therefore,
took all ten double-edged axes, while Teucer bore off the single-edged
Then the son of Peleus brought in a spear and a cauldron that had
never been on the fire; it was worth an ox, and was chased with a
pattern of flowers; and those that throw the javelin stood up- to
he son of Atreus, king of men Agamemnon, and Meriones, stalwart
squire of Idomeneus. But Achilles spoke saying, "Son of Atreus, we
know how far you excel all others both in power and in throwing the
javelin; take the cauldron back with you to your ships, but if it
so please you, let us give the spear to Meriones; this at least is
what I should myself wish."
King Agamemnon assented. So he gave the bronze spear to Meriones,
and handed the goodly cauldron to Talthybius his esquire.
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The assembly now broke up and the people went their ways each to
his own ship. There they made ready their supper, and then bethought
them of the blessed boon of sleep; but Achilles still wept for thinking
of his dear comrade, and sleep, before whom all things bow, could
take no hold upon him. This way and that did he turn as he yearned
after the might and manfulness of Patroclus; he thought of all they
had done together, and all they had gone thM
rough both on the field
of battle and on the waves of the weary sea. As he dwelt on these
things he wept bitterly and lay now on his side, now on his back,
and now face downwards, till at last he rose and went out as one distraught
to wander upon the seashore. Then, when he saw dawn breaking over
beach and sea, he yoked his horses to his chariot, and bound the body
of Hector behind it that he might drag it about. Thrice did he drag
it round the tomb of the son of Menoetius, and then went back into
leaving the body on the ground full length and with its
face downwards. But Apollo would not suffer it to be disfigured, for
he pitied the man, dead though he now was; therefore he shielded him
with his golden aegis continually, that he might take no hurt while
Achilles was dragging him.
Thus shamefully did Achilles in his fury dishonour Hector; but the
blessed gods looked down in pity from heaven, and urged Mercury, slayer
of Argus, to steal the body. All were of this mind save only Juno,
Jove's grey-eyed daughter, who persisted in the hate
which they had ever borne towards Ilius with Priam and his people;
for they forgave not the wrong done them by Alexandrus in disdaining
the goddesses who came to him when he was in his sheepyards, and preferring
her who had offered him a wanton to his ruin.
When, therefore, the morning of the twelfth day had now come, Phoebus
Apollo spoke among the immortals saying, "You gods ought to be ashamed
of yourselves; you are cruel and hard-hearted. Did not HecM
you thigh-bones of heifers and of unblemished goats? And now dare
you not rescue even his dead body, for his wife to look upon, with
his mother and child, his father Priam, and his people, who would
forthwith commit him to the flames, and give him his due funeral rites?
So, then, you would all be on the side of mad Achilles, who knows
neither right nor ruth? He is like some savage lion that in the pride
of his great strength and daring springs upon men's flocks and gorges
on them. Even so has AchilM
les flung aside all pity, and all that conscience
which at once so greatly banes yet greatly boons him that will heed
it. man may lose one far dearer than Achilles has lost- a son, it
may be, or a brother born from his own mother's womb; yet when he
has mourned him and wept over him he will let him bide, for it takes
much sorrow to kill a man; whereas Achilles, now that he has slain
noble Hector, drags him behind his chariot round the tomb of his comrade.
It were better of him, and for him, that he should noM
brave though he be we gods may take it ill that he should vent his
fury upon dead clay."
Juno spoke up in a rage. "This were well," she cried, "O lord of the
silver bow, if you would give like honour to Hector and to Achilles;
but Hector was mortal and suckled at a woman's breast, whereas Achilles
is the offspring of a goddess whom I myself reared and brought up.
I married her to Peleus, who is above measure dear to the immortals;
you gods came all of you to her wedding; you feasted along wiM
yourself and brought your lyre- false, and fond of low company, that
you have ever been."
Then said Jove, "Juno, be not so bitter. Their honour shall not be
equal, but of all that dwell in Ilius, Hector was dearest to the gods,
as also to myself, for his offerings never failed me. Never was my
altar stinted of its dues, nor of the drink-offerings and savour of
sacrifice which we claim of right. I shall therefore permit the body
of mighty Hector to be stolen; and yet this may hardly be without
hilles coming to know it, for his mother keeps night and day beside
him. Let some one of you, therefore, send Thetis to me, and I will
impart my counsel to her, namely that Achilles is to accept a ransom
from Priam, and give up the body."
On this Iris fleet as the wind went forth to carry his message. Down
she plunged into the dark sea midway between Samos and rocky Imbrus;
the waters hissed as they closed over her, and she sank into the bottom
as the lead at the end of an ox-horn, that is sped to carry dM
to fishes. She found Thetis sitting in a great cave with the other
sea-goddesses gathered round her; there she sat in the midst of them
weeping for her noble son who was to fall far from his own land, on
the rich plains of Troy. Iris went up to her and said, "Rise Thetis;
Jove, whose counsels fail not, bids you come to him." And Thetis answered,
"Why does the mighty god so bid me? I am in great grief, and shrink
from going in and out among the immortals. Still, I will go, and the
word that he may speakM
shall not be spoken in vain."
The goddess took her dark veil, than which there can be no robe more
sombre, and went forth with fleet Iris leading the way before her.
The waves of the sea opened them a path, and when they reached the
shore they flew up into the heavens, where they found the all-seeing
son of Saturn with the blessed gods that live for ever assembled near
him. Minerva gave up her seat to her, and she sat down by the side
of father Jove. Juno then placed a fair golden cup in her hand, and
poke to her in words of comfort, whereon Thetis drank and gave her
back the cup; and the sire of gods and men was the first to speak.
"So, goddess," said he, "for all your sorrow, and the grief that I
well know reigns ever in your heart, you have come hither to Olympus,
and I will tell you why I have sent for you. This nine days past the
immortals have been quarrelling about Achilles waster of cities and
the body of Hector. The gods would have Mercury slayer of Argus steal
the body, but in furtherance of oM
ur peace and amity henceforward,
I will concede such honour to your son as I will now tell you. Go,
then, to the host and lay these commands upon him; say that the gods
are angry with him, and that I am myself more angry than them all,
in that he keeps Hector at the ships and will not give him up. He
may thus fear me and let the body go. At the same time I will send
Iris to great Priam to bid him go to the ships of the Achaeans, and
ransom his son, taking with him such gifts for Achilles as may give
Silver-footed Thetis did as the god had told her, and forthwith down
she darted from the topmost summits of Olympus. She went to her son's
tents where she found him grieving bitterly, while his trusty comrades
round him were busy preparing their morning meal, for which they had
killed a great woolly sheep. His mother sat down beside him and caressed
him with her hand saying, "My son, how long will you keep on thus
grieving and making moan? You are gnawing at your own heart, and think
f food nor of woman's embraces; and yet these too were well,
for you have no long time to live, and death with the strong hand
of fate are already close beside you. Now, therefore, heed what I
say, for I come as a messenger from Jove; he says that the gods are
angry with you, and himself more angry than them all, in that you
keep Hector at the ships and will not give him up. Therefore let him
go, and accept a ransom for his body."
And Achilles answered, "So be it. If Olympian Jove of his own motion
commands me, let him that brings the ransom bear the body away."
Thus did mother and son talk together at the ships in long discourse
with one another. Meanwhile the son of Saturn sent Iris to the strong
city of Ilius. "Go," said he, "fleet Iris, from the mansions of Olympus,
and tell King Priam in Ilius, that he is to go to the ships of the
Achaeans and free the body of his dear son. He is to take such gifts
with him as shall give satisfaction to Achilles, and he is to go alone,
with no other Trojan, saveM
only some honoured servant who may drive
his mules and waggon, and bring back the body of him whom noble Achilles
has slain. Let him have no thought nor fear of death in his heart,
for we will send the slayer of Argus to escort him, and bring him
within the tent of Achilles. Achilles will not kill him nor let another
do so, for he will take heed to his ways and sin not, and he will
entreat a suppliant with all honourable courtesy."
On this Iris, fleet as the wind, sped forth to deliver her message.
went to Priam's house, and found weeping and lamentation therein.
His sons were seated round their father in the outer courtyard, and
their raiment was wet with tears: the old man sat in the midst of
them with his mantle wrapped close about his body, and his head and
neck all covered with the filth which he had clutched as he lay grovelling
in the mire. His daughters and his sons' wives went wailing about
the house, as they thought of the many and brave men who lay dead,
slain by the Argives. The messenger oM
f Jove stood by Priam and spoke
softly to him, but fear fell upon him as she did so. "Take heart,"
she said, "Priam offspring of Dardanus, take heart and fear not. I
bring no evil tidings, but am minded well towards you. I come as a
messenger from Jove, who though he be not near, takes thought for
you and pities you. The lord of Olympus bids you go and ransom noble
Hector, and take with you such gifts as shall give satisfaction to
Achilles. You are to go alone, with no Trojan, save only some honoured
t who may drive your mules and waggon, and bring back to the
city the body of him whom noble Achilles has slain. You are to have
no thought, nor fear of death, for Jove will send the slayer of Argus
to escort you. When he has brought you within Achilles' tent, Achilles
will not kill you nor let another do so, for he will take heed to
his ways and sin not, and he will entreat a suppliant with all honourable
Iris went her way when she had thus spoken, and Priam told his sons
to get a mule-waggonM
ready, and to make the body of the waggon fast
upon the top of its bed. Then he went down into his fragrant store-room,
high-vaulted, and made of cedar-wood, where his many treasures were
kept, and he called Hecuba his wife. "Wife," said he, "a messenger
has come to me from Olympus, and has told me to go to the ships of
the Achaeans to ransom my dear son, taking with me such gifts as shall
give satisfaction to Achilles. What think you of this matter? for
my own part I am greatly moved to pass through the ofM
and go to their ships."
His wife cried aloud as she heard him, and said, "Alas, what has become
of that judgement for which you have been ever famous both among strangers
and your own people? How can you venture alone to the ships of the
Achaeans, and look into the face of him who has slain so many of your
brave sons? You must have iron courage, for if the cruel savage sees
you and lays hold on you, he will know neither respect nor pity. Let
us then weep Hector from afar here in our own houM
him birth the threads of overruling fate were spun for him that dogs
should eat his flesh far from his parents, in the house of that terrible
man on whose liver I would fain fasten and devour it. Thus would I
avenge my son, who showed no cowardice when Achilles slew him, and
thought neither of Right nor of avoiding battle as he stood in defence
of Trojan men and Trojan women."
Then Priam said, "I would go, do not therefore stay me nor be as a
bird of ill omen in my house, for you willM
not move me. Had it been
some mortal man who had sent me some prophet or priest who divines
from sacrifice- I should have deemed him false and have given him
no heed; but now I have heard the goddess and seen her face to face,
therefore I will go and her saying shall not be in vain. If it be
my fate to die at the ships of the Achaeans even so would I have it;
let Achilles slay me, if I may but first have taken my son in my arms
and mourned him to my heart's comforting."
So saying he lifted the lids of hM
is chests, and took out twelve goodly
vestments. He took also twelve cloaks of single fold, twelve rugs,
twelve fair mantles, and an equal number of shirts. He weighed out
ten talents of gold, and brought moreover two burnished tripods, four
cauldrons, and a very beautiful cup which the Thracians had given
him when he had gone to them on an embassy; it was very precious,
but he grudged not even this, so eager was he to ransom the body of
his son. Then he chased all the Trojans from the court and rebuked
m with words of anger. "Out," he cried, "shame and disgrace to
me that you are. Have you no grief in your own homes that you are
come to plague me here? Is it a small thing, think you, that the son
of Saturn has sent this sorrow upon me, to lose the bravest of my
sons? Nay, you shall prove it in person, for now he is gone the Achaeans
will have easier work in killing you. As for me, let me go down within
the house of Hades, ere mine eyes behold the sacking and wasting of
He drove the men away M
with his staff, and they went forth as the old
man sped them. Then he called to his sons, upbraiding Helenus, Paris,
noble Agathon, Pammon, Antiphonus, Polites of the loud battle-cry,
Deiphobus, Hippothous, and Dius. These nine did the old man call near
him. "Come to me at once," he cried, "worthless sons who do me shame;
would that you had all been killed at the ships rather than Hector.
Miserable man that I am, I have had the bravest sons in all Troy-
noble Nestor, Troilus the dauntless charioteer, and HecM
a god among men, so that one would have thought he was son to an immortal-
yet there is not one of them left. Mars has slain them and those of
whom I am ashamed are alone left me. Liars, and light of foot, heroes
of the dance, robbers of lambs and kids from your own people, why
do you not get a waggon ready for me at once, and put all these things
upon it that I may set out on my way?"
Thus did he speak, and they feared the rebuke of their father. They
brought out a strong mule-waggon, newly M
made, and set the body of
the waggon fast on its bed. They took the mule-yoke from the peg on
which it hung, a yoke of boxwood with a knob on the top of it and
rings for the reins to go through. Then they brought a yoke-band eleven
cubits long, to bind the yoke to the pole; they bound it on at the
far end of the pole, and put the ring over the upright pin making
it fast with three turns of the band on either side the knob, and
bending the thong of the yoke beneath it. This done, they brought
chamber the rich ransom that was to purchase the body
of Hector, and they set it all orderly on the waggon; then they yoked
the strong harness-mules which the Mysians had on a time given as
a goodly present to Priam; but for Priam himself they yoked horses
which the old king had bred, and kept for own use.
Thus heedfully did Priam and his servant see to the yolking of their
cars at the palace. Then Hecuba came to them all sorrowful, with a
golden goblet of wine in her right hand, that they might make a drM
before they set out. She stood in front of the horses and said, "Take
this, make a drink-offering to father Jove, and since you are minded
to go to the ships in spite of me, pray that you may come safely back
from the hands of your enemies. Pray to the son of Saturn lord of
the whirlwind, who sits on Ida and looks down over all Troy, pray
him to send his swift messenger on your right hand, the bird of omen
which is strongest and most dear to him of all birds, that you may
see it with your own eM
yes and trust it as you go forth to the ships
of the Danaans. If all-seeing Jove will not send you this messenger,
however set upon it you may be, I would not have you go to the ships
And Priam answered, "Wife, I will do as you desire me; it is well
to lift hands in prayer to Jove, if so be he may have mercy upon me."
With this the old man bade the serving-woman pour pure water over
his hands, and the woman came, bearing the water in a bowl. He washed
his hands and took the cup from hiM
s wife; then he made the drink-offering
and prayed, standing in the middle of the courtyard and turning his
eyes to heaven. "Father Jove," he said, "that rulest from Ida, most
glorious and most great, grant that I may be received kindly and compassionately
in the tents of Achilles; and send your swift messenger upon my right
hand, the bird of omen which is strongest and most dear to you of
all birds, that I may see it with my own eyes and trust it as I go
forth to the ships of the Danaans."
y, and Jove the lord of counsel heard his prayer. Forthwith
he sent an eagle, the most unerring portent of all birds that fly,
the dusky hunter that men also call the Black Eagle. His wings were
spread abroad on either side as wide as the well-made and well-bolted
door of a rich man's chamber. He came to them flying over the city
upon their right hands, and when they saw him they were glad and their
hearts took comfort within them. The old man made haste to mount his
chariot, and drove out through the inner M
gateway and under the echoing
gatehouse of the outer court. Before him went the mules drawing the
four-wheeled waggon, and driven by wise Idaeus; behind these were
the horses, which the old man lashed with his whip and drove swiftly
through the city, while his friends followed after, wailing and lamenting
for him as though he were on his road to death. As soon as they had
come down from the city and had reached the plain, his sons and sons-in-law
who had followed him went back to Ilius.
eus as they showed out upon the plain did not escape
the ken of all-seeing Jove, who looked down upon the old man and pitied
him; then he spoke to his son Mercury and said, "Mercury, for it is
you who are the most disposed to escort men on their way, and to hear
those whom you will hear, go, and so conduct Priam to the ships of
the Achaeans that no other of the Danaans shall see him nor take note
of him until he reach the son of Peleus."
Thus he spoke and Mercury, guide and guardian, slayer of Argus, did
as he was told. Forthwith he bound on his glittering golden sandals
with which he could fly like the wind over land and sea; he took the
wand with which he seals men's eyes in sleep, or wakes them just as
he pleases, and flew holding it in his hand till he came to Troy and
to the Hellespont. To look at, he was like a young man of noble birth
in the hey-day of his youth and beauty with the down just coming upon
Now when Priam and Idaeus had driven past the great tomb of Ilius,
mules and horses that they might drink in the river,
for the shades of night were falling, when, therefore, Idaeus saw
Mercury standing near them he said to Priam, "Take heed, descendant
of Dardanus; here is matter which demands consideration. I see a man
who I think will presently fall upon us; let us fly with our horses,
or at least embrace his knees and implore him to take compassion upon
When he heard this the old man's heart failed him, and he was in great
fear; he stayed where he was as one daM
zed, and the hair stood on end
over his whole body; but the bringer of good luck came up to him and
took him by the hand, saying, "Whither, father, are you thus driving
your mules and horses in the dead of night when other men are asleep?
Are you not afraid of the fierce Achaeans who are hard by you, so
cruel and relentless? Should some one of them see you bearing so much
treasure through the darkness of the flying night, what would not
your state then be? You are no longer young, and he who is with you
too old to protect you from those who would attack you. For myself,
I will do you no harm, and I will defend you from any one else, for
you remind me of my own father."
And Priam answered, "It is indeed as you say, my dear son; nevertheless
some god has held his hand over me, in that he has sent such a wayfarer
as yourself to meet me so Opportunely; you are so comely in mien and
figure, and your judgement is so excellent that you must come of blessed
Then said the slayer of Argus, guide and M
guardian, "Sir, all that
you have said is right; but tell me and tell me true, are you taking
this rich treasure to send it to a foreign people where it may be
safe, or are you all leaving strong Ilius in dismay now that your
son has fallen who was the bravest man among you and was never lacking
in battle with the Achaeans?"
And Priam said, "Wo are you, my friend, and who are your parents,
that you speak so truly about the fate of my unhappy son?"
The slayer of Argus, guide and guardian, answered him, M
prove me, that you question me about noble Hector. Many a time have
I set eyes upon him in battle when he was driving the Argives to their
ships and putting them to the sword. We stood still and marvelled,
for Achilles in his anger with the son of Atreus suffered us not to
fight. I am his squire, and came with him in the same ship. I am a
Myrmidon, and my father's name is Polyctor: he is a rich man and about
as old as you are; he has six sons besides myself, and I am the seventh.
s, and it fell upon me to sail hither with Achilles. I
am now come from the ships on to the plain, for with daybreak the
Achaeans will set battle in array about the city. They chafe at doing
nothing, and are so eager that their princes cannot hold them back."
Then answered Priam, "If you are indeed the squire of Achilles son
of Peleus, tell me now the Whole truth. Is my son still at the ships,
or has Achilles hewn him limb from limb, and given him to his hounds?"
"Sir," replied the slayer of Argus, guideM
and guardian, "neither hounds
nor vultures have yet devoured him; he is still just lying at the
tents by the ship of Achilles, and though it is now twelve days that
he has lain there, his flesh is not wasted nor have the worms eaten
him although they feed on warriors. At daybreak Achilles drags him
cruelly round the sepulchre of his dear comrade, but it does him no
hurt. You should come yourself and see how he lies fresh as dew, with
the blood all washed away, and his wounds every one of them closed
many pierced him with their spears. Such care have the blessed
gods taken of your brave son, for he was dear to them beyond all measure."
The old man was comforted as he heard him and said, "My son, see what
a good thing it is to have made due offerings to the immortals; for
as sure as that he was born my son never forgot the gods that hold
Olympus, and now they requite it to him even in death. Accept therefore
at my hands this goodly chalice; guard me and with heaven's help guide
me till I come to the teM
nt of the son of Peleus."
Then answered the slayer of Argus, guide and guardian, "Sir, you are
tempting me and playing upon my youth, but you shall not move me,
for you are offering me presents without the knowledge of Achilles
whom I fear and hold it great guiltless to defraud, lest some evil
presently befall me; but as your guide I would go with you even to
Argos itself, and would guard you so carefully whether by sea or land,
that no one should attack you through making light of him who was
The bringer of good luck then sprang on to the chariot, and seizing
the whip and reins he breathed fresh spirit into the mules and horses.
When they reached the trench and the wall that was before the ships,
those who were on guard had just been getting their suppers, and the
slayer of Argus threw them all into a deep sleep. Then he drew back
the bolts to open the gates, and took Priam inside with the treasure
he had upon his waggon. Ere long they came to the lofty dwelling of
the son of Peleus for whicM
h the Myrmidons had cut pine and which they
had built for their king; when they had built it they thatched it
with coarse tussock-grass which they had mown out on the plain, and
all round it they made a large courtyard, which was fenced with stakes
set close together. The gate was barred with a single bolt of pine
which it took three men to force into its place, and three to draw
back so as to open the gate, but Achilles could draw it by himself.
Mercury opened the gate for the old man, and brought in the trM
that he was taking with him for the son of Peleus. Then he sprang
from the chariot on to the ground and said, "Sir, it is I, immortal
Mercury, that am come with you, for my father sent me to escort you.
I will now leave you, and will not enter into the presence of Achilles,
for it might anger him that a god should befriend mortal men thus
openly. Go you within, and embrace the knees of the son of Peleus:
beseech him by his father, his lovely mother, and his son; thus you
words Mercury went back to high Olympus. Priam sprang from
his chariot to the ground, leaving Idaeus where he was, in charge
of the mules and horses. The old man went straight into the house
where Achilles, loved of the gods, was sitting. There he found him
with his men seated at a distance from him: only two, the hero Automedon,
and Alcimus of the race of Mars, were busy in attendance about his
person, for he had but just done eating and drinking, and the table
was still there. King Priam entered without tM
heir seeing him, and
going right up to Achilles he clasped his knees and kissed the dread
murderous hands that had slain so many of his sons.
As when some cruel spite has befallen a man that he should have killed
some one in his own country, and must fly to a great man's protection
in a land of strangers, and all marvel who see him, even so did Achilles
marvel as he beheld Priam. The others looked one to another and marvelled
also, but Priam besought Achilles saying, "Think of your father, O
e unto the gods, who is such even as I am, on the sad
threshold of old age. It may be that those who dwell near him harass
him, and there is none to keep war and ruin from him. Yet when he
hears of you being still alive, he is glad, and his days are full
of hope that he shall see his dear son come home to him from Troy;
but I, wretched man that I am, had the bravest in all Troy for my
sons, and there is not one of them left. I had fifty sons when the
Achaeans came here; nineteen of them were from a single woM
the others were borne to me by the women of my household. The greater
part of them has fierce Mars laid low, and Hector, him who was alone
left, him who was the guardian of the city and ourselves, him have
you lately slain; therefore I am now come to the ships of the Achaeans
to ransom his body from you with a great ransom. Fear, O Achilles,
the wrath of heaven; think on your own father and have compassion
upon me, who am the more pitiable, for I have steeled myself as no
man yet has ever steeled hiM
mself before me, and have raised to my
lips the hand of him who slew my son."
Thus spoke Priam, and the heart of Achilles yearned as he bethought
him of his father. He took the old man's hand and moved him gently
away. The two wept bitterly- Priam, as he lay at Achilles' feet, weeping
for Hector, and Achilles now for his father and now for Patroclous,
till the house was filled with their lamentation. But when Achilles
was now sated with grief and had unburthened the bitterness of his
sorrow, he left his M
seat and raised the old man by the hand, in pity
for his white hair and beard; then he said, "Unhappy man, you have
indeed been greatly daring; how could you venture to come alone to
the ships of the Achaeans, and enter the presence of him who has slain
so many of your brave sons? You must have iron courage: sit now upon
this seat, and for all our grief we will hide our sorrows in our hearts,
for weeping will not avail us. The immortals know no care, yet the
lot they spin for man is full of sorrow; on the flM
oor of Jove's palace
there stand two urns, the one filled with evil gifts, and the other
with good ones. He for whom Jove the lord of thunder mixes the gifts
he sends, will meet now with good and now with evil fortune; but he
to whom Jove sends none but evil gifts will be pointed at by the finger
of scorn, the hand of famine will pursue him to the ends of the world,
and he will go up and down the face of the earth, respected neither
by gods nor men. Even so did it befall Peleus; the gods endowed him
l good things from his birth upwards, for he reigned over the
Myrmidons excelling all men in prosperity and wealth, and mortal though
he was they gave him a goddess for his bride. But even on him too
did heaven send misfortune, for there is no race of royal children
born to him in his house, save one son who is doomed to die all untimely;
nor may I take care of him now that he is growing old, for I must
stay here at Troy to be the bane of you and your children. And you
too, O Priam, I have heard that you werM
e aforetime happy. They say
that in wealth and plenitude of offspring you surpassed all that is
in Lesbos, the realm of Makar to the northward, Phrygia that is more
inland, and those that dwell upon the great Hellespont; but from the
day when the dwellers in heaven sent this evil upon you, war and slaughter
have been about your city continually. Bear up against it, and let
there be some intervals in your sorrow. Mourn as you may for your
brave son, you will take nothing by it. You cannot raise him from
dead, ere you do so yet another sorrow shall befall you."
And Priam answered, "O king, bid me not be seated, while Hector is
still lying uncared for in your tents, but accept the great ransom
which I have brought you, and give him to me at once that I may look
upon him. May you prosper with the ransom and reach your own land
in safety, seeing that you have suffered me to live and to look upon
the light of the sun."
Achilles looked at him sternly and said, "Vex me, sir, no longer;
I am of myself minded M
to give up the body of Hector. My mother, daughter
of the old man of the sea, came to me from Jove to bid me deliver
it to you. Moreover I know well, O Priam, and you cannot hide it,
that some god has brought you to the ships of the Achaeans, for else,
no man however strong and in his prime would dare to come to our host;
he could neither pass our guard unseen, nor draw the bolt of my gates
thus easily; therefore, provoke me no further, lest I sin against
the word of Jove, and suffer you not, suppliant thougM
The old man feared him and obeyed. Then the son of Peleus sprang like
a lion through the door of his house, not alone, but with him went
his two squires Automedon and Alcimus who were closer to him than
any others of his comrades now that Patroclus was no more. These unyoked
the horses and mules, and bade Priam's herald and attendant be seated
within the house. They lifted the ransom for Hector's body from the
waggon. but they left two mantles and a goodly shirt, that AchilleM
might wrap the body in them when he gave it to be taken home. Then
he called to his servants and ordered them to wash the body and anoint
it, but he first took it to a place where Priam should not see it,
lest if he did so, he should break out in the bitterness of his grief,
and enrage Achilles, who might then kill him and sin against the word
of Jove. When the servants had washed the body and anointed it, and
had wrapped it in a fair shirt and mantle, Achilles himself lifted
it on to a bier, and he and hM
is men then laid it on the waggon. He
cried aloud as he did so and called on the name of his dear comrade,
"Be not angry with me, Patroclus," he said, "if you hear even in the
house of Hades that I have given Hector to his father for a ransom.
It has been no unworthy one, and I will share it equitably with you."
Achilles then went back into the tent and took his place on the richly
inlaid seat from which he had risen, by the wall that was at right
angles to the one against which Priam was sitting. "Sir," hM
"your son is now laid upon his bier and is ransomed according to desire;
you shall look upon him when you him away at daybreak; for the present
let us prepare our supper. Even lovely Niobe had to think about eating,
though her twelve children- six daughters and six lusty sons- had
been all slain in her house. Apollo killed the sons with arrows from
his silver bow, to punish Niobe, and Diana slew the daughters, because
Niobe had vaunted herself against Leto; she said Leto had borne two
whereas she had herself borne many- whereon the two
killed the many. Nine days did they lie weltering, and there was none
to bury them, for the son of Saturn turned the people into stone;
but on the tenth day the gods in heaven themselves buried them, and
Niobe then took food, being worn out with weeping. They say that somewhere
among the rocks on the mountain pastures of Sipylus, where the nymphs
live that haunt the river Achelous, there, they say, she lives in
stone and still nurses the sorrows sent upon M
her by the hand of heaven.
Therefore, noble sir, let us two now take food; you can weep for your
dear son hereafter as you are bearing him back to Ilius- and many
a tear will he cost you."
With this Achilles sprang from his seat and killed a sheep of silvery
whiteness, which his followers skinned and made ready all in due order.
They cut the meat carefully up into smaller pieces, spitted them,
and drew them off again when they were well roasted. Automedon brought
bread in fair baskets and served it roundM
the table, while Achilles
dealt out the meat, and they laid their hands on the good things that
were before them. As soon as they had had enough to eat and drink,
Priam, descendant of Dardanus, marvelled at the strength and beauty
of Achilles for he was as a god to see, and Achilles marvelled at
Priam as he listened to him and looked upon his noble presence. When
they had gazed their fill Priam spoke first. "And now, O king," he
said, "take me to my couch that we may lie down and enjoy the blessed
sleep. Never once have my eyes been closed from the day your
hands took the life of my son; I have grovelled without ceasing in
the mire of my stable-yard, making moan and brooding over my countless
sorrows. Now, moreover, I have eaten bread and drunk wine; hitherto
I have tasted nothing."
As he spoke Achilles told his men and the women-servants to set beds
in the room that was in the gatehouse, and make them with good red
rugs, and spread coverlets on the top of them with woollen cloaks
aeus to wear. So the maids went out carrying a torch
and got the two beds ready in all haste. Then Achilles said laughingly
to Priam, "Dear sir, you shall lie outside, lest some counsellor of
those who in due course keep coming to advise with me should see you
here in the darkness of the flying night, and tell it to Agamemnon.
This might cause delay in the delivery of the body. And now tell me
and tell me true, for how many days would you celebrate the funeral
rites of noble Hector? Tell me, that I may hold M
restrain the host."
And Priam answered, "Since, then, you suffer me to bury my noble son
with all due rites, do thus, Achilles, and I shall be grateful. You
know how we are pent up within our city; it is far for us to fetch
wood from the mountain, and the people live in fear. Nine days, therefore,
will we mourn Hector in my house; on the tenth day we will bury him
and there shall be a public feast in his honour; on the eleventh we
will build a mound over his ashes, and on the twelfth, M
need, we will fight."
And Achilles answered, "All, King Priam, shall be as you have said.
I will stay our fighting for as long a time as you have named."
As he spoke he laid his hand on the old man's right wrist, in token
that he should have no fear; thus then did Priam and his attendant
sleep there in the forecourt, full of thought, while Achilles lay
in an inner room of the house, with fair Briseis by his side.
And now both gods and mortals were fast asleep through the livelong
but upon Mercury alone, the bringer of good luck, sleep could
take no hold for he was thinking all the time how to get King Priam
away from the ships without his being seen by the strong force of
sentinels. He hovered therefore over Priam's head and said, "Sir,
now that Achilles has spared your life, you seem to have no fear about
sleeping in the thick of your foes. You have paid a great ransom,
and have received the body of your son; were you still alive and a
prisoner the sons whom you have left at home woM
uld have to give three
times as much to free you; and so it would be if Agamemnon and the
other Achaeans were to know of your being here."
When he heard this the old man was afraid and roused his servant.
Mercury then yoked their horses and mules, and drove them quickly
through the host so that no man perceived them. When they came to
the ford of eddying Xanthus, begotten of immortal Jove, Mercury went
back to high Olympus, and dawn in robe of saffron began to break over
all the land. Priam and Idaeus thM
en drove on toward the city lamenting
and making moan, and the mules drew the body of Hector. No one neither
man nor woman saw them, till Cassandra, fair as golden Venus standing
on Pergamus, caught sight of her dear father in his chariot, and his
servant that was the city's herald with him. Then she saw him that
was lying upon the bier, drawn by the mules, and with a loud cry she
went about the city saying, "Come hither Trojans, men and women, and
look on Hector; if ever you rejoiced to see him coming from M
when he was alive, look now on him that was the glory of our city
and all our people."
At this there was not man nor woman left in the city, so great a sorrow
had possessed them. Hard by the gates they met Priam as he was bringing
in the body. Hector's wife and his mother were the first to mourn
him: they flew towards the waggon and laid their hands upon his head,
while the crowd stood weeping round them. They would have stayed before
the gates, weeping and lamenting the livelong day to the going M
of the sun, had not Priam spoken to them from the chariot and said,
"Make way for the mules to pass you. Afterwards when I have taken
the body home you shall have your fill of weeping."
On this the people stood asunder, and made a way for the waggon. When
they had borne the body within the house they laid it upon a bed and
seated minstrels round it to lead the dirge, whereon the women joined
in the sad music of their lament. Foremost among them all Andromache
led their wailing as she clasped the heaM
d of mighty Hector in her
embrace. "Husband," she cried, "you have died young, and leave me
in your house a widow; he of whom we are the ill-starred parents is
still a mere child, and I fear he may not reach manhood. Ere he can
do so our city will be razed and overthrown, for you who watched over
it are no more- you who were its saviour, the guardian of our wives
and children. Our women will be carried away captives to the ships,
and I among them; while you, my child, who will be with me will be
unseemly tasks, working for a cruel master. Or, may be,
some Achaean will hurl you (O miserable death) from our walls, to
avenge some brother, son, or father whom Hector slew; many of them
have indeed bitten the dust at his hands, for your father's hand in
battle was no light one. Therefore do the people mourn him. You have
left, O Hector, sorrow unutterable to your parents, and my own grief
is greatest of all, for you did not stretch forth your arms and embrace
me as you lay dying, nor say to me any words M
that might have lived
with me in my tears night and day for evermore."
Bitterly did she weep the while, and the women joined in her lament.
Hecuba in her turn took up the strains of woe. "Hector," she cried,
"dearest to me of all my children. So long as you were alive the gods
loved you well, and even in death they have not been utterly unmindful
of you; for when Achilles took any other of my sons, he would sell
him beyond the seas, to Samos Imbrus or rugged Lemnos; and when he
had slain you too with hisM
sword, many a time did he drag you round
the sepulchre of his comrade- though this could not give him life-
yet here you lie all fresh as dew, and comely as one whom Apollo has
slain with his painless shafts."
Thus did she too speak through her tears with bitter moan, and then
Helen for a third time took up the strain of lamentation. "Hector,"
said she, "dearest of all my brothers-in-law-for I am wife to Alexandrus
who brought me hither to Troy- would that I had died ere he did so-
twenty years are comeM
and gone since I left my home and came from
over the sea, but I have never heard one word of insult or unkindness
from you. When another would chide with me, as it might be one of
your brothers or sisters or of your brothers' wives, or my mother-in-law-
for Priam was as kind to me as though he were my own father- you would
rebuke and check them with words of gentleness and goodwill. Therefore
my tears flow both for you and for my unhappy self, for there is no
one else in Troy who is kind to me, but all shriM
She wept as she spoke and the vast crowd that was gathered round her
joined in her lament. Then King Priam spoke to them saying, "Bring
wood, O Trojans, to the city, and fear no cunning ambush of the Argives,
for Achilles when he dismissed me from the ships gave me his word
that they should not attack us until the morning of the twelfth day."
Forthwith they yoked their oxen and mules and gathered together before
the city. Nine days long did they bring in great heaps woM
the morning of the tenth day with many tears they took trave Hector
forth, laid his dead body upon the summit of the pile, and set the
fire thereto. Then when the child of morning rosy-fingered dawn appeared
on the eleventh day, the people again assembled, round the pyre of
mighty Hector. When they were got together, they first quenched the
fire with wine wherever it was burning, and then his brothers and
comrades with many a bitter tear gathered his white bones, wrapped
them in soft robes of purM
ple, and laid them in a golden urn, which
they placed in a grave and covered over with large stones set close
together. Then they built a barrow hurriedly over it keeping guard
on every side lest the Achaeans should attack them before they had
finished. When they had heaped up the barrow they went back again
into the city, and being well assembled they held high feast in the
house of Priam their king.
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<h2>Contents</h2>
<li><a href="#c1">1</a></li>
<li><a href="#c2">2</a></li>
<h2 id="c1">Chapter 1</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. <span class="ver">2</span>God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. <span class="ver">3</span>The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in thM
e storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. <span class="ver">4</span>He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. <span class="ver">5</span>The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. <span class="ver">6</span>Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fiM
re, and the rocks are thrown down by him. <span class="ver">7</span>The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. <span class="ver">8</span>But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. <span class="ver">9</span>What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. <span class="ver">10</span>For while they be folden together as thorns, and whiM
le they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. <span class="ver">11</span>There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor. <span class="ver">12</span>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. <span class="ver">13</span>For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. <span cM
lass="ver">14</span>And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile. <span class="ver">15</span>Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
<h2 id="c2">Chapter 2</h2>
ass="ver">1</span>He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. <span class="ver">2</span>For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches. <span class="ver">3</span>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 theM
fir trees shall be terribly shaken. <span class="ver">4</span>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. <span class="ver">5</span>He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared. <span class="ver">6</span>The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved. <span class="ver">7</spM
an>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. <span class="ver">8</span>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. <span class="ver">9</span>Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture. <span class="ver">10</span>She is empty, and void, and waM
ste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness. <span class="ver">11</span>Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion
s whelp, and none made them afraid? <span class="ver">12</span>The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. <span class="ver">13<M
/span>Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
<h2 id="c3">Chapter 3</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; <span class="ver">2</span>The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of thM
e jumping chariots. <span class="ver">3</span>The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses: <span class="ver">4</span>Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. <span class="ver">5</span>Behold, I am against thee, saM
ith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. <span class="ver">6</span>And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock. <span class="ver">7</span>And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee? <span class="ver">8</span>Art thou better than popuM
lous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? <span class="ver">9</span>Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. <span class="ver">10</span>Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. <span class="ver">11</sM
pan>Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy. <span class="ver">12</span>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. <span class="ver">13</span>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. <span class="ver">14</span>Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy stronM
g holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln. <span class="ver">15</span>There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts. <span class="ver">16</span>Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away. <span class="ver">17</span>Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which campM
in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. <span class="ver">18</span>Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them. <span class="ver">19</span>There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually? </p>
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<li><a href="#c3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="#c4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="#c5">5</a></li>
<li><a href="#c6">6</a></li>
<li><a href="#c7">7</a></li>
<li><a href="#c8">8</a></li>
<li><a href="#c9">9</a></li>
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<li><a href="#c11">11</a></li>
<li><a href="#c12">12</a></li>
<li><a href="#c13">13</a></li>
<li><a href="#c14">14</a></li>
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<li><a href="#c18">18</a></li>
<li><a href="#c19">19</a></li>
<li><a href="#c20">20</a></li>
<li><a href="#c21">21</a></li>
<li><a href="#c22">22</a></li>
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<li><a href="#c29">29</a></li>
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<li><a href="#c31">31</a></li>
<h2 id="c1">Chapter 1</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; <span class="ver">2</span>To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; <span class="ver">3</span>To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; <span class="ver">4</span>To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. <span class="ver">5</span>A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of undersM
tanding shall attain unto wise counsels: <span class="ver">6</span>To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. <span class="ver">8</span>My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: <span class="ver">9</span>For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. </p>
span class="ver">10</span>My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. <span class="ver">11</span>If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: <span class="ver">12</span>Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: <span class="ver">13</span>We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: <span class="ver">14</span>Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: <span class=M
"ver">15</span>My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: <span class="ver">16</span>For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. <span class="ver">17</span>Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. <span class="ver">18</span>And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. <span class="ver">19</span>So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. </p>
="ver">20</span>Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: <span class="ver">21</span>She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, <span class="ver">22</span>How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? <span class="ver">23</span>Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. </p>
lass="ver">24</span>Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; <span class="ver">25</span>But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: <span class="ver">26</span>I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; <span class="ver">27</span>When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. <span class="ver">28</span>Then shall they call upon me, but IM
will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: <span class="ver">29</span>For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: <span class="ver">30</span>They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. <span class="ver">31</span>Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. <span class="ver">32</span>For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. <span class="M
ver">33</span>But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
<h2 id="c2">Chapter 2</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; <span class="ver">2</span>So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; <span class="ver">3</span>Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; <span class="ver">4</span>If thou seekest her as silver, and searM
chest for her as for hid treasures; <span class="ver">5</span>Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. <span class="ver">6</span>For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. <span class="ver">7</span>He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. <span class="ver">8</span>He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. <span class="ver">9</span>Then shalt thou understand righM
teousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; <span class="ver">11</span>Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: <span class="ver">12</span>To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; <span class="ver">13</span>Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; <span class="ver">14</span>Who rejoice to M
do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; <span class="ver">15</span>Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: <span class="ver">16</span>To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; <span class="ver">17</span>Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. <span class="ver">18</span>For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. <span class="ver">19</span>None that go unto her return agaM
in, neither take they hold of the paths of life. <span class="ver">20</span>That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. <span class="ver">21</span>For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. <span class="ver">22</span>But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
<h2 id="c3">Chapter 3</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: <sM
pan class="ver">2</span>For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. <span class="ver">3</span>Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: <span class="ver">4</span>So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. <span class="ver">6</span>In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shallM
direct thy paths. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. <span class="ver">8</span>It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. <span class="ver">9</span>Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: <span class="ver">10</span>So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neM
ither be weary of his correction: <span class="ver">12</span>For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. <span class="ver">14</span>For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. <span class="ver">15</span>She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared untM
o her. <span class="ver">16</span>Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. <span class="ver">17</span>Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. <span class="ver">18</span>She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. <span class="ver">19</span>The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. <span class="ver">20</span>By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and M
the clouds drop down the dew. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: <span class="ver">22</span>So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. <span class="ver">23</span>Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. <span class="ver">24</span>When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. <span class="ver">25</span>Be not afraid of sudden fear, M
neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. <span class="ver">26</span>For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. <span class="ver">28</span>Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. <span class="ver">29</span>Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely bM
<p><span class="ver">30</span>Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. <span class="ver">32</span>For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. <span class="ver">34</span>Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he givM
eth grace unto the lowly. <span class="ver">35</span>The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
<h2 id="c4">Chapter 4</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. <span class="ver">2</span>For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. <span class="ver">3</span>For I was my father
s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. <span class="ver">4</span>He taught me also, and said unto me, LeM
t thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. <span class="ver">5</span>Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. <span class="ver">6</span>Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. <span class="ver">7</span>Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. <span class="ver">8</span>Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dostM
embrace her. <span class="ver">9</span>She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. <span class="ver">10</span>Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. <span class="ver">11</span>I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. <span class="ver">12</span>When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. <span class="ver">13</span>Take fast hold of instruM
ction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. <span class="ver">15</span>Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. <span class="ver">16</span>For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. <span class="ver">17</span>For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. <span class="ver">18</span>But theM
path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. <span class="ver">19</span>The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. <span class="ver">21</span>Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. <span class="ver">22</span>For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. </p>
="ver">23</span>Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. <span class="ver">24</span>Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. <span class="ver">25</span>Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. <span class="ver">26</span>Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. <span class="ver">27</span>Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
<h2 id="c5">Chapter 5</h2>
p><span class="ver">1</span>My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: <span class="ver">2</span>That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: <span class="ver">4</span>But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. <span class="ver">5</span>Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. <span class="ver">6</span>M
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. <span class="ver">7</span>Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. <span class="ver">8</span>Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: <span class="ver">9</span>Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: <span class="ver">10</span>Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; <spanM
class="ver">11</span>And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, <span class="ver">12</span>And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; <span class="ver">13</span>And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! <span class="ver">14</span>I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine oM
wn well. <span class="ver">16</span>Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. <span class="ver">17</span>Let them be only thine own, and not strangers
with thee. <span class="ver">18</span>Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. <span class="ver">19</span>Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. <span class="ver">20</span>And why wilt thou, my son, be ravisheM
d with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? <span class="ver">21</span>For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. <span class="ver">23</span>He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
<h2 id="c6">Chapter 6</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>My son, if thou be surety for tM
hy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, <span class="ver">2</span>Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. <span class="ver">3</span>Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. <span class="ver">4</span>Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. <span class="ver">5</span>Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird fromM
the hand of the fowler. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: <span class="ver">7</span>Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, <span class="ver">8</span>Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. <span class="ver">9</span>How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? <span class="ver">10</span>Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: <span class="ver">11<M
/span>So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. <span class="ver">13</span>He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; <span class="ver">14</span>Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. <span class="ver">15</span>Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. <M
<p><span class="ver">16</span>These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: <span class="ver">17</span>A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, <span class="ver">18</span>An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, <span class="ver">19</span>A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>My son, keep thy father
s commandment, and forsake not M
the law of thy mother: <span class="ver">21</span>Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. <span class="ver">22</span>When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. <span class="ver">23</span>For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: <span class="ver">24</span>To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. <span cM
lass="ver">25</span>Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. <span class="ver">26</span>For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. <span class="ver">27</span>Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? <span class="ver">28</span>Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? <span class="ver">29</span>So he that goeth in to his neighbour
s wife; whosoever touchetM
h her shall not be innocent. <span class="ver">30</span>Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; <span class="ver">31</span>But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. <span class="ver">32</span>But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. <span class="ver">33</span>A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. <span class="ver">34</spM
an>For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. <span class="ver">35</span>He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
<h2 id="c7">Chapter 7</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. <span class="ver">2</span>Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. <span class="ver">3</span>Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heM
art. <span class="ver">4</span>Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: <span class="ver">5</span>That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, <span class="ver">7</span>And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, <span class="ver">8</span>Passing through the street near her cornerM
; and he went the way to her house, <span class="ver">9</span>In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: <span class="ver">10</span>And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. <span class="ver">11</span>(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: <span class="ver">12</span>Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) <span class="ver">13</span>So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said M
unto him, <span class="ver">14</span>I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. <span class="ver">15</span>Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. <span class="ver">16</span>I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. <span class="ver">17</span>I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. <span class="ver">18</span>Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourseM
lves with loves. <span class="ver">19</span>For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: <span class="ver">20</span>He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. <span class="ver">21</span>With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. <span class="ver">22</span>He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; <span class="ver">23</span>Till a dart strike M
through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. <span class="ver">25</span>Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. <span class="ver">26</span>For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. <span class="ver">27</span>Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
="c8">Chapter 8</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? <span class="ver">2</span>She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. <span class="ver">3</span>She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. <span class="ver">4</span>Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. <span class="ver">5</span>O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. <M
span class="ver">6</span>Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. <span class="ver">7</span>For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. <span class="ver">8</span>All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. <span class="ver">9</span>They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. <span class="ver">10</span>Receive my instruction, and not silver; M
and knowledge rather than choice gold. <span class="ver">11</span>For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. <span class="ver">12</span>I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. <span class="ver">13</span>The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. <span class="ver">14</span>Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength. <span class=M
"ver">15</span>By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. <span class="ver">16</span>By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. <span class="ver">17</span>I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. <span class="ver">18</span>Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. <span class="ver">19</span>My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. <span class="ver">20</span>I lead in the way of righteousnM
ess, in the midst of the paths of judgment: <span class="ver">21</span>That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures. <span class="ver">22</span>The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. <span class="ver">23</span>I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. <span class="ver">24</span>When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. <span class="ver">25</span>BM
efore the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: <span class="ver">26</span>While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. <span class="ver">27</span>When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: <span class="ver">28</span>When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: <span class="ver">29</span>When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters shouldM
not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: <span class="ver">30</span>Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; <span class="ver">31</span>Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. <span class="ver">32</span>Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. <span class="ver">33</span>Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. <span cM
lass="ver">34</span>Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. <span class="ver">35</span>For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. <span class="ver">36</span>But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
<h2 id="c9">Chapter 9</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: <span class="ver">2</span>She hath killed her beasts; she M
hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. <span class="ver">3</span>She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, <span class="ver">4</span>Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, <span class="ver">5</span>Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. <span class="ver">6</span>Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. <span class="ver">7</span>He that reproveth aM
scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. <span class="ver">8</span>Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. <span class="ver">9</span>Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. <span class="ver">10</span>The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. <span class="ver">11</span>For by me thy days shall be muM
ltiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased. <span class="ver">12</span>If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. <span class="ver">14</span>For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, <span class="ver">15</span>To call passengers who go right on their ways: <span class="ver">16</span>Whoso is simple, let him M
turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, <span class="ver">17</span>Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. <span class="ver">18</span>But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
<h2 id="c10">Chapter 10</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. <span class="ver">2</span>Treasures of wickedness profit nothiM
ng: but righteousness delivereth from death. <span class="ver">3</span>The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. <span class="ver">4</span>He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. <span class="ver">5</span>He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. <span class="ver">6</span>Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth thM
e mouth of the wicked. <span class="ver">7</span>The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. <span class="ver">8</span>The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. <span class="ver">9</span>He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. <span class="ver">10</span>He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. <span class="ver">11</span>The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: buM
t violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. <span class="ver">12</span>Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. <span class="ver">13</span>In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. <span class="ver">14</span>Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. <span class="ver">15</span>The rich man
s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. <span class="ver">16M
</span>The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. <span class="ver">17</span>He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. <span class="ver">18</span>He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. <span class="ver">19</span>In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. <span class="ver">20</span>The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked M
is little worth. <span class="ver">21</span>The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. <span class="ver">22</span>The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. <span class="ver">23</span>It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom. <span class="ver">24</span>The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. <span class="ver">25</span>As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked M
no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. <span class="ver">26</span>As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. <span class="ver">27</span>The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. <span class="ver">28</span>The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. <span class="ver">29</span>The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the worM
kers of iniquity. <span class="ver">30</span>The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. <span class="ver">31</span>The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. <span class="ver">32</span>The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
<h2 id="c11">Chapter 11</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. <span clasM
s="ver">2</span>When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. <span class="ver">3</span>The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. <span class="ver">4</span>Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. <span class="ver">5</span>The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. <span class="ver">6</span>The righteousness of the upright shall deliM
ver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. <span class="ver">7</span>When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth. <span class="ver">8</span>The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. <span class="ver">9</span>An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. <span class="ver">10</span>When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when tM
he wicked perish, there is shouting. <span class="ver">11</span>By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. <span class="ver">12</span>He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace. <span class="ver">13</span>A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. <span class="ver">14</span>Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safM
ety. <span class="ver">15</span>He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure. <span class="ver">16</span>A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. <span class="ver">17</span>The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. <span class="ver">18</span>The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. <span class="ver">19</span>As righteousness tendeth to life: M
so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death. <span class="ver">20</span>They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight. <span class="ver">21</span>Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. <span class="ver">22</span>As a jewel of gold in a swine
s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion. <span class="ver">23</span>The desire of the righteous is only goodM
: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath. <span class="ver">24</span>There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. <span class="ver">25</span>The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. <span class="ver">26</span>He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. <span class="ver">27</span>He that diligently seeketh good procureth M
favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him. <span class="ver">28</span>He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch. <span class="ver">29</span>He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. <span class="ver">30</span>The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise. <span class="ver">31</span>Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wM
icked and the sinner.
<h2 id="c12">Chapter 12</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. <span class="ver">2</span>A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. <span class="ver">3</span>A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. <span class="ver">4</span>A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in M
his bones. <span class="ver">5</span>The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. <span class="ver">6</span>The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. <span class="ver">7</span>The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand. <span class="ver">8</span>A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. <span class="ver">9</span>He tM
hat is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. <span class="ver">10</span>A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. <span class="ver">11</span>He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. <span class="ver">12</span>The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. <span class="ver">13</span>The wicked isM
snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. <span class="ver">14</span>A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man
s hands shall be rendered unto him. <span class="ver">15</span>The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. <span class="ver">16</span>A fool
s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame. <span class="ver">17</span>He that speaketh truth sheweth forth rightM
eousness: but a false witness deceit. <span class="ver">18</span>There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. <span class="ver">19</span>The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. <span class="ver">20</span>Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. <span class="ver">21</span>There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief. <span class="ver">M
22</span>Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight. <span class="ver">23</span>A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness. <span class="ver">24</span>The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. <span class="ver">25</span>Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. <span class="ver">26</span>The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wickM
ed seduceth them. <span class="ver">27</span>The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious. <span class="ver">28</span>In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
<h2 id="c13">Chapter 13</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A wise son heareth his father
s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. <span class="ver">2</span>A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shM
all eat violence. <span class="ver">3</span>He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. <span class="ver">4</span>The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. <span class="ver">5</span>A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. <span class="ver">6</span>Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner. <span class="ver">7M
</span>There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. <span class="ver">8</span>The ransom of a man
s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke. <span class="ver">9</span>The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. <span class="ver">10</span>Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. <span class="ver">11</span>Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gatheretM
h by labour shall increase. <span class="ver">12</span>Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. <span class="ver">13</span>Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. <span class="ver">14</span>The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. <span class="ver">15</span>Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard. <span class="ver">16</span>Every prudent man dM
ealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly. <span class="ver">17</span>A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health. <span class="ver">18</span>Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. <span class="ver">19</span>The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil. <span class="ver">20</span>He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of foolM
s shall be destroyed. <span class="ver">21</span>Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed. <span class="ver">22</span>A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children
s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. <span class="ver">23</span>Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. <span class="ver">24</span>He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. <span class="ver">25</spM
an>The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
<h2 id="c14">Chapter 14</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. <span class="ver">2</span>He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. <span class="ver">3</span>In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them. <span class="ver">4</span>M
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox. <span class="ver">5</span>A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies. <span class="ver">6</span>A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. <span class="ver">7</span>Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. <span class="ver">8</span>The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of M
fools is deceit. <span class="ver">9</span>Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour. <span class="ver">10</span>The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. <span class="ver">11</span>The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. <span class="ver">12</span>There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. <span class="ver">13</span>Even in laughter the heart isM
sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. <span class="ver">14</span>The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself. <span class="ver">15</span>The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. <span class="ver">16</span>A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. <span class="ver">17</span>He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated. <span clasM
s="ver">18</span>The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. <span class="ver">19</span>The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous. <span class="ver">20</span>The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends. <span class="ver">21</span>He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he. <span class="ver">22</span>Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that deviseM
good. <span class="ver">23</span>In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. <span class="ver">24</span>The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly. <span class="ver">25</span>A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies. <span class="ver">26</span>In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. <span class="ver">27</span>The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart fM
rom the snares of death. <span class="ver">28</span>In the multitude of people is the king
s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince. <span class="ver">29</span>He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. <span class="ver">30</span>A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. <span class="ver">31</span>He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poorM
. <span class="ver">32</span>The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death. <span class="ver">33</span>Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known. <span class="ver">34</span>Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. <span class="ver">35</span>The king
s favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
<h2 id="c15">Chapter 15</h2>
class="ver">1</span>A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. <span class="ver">2</span>The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. <span class="ver">3</span>The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. <span class="ver">4</span>A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. <span class="ver">5</span>A fool despiseth his father
s instruction: but he that regardeth rM
eproof is prudent. <span class="ver">6</span>In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble. <span class="ver">7</span>The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. <span class="ver">8</span>The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. <span class="ver">9</span>The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness. <spanM
class="ver">10</span>Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die. <span class="ver">11</span>Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men? <span class="ver">12</span>A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise. <span class="ver">13</span>A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. <span class="ver">14</span>The heart of him that hath M
understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. <span class="ver">15</span>All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. <span class="ver">16</span>Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. <span class="ver">17</span>Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. <span class="ver">18</span>A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appM
easeth strife. <span class="ver">19</span>The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. <span class="ver">20</span>A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother. <span class="ver">21</span>Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly. <span class="ver">22</span>Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. <span class="ver">23</span>A mM
an hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! <span class="ver">24</span>The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. <span class="ver">25</span>The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow. <span class="ver">26</span>The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words. <span class="ver">27</span>He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own houseM
; but he that hateth gifts shall live. <span class="ver">28</span>The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. <span class="ver">29</span>The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous. <span class="ver">30</span>The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat. <span class="ver">31</span>The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. <span class="ver">32</span>He that refuseth instM
ruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. <span class="ver">33</span>The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
<h2 id="c16">Chapter 16</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. <span class="ver">2</span>All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits. <span class="ver">3</span>Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thM
oughts shall be established. <span class="ver">4</span>The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. <span class="ver">5</span>Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. <span class="ver">6</span>By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. <span class="ver">7</span>When a man
s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. <span M
class="ver">8</span>Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. <span class="ver">9</span>A man
s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. <span class="ver">10</span>A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment. <span class="ver">11</span>A just weight and balance are the LORD
s: all the weights of the bag are his work. <span class="ver">12</span>It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is establisheM
d by righteousness. <span class="ver">13</span>Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right. <span class="ver">14</span>The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it. <span class="ver">15</span>In the light of the king
s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain. <span class="ver">16</span>How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! <span class="ver">17</span>TheM
highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. <span class="ver">18</span>Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. <span class="ver">19</span>Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. <span class="ver">20</span>He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he. <span class="ver">21</span>The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetnesM
s of the lips increaseth learning. <span class="ver">22</span>Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly. <span class="ver">23</span>The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. <span class="ver">24</span>Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. <span class="ver">25</span>There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. <span class="ver">26</span>He thaM
t laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. <span class="ver">27</span>An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. <span class="ver">28</span>A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. <span class="ver">29</span>A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good. <span class="ver">30</span>He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass. <span class="ver">31</sM
pan>The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. <span class="ver">32</span>He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. <span class="ver">33</span>The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
<h2 id="c17">Chapter 17</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. <span class="ver">2</span>A wise seM
rvant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. <span class="ver">3</span>The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. <span class="ver">4</span>A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. <span class="ver">5</span>Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. <span class="ver">6</span>Children
he crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers. <span class="ver">7</span>Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. <span class="ver">8</span>A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. <span class="ver">9</span>He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. <span class="ver">10</span>A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into aM
fool. <span class="ver">11</span>An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. <span class="ver">12</span>Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. <span class="ver">13</span>Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. <span class="ver">14</span>The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. <span class="ver">15</span>He that justifieth the wM
icked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. <span class="ver">16</span>Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? <span class="ver">17</span>A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. <span class="ver">18</span>A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. <span class="ver">19</span>He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gaM
te seeketh destruction. <span class="ver">20</span>He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. <span class="ver">21</span>He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. <span class="ver">22</span>A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. <span class="ver">23</span>A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. <span class="ver">24</span>Wisdom is befM
ore him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. <span class="ver">25</span>A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. <span class="ver">26</span>Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity. <span class="ver">27</span>He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. <span class="ver">28</span>Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his M
lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
<h2 id="c18">Chapter 18</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. <span class="ver">2</span>A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. <span class="ver">3</span>When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. <span class="ver">4</span>The words of a man
s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a floM
wing brook. <span class="ver">5</span>It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment. <span class="ver">6</span>A fool
s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. <span class="ver">7</span>A fool
s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. <span class="ver">8</span>The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. <span class="ver">9</span>He also that is slothful in his work isM
brother to him that is a great waster. <span class="ver">10</span>The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. <span class="ver">11</span>The rich man
s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. <span class="ver">12</span>Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. <span class="ver">13</span>He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. <span class="ver">14</span>The spirit of a mM
an will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? <span class="ver">15</span>The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. <span class="ver">16</span>A man
s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. <span class="ver">17</span>He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him. <span class="ver">18</span>The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. <span class="ver">19</spanM
>A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. <span class="ver">20</span>A man
s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. <span class="ver">21</span>Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. <span class="ver">22</span>Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD. <span class="ver">23</span>The poM
or useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly. <span class="ver">24</span>A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
<h2 id="c19">Chapter 19</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. <span class="ver">2</span>Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth. <span class="ver">3</span>The fooliM
shness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD. <span class="ver">4</span>Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour. <span class="ver">5</span>A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. <span class="ver">6</span>Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. <span class="ver">7</span>All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from himM
? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him. <span class="ver">8</span>He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. <span class="ver">9</span>A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish. <span class="ver">10</span>Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes. <span class="ver">11</span>The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. <sM
pan class="ver">12</span>The king
s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass. <span class="ver">13</span>A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. <span class="ver">14</span>House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD. <span class="ver">15</span>Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. <span class="ver">16</span>He that keepeth the commandment kM
eepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die. <span class="ver">17</span>He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. <span class="ver">18</span>Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. <span class="ver">19</span>A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again. <span class="ver">20</span>Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise M
in thy latter end. <span class="ver">21</span>There are many devices in a man
s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. <span class="ver">22</span>The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar. <span class="ver">23</span>The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. <span class="ver">24</span>A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. <spanM
class="ver">25</span>Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. <span class="ver">26</span>He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. <span class="ver">27</span>Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge. <span class="ver">28</span>An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity. <span class="vM
er">29</span>Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
<h2 id="c20">Chapter 20</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. <span class="ver">2</span>The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. <span class="ver">3</span>It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. <span class="ver">4</span>The sluggard wilM
l not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. <span class="ver">5</span>Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. <span class="ver">6</span>Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? <span class="ver">7</span>The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. <span class="ver">8</span>A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with hM
is eyes. <span class="ver">9</span>Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? <span class="ver">10</span>Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. <span class="ver">11</span>Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. <span class="ver">12</span>The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them. <span class="ver">13</span>Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and tM
hou shalt be satisfied with bread. <span class="ver">14</span>It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. <span class="ver">15</span>There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. <span class="ver">16</span>Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. <span class="ver">17</span>Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. <span class=M
"ver">18</span>Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. <span class="ver">19</span>He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. <span class="ver">20</span>Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. <span class="ver">21</span>An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. <span class="ver">22</span>Say not thou, I will recoM
mpense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. <span class="ver">23</span>Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good. <span class="ver">24</span>Man
s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? <span class="ver">25</span>It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry. <span class="ver">26</span>A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. <span class="ver">27</span>The spiriM
t of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. <span class="ver">28</span>Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy. <span class="ver">29</span>The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head. <span class="ver">30</span>The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
<h2 id="c21">Chapter 21</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The king
s heart is in the hand of the LORD,M
as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. <span class="ver">2</span>Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts. <span class="ver">3</span>To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. <span class="ver">4</span>An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin. <span class="ver">5</span>The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want. <span class="ver">6</span>M
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. <span class="ver">7</span>The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. <span class="ver">8</span>The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right. <span class="ver">9</span>It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. <span class="ver">10</span>The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth nM
o favour in his eyes. <span class="ver">11</span>When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. <span class="ver">12</span>The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness. <span class="ver">13</span>Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. <span class="ver">14</span>A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strM
ong wrath. <span class="ver">15</span>It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. <span class="ver">16</span>The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead. <span class="ver">17</span>He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. <span class="ver">18</span>The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright. <span class="ver">19</span>It iM
s better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. <span class="ver">20</span>There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up. <span class="ver">21</span>He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour. <span class="ver">22</span>A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof. <span class="ver">23</span>Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue M
keepeth his soul from troubles. <span class="ver">24</span>Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath. <span class="ver">25</span>The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. <span class="ver">26</span>He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not. <span class="ver">27</span>The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind? <span class="ver">28</span>A false witness shall perish: but M
the man that heareth speaketh constantly. <span class="ver">29</span>A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way. <span class="ver">30</span>There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD. <span class="ver">31</span>The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.
<h2 id="c22">Chapter 22</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. <span clasM
s="ver">2</span>The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. <span class="ver">3</span>A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. <span class="ver">4</span>By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. <span class="ver">5</span>Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. <span class="ver">6</span>Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he M
will not depart from it. <span class="ver">7</span>The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. <span class="ver">8</span>He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. <span class="ver">9</span>He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. <span class="ver">10</span>Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. <span class="ver">11</span>He that loveth pureness of heart,M
for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. <span class="ver">12</span>The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor. <span class="ver">13</span>The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. <span class="ver">14</span>The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. <span class="ver">15</span>Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it M
far from him. <span class="ver">16</span>He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. <span class="ver">17</span>Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. <span class="ver">18</span>For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. <span class="ver">19</span>That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. <span clasM
s="ver">20</span>Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, <span class="ver">21</span>That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? <span class="ver">22</span>Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: <span class="ver">23</span>For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. <span class="ver">24</span>Make no friendship wM
ith an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: <span class="ver">25</span>Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. <span class="ver">26</span>Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. <span class="ver">27</span>If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? <span class="ver">28</span>Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. <span class="ver">29</span>Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shM
all stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
<h2 id="c23">Chapter 23</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: <span class="ver">2</span>And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. <span class="ver">3</span>Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. <span class="ver">4</span>Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. <span class="ver">5</span>Wilt thou set thine eyes upon tM
hat which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. <span class="ver">6</span>Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: <span class="ver">7</span>For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. <span class="ver">8</span>The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. <span class="ver">9</span>Speak not in the ears of a fool: fM
or he will despise the wisdom of thy words. <span class="ver">10</span>Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: <span class="ver">11</span>For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. <span class="ver">12</span>Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. <span class="ver">13</span>Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. <span class="ver">14</span>Thou shalt beat him wM
ith the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. <span class="ver">15</span>My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. <span class="ver">16</span>Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. <span class="ver">17</span>Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long. <span class="ver">18</span>For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. <span class="ver">19</span>Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thM
ine heart in the way. <span class="ver">20</span>Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: <span class="ver">21</span>For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. <span class="ver">22</span>Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. <span class="ver">23</span>Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. <span class="ver">24</span>The father of the righteous shall greatM
ly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. <span class="ver">25</span>Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. <span class="ver">26</span>My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. <span class="ver">27</span>For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. <span class="ver">28</span>She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. <span class="ver">29</span>Who hath woe? who hath M
sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? <span class="ver">30</span>They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. <span class="ver">31</span>Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. <span class="ver">32</span>At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. <span class="ver">33</span>Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall M
utter perverse things. <span class="ver">34</span>Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. <span class="ver">35</span>They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
<h2 id="c24">Chapter 24</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. <span class="ver">2</span>For their heart studieth desM
truction, and their lips talk of mischief. <span class="ver">3</span>Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: <span class="ver">4</span>And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. <span class="ver">5</span>A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. <span class="ver">6</span>For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety. <span class="ver">7</span>Wisdom is too high for a M
fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate. <span class="ver">8</span>He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person. <span class="ver">9</span>The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men. <span class="ver">10</span>If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. <span class="ver">11</span>If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; <span class="ver">12</span>If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; dM
oth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works? <span class="ver">13</span>My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: <span class="ver">14</span>So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. <span class="ver">15</span>Lay not wait, O wicked man, against thM
e dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: <span class="ver">16</span>For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. <span class="ver">17</span>Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: <span class="ver">18</span>Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. <span class="ver">19</span>Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; <span claM
ss="ver">20</span>For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. <span class="ver">21</span>My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: <span class="ver">22</span>For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? <span class="ver">23</span>These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. <span class="ver">24</span>He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art rM
ighteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: <span class="ver">25</span>But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. <span class="ver">26</span>Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer. <span class="ver">27</span>Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. <span class="ver">28</span>Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips. <span class="verM
">29</span>Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work. <span class="ver">30</span>I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; <span class="ver">31</span>And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. <span class="ver">32</span>Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. <span class="ver">33</span>M
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: <span class="ver">34</span>So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
<h2 id="c25">Chapter 25</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. <span class="ver">2</span>It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter. <span class="ver">3</span>The heaven for height, and the earth M
for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable. <span class="ver">4</span>Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. <span class="ver">5</span>Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. <span class="ver">6</span>Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men: <span class="ver">7</span>For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be M
put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen. <span class="ver">8</span>Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. <span class="ver">9</span>Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another: <span class="ver">10</span>Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away. <span class="ver">11</span>A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silverM
. <span class="ver">12</span>As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. <span class="ver">13</span>As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters. <span class="ver">14</span>Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. <span class="ver">15</span>By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone. <span class="ver">16M
</span>Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. <span class="ver">17</span>Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour
s house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee. <span class="ver">18</span>A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. <span class="ver">19</span>Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. <span class="ver">20</span>As he thM
at taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart. <span class="ver">21</span>If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: <span class="ver">22</span>For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee. <span class="ver">23</span>The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. <span class="ver">24</span>It is better to dwell in the cornerM
of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. <span class="ver">25</span>As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. <span class="ver">26</span>A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. <span class="ver">27</span>It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory. <span class="ver">28</span>He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.M
<h2 id="c26">Chapter 26</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool. <span class="ver">2</span>As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. <span class="ver">3</span>A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool
s back. <span class="ver">4</span>Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. <span class="ver">5</span>Answer a fool according to hiM
s folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. <span class="ver">6</span>He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage. <span class="ver">7</span>The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools. <span class="ver">8</span>As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool. <span class="ver">9</span>As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools. <span class="ver">10</span>The great GoM
d that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. <span class="ver">11</span>As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. <span class="ver">12</span>Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. <span class="ver">13</span>The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. <span class="ver">14</span>As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. <span class="ver">15</span>The sM
lothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. <span class="ver">16</span>The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. <span class="ver">17</span>He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. <span class="ver">18</span>As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, <span class="ver">19</span>So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport? <spaM
n class="ver">20</span>Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. <span class="ver">21</span>As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife. <span class="ver">22</span>The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. <span class="ver">23</span>Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. <span class="ver">24</span>He that hateth dissembletM
h with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; <span class="ver">25</span>When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. <span class="ver">26</span>Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation. <span class="ver">27</span>Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. <span class="ver">28</span>A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth workethM
<h2 id="c27">Chapter 27</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. <span class="ver">2</span>Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. <span class="ver">3</span>A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool
s wrath is heavier than them both. <span class="ver">4</span>Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? <span class="ver">5</span>Open reM
buke is better than secret love. <span class="ver">6</span>Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. <span class="ver">7</span>The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. <span class="ver">8</span>As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. <span class="ver">9</span>Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man
s friend by hearty counsel. <span class="ver">10</span>ThinM
e own friend, and thy father
s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother
s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. <span class="ver">11</span>My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. <span class="ver">12</span>A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. <span class="ver">13</span>Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him forM
a strange woman. <span class="ver">14</span>He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. <span class="ver">15</span>A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. <span class="ver">16</span>Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself. <span class="ver">17</span>Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. <span class="ver">18</span>Whoso keM
epeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. <span class="ver">19</span>As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. <span class="ver">20</span>Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. <span class="ver">21</span>As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. <span class="ver">22</span>Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not hiM
s foolishness depart from him. <span class="ver">23</span>Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. <span class="ver">24</span>For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? <span class="ver">25</span>The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. <span class="ver">26</span>The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. <span class="ver">27</span>And thou shalt have goats
milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
<h2 id="c28">Chapter 28</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. <span class="ver">2</span>For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged. <span class="ver">3</span>A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. <spM
an class="ver">4</span>They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them. <span class="ver">5</span>Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things. <span class="ver">6</span>Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. <span class="ver">7</span>Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father. <span class="ver">8</span>He that by M
usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. <span class="ver">9</span>He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination. <span class="ver">10</span>Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession. <span class="ver">11</span>The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out. <spM
an class="ver">12</span>When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden. <span class="ver">13</span>He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. <span class="ver">14</span>Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. <span class="ver">15</span>As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people. <span class="ver">16</span>The prince tM
hat wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days. <span class="ver">17</span>A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him. <span class="ver">18</span>Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. <span class="ver">19</span>He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. <span class="verM
">20</span>A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. <span class="ver">21</span>To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress. <span class="ver">22</span>He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. <span class="ver">23</span>He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue. <span class="ver">24</span>Whoso robbM
eth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer. <span class="ver">25</span>He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat. <span class="ver">26</span>He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. <span class="ver">27</span>He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. <span class="ver">28</span>WhenM
the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
<h2 id="c29">Chapter 29</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. <span class="ver">2</span>When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. <span class="ver">3</span>Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.M
<span class="ver">4</span>The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it. <span class="ver">5</span>A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. <span class="ver">6</span>In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice. <span class="ver">7</span>The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it. <span class="ver">8</span>Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise M
men turn away wrath. <span class="ver">9</span>If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest. <span class="ver">10</span>The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul. <span class="ver">11</span>A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. <span class="ver">12</span>If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. <span class="ver">13</span>The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyeM
s. <span class="ver">14</span>The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever. <span class="ver">15</span>The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. <span class="ver">16</span>When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall. <span class="ver">17</span>Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. <span class="ver">18</span>Where there is no viM
sion, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. <span class="ver">19</span>A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer. <span class="ver">20</span>Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him. <span class="ver">21</span>He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length. <span class="ver">22</span>An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgM
ression. <span class="ver">23</span>A man
s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. <span class="ver">24</span>Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not. <span class="ver">25</span>The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe. <span class="ver">26</span>Many seek the ruler
s favour; but every man
s judgment cometh from the LORD. <span class="ver">27</span>An unjust man is an abominatioM
n to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
<h2 id="c30">Chapter 30</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, <span class="ver">2</span>Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. <span class="ver">3</span>I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. <span class="ver">4</span>Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? M
who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son
s name, if thou canst tell? <span class="ver">5</span>Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. <span class="ver">6</span>Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. <span class="ver">7</span>Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: <span class="ver">8<M
/span>Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: <span class="ver">9</span>Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. <span class="ver">10</span>Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. <span class="ver">11</span>There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. <span class="ver">12</span>There isM
a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. <span class="ver">13</span>There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. <span class="ver">14</span>There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. <span class="ver">15</span>The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, fourM
things say not, It is enough: <span class="ver">16</span>The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. <span class="ver">17</span>The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. <span class="ver">18</span>There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: <span class="ver">19</span>The way of an eagle in the air; thM
e way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. <span class="ver">20</span>Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. <span class="ver">21</span>For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: <span class="ver">22</span>For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat; <span class="ver">23</span>For an odious woman when she is married; aM
nd an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. <span class="ver">24</span>There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: <span class="ver">25</span>The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; <span class="ver">26</span>The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; <span class="ver">27</span>The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; <span class="ver">28</span>The spider taketh hold with her hands, M
palaces. <span class="ver">29</span>There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going: <span class="ver">30</span>A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any; <span class="ver">31</span>A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up. <span class="ver">32</span>If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth. <span class="ver">33</span>Surely the churning of milk bM
ringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
<h2 id="c31">Chapter 31</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. <span class="ver">2</span>What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows? <span class="ver">3</span>Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. <span class="ver">4</span>It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is nM
ot for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: <span class="ver">5</span>Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. <span class="ver">6</span>Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. <span class="ver">7</span>Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more. <span class="ver">8</span>Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. <span class="verM
">9</span>Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. <span class="ver">11</span>The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. <span class="ver">12</span>She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. <span class="ver">13</span>She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. <span class="ver">14</span>She M
is like the merchants
ships; she bringeth her food from afar. <span class="ver">15</span>She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. <span class="ver">16</span>She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. <span class="ver">17</span>She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. <span class="ver">18</span>She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. <span M
class="ver">19</span>She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. <span class="ver">20</span>She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. <span class="ver">21</span>She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. <span class="ver">22</span>She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. <span class="ver">23</span>Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the M
elders of the land. <span class="ver">24</span>She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant. <span class="ver">25</span>Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. <span class="ver">26</span>She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. <span class="ver">27</span>She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. <span class="ver">28</span>Her children arise up, and call her blessed; M
her husband also, and he praiseth her. <span class="ver">29</span>Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. <span class="ver">30</span>Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. <span class="ver">31</span>Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates. </p>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
<li><a href="#c1">1</aM
<li><a href="#c2">2</a></li>
<li><a href="#c3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="#c4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="#c5">5</a></li>
<li><a href="#c6">6</a></li>
<li><a href="#c7">7</a></li>
<li><a href="#c8">8</a></li>
<li><a href="#c9">9</a></li>
<li><a href="#c10">10</a></li>
<li><a href="#c11">11</a></li>
<li><a href="#c12">12</a></li>
<li><a href="#c13">13</a></li>
<li><a href="#c14">14</a></li>
<li><a href="#c15">15</a></li>
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<li><a href="#c17">17</a></li>
<li><a href="#c18">18</a></li>
<li><a href="#c19">19</a></li>
<li><a href="#c20">20</a></li>
<li><a href="#c21">21</a></li>
<h2 id="c1">Chapter 1</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? <span class="ver">2</span>And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, M
I have delivered the land into his hand. <span class="ver">3</span>And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. <span class="ver">4</span>And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men. <span class="ver">5</span>And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they sM
lew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. <span class="ver">6</span>But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. <span class="ver">7</span>And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. <span class="ver">8</span>Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had tM
aken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley. <span class="ver">10</span>And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. <span class="ver">11</span>And from thence he went against the inhabitants of M
Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher: <span class="ver">12</span>And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. <span class="ver">13</span>And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb
s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. <span class="ver">14</span>And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt tM
hou? <span class="ver">15</span>And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And the children of the Kenite, Moses
father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people. <span class="ver">17</span>And Judah went with SimeoM
n his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah. <span class="ver">18</span>Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. <span class="ver">19</span>And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. <span class="ver">20</span>And they gave HebM
ron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak. <span class="ver">21</span>And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the LORD was with them. <span class="ver">23</span>And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) <spM
an class="ver">24</span>And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy. <span class="ver">25</span>And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family. <span class="ver">26</span>And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day. </M
<p><span class="ver">27</span>Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. <span class="ver">28</span>And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>Neither did EphraiM
m drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: <span class="ver">32</span>But the Asherites dM
welt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries unto them. <span class="ver">34</span>And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to tM
he valley: <span class="ver">35</span>But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries. <span class="ver">36</span>And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
<h2 id="c2">Chapter 2</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I swareM
unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. <span class="ver">2</span>And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? <span class="ver">3</span>Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. <span class="ver">4</span>And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these wordsM
unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. <span class="ver">5</span>And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. <span class="ver">7</span>And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works oM
f the LORD, that he did for Israel. <span class="ver">8</span>And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. <span class="ver">9</span>And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. <span class="ver">10</span>And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for IsrM
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: <span class="ver">12</span>And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger. <span class="ver">13</span>And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And the angeM
r of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. <span class="ver">15</span>Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered M
them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. <span class="ver">17</span>And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so. <span class="ver">18</span>And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repenteM
d the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. <span class="ver">19</span>And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenM
ant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; <span class="ver">21</span>I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died: <span class="ver">22</span>That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. <span class="ver">23</span>Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.M
<h2 id="c3">Chapter 3</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; <span class="ver">2</span>Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; <span class="ver">3</span>Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mounM
t Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath. <span class="ver">4</span>And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: <span class="ver">6</span>And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and servedM
their gods. <span class="ver">7</span>And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years. <span class="ver">9</span>And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the childM
ren of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb
s younger brother. <span class="ver">10</span>And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim. <span class="ver">11</span>And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And the children of Israel did evil again in the sighM
t of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. <span class="ver">13</span>And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. <span class="ver">14</span>So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. <span class="ver">15</span>But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of GeraM
, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab. <span class="ver">16</span>But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh. <span class="ver">17</span>And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. <span class="ver">18</span>And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present. <span class="ver">19</sM
pan>But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. <span class="ver">20</span>And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat. <span class="ver">21</span>And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into hM
is belly: <span class="ver">22</span>And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out. <span class="ver">23</span>Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them. <span class="ver">24</span>When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.M
<span class="ver">25</span>And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth. <span class="ver">26</span>And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath. <span class="ver">27</span>And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mM
ount, and he before them. <span class="ver">28</span>And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over. <span class="ver">29</span>And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man. <span class="ver">30</span>So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had M
rest fourscore years. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
<h2 id="c4">Chapter 4</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead. <span class="ver">2</span>And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth M
of the Gentiles. <span class="ver">3</span>And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. <span class="ver">5</span>And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. <span class="ver">6</span>And she seM
nt and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? <span class="ver">7</span>And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin
s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand. <span class="ver">8</span>And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go withM
me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go. <span class="ver">9</span>And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him. <span class="ver">11</span>NoM
w Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh. <span class="ver">12</span>And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor. <span class="ver">13</span>And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon. <span class="ver"M
>14</span>And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him. <span class="ver">15</span>And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet. <span class="ver">16</span>But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the hM
ost, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left. <span class="ver">17</span>Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she coverM
ed him with a mantle. <span class="ver">19</span>And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him. <span class="ver">20</span>Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No. <span class="ver">21</span>Then Jael Heber
s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and wM
ent softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. <span class="ver">22</span>And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples. <span class="ver">23</span>So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. <span class="ver">M
24</span>And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
<h2 id="c5">Chapter 5</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves. <span class="ver">3</span>Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing pM
raise to the LORD God of Israel. <span class="ver">4</span>LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water. <span class="ver">5</span>The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel. <span class="ver">6</span>In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. <span class="ver">7</M
span>The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. <span class="ver">8</span>They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? <span class="ver">9</span>My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD. <span class="ver">10</span>Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way. <sM
pan class="ver">11</span>They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates. <span class="ver">12</span>Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam. <span class="ver">13</span>Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over thM
e nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty. <span class="ver">14</span>Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer. <span class="ver">15</span>And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart. <span class="ver">16</M
span>Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. <span class="ver">17</span>Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches. <span class="ver">18</span>Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. <span class="ver">19</span>The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan iM
n Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money. <span class="ver">20</span>They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. <span class="ver">21</span>The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. <span class="ver">22</span>Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones. <span class="ver">23</span>Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye biM
tterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty. <span class="ver">24</span>Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. <span class="ver">25</span>He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. <span class="ver">26</span>She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen
s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote M
off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. <span class="ver">27</span>At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead. <span class="ver">28</span>The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots? <span class="ver">29</span>Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself, <span class="ver">30</span>Have theM
y not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil? <span class="ver">31</span>So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
<h2 id="c6">Chapter 6</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the children of Israel did evilM
in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. <span class="ver">2</span>And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. <span class="ver">3</span>And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; <span class="ver">4</span>And they encamped againsM
t them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. <span class="ver">5</span>For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. <span class="ver">6</span>And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD. </p>
s="ver">7</span>And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites, <span class="ver">8</span>That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; <span class="ver">9</span>And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land;M
<span class="ver">10</span>And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. <span class="ver">12</span>And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee,M
thou mighty man of valour. <span class="ver">13</span>And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. <span class="ver">14</span>And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee? <spM
an class="ver">15</span>And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father
s house. <span class="ver">16</span>And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. <span class="ver">17</span>And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me. <span class="ver">18</span>Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, M
and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it. <span class="ver">20</span>And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so. </pM
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight. <span class="ver">22</span>And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face. <span class="ver">23</span>And the LORM
D said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die. <span class="ver">24</span>Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father
s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it: <span class="ver">26M
</span>And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. <span class="ver">27</span>Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father
s household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>And when the men of the ciM
ty arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built. <span class="ver">29</span>And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing. <span class="ver">30</span>Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he M
hath cut down the grove that was by it. <span class="ver">31</span>And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar. <span class="ver">32</span>Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar. </p>
<p><span class="ver">33</span>Then all the MidiaM
nites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel. <span class="ver">34</span>But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abi-ezer was gathered after him. <span class="ver">35</span>And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">36</span>And GideoM
n said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, <span class="ver">37</span>Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said. <span class="ver">38</span>And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. <span class="ver">39</span>And Gideon saM
id unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. <span class="ver">40</span>And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
<h2 id="c7">Chapter 7</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside thM
e well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. <span class="ver">2</span>And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. <span class="ver">3</span>Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount GileadM
. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand. <span class="ver">4</span>And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go. <span class="ver">5</span>So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD M
said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. <span class="ver">6</span>And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. <span class="ver">7</span>And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into M
thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place. <span class="ver">8</span>So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand. <span class="ver">10</span>But M
if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host: <span class="ver">11</span>And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host. <span class="ver">12</span>And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by thM
e sea side for multitude. <span class="ver">13</span>And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. <span class="ver">14</span>And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, M
and all the host. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian. <span class="ver">16</span>And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man
s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. <span class="ver">17</span>And he said unto them, LookM
on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. <span class="ver">18</span>When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they M
blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. <span class="ver">20</span>And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. <span class="ver">21</span>And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. <span class="ver">22</span>And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORDM
s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth-shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath. <span class="ver">23</span>And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto BethM
-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. <span class="ver">25</span>And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
<h2 id="c8">Chapter 8</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus,M
that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. <span class="ver">2</span>And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer? <span class="ver">3</span>God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. </p>
ver">4</span>And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. <span class="ver">5</span>And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army? <span classM
="ver">7</span>And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him. <span class="ver">9</span>And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower. </p>
<p><span class="ver"M
>10</span>Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure. <span class="ver">12</span>And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings ofM
Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up, <span class="ver">14</span>And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men. <span class="ver">15</span>And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hanM
ds of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary? <span class="ver">16</span>And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth. <span class="ver">17</span>And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each M
one resembled the children of a king. <span class="ver">19</span>And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you. <span class="ver">20</span>And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth. <span class="ver">21</span>Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah aM
nd Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son
s son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. <span class="ver">23</span>And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, tM
hat ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) <span class="ver">25</span>And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey. <span class="ver">26</span>And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains thaM
t were about their camels
necks. <span class="ver">27</span>And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went M
and dwelt in his own house. <span class="ver">30</span>And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. <span class="ver">31</span>And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. <span class="ver">33</span>And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the cM
hildren of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god. <span class="ver">34</span>And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side: <span class="ver">35</span>Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
<h2 id="c9">Chapter 9</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Abimelech the son of JerubbaalM
went to Shechem unto his mother
s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother
s father, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh. <span class="ver">3</span>And his mother
s brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men ofM
Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother. <span class="ver">4</span>And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him. <span class="ver">5</span>And he went unto his father
s house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal wasM
left; for he hid himself. <span class="ver">6</span>And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. <span class="ver">8</span>The trees went forth on a time to anoint a kiM
ng over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. <span class="ver">9</span>But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? <span class="ver">10</span>And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us. <span class="ver">11</span>But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? <span class="ver">12</span>Then said the trM
ees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us. <span class="ver">13</span>And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? <span class="ver">14</span>Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. <span class="ver">15</span>And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.M
<span class="ver">16</span>Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands; <span class="ver">17</span>(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: <span class="ver">18</span>And ye are risen up against my father
s house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stonM
e, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;) <span class="ver">19</span>If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you: <span class="ver">20</span>But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech. <spM
an class="ver">21</span>And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, <span class="ver">23</span>Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech: <span class="ver">24</span>That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech theirM
brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren. <span class="ver">25</span>And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech. <span class="ver">26</span>And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him. <span class="ver">27</span>And they went out into the fields, and gathered tM
heir vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech. <span class="ver">28</span>And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him? <span class="ver">29</span>And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to AbimelechM
, Increase thine army, and come out. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. <span class="ver">31</span>And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee. <span class="ver">32</span>Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field: <span class="ver">33</spaM
n>And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion. </p>
<p><span class="ver">34</span>And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies. <span class="ver">35</span>And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city:M
and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait. <span class="ver">36</span>And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men. <span class="ver">37</span>And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim. <span class="ver">38</span>Then said Zebul unto hiM
m, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them. <span class="ver">39</span>And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. <span class="ver">40</span>And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate. <span class="ver">41</span>And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal andM
his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem. <span class="ver">42</span>And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech. <span class="ver">43</span>And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them. <span class="ver">44</span>And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in M
the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them. <span class="ver">45</span>And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt. </p>
<p><span class="ver">46</span>And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith. <span class="ver">47</span>And it was told AbimelecM
h, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. <span class="ver">48</span>And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done. <span class="ver">49</span>And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put tM
hem to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women. </p>
<p><span class="ver">50</span>Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. <span class="ver">51</span>But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower. <span class="ver">52</span>And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fouM
ght against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. <span class="ver">53</span>And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech
s head, and all to brake his skull. <span class="ver">54</span>Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. <span class="ver">55</span>And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, thM
ey departed every man unto his place. </p>
<p><span class="ver">56</span>Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: <span class="ver">57</span>And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
<h2 id="c10">Chapter 10</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and M
he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. <span class="ver">2</span>And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. <span class="ver">4</span>And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead. <span class="ver">5</span>And Jair died, and was buried in Camon. </p>
<span class="ver">6</span>And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him. <span class="ver">7</span>And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon. <span class="ver">8</span>And that yeM
ar they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. <span class="ver">9</span>Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have fM
orsaken our God, and also served Baalim. <span class="ver">11</span>And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines? <span class="ver">12</span>The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand. <span class="ver">13</span>Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more. <span class=M
"ver">14</span>Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day. <span class="ver">16</span>And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. <span class="ver">17</span>Then the children of Ammon were gaM
thered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh. <span class="ver">18</span>And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
<h2 id="c11">Chapter 11</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. <span claM
ss="ver">2</span>And Gilead
s wife bare him sons; and his wife
s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father
s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman. <span class="ver">3</span>Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel. <span clM
ass="ver">5</span>And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob: <span class="ver">6</span>And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. <span class="ver">7</span>And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father
s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress? <span class="ver">8</span>And the elders of GiM
lead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. <span class="ver">9</span>And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head? <span class="ver">10</span>And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy worM
ds. <span class="ver">11</span>Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land? <span class="ver">13</span>And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away myM
land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably. <span class="ver">14</span>And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon: <span class="ver">15</span>And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon: <span class="ver">16</span>But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh; <sM
pan class="ver">17</span>Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh. <span class="ver">18</span>Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the bM
order of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab. <span class="ver">19</span>And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place. <span class="ver">20</span>But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. <span class="ver">21</span>And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the handM
of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. <span class="ver">22</span>And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan. <span class="ver">23</span>So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it? <span class="ver">24</span>Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whM
omsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess. <span class="ver">25</span>And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them, <span class="ver">26</span>While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time? <span class="ver">27</span>WM
herefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon. <span class="ver">28</span>Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the chM
ildren of Ammon. <span class="ver">30</span>And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, <span class="ver">31</span>Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD
s, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and M
the LORD delivered them into his hands. <span class="ver">33</span>And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">34</span>And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. <spM
an class="ver">35</span>And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back. <span class="ver">36</span>And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of M
Ammon. <span class="ver">37</span>And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows. <span class="ver">38</span>And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains. <span class="ver">39</span>And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow whiM
ch he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel, <span class="ver">40</span>That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
<h2 id="c12">Chapter 12</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fireM
. <span class="ver">2</span>And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands. <span class="ver">3</span>And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me? <span class="ver">4</span>Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, anM
d fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites. <span class="ver">5</span>And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; <span class="ver">6</span>Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth:M
for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand. <span class="ver">7</span>And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel. <span class="ver">9</span>And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty M
daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. <span class="ver">10</span>Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lehem. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. <span class="ver">12</span>And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. <span class="ver">14</span>And he had fortM
y sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. <span class="ver">15</span>And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
<h2 id="c13">Chapter 13</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>And there was M
a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. <span class="ver">3</span>And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. <span class="ver">4</span>Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: <span class="ver">5</span>For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall cM
ome on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name: <span class="ver">7</span>But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nM
or strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born. <span class="ver">9</span>And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with hM
er. <span class="ver">10</span>And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day. <span class="ver">11</span>And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am. <span class="ver">12</span>And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him? <span class="ver">13</span>AM
nd the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware. <span class="ver">14</span>She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. <span class="ver">16</span>And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, TM
hough thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD. <span class="ver">17</span>And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour? <span class="ver">18</span>And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret? <span class="ver">19</span>So Manoah took a kid with a meat offeringM
, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on. <span class="ver">20</span>For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground. <span class="ver">21</span>But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD. <span class="verM
">22</span>And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God. <span class="ver">23</span>But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. <span class="M
ver">25</span>And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
<h2 id="c14">Chapter 14</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. <span class="ver">2</span>And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife. <span class="ver">3</span>Then his father and his mM
other said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well. <span class="ver">4</span>But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Then went Samson down, and his father M
and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him. <span class="ver">6</span>And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done. <span class="ver">7</span>And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned asiM
de to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion. <span class="ver">9</span>And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. <span class="ver">11</span>And it cM
ame to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments: <span class="ver">13</span>But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that weM
may hear it. <span class="ver">14</span>And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle. <span class="ver">15</span>And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson
s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father
s house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so? <span class="ver">16</span>And Samson
efore him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee? <span class="ver">17</span>And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people. <span class="ver">18</span>And theM
men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father
e. <span class="ver">20</span>But Samson
s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
<h2 id="c15">Chapter 15</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in. <span class="ver">2</span>And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy compaM
nion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. <span class="ver">4</span>And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. <span class="ver">5</span>And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of M
the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will M
cease. <span class="ver">8</span>And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi. <span class="ver">10</span>And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us. <span class="ver">11</span>Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the roM
ck Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them. <span class="ver">12</span>And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves. <span class="ver">13</span>And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and M
deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands. <span class="ver">15</span>And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slewM
a thousand men therewith. <span class="ver">16</span>And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. <span class="ver">17</span>And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-lehi. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I dieM
for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? <span class="ver">19</span>But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day. <span class="ver">20</span>And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
<h2 id="c16">Chapter 16</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, anM
d went in unto her. <span class="ver">2</span>And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him. <span class="ver">3</span>And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the tM
op of an hill that is before Hebron. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. <span class="ver">5</span>And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And DeM
lilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. <span class="ver">7</span>And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. <span class="ver">8</span>Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. <span class="ver">9</span>Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her iM
n the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. <span class="ver">10</span>And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. <span class="ver">11</span>And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. <span class="M
ver">12</span>Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. <span class="ver">13</span>And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. <span class="ver">14</span>And she fastened it with the pin,M
and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. <span class="ver">16</span>And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; <span cM
lass="ver">17</span>That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother
s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. <span class="ver">18</span>And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came uM
p unto her, and brought money in their hand. <span class="ver">19</span>And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. <span class="ver">20</span>And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2M
1</span>But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house. <span class="ver">22</span>Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. <span class="ver">23</span>Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. <span class="ver">24</span>And whenM
the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us. <span class="ver">25</span>And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars. <span class="ver">26</span>And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I maM
y feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them. <span class="ver">27</span>Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. <span class="ver">28</span>And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyM
es. <span class="ver">29</span>And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. <span class="ver">30</span>And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. <span class="ver">31</span>Then his brM
ethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
<h2 id="c17">Chapter 17</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. <span class="ver">2</span>And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the siM
lver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son. <span class="ver">3</span>And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee. <span class="ver">4</span>Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who mM
ade thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah. <span class="ver">5</span>And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. <span class="ver">6</span>In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. <spaM
n class="ver">8</span>And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. <span class="ver">9</span>And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. <span class="ver">10</span>And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the yM
ear, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. <span class="ver">11</span>And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. <span class="ver">12</span>And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. <span class="ver">13</span>Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
<h2 id="c18">Chapter 18</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In thosM
e days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. <span class="ver">2</span>And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there. M
<span class="ver">3</span>When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here? <span class="ver">4</span>And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. <span class="ver">5</span>And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperouM
s. <span class="ver">6</span>And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man. <span class="ver">8</span>And they came unto theiM
r brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye? <span class="ver">9</span>And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land. <span class="ver">10</span>When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth. </p>
<p><span class="verM
">11</span>And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war. <span class="ver">12</span>And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim. <span class="ver">13</span>And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Then answered the five men that went to spy out M
the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. <span class="ver">15</span>And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him. <span class="ver">16</span>And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate. <span clM
ass="ver">17</span>And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war. <span class="ver">18</span>And these went into Micah
s house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye? <span class="ver">19</span>And they saM
id unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel? <span class="ver">20</span>And the priest
s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. <span class="ver">21</span>So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before tM
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah
s house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan. <span class="ver">23</span>And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company? <span class="ver">24</span>And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I M
more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee? <span class="ver">25</span>And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household. <span class="ver">26</span>And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house. <span class="ver">27</span>And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, M
and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. <span class="ver">28</span>And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein. <span class="ver">29</span>And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the citM
y was Laish at the first. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. <span class="ver">31</span>And they set them up Micah
s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
<h2 id="c19">Chapter 19</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king iM
n Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah. <span class="ver">2</span>And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father
s house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months. <span class="ver">3</span>And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her fatheM
s house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. <span class="ver">4</span>And his father in law, the damsel
s father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>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. <span classM
="ver">6</span>And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel
s father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry. <span class="ver">7</span>And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again. <span class="ver">8</span>And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel
s father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and M
they did eat both of them. <span class="ver">9</span>And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel
s father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home. <span class="ver">10</span>But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over againstM
Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him. <span class="ver">11</span>And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. <span class="ver">12</span>And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah. <span class="ver">13</span>M
And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah. <span class="ver">14</span>And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin. <span class="ver">15</span>And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging. </p>
<p><span class="ver"M
>16</span>And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites. <span class="ver">17</span>And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou? <span class="ver">18</span>And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to BM
eth-lehem-judah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to house. <span class="ver">19</span>Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing. <span class="ver">20</span>And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street. <span class="ver">21</span>So he brought him iM
nto his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him. <span class="ver">23</span>And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, M
Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly. <span class="ver">24</span>Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing. <span class="ver">25</span>But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night untilM
the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go. <span class="ver">26</span>Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man
s house where her lord was, till it was light. <span class="ver">27</span>And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold. <span class="ver">28</span>And he said unto her, UM
p, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. <span class="ver">30</span>And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out ofM
the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.
<h2 id="c20">Chapter 20</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. <span class="ver">2</span>And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew swoM
rd. <span class="ver">3</span>(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness? <span class="ver">4</span>And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. <span class="ver">5</span>And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my coM
ncubine have they forced, that she is dead. <span class="ver">6</span>And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel. <span class="ver">7</span>Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house. <span class=M
"ver">9</span>But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it; <span class="ver">10</span>And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel. <span class="ver">11</span>So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit togetM
her as one man. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you? <span class="ver">13</span>Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel: <span class="ver">14</span>But the children of Benjamin gathered themselM
ves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel. <span class="ver">15</span>And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men. <span class="ver">16</span>Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss. <span class="ver">17</span>And the menM
of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first. <span class="ver">19</span>And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah. <span class="ver">20</span>And the menM
of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah. <span class="ver">21</span>And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men. <span class="ver">22</span>And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day. <span class="ver">23</span>(And the chilM
dren of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.) <span class="ver">24</span>And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day. <span class="ver">25</span>And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drM
<p><span class="ver">26</span>Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. <span class="ver">27</span>And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, <span class="ver">28</span>And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in thM
ose days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand. <span class="ver">29</span>And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. <span class="ver">30</span>And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. <span class="ver">31</span>And the children of Benjamin went out against tM
he people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel. <span class="ver">32</span>And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways. <span class="ver">33</span>And all the men of Israel rose up out of their pM
lace, and put themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah. <span class="ver">34</span>And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them. <span class="ver">35</span>And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.M
<span class="ver">36</span>So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah. <span class="ver">37</span>And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword. <span class="ver">38</span>Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should makeM
a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city. <span class="ver">39</span>And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle. <span class="ver">40</span>But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven. <span class="ver">41</span>And when the M
men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them. <span class="ver">42</span>Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. <span class="ver">43</span>Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising. <span class="ver">44</span>AndM
there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour. <span class="ver">45</span>And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them. <span class="ver">46</span>So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour. <span class="ver">47</span>But six hundred men turnedM
and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months. <span class="ver">48</span>And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.
<h2 id="c21">Chapter 21</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto M
Benjamin to wife. <span class="ver">2</span>And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; <span class="ver">3</span>And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel? <span class="ver">4</span>And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. <span class="ver">5</span>And the childM
ren of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death. <span class="ver">6</span>And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. <span class="ver">7</span>How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will nM
ot give them of our daughters to wives? </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly. <span class="ver">9</span>For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there. <span class="ver">10</span>And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite tM
he inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children. <span class="ver">11</span>And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. <span class="ver">12</span>And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. <span class="ver">13</span>And the whole congregatM
ion sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them. <span class="ver">14</span>And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not. <span class="ver">15</span>And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Then the elders of the congregation said, How shallM
we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? <span class="ver">17</span>And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. <span class="ver">18</span>Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin. <span class="ver">19</span>Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a placeM
which is on the north side of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. <span class="ver">20</span>Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards; <span class="ver">21</span>And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. <span class="ver">22</spM
an>And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty. <span class="ver">23</span>And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in theM
m. <span class="ver">24</span>And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance. <span class="ver">25</span>In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. </p>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
<li><a href="#c1">1</aM
<li><a href="#c2">2</a></li>
<li><a href="#c3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="#c4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="#c5">5</a></li>
<li><a href="#c6">6</a></li>
<li><a href="#c7">7</a></li>
<li><a href="#c8">8</a></li>
<li><a href="#c9">9</a></li>
<li><a href="#c10">10</a></li>
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<li><a href="#c12">12</a></li>
<h2 id="c1">Chapter 1</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king ofM
Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. <span class="ver">2</span>And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king
he princes; <span class="ver">4</span>Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king
s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. <span class="ver">5</span>And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king
s meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the kinM
g. <span class="ver">6</span>Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: <span class="ver">7</span>Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed-nego. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king
s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requM
ested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. <span class="ver">9</span>Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. <span class="ver">10</span>And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king. <span class="ver">11</span>Then said Daniel to MelzarM
, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, <span class="ver">12</span>Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. <span class="ver">13</span>Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king
s meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants. <span class="ver">14</span>So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. <span cM
lass="ver">15</span>And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king
s meat. <span class="ver">16</span>Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. <span class="ver">18</span>Now M
at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. <span class="ver">19</span>And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king. <span class="ver">20</span>And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realM
m. <span class="ver">21</span>And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.
<h2 id="c2">Chapter 2</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. <span class="ver">2</span>Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. <span class=M
"ver">3</span>And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. <span class="ver">4</span>Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation. <span class="ver">5</span>The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghillM
. <span class="ver">6</span>But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof. <span class="ver">7</span>They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it. <span class="ver">8</span>The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. <span class="ver">9</span>BuM
t if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king
s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer,M
or Chaldean. <span class="ver">11</span>And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh. <span class="ver">12</span>For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. <span class="ver">13</span>And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Then Daniel M
answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king
s guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon: <span class="ver">15</span>He answered and said to Arioch the king
s captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. <span class="ver">16</span>Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation. <span class="ver">17</span>Then Daniel went to his house, and made thM
e thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: <span class="ver">18</span>That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. <span class="ver">20</span>Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:M
<span class="ver">21</span>And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: <span class="ver">22</span>He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. <span class="ver">23</span>I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast nM
ow made known unto us the king
<p><span class="ver">24</span>Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation. <span class="ver">25</span>Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the M
interpretation. <span class="ver">26</span>The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof? <span class="ver">27</span>Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king; <span class="ver">28</span>But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to tM
he king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; <span class="ver">29</span>As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. <span class="ver">30</span>But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the M
king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart. </p>
<p><span class="ver">31</span>Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. <span class="ver">32</span>This image
s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, <span class="ver">33</span>His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. <span class="ver">34</span>Thou sawest till that aM
stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. <span class="ver">35</span>Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">36</span>This is the dream; and we wiM
ll tell the interpretation thereof before the king. <span class="ver">37</span>Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. <span class="ver">38</span>And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. <span class="ver">39</span>And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another thirM
d kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. <span class="ver">40</span>And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. <span class="ver">41</span>And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters
clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry M
clay. <span class="ver">42</span>And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. <span class="ver">43</span>And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. <span class="ver">44</span>And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall noM
t be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. <span class="ver">45</span>Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. </p>
<p><span class="ver">46</span>Then the king Nebuchadnezzar feM
ll upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him. <span class="ver">47</span>The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret. <span class="ver">48</span>Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wiseM
men of Babylon. <span class="ver">49</span>Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.
<h2 id="c3">Chapter 3</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. <span class="ver">2</span>Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gathM
er together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. <span class="ver">3</span>Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood befoM
re the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. <span class="ver">4</span>Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, <span class="ver">5</span>That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: <span class="ver">6</span>And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnM
ace. <span class="ver">7</span>Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews. <span class="ver">9</span>They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever. <span class="ver">1M
0</span>Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image: <span class="ver">11</span>And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. <span class="ver">12</span>There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, hM
ave not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king. <span class="ver">14</span>Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? <span class="ver">15</span>Now if ye be ready that aM
t what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? <span class="ver">16</span>Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. <span class="ver">17</span>M
If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. <span class="ver">18</span>But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace oM
ne seven times more than it was wont to be heated. <span class="ver">20</span>And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. <span class="ver">21</span>Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. <span class="ver">22</span>Therefore because the king
s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hM
ot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. <span class="ver">23</span>And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. <span class="ver">24</span>Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. <span class="ver">25</span>He answered and M
said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire. <span class="ver">27</span>And the princes, governors, and captains, and theM
s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. <span class="ver">28</span>Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king
s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, M
except their own God. <span class="ver">29</span>Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. <span class="ver">30</span>Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.
<h2 id="c4">Chapter 4</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Nebuchadnezzar thM
e king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. <span class="ver">2</span>I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me. <span class="ver">3</span>How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace: <span class="M
ver">5</span>I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. <span class="ver">6</span>Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream. <span class="ver">7</span>Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof. </p>
<p><span class="verM
">8</span>But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying, <span class="ver">9</span>O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof. <span class="ver">10</span>Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, anM
d behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. <span class="ver">11</span>The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth: <span class="ver">12</span>The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it. <span class="ver">13</span>I saw in the visionM
s of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; <span class="ver">14</span>He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches: <span class="ver">15</span>Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portiM
on be with the beasts in the grass of the earth: <span class="ver">16</span>Let his heart be changed from man
s heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him. <span class="ver">17</span>This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. <span class="ver">18</span>This dream I M
king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered anM
d said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies. <span class="ver">20</span>The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth; <span class="ver">21</span>Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: <span class="ver">22</span>It is thouM
, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth. <span class="ver">23</span>And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till sevenM
times pass over him; <span class="ver">24</span>This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king: <span class="ver">25</span>That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. <spM
an class="ver">26</span>And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule. <span class="ver">27</span>Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. <span class="ver">29</span>AM
t the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. <span class="ver">30</span>The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? <span class="ver">31</span>While the word was in the king
s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee. <span class="ver">32</span>And they shall drive thee from men, andM
thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. <span class="ver">33</span>The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles
feathers, and his nails like birds
claws. <span class=M
"ver">34</span>And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: <span class="ver">35</span>And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his handM
, or say unto him, What doest thou? <span class="ver">36</span>At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me. <span class="ver">37</span>Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. <span class="ver">2</span>Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. <span class="ver">3</span>Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out ofM
the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. <span class="ver">4</span>They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>In the same hour came forth fingers of a man
s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king
s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. <span class="ver">6</spM
s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another. <span class="ver">7</span>The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdM
om. <span class="ver">8</span>Then came in all the king
s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof. <span class="ver">9</span>Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nM
or let thy countenance be changed: <span class="ver">11</span>There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; <span class="ver">12</span>Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing ofM
hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation. <span class="ver">13</span>Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry? <span class="ver">14</span>I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and undM
erstanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee. <span class="ver">15</span>And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing: <span class="ver">16</span>And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarM
let, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. <span class="ver">18</span>O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: <span class="ver">19</span>And for the majesty that he gave hiM
m, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. <span class="ver">20</span>But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: <span class="ver">21</span>And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with M
grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. <span class="ver">22</span>And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; <span class="ver">23</span>But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; M
and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: <span class="ver">24</span>Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. <span class="ver">26</span>This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy M
kingdom, and finished it. <span class="ver">27</span>TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. <span class="ver">28</span>PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. <span class="ver">29</span>Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>In that night was Belshazzar the king of the ChalM
deans slain. <span class="ver">31</span>And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
<h2 id="c6">Chapter 6</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; <span class="ver">2</span>And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. <span class="ver">3</span>Then this Daniel was preferrM
ed above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. <span class="ver">5</span>Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him conM
cerning the law of his God. <span class="ver">6</span>Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. <span class="ver">7</span>All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. <span M
class="ver">8</span>Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. <span class="ver">9</span>Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he diM
d aforetime. <span class="ver">11</span>Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. <span class="ver">12</span>Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king
s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.M
<span class="ver">13</span>Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day. <span class="ver">14</span>Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him. <span class="ver">15</span>Then these men assembled unto the kiM
ng, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. <span class="ver">16</span>Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. <span class="ver">17</span>And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signM
et of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him. <span class="ver">19</span>Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. <span class="ver">20</span>And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O DanM
iel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? <span class="ver">21</span>Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. <span class="ver">22</span>My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions
mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. <span class="ver">23</span>Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take DM
aniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>Then king Darius wrote unto allM
people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. <span class="ver">26</span>I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. <span class="ver">27</span>He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power ofM
the lions. <span class="ver">28</span>So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
<h2 id="c7">Chapter 7</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. <span class="ver">2</span>Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. <span class="ver">3</M
span>And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. <span class="ver">4</span>The first was like a lion, and had eagle
s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man
s heart was given to it. <span class="ver">5</span>And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it,M
Arise, devour much flesh. <span class="ver">6</span>After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. <span class="ver">7</span>After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were beforeM
it; and it had ten horns. <span class="ver">8</span>I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fieryM
flame, and his wheels as burning fire. <span class="ver">10</span>A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. <span class="ver">11</span>I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. <span class="ver">12</span>As concerning the rest of the M
beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. <span class="ver">13</span>I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. <span class="ver">14</span>And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdM
om that which shall not be destroyed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. <span class="ver">16</span>I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. <span class="ver">17</span>These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. <span class="ver">18</span>But the saints of the most HigM
h shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. <span class="ver">19</span>Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; <span class="ver">20</span>And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth thaM
t spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. <span class="ver">21</span>I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; <span class="ver">22</span>Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. <span class="ver">23</span>Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole eaM
rth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. <span class="ver">24</span>And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. <span class="ver">25</span>And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. <span claM
ss="ver">26</span>But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. <span class="ver">27</span>And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. <span class="ver">28</span>Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance M
changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
<h2 id="c8">Chapter 8</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first. <span class="ver">2</span>And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai. <span class="ver">3</span>Then I lifted up mine eyes, M
and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. <span class="ver">4</span>I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great. <span class="ver">5</span>And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the M
whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes. <span class="ver">6</span>And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. <span class="ver">7</span>And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and thereM
was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. <span class="ver">8</span>Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. <span class="ver">9</span>And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. <span class="ver">10</span>And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the hoM
st and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. <span class="ver">11</span>Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. <span class="ver">12</span>And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto thM
at certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? <span class="ver">14</span>And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. <spaM
n class="ver">16</span>And I heard a man
s voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. <span class="ver">17</span>So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision. <span class="ver">18</span>Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright. <span classM
="ver">19</span>And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be. <span class="ver">20</span>The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia. <span class="ver">21</span>And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. <span class="ver">22</span>Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, buM
t not in his power. <span class="ver">23</span>And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. <span class="ver">24</span>And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. <span class="ver">25</span>And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and heM
shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. <span class="ver">26</span>And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days. <span class="ver">27</span>And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king
s business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.
d="c9">Chapter 9</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; <span class="ver">2</span>In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and M
supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: <span class="ver">4</span>And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; <span class="ver">5</span>We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: <span class="ver">6</span>Neither have we hearkened unto thy servaM
nts the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. <span class="ver">7</span>O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. <span class="ver">8</span>O Lord, to us belM
ongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. <span class="ver">9</span>To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; <span class="ver">10</span>Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. <span class="ver">11</span>Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore M
the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him. <span class="ver">12</span>And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. <span class="ver">13</span>As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our GodM
, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. <span class="ver">14</span>Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice. <span class="ver">15</span>And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>O LorM
d, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us. <span class="ver">17</span>Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord
s sake. <span class="ver">18</span>O my God, incline thM
ine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. <span class="ver">19</span>O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, andM
presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; <span class="ver">21</span>Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. <span class="ver">22</span>And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. <span class="ver">23</span>At the beginning of thy supplications the commandM
ment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. <span class="ver">24</span>Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. <span class="ver">25</span>Know therefore and understand, that from the going forM
th of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. <span class="ver">26</span>And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. <span class="ver"M
>27</span>And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
<h2 id="c10">Chapter 10</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time aM
ppointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. <span class="ver">2</span>In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. <span class="ver">3</span>I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. <span class="ver">4</span>And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel; <span class="ver">5</span>Then I lifted up mine M
eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: <span class="ver">6</span>His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. <span class="ver">7</span>And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that tM
hey fled to hide themselves. <span class="ver">8</span>Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength. <span class="ver">9</span>Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of M
my hands. <span class="ver">11</span>And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. <span class="ver">12</span>Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. <span class="ver">13</span>But the prince of theM
kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. <span class="ver">14</span>Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days. <span class="ver">15</span>And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. <span class="ver">16</span>And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touM
ched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength. <span class="ver">17</span>For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me. <span class="ver">18</span>Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me, <span class="ver">19</span>And sM
aid, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me. <span class="ver">20</span>Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. <span class="ver">21</span>But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that hoM
ldeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
<h2 id="c11">Chapter 11</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. <span class="ver">2</span>And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. <span class="ver">3</span>And a mighty king shall M
stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. <span class="ver">4</span>And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominioM
n shall be a great dominion. <span class="ver">6</span>And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king
s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times. <span class="ver">7</span>But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shM
all come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail: <span class="ver">8</span>And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north. <span class="ver">9</span>So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land. <span class="ver">10</span>But his sons shall be stirred uM
p, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress. <span class="ver">11</span>And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand. <span class="ver">12</span>And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up;M
and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it. <span class="ver">13</span>For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches. <span class="ver">14</span>And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall. <span class="ver">15</spM
an>So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand. <span class="ver">16</span>But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed. <span class="ver">17</span>He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kinM
gdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him. <span class="ver">18</span>After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him. <span class="ver">19</span>Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble aM
nd fall, and not be found. <span class="ver">20</span>Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle. <span class="ver">21</span>And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. <span class="ver">22</span>And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall beM
broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. <span class="ver">23</span>And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people. <span class="ver">24</span>He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers
fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a M
time. <span class="ver">25</span>And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him. <span class="ver">26</span>Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain. <span class="ver">27</span>And both these kings
hearts shall be to do miscM
hief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. <span class="ver">28</span>Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land. <span class="ver">29</span>At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>For the ships of Chittim shall cM
ome against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant. <span class="ver">31</span>And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. <span class="ver">32</span>And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatterM
ies: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. <span class="ver">33</span>And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. <span class="ver">34</span>Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. <span class="ver">35</span>And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, eM
ven to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed. <span class="ver">36</span>And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. <span class="ver">37</span>Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above alM
l. <span class="ver">38</span>But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. <span class="ver">39</span>Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain. <span class="ver">40</span>And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: aM
nd the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. <span class="ver">41</span>He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. <span class="ver">42</span>He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall noM
t escape. <span class="ver">43</span>But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. <span class="ver">44</span>But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many. <span class="ver">45</span>And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shaM
ll come to his end, and none shall help him.
<h2 id="c12">Chapter 12</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. <span class="ver">2</span>And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to evM
erlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. <span class="ver">3</span>And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. <span class="ver">4</span>But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side ofM
the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river. <span class="ver">6</span>And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? <span class="ver">7</span>And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplisM
hed to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. <span class="ver">8</span>And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? <span class="ver">9</span>And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. <span class="ver">10</span>Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. <span cM
lass="ver">11</span>And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. <span class="ver">12</span>Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. <span class="ver">13</span>But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. </p>
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SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS
<span>commonly called, The Third Book of the Kings</span>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
<li><a href="#c1">1</a></li>
<li><a href="#c2">2</a></li>
<li><a href="#c3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="#c4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="#c5">5</a></li>
<li><a href="#c6">6</a></li>
<li><a href="#c7">7</a></li>
<li><a href="#c8">8</a></li>
<li><a href="#c9">9</a></li>
<li><a href="#c10">10</a></li>
<li><a href="#c11">11</a></li>
<li><a href="#c12">12</a></li>
<li><a href="#c13">13</a></li>
<li><a href="#c14">14</a></li>
<li><a href="#c15">15</a></li>
<li><a href="#c16">16</a></li>
<li><a href="#c17">17</a></li>
<li><a href="#c18">18</a></li>
<li><a href="#c19">19</a></li>
<li><a href="#c20">20</a></li>
<li><a href="#c21">21</a></li>
<li><a href="#c22">22</a></li>
<li><a href="#c23">23</a></li>
<li><a href="#c24">24</a></li>
<li><a href="#c25">25</a></li>
<h2 id="c1">Chapter 1</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then Moab rM
ebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. <span class="ver">2</span>And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease. <span class="ver">3</span>But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to M
enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? <span class="ver">4</span>Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back? <span class="ver">6</span>And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORDM
, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. <span class="ver">7</span>And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words? <span class="ver">8</span>And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. <span class="ver">9</sM
pan>Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down. <span class="ver">10</span>And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. <span class="ver">11</span>Again also he sent unto him another captain of M
fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly. <span class="ver">12</span>And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees beforeM
Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight. <span class="ver">14</span>Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight. <span class="ver">15</span>And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king. <span clasM
s="ver">16</span>And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; becauM
se he had no son. <span class="ver">18</span>Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
<h2 id="c2">Chapter 2</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. <span class="ver">2</span>And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Beth-el. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD livethM
, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el. <span class="ver">3</span>And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. <span class="ver">4</span>And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave theM
e. So they came to Jericho. <span class="ver">5</span>And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. <span class="ver">6</span>And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. <span class="ver">7</span>And fifty M
men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan. <span class="ver">8</span>And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirM
it be upon me. <span class="ver">10</span>And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. <span class="ver">11</span>And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, tM
he chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. <span class="ver">13</span>He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; <span class="ver">14</span>And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over. <span clasM
s="ver">15</span>And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall nM
ot send. <span class="ver">17</span>And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not. <span class="ver">18</span>And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren. M
<span class="ver">20</span>And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. <span class="ver">21</span>And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. <span class="ver">22</span>So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And he went up from thence uM
nto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. <span class="ver">24</span>And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them. <span class="ver">25</span>And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
<h2 id="c3">Chapter 3</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. <span class="ver">2</span>And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made. <span class="ver">3</span>Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. </p>
ver">4</span>And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool. <span class="ver">5</span>But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel. <span class="ver">7</span>And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebellM
ed against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses. <span class="ver">8</span>And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom. <span class="ver">9</span>So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days
journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them. <span classM
="ver">10</span>And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab! <span class="ver">11</span>But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel
s servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah. <span class="ver">12</span>And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel aM
nd Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. <span class="ver">13</span>And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab. <span class="ver">14</span>And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat theM
king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee. <span class="ver">15</span>But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. <span class="ver">16</span>And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches. <span class="ver">17</span>For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. <span class="M
ver">18</span>And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. <span class="ver">19</span>And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones. <span class="ver">20</span>And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water. </p>
class="ver">21</span>And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border. <span class="ver">22</span>And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood: <span class="ver">23</span>And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. <span cM
lass="ver">24</span>And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country. <span class="ver">25</span>And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it. </p>
><span class="ver">26</span>And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not. <span class="ver">27</span>Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
<h2 id="c4">Chapter 4</h2>
<p><span class="verM
">1</span>Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. <span class="ver">2</span>And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. <span class="ver">3</span>Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels aM
broad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. <span class="ver">4</span>And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. <span class="ver">5</span>So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. <span class="ver">6</span>And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me M
yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. <span class="ver">7</span>Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. <span class="ver">9</span>And she said unto her M
husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually. <span class="ver">10</span>Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither. <span class="ver">11</span>And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there. <span class="ver">12</span>And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call thiM
s Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him. <span class="ver">13</span>And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people. <span class="ver">14</span>And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old. <span class="ver">15</span>And he saiM
d, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door. <span class="ver">16</span>And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid. <span class="ver">17</span>And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to M
the reapers. <span class="ver">19</span>And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. <span class="ver">20</span>And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. <span class="ver">21</span>And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out. <span class="ver">22</span>And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of tM
he asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again. <span class="ver">23</span>And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well. <span class="ver">24</span>Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee. <span class="ver">25</span>So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to GehazM
i his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: <span class="ver">26</span>Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well. <span class="ver">27</span>And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. <span cM
lass="ver">28</span>Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me? <span class="ver">29</span>Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child. <span class="ver">30</span>And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her. <span class=M
"ver">31</span>And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked. <span class="ver">32</span>And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. <span class="ver">33</span>He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD. <span class="ver">34</span>And he went up, and lay upon the child, anM
d put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm. <span class="ver">35</span>Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. <span class="ver">36</span>And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy sonM
. <span class="ver">37</span>Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out. </p>
<p><span class="ver">38</span>And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. <span class="ver">39</span>And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wiM
ld gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not. <span class="ver">40</span>So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof. <span class="ver">41</span>But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot. </p>
n class="ver">42</span>And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat. <span class="ver">43</span>And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. <span class="ver">44</span>So he set it before them, and they did eM
at, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.
<h2 id="c5">Chapter 5</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper. <span class="ver">2</span>And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman
s="ver">3</span>And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy. <span class="ver">4</span>And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel. <span class="ver">5</span>And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment. <span clM
ass="ver">6</span>And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy. <span class="ver">7</span>And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against M
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. <span class="ver">9</span>So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. <span class="ver">10</span>And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, M
and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. <span class="ver">11</span>But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. <span class="ver">12</span>Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. <span class="ver">13</span>And M
his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? <span class="ver">14</span>Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, M
and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant. <span class="ver">16</span>But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused. <span class="ver">17</span>And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules
burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nM
or sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD. <span class="ver">18</span>In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing. <span class="ver">19</span>And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha theM
man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him. <span class="ver">21</span>So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well? <span class="ver">22</span>And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young meM
n of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments. <span class="ver">23</span>And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him. <span class="ver">24</span>And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed. <span class="verM
">25</span>But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither. <span class="ver">26</span>And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? <span class="ver">27</span>The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and uM
nto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
<h2 id="c6">Chapter 6</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. <span class="ver">2</span>Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. <span class="ver">3</span>And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy seM
rvants. And he answered, I will go. <span class="ver">4</span>So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. <span class="ver">5</span>But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. <span class="ver">6</span>And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. <span class="ver">7</span>Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And M
he put out his hand, and took it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. <span class="ver">9</span>And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down. <span class="ver">10</span>And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor M
twice. <span class="ver">11</span>Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel? <span class="ver">12</span>And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. AM
nd it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. <span class="ver">14</span>Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. <span class="ver">15</span>And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? <span class="ver">16</span>And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more thM
an they that be with them. <span class="ver">17</span>And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. <span class="ver">18</span>And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. </p>
<p><span class="ver">1M
9</span>And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria. <span class="ver">20</span>And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. <span class="ver">21</span>And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I sM
mite them? shall I smite them? <span class="ver">22</span>And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. <span class="ver">23</span>And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24M
</span>And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. <span class="ver">25</span>And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass
s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove
s dung for five pieces of silver. <span class="ver">26</span>And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. <span class="veM
r">27</span>And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? <span class="ver">28</span>And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow. <span class="ver">29</span>So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30</span>M
And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. <span class="ver">31</span>Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. <span class="ver">32</span>But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the eldM
ers, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master
s feet behind him? <span class="ver">33</span>And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
<h2 id="c7">Chapter 7</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith M
the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. <span class="ver">2</span>Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they sM
aid one to another, Why sit we here until we die? <span class="ver">4</span>If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. <span class="ver">5</span>And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, beM
hold, there was no man there. <span class="ver">6</span>For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. <span class="ver">7</span>Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life. <spM
an class="ver">8</span>And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it. <span class="ver">9</span>Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, thaM
t we may go and tell the king
s household. <span class="ver">10</span>So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were. <span class="ver">11</span>And he called the porters; and they told it to the king
s house within. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now sM
hew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city. <span class="ver">13</span>And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the IM
sraelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see. <span class="ver">14</span>They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. <span class="ver">15</span>And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king. <span class="ver">16</span>And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flM
our was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him. <span class="ver">18</span>And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for M
a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria: <span class="ver">19</span>And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. <span class="ver">20</span>And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.
<h2 id="c8">Chapter 8</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whoseM
son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years. <span class="ver">2</span>And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. <span class="ver">3</span>And it came to pass at the seven years
end, that the woman returned out of the land of the PhilistM
ines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land. <span class="ver">4</span>And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done. <span class="ver">5</span>And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, aM
nd this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life. <span class="ver">6</span>And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither. <span class="ver">8</span>And the king said unto Hazael, M
Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? <span class="ver">9</span>So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels
burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? <span class="ver">10</span>And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeM
it the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die. <span class="ver">11</span>And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept. <span class="ver">12</span>And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. <span class="ver">13</span>And Hazael sM
aid, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. <span class="ver">14</span>So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover. <span class="ver">15</span>And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in M
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. <span class="ver">17</span>Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. <span class="ver">18</span>And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. <spM
an class="ver">19</span>Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant
s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. <span class="ver">21</span>So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents. <spaM
n class="ver">22</span>Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time. <span class="ver">23</span>And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? <span class="ver">24</span>And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. </p>
<p><span class="ver">25</span>In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab M
king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. <span class="ver">26</span>Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother
s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel. <span class="ver">27</span>And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>And he went with JoM
ram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram. <span class="ver">29</span>And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
<h2 id="c9">Chapter 9</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of thM
e prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead: <span class="ver">2</span>And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber; <span class="ver">3</span>Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. </pM
<p><span class="ver">4</span>So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. <span class="ver">5</span>And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain. <span class="ver">6</span>And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the M
LORD, even over Israel. <span class="ver">7</span>And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. <span class="ver">8</span>For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel: <span class="ver">9</span>And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like tM
he house of Baasha the son of Ahijah: <span class="ver">10</span>And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled. </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication. <span class="ver">12</span>And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spakeM
he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. <span class="ver">13</span>Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king. <span class="ver">14</span>So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria. <span class="ver">15</span>But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of tM
he wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel. <span class="ver">16</span>So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. <span class="ver">17</span>And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, TaM
ke an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace? <span class="ver">18</span>So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again. <span class="ver">19</span>Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? M
turn thee behind me. <span class="ver">20</span>And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously. <span class="ver">21</span>And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. <span class="ver">22</span>And it came to pass, whenM
Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? <span class="ver">23</span>And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah. <span class="ver">24</span>And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. <span class="ver">25</span>Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, TaM
ke up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him; <span class="ver">26</span>Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>But when Ahaziah the king of JuM
dah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there. <span class="ver">28</span>And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David. <span class="ver">29</span>And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">30M
</span>And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. <span class="ver">31</span>And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master? <span class="ver">32</span>And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. <span class="ver">33</span>And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on tM
he wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot. <span class="ver">34</span>And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king
s daughter. <span class="ver">35</span>And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. <span class="ver">36</span>Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the TishbiteM
, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: <span class="ver">37</span>And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
<h2 id="c10">Chapter 10</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab
s children, saying, <span class="ver">2</span>Now asM
soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master
s sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour; <span class="ver">3</span>Look even out the best and meetest of your master
s sons, and set him on his father
s throne, and fight for your master
s house. <span class="ver">4</span>But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand? <span class="ver">5</span>And he that was over the house, and he that M
was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes. <span class="ver">6</span>Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master
s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king
s sons, being seventy persons, were with theM
great men of the city, which brought them up. <span class="ver">7</span>And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king
s sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king
s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning. <span class="ver">9</span>And it came to pass in tM
he morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these? <span class="ver">10</span>Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah. <span class="ver">11</span>So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, aM
nd his priests, until he left him none remaining. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way, <span class="ver">13</span>Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen. <span class="ver">14</span>And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at theM
pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot. <span class="ver">16</span>And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. SoM
they made him ride in his chariot. <span class="ver">17</span>And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. <span class="ver">19</span>Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wM
anting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal. <span class="ver">20</span>And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. <span class="ver">21</span>And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one endM
to another. <span class="ver">22</span>And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments. <span class="ver">23</span>And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only. <span class="ver">24</span>And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, M
Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him. <span class="ver">25</span>And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal. <span clM
ass="ver">26</span>And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. <span class="ver">27</span>And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day. <span class="ver">28</span>Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in DM
an. <span class="ver">30</span>And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel. <span class="ver">31</span>But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>In those dM
ays the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel; <span class="ver">33</span>From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. <span class="ver">34</span>Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? <span class="ver">35</span>And Jehu slept with his fathers: anM
d they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. <span class="ver">36</span>And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.
<h2 id="c11">Chapter 11</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. <span class="ver">2</span>But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king
hich were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. <span class="ver">3</span>And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, anM
d shewed them the king
s son. <span class="ver">5</span>And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king
s house; <span class="ver">6</span>And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down. <span class="ver">7</span>And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keeM
p the watch of the house of the LORD about the king. <span class="ver">8</span>And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in. <span class="ver">9</span>And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, anM
d came to Jehoiada the priest. <span class="ver">10</span>And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David
s spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD. <span class="ver">11</span>And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple. <span class="ver">12</span>And he brought forth the king
s son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony;M
and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD. <span class="ver">14</span>And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, TreasM
on, Treason. <span class="ver">15</span>But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">16</span>And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king
s house: and there was she slain. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And Jehoiada made a M
covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD
s people; between the king also and the people. <span class="ver">18</span>And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">19</span>And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and allM
the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king
s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. <span class="ver">20</span>And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king
s house. <span class="ver">21</span>Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
<h2 id="c12">Chapter 12</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In the seventh year of JehM
u Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother
s name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. <span class="ver">2</span>And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. <span class="ver">3</span>But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought inM
to the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man
s heart to bring into the house of the LORD, <span class="ver">5</span>Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found. <span class="ver">6</span>But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches ofM
the house. <span class="ver">7</span>Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house. <span class="ver">8</span>And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house. <span class="ver">9</span>But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and M
set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">10</span>And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king
s scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">11</span>And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that diM
d the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD, <span class="ver">12</span>And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. <span class="ver">13</span>Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of M
silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD: <span class="ver">14</span>But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">15</span>Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully. <span class="ver">16</span>The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Then Hazael king ofM
Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. <span class="ver">18</span>And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king
s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And the resM
t of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? <span class="ver">20</span>And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla. <span class="ver">21</span>For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
<h2 id="c13">Chapter 13</hM
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. <span class="ver">2</span>And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of HM
azael king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, all their days. <span class="ver">4</span>And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them. <span class="ver">5</span>(And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. <span class="ver">6</span>Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the M
house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.) <span class="ver">7</span>Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? <spM
an class="ver">9</span>And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. <span class="ver">11</span>And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein. <span classM
="ver">12</span>And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? <span class="ver">13</span>And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept M
over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. <span class="ver">15</span>And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows. <span class="ver">16</span>And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king
s hands. <span class="ver">17</span>And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arM
s deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them. <span class="ver">18</span>And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed. <span class="ver">19</span>And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt M
smite Syria but thrice. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. <span class="ver">21</span>And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>But Hazael king of Syria oppressed IsM
rael all the days of Jehoahaz. <span class="ver">23</span>And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet. <span class="ver">24</span>So Hazael king of Syria died; and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his stead. <span class="ver">25</span>And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he M
had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
<h2 id="c14">Chapter 14</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. <span class="ver">2</span>He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother
s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. <span class="ver">3</span>And he did thatM
which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did. <span class="ver">4</span>Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father. <span class="ver">6</span>But the children of the murderers he slew not: accordM
ing unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin. <span class="ver">7</span>He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, M
king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. <span class="ver">9</span>And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. <span class="ver">10</span>Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle M
to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? <span class="ver">11</span>But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. <span class="ver">12</span>And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. <span class="ver">13</span>And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-sheM
mesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits. <span class="ver">14</span>And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king
s house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the bM
ook of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? <span class="ver">16</span>And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. <span class="ver">18</span>And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? <span class="ver">1M
9</span>Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. <span class="ver">20</span>And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. <span class="ver">22</span>He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slepM
t with his fathers. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years. <span class="ver">24</span>And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. <span class="ver">25</span>He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according toM
the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher. <span class="ver">26</span>For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel. <span class="ver">27</span>And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>NM
ow the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? <span class="ver">29</span>And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.
<h2 id="c15">Chapter 15</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah soM
n of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. <span class="ver">2</span>Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother
s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. <span class="ver">3</span>And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done; <span class="ver">4</span>Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>M
And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king
s son was over the house, judging the people of the land. <span class="ver">6</span>And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? <span class="ver">7</span>So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. </p>
pan class="ver">8</span>In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months. <span class="ver">9</span>And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. <span class="ver">10</span>And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. <span class="ver">11<M
/span>And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. <span class="ver">12</span>This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria. <span class="ver">14</span>For MenahM
em the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. <span class="ver">15</span>And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all theM
women therein that were with child he ripped up. <span class="ver">17</span>In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria. <span class="ver">18</span>And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. <span class="ver">19</span>And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents ofM
silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. <span class="ver">20</span>And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? <span class="ver">22</span>AM
nd Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. <span class="ver">24</span>And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. <span class="ver">25</span>But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, anM
d smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king
s house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room. <span class="ver">26</span>And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years. <spaM
n class="ver">28</span>And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. <span class="ver">29</span>In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria. <span class="ver">30</span>And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son M
of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. <span class="ver">31</span>And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">32</span>In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. <span class="ver">33</span>Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, M
and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother
s name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. <span class="ver">34</span>And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done. </p>
<p><span class="ver">35</span>Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">36</span>Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and aM
ll that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? <span class="ver">37</span>In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. <span class="ver">38</span>And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
<h2 id="c16">Chapter 16</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son M
of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. <span class="ver">2</span>Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father. <span class="ver">3</span>But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. <span class="ver">4</span>And he sacrificed anM
d burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. <span class="ver">6</span>At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. <span class="ver">7</span>So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of M
Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me. <span class="ver">8</span>And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king
s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. <span class="ver">9</span>And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the pM
eople of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. <span class="ver">11</span>And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus. <span clasM
s="ver">12</span>And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. <span class="ver">13</span>And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar. <span class="ver">14</span>And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north siM
de of the altar. <span class="ver">15</span>And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king
s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by. <span class="ver">16</span>ThuM
s did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones. <span class="ver">18</span>And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king
s entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>NoM
w the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? <span class="ver">20</span>And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
<h2 id="c17">Chapter 17</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. <span class="ver">2</span>And he did that which was evil in the sM
ight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents. <span class="ver">4</span>And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>ThenM
the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. <span class="ver">7</span>For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of PM
haraoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, <span class="ver">8</span>And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. <span class="ver">9</span>And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. <span class="ver">10</span>And they set them up images and grovM
es in every high hill, and under every green tree: <span class="ver">11</span>And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: <span class="ver">12</span>For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing. <span class="ver">13</span>Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil M
ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. <span class="ver">14</span>Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God. <span class="ver">15</span>And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and bM
ecame vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them. <span class="ver">16</span>And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. <span class="ver">17</span>And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil iM
n the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. <span class="ver">18</span>Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. <span class="ver">19</span>Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. <span class="ver">20</span>And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of hiM
s sight. <span class="ver">21</span>For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin. <span class="ver">22</span>For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them; <span class="ver">23</span>Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to AssyM
ria unto this day. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. <span class="ver">25</span>And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them. <span class="ver">26</span>M
Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land. <span class="ver">27</span>Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the landM
. <span class="ver">28</span>Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear the LORD. <span class="ver">29</span>Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. <span class="ver">30</span>And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, <span class="verM
">31</span>And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. <span class="ver">32</span>So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places. <span class="ver">33</span>They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence. <span class="ver">34</span>Unto thiM
s day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel; <span class="ver">35</span>With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: <span class="ver">36</span>But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great poM
wer and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. <span class="ver">37</span>And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods. <span class="ver">38</span>And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods. <span class="ver">39</span>But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out M
of the hand of all your enemies. <span class="ver">40</span>Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. <span class="ver">41</span>So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children
s children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
<h2 id="c18">Chapter 18</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reM
ign. <span class="ver">2</span>Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother
s name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. <span class="ver">3</span>And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days tM
he children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. <span class="ver">5</span>He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him. <span class="ver">6</span>For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses. <span class="ver">7</span>And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of AssM
yria, and served him not. <span class="ver">8</span>He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. <span class="ver">10</span>And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is thM
e ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. <span class="ver">11</span>And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes: <span class="ver">12</span>Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Now in the fourteenth year of king HezekiM
ah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. <span class="ver">14</span>And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. <span class="ver">15</span>And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuM
s house. <span class="ver">16</span>At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the uppM
er pool, which is in the highway of the fuller
s field. <span class="ver">18</span>And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. <span class="ver">19</span>And Rab-shakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? <span class="ver">20</span>Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I hM
ave counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? <span class="ver">21</span>Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. <span class="ver">22</span>But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and JerusaleM
m, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? <span class="ver">23</span>Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. <span class="ver">24</span>How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master
s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? <span class="ver">25</span>Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy iM
t? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. <span class="ver">26</span>Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab-shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews
language in the ears of the people that are on the wall. <span class="ver">27</span>But Rab-shakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on tM
he wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? <span class="ver">28</span>Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews
language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria: <span class="ver">29</span>Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand: <span class="ver">30</span>Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city sM
hall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. <span class="ver">31</span>Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern: <span class="ver">32</span>Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye maM
y live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. <span class="ver">33</span>Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? <span class="ver">34</span>Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand? <span class="ver">35</span>Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country outM
of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand? <span class="ver">36</span>But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king
s commandment was, saying, Answer him not. <span class="ver">37</span>Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh.
<h2 id="c19">Chapter 19</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And M
it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">2</span>And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. <span class="ver">3</span>And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there M
is not strength to bring forth. <span class="ver">4</span>It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left. <span class="ver">5</span>So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not M
afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. <span class="ver">7</span>Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. <span class="ver">9</span>And when he heard say of TirhakahM
king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying, <span class="ver">10</span>Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. <span class="ver">11</span>Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered? <span class="ver">12</span>Have the M
gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar? <span class="ver">13</span>Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah? </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. <span class="ver">15</span>And HezekiaM
h prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. <span class="ver">16</span>LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God. <span class="ver">17</span>Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, <span class="ver">18</span>And haM
ve cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men
s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. <span class="ver">19</span>Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of M
Assyria I have heard. <span class="ver">21</span>This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. <span class="ver">22</span>Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. <span class="ver">23</span>By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, M
With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel. <span class="ver">24</span>I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places. <span class="ver">25</span>Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times thatM
I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps. <span class="ver">26</span>Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. <span class="ver">27</span>But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. <span class="ver">28</span>Because thy rageM
against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. <span class="ver">29</span>And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. <span class="ver">30</span>And the remnant that is escaped of the houseM
of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. <span class="ver">31</span>For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. <span class="ver">32</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. <span class="ver">33</span>By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, aM
nd shall not come into this city, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">34</span>For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David
<p><span class="ver">35</span>And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. <span class="ver">36</span>So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and retuM
rned, and dwelt at Nineveh. <span class="ver">37</span>And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
<h2 id="c20">Chapter 20</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou M
shalt die, and not live. <span class="ver">2</span>Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, <span class="ver">3</span>I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. <span class="ver">4</span>And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, <span class="ver">5</span>Turn again, and tell Hezekiah M
the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">6</span>And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David
s sake. <span class="ver">7</span>And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took M
and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day? <span class="ver">9</span>And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? <span class="ver">10</span>And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go dowM
n ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. <span class="ver">11</span>And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>At that time Berodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. <span class="ver">13</span>And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house ofM
his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon. <span class="ver">15</span>And hM
e said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. <span class="ver">16</span>And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD. <span class="ver">17</span>Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">18</span>And oM
f thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. <span class="ver">19</span>Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days? </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the boM
ok of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? <span class="ver">21</span>And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
<h2 id="c21">Chapter 21</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother
s name was Hephzi-bah. <span class="ver">2</span>And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the childrenM
of Israel. <span class="ver">3</span>For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. <span class="ver">4</span>And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. <span class="ver">5</span>And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">6</M
span>And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. <span class="ver">7</span>And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: <span class="ver">8</span>Neither will I mM
ake the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them. <span class="ver">9</span>But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying, <span class="ver">11</span>BecausM
e Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols: <span class="ver">12</span>Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. <span class="ver">13</span>And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as aM
man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down. <span class="ver">14</span>And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies; <span class="ver">15</span>Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day. <span class="ver">16</span>Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till heM
had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? <span class="ver">18</span>And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. M
<p><span class="ver">19</span>Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother
s name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. <span class="ver">20</span>And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did. <span class="ver">21</span>And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: <span class="ver">22</span>And he forsook the LORDM
God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. <span class="ver">24</span>And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. <span class="ver">25</span>Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? <span class="ver">2M
6</span>And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
<h2 id="c22">Chapter 22</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother
s name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. <span class="ver">2</span>And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to M
<p><span class="ver">3</span>And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, <span class="ver">4</span>Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people: <span class="ver">5</span>And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversM
ight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house, <span class="ver">6</span>Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. <span class="ver">7</span>Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I M
have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. <span class="ver">9</span>And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">10</span>And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. AM
nd Shaphan read it before the king. <span class="ver">11</span>And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. <span class="ver">12</span>And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king
s, saying, <span class="ver">13</span>Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is foundM
: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us. <span class="ver">14</span>So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>M
And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me, <span class="ver">16</span>Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read: <span class="ver">17</span>Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall M
not be quenched. <span class="ver">18</span>But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard; <span class="ver">19</span>Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heM
ard thee, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">20</span>Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
<h2 id="c23">Chapter 23</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. <span class="ver">2</span>And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men oM
f Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant thatM
were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant. <span class="ver">4</span>And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el. <span class="ver">5</span>And he put down the idolatrous priests, wM
hom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. <span class="ver">6</span>And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the peopM
le. <span class="ver">7</span>And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove. <span class="ver">8</span>And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer-sheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man
s left hand at the gate of the city. <span M
class="ver">9</span>Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren. <span class="ver">10</span>And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech. <span class="ver">11</span>And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chambM
er of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire. <span class="ver">12</span>And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. <span class="ver">13</span>And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the rM
ight hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile. <span class="ver">14</span>And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat,M
who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove. <span class="ver">16</span>And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words. <span class="ver">17</span>Then he said, What tM
itle is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el. <span class="ver">18</span>And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria. <span class="ver">19</span>And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke thM
e Lord to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth-el. <span class="ver">20</span>And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men
s bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant. <span class="ver">22</span>Surely there was not holden such a passover M
from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah; <span class="ver">23</span>But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the lawM
which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. <span class="ver">25</span>And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him. </p>
<p><span class="ver">26</span>Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocatM
ions that Manasseh had provoked him withal. <span class="ver">27</span>And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there. <span class="ver">28</span>Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? </p>
<p><span class="ver">29</span>In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up agaiM
nst the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. <span class="ver">30</span>And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father
<p><span class="ver">31</span>Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigM
ned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother
s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. <span class="ver">32</span>And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. <span class="ver">33</span>And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. <span class="ver">34</span>And Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim the son ofM
Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there. <span class="ver">35</span>And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh. </p>
<p><span class="ver">36</span>Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old wheM
n he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother
s name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. <span class="ver">37</span>And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
<h2 id="c24">Chapter 24</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. <span class="ver">2</span>And the LORD sent against himM
bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets. <span class="ver">3</span>Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; <span class="ver">4</span>And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocentM
blood; which the LORD would not pardon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? <span class="ver">6</span>So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. <span class="ver">7</span>And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the kinM
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother
s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. <span class="ver">9</span>And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. <span class="ver">M
11</span>And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. <span class="ver">12</span>And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. <span class="ver">13</span>And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king
s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which SoM
lomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said. <span class="ver">14</span>And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land. <span class="ver">15</span>And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king
s mother, and the king
s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity fM
rom Jerusalem to Babylon. <span class="ver">16</span>And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father
s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. <span class="ver">18</span>Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And M
s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. <span class="ver">19</span>And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. <span class="ver">20</span>For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
<h2 id="c25">Chapter 25</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenM
th month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. <span class="ver">2</span>And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. <span class="ver">3</span>And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And the city was broken up, and all the men ofM
war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king
s garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain. <span class="ver">5</span>And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him. <span class="ver">6</span>So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. <span class="ver">7</span>AndM
they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: <span class="ver">9</span>And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king
s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, M
s house burnt he with fire. <span class="ver">10</span>And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. <span class="ver">11</span>Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carry away. <span class="ver">12</span>But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be viM
nedressers and husbandmen. <span class="ver">13</span>And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. <span class="ver">14</span>And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. <span class="ver">15</span>And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in M
gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away. <span class="ver">16</span>The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight. <span class="ver">17</span>The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillarM
with wreathen work. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: <span class="ver">19</span>And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king
s presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the ciM
ty: <span class="ver">20</span>And Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah: <span class="ver">21</span>And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. <span class="vM
er">23</span>And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. <span class="ver">24</span>And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king M
of Babylon; and it shall be well with you. <span class="ver">25</span>But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah. <span class="ver">26</span>And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>And it caM
me to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; <span class="ver">28</span>And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon; <span class="ver">29</span>And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually beM9
fore him all the days of his life. <span class="ver">30</span>And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life. </p>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<li><a href="#c2">2</a></li>
<li><a href="#c3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="#c4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="#c5">5</a></li>
<li><a href="#c6">6</a></li>
<li><a href="#c7">7</a></li>
<li><a href="#c8">8</a></li>
<li><a href="#c9">9</a></li>
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<li><a href="#c12">12</a></li>
<li><a href="#c13">13</a></li>
<h2 id="c1">Chapter 1</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The words oM
f Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, <span class="ver">2</span>That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. <span class="ver">3</span>And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also isM
broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, <span class="ver">5</span>And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments: <span class="ver">6</span>Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou maM
yest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father
s house have sinned. <span class="ver">7</span>We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses. <span class="ver">8</span>Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thyM
servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations: <span class="ver">9</span>But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there. <span class="ver">10</span>Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. <span class="ver">11<M
/span>O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king
<h2 id="c2">Chapter 2</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had noM
t been beforetime sad in his presence. <span class="ver">2</span>Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, <span class="ver">3</span>And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers
sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire? <span class="ver">4</span>Then the king said unto me, For what dost M
thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. <span class="ver">5</span>And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers
sepulchres, that I may build it. <span class="ver">6</span>And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. <span class="ver">7</span>MoreoveM
r I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah; <span class="ver">8</span>And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king
s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</M
span>Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king
s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me. <span class="ver">10</span>When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. <span class="ver">11</span>So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And I arose in the night, I and some few men M
with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon. <span class="ver">13</span>And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. <span class="ver">14</span>Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king
s pool: but there was no place for the beaM
st that was under me to pass. <span class="ver">15</span>Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned. <span class="ver">16</span>And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem M
lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. <span class="ver">18</span>Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king
s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work. <span class="ver">19</span>But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughedM
us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king? <span class="ver">20</span>Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
<h2 id="c3">Chapter 3</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up thM
e doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel. <span class="ver">2</span>And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri. <span class="ver">3</span>But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. <span class="ver">4</span>And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired MM
eshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana. <span class="ver">5</span>And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord. <span class="ver">6</span>Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. <span class="ver">7</span>And next unto them repaired MeM
latiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river. <span class="ver">8</span>Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall. <span class="ver">9</span>And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem. <span class="ver">10</span>And next unto tM
hem repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah. <span class="ver">11</span>Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces. <span class="ver">12</span>And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. <span class="ver">13</span>The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they buiM
lt it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate. <span class="ver">14</span>But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. <span class="ver">15</span>But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, theM
locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king
s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David. <span class="ver">16</span>After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty. <span class="ver">17</span>After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the haM
lf part of Keilah, in his part. <span class="ver">18</span>After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah. <span class="ver">19</span>And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall. <span class="ver">20</span>After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.M
<span class="ver">21</span>After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib. <span class="ver">22</span>And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain. <span class="ver">23</span>After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house. <span class="ver">24</span>After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad anotheM
r piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner. <span class="ver">25</span>Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king
s high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh. <span class="ver">26</span>Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. <span class="ver">27</span>After them the Tekoites repaM
ired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel. <span class="ver">28</span>From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house. <span class="ver">29</span>After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate. <span class="ver">30</span>After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him rM
epaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber. <span class="ver">31</span>After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith
s son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner. <span class="ver">32</span>And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
<h2 id="c4">Chapter 4</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded theM
wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. <span class="ver">2</span>And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? <span class="ver">3</span>Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. <span M
class="ver">4</span>Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: <span class="ver">5</span>And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders. <span class="ver">6</span>So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>But it came to pasM
s, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, <span class="ver">8</span>And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. <span class="ver">9</span>Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. <span class="ver">10</span>And Judah said, The strength oM
f the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall. <span class="ver">11</span>And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. <span class="ver">12</span>And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Therefore set IM
in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. <span class="ver">14</span>And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses. <span class="ver">15</span>And it came to pass, when our enemies heard M
that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. <span class="ver">16</span>And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah. <span class="ver">17</span>They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every oM
ne with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. <span class="ver">18</span>For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me. </p>
<p><span class="ver">19</span>And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another. <span class="ver">20</span>In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, M
resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us. <span class="ver">21</span>So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. <span class="ver">22</span>Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day. <span class="ver">23</span>So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, noM
ne of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.
<h2 id="c5">Chapter 5</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. <span class="ver">2</span>For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. <span class="ver">3</span>Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy coM
rn, because of the dearth. <span class="ver">4</span>There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king
s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. <span class="ver">5</span>Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards. </p>
"ver">6</span>And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. <span class="ver">7</span>Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them. <span class="ver">8</span>And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and founM
d nothing to answer. <span class="ver">9</span>Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies? <span class="ver">10</span>I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. <span class="ver">11</span>Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the M
corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. <span class="ver">12</span>Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise. <span class="ver">13</span>Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and pM
raised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor. <span class="ver">15</span>But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekeM
ls of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God. <span class="ver">16</span>Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work. <span class="ver">17</span>Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us. <span class="ver">18</span>Now that which was prepared for me daily wasM
one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people. <span class="ver">19</span>Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
<h2 id="c6">Chapter 6</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded tM
he wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) <span class="ver">2</span>That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. <span class="ver">3</span>And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you? <span class="ver">4</span>YetM
they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner. <span class="ver">5</span>Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand; <span class="ver">6</span>Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words. <span class="ver">7</span>And thou hast also appointed prophetM
s to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together. <span class="ver">8</span>Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. <span class="ver">9</span>For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands. <span clasM
s="ver">10</span>Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee. <span class="ver">11</span>And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in. <span class="ver">12</span>And, lo, IM
perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. <span class="ver">13</span>Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me. <span class="ver">14</span>My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. </p>
ss="ver">15</span>So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. <span class="ver">16</span>And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. <span M
class="ver">18</span>For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah. <span class="ver">19</span>Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
<h2 id="c7">Chapter 7</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers andM
the Levites were appointed, <span class="ver">2</span>That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many. <span class="ver">3</span>And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house. <span class="ver">4</spM
an>Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein, <span class="ver">6</span>These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whomM
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city; <span class="ver">7</span>Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this; <span class="ver">8</span>The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. <span class="ver">9</span>The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. <span clM
ass="ver">10</span>The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two. <span class="ver">11</span>The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen. <span class="ver">12</span>The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. <span class="ver">13</span>The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five. <span class="ver">14</span>The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. <span class="ver">15</span>The children of Binnui, six hundred forM
ty and eight. <span class="ver">16</span>The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight. <span class="ver">17</span>The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two. <span class="ver">18</span>The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven. <span class="ver">19</span>The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven. <span class="ver">20</span>The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five. <span class="ver">21</span>The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. <spaM
n class="ver">22</span>The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight. <span class="ver">23</span>The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four. <span class="ver">24</span>The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve. <span class="ver">25</span>The children of Gibeon, ninety and five. <span class="ver">26</span>The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight. <span class="ver">27</span>The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. <span class="ver">28</span>The men of Beth-azmM
aveth, forty and two. <span class="ver">29</span>The men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three. <span class="ver">30</span>The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one. <span class="ver">31</span>The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two. <span class="ver">32</span>The men of Beth-el and Ai, an hundred twenty and three. <span class="ver">33</span>The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two. <span class="ver">34</span>The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hunM
dred fifty and four. <span class="ver">35</span>The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. <span class="ver">36</span>The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. <span class="ver">37</span>The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one. <span class="ver">38</span>The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty. </p>
<p><span class="ver">39</span>The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. <span class="ver">40</spaM
n>The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. <span class="ver">41</span>The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. <span class="ver">42</span>The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. </p>
<p><span class="ver">43</span>The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four. </p>
<p><span class="ver">44</span>The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight. </p>
<p><span class="ver">45</span>The porters: the children ofM
Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight. </p>
<p><span class="ver">46</span>The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth, <span class="ver">47</span>The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon, <span class="ver">48</span>The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai, <span class="ver">49</span>The children of HM
anan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, <span class="ver">50</span>The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, <span class="ver">51</span>The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah, <span class="ver">52</span>The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim, <span class="ver">53</span>The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, <span class="ver">54</span>The children of Bazlith, the children of M
Mehida, the children of Harsha, <span class="ver">55</span>The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah, <span class="ver">56</span>The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. </p>
<p><span class="ver">57</span>The children of Solomon
s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida, <span class="ver">58</span>The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, <span class="ver">59</span>The children of Shephatiah, the childrenM
of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon. <span class="ver">60</span>All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon
s servants, were three hundred ninety and two. <span class="ver">61</span>And these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father
s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel. <span class="ver">62</span>The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred M
<p><span class="ver">63</span>And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name. <span class="ver">64</span>These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. <span class="ver">65</span>And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the M
most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim. </p>
<p><span class="ver">66</span>The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, <span class="ver">67</span>Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women. <span class="ver">68</span>Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five:M
<span class="ver">69</span>Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses. </p>
<p><span class="ver">70</span>And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests
garments. <span class="ver">71</span>And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver. <span classM
="ver">72</span>And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests
garments. <span class="ver">73</span>So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.
<h2 id="c8">Chapter 8</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And all the people gathered thM
emselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel. <span class="ver">2</span>And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. <span class="ver">3</span>And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before tM
he men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. <span class="ver">4</span>And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. <span class="ver">5</span>And Ezra opened the book in tM
he sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up: <span class="ver">6</span>And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground. <span class="ver">7</span>Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people tM
o understand the law: and the people stood in their place. <span class="ver">8</span>So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. <span class="ver">10M
</span>Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength. <span class="ver">11</span>So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved. <span class="ver">12</span>And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had undM
erstood the words that were declared unto them. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law. <span class="ver">14</span>And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month: <span class="ver">15</span>And that they should publish and proclaiM
m in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. <span class=M
"ver">17</span>And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness. <span class="ver">18</span>Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.
<h2 id="c9">Chapter 9</h2>M
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them. <span class="ver">2</span>And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. <span class="ver">3</span>And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, M
and worshipped the LORD their God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God. <span class="ver">5</span>Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. <M
span class="ver">6</span>Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. <span class="ver">7</span>Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham; <span class="ver">8</span>And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madesM
t a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous: <span class="ver">9</span>And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea; <span class="ver">10</span>And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt prouM
dly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day. <span class="ver">11</span>And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters. <span class="ver">12</span>Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. <span class="ver">13</span>Thou camest down also upon M
mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: <span class="ver">14</span>And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant: <span class="ver">15</span>And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn M
to give them. <span class="ver">16</span>But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments, <span class="ver">17</span>And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. <span class="ver">18</span>Yea, when they hM
ad made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations; <span class="ver">19</span>Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go. <span class="ver">20</span>Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their moutM
h, and gavest them water for their thirst. <span class="ver">21</span>Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. <span class="ver">22</span>Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. <span class="ver">23</span>Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaM
ven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. <span class="ver">24</span>So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would. <span class="ver">25</span>And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, M
wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. <span class="ver">26</span>Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations. <span class="ver">27</span>Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in M
the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies. <span class="ver">28</span>But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy merM
cies; <span class="ver">29</span>And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. <span class="ver">30</span>Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the M
hand of the people of the lands. <span class="ver">31</span>Nevertheless for thy great mercies
sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God. <span class="ver">32</span>Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, sinceM
the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. <span class="ver">33</span>Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly: <span class="ver">34</span>Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them. <span class="ver">35</span>For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and iM
n the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works. <span class="ver">36</span>Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: <span class="ver">37</span>And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distressM
. <span class="ver">38</span>And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
<h2 id="c10">Chapter 10</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, <span class="ver">2</span>Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, <span class="ver">3</span>Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, <span class="ver">4</span>Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, <span class="ver">5</span>Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, <span cM
lass="ver">6</span>Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, <span class="ver">7</span>Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, <span class="ver">8</span>Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests. <span class="ver">9</span>And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; <span class="ver">10</span>And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, <span class="ver">11</span>Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, <span class="ver">12</span>Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, <span class="ver">13</span>HM
odijah, Bani, Beninu. <span class="ver">14</span>The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, <span class="ver">15</span>Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, <span class="ver">16</span>Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, <span class="ver">17</span>Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur, <span class="ver">18</span>Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, <span class="ver">19</span>Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, <span class="ver">20</span>Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, <span class="ver">21</span>Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua, <span class="ver">22</span>Pelatiah, Hanan,M
Anaiah, <span class="ver">23</span>Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, <span class="ver">24</span>Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, <span class="ver">25</span>Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, <span class="ver">26</span>And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, <span class="ver">27</span>Malluch, Harim, Baanah. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their soM
ns, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding; <span class="ver">29</span>They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God
s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes; <span class="ver">30</span>And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons: <span class="ver">31M
</span>And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. <span class="ver">32</span>Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God; <span class="ver">33</span>For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of thM
e sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God. <span class="ver">34</span>And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law: <span class="ver">35</span>And to bring theM
firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD: <span class="ver">36</span>Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God: <span class="ver">37</span>And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oM
il, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. <span class="ver">38</span>And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house. <span class="ver">39</span>For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring tM
he offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.
<h2 id="c11">Chapter 11</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities. <span class="ver">2</span>And the people blesM
sed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon
s servants. <span class="ver">4</span>And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son ofM
Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez; <span class="ver">5</span>And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. <span class="ver">6</span>All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men. <span class="ver">7</span>And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, thM
e son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah. <span class="ver">8</span>And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight. <span class="ver">9</span>And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city. <span class="ver">10</span>Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin. <span class="ver">11</span>Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of MeraioM
th, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God. <span class="ver">12</span>And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah, <span class="ver">13</span>And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, <span class="ver">14</span>And M
their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men. <span class="ver">15</span>Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; <span class="ver">16</span>And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God. <span class="ver">17</span>And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the prM
incipal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. <span class="ver">18</span>All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. <span class="ver">19</span>Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two. </p>
<p><span class="ver">20</span>And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of JudahM
, every one in his inheritance. <span class="ver">21</span>But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims. <span class="ver">22</span>The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God. <span class="ver">23</span>For it was the king
s commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every M
day. <span class="ver">24</span>And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king
s hand in all matters concerning the people. <span class="ver">25</span>And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof, <span class="ver">26</span>And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Beth-phelet, <span class="ver">27</spanM
>And at Hazar-shual, and at Beer-sheba, and in the villages thereof, <span class="ver">28</span>And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof, <span class="ver">29</span>And at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth, <span class="ver">30</span>Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom. <span class="ver">31</span>The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, aM
nd Aija, and Beth-el, and in their villages, <span class="ver">32</span>And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, <span class="ver">33</span>Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, <span class="ver">34</span>Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, <span class="ver">35</span>Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. <span class="ver">36</span>And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.
<h2 id="c12">Chapter 12</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and M
Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, <span class="ver">2</span>Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, <span class="ver">3</span>Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, <span class="ver">4</span>Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, <span class="ver">5</span>Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, <span class="ver">6</span>Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, <span class="ver">7</span>Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua. <span class="ver">8</span>Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, SherebiahM
, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. <span class="ver">9</span>Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada, <span class="ver">11</span>And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua. <span class="ver">12</span>And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, HananiahM
; <span class="ver">13</span>Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; <span class="ver">14</span>Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; <span class="ver">15</span>Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; <span class="ver">16</span>Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; <span class="ver">17</span>Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai; <span class="ver">18</span>Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; <span class="ver">19</span>And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; <span class="ver">20M
</span>Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; <span class="ver">21</span>Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">22</span>The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian. <span class="ver">23</span>The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. <span class="ver">24</span>And the chief oM
f the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward. <span class="ver">25</span>Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates. <span class="ver">26</span>These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra tM
he priest, the scribe. </p>
<p><span class="ver">27</span>And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. <span class="ver">28</span>And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi; <span class="ver">29</span>Also from tM
he house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem. <span class="ver">30</span>And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. <span class="ver">31</span>Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: <span class="ver">32</span>And after them wenM
t Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, <span class="ver">33</span>And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, <span class="ver">34</span>Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, <span class="ver">35</span>And certain of the priests
sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph: <span class="ver">36</span>And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, HananiM
, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them. <span class="ver">37</span>And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward. <span class="ver">38</span>And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the M
broad wall; <span class="ver">39</span>And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate. <span class="ver">40</span>So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me: <span class="ver">41</span>And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; <spM
an class="ver">42</span>And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. <span class="ver">43</span>Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. </p>
<p><span class="ver">44</span>And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasuresM
, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited. <span class="ver">45</span>And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. <span class="ver">46</span>For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the sinM
gers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. <span class="ver">47</span>And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.
<h2 id="c13">Chapter 13</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the AmmoniteM
and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; <span class="ver">2</span>Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. <span class="ver">3</span>Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber M
of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah: <span class="ver">5</span>And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests. <span class="ver">6</span>But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto tM
he king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king: <span class="ver">7</span>And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. <span class="ver">8</span>And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber. <span class="ver">9</span>Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering aM
nd the frankincense. </p>
<p><span class="ver">10</span>And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field. <span class="ver">11</span>Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. <span class="ver">12</span>Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries. <span class="verM
">13</span>And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren. <span class="ver">14</span>Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>In those days saw I in Judah soM
me treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. <span class="ver">16</span>There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. <span class="ver">17</span>Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and saM
id unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day? <span class="ver">18</span>Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath. <span class="ver">19</span>And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set M
I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day. <span class="ver">20</span>So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. <span class="ver">21</span>Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath. <span class="ver">22</span>And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come anM
d keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy. </p>
<p><span class="ver">23</span>In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: <span class="ver">24</span>And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews
language, but according to the language of each people. <span class="ver">25</span>And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smM
ote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. <span class="ver">26</span>Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin. <span class="ver">27</span>Shall we then hearken unto you to do all thiM
s great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives? <span class="ver">28</span>And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me. <span class="ver">29</span>Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. <span class="ver">30</span>Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every M
one in his business; <span class="ver">31</span>And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good. </p>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
<li><a href="#c1">1</a></li>
<li><a href="#c2">2</a></li>
href="#c3">3</a></li>
<h2 id="c1">Chapter 1</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. <span class="ver">2</span>O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! <span class="ver">3</span>Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention. <span class="ver">4</span>Therefore the law M
is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you. <span class="ver">6</span>For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs. <span M
class="ver">7</span>They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. <span class="ver">8</span>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. <span class="ver">9</span>They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. <M
span class="ver">10</span>And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. <span class="ver">11</span>Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them foM
r correction. <span class="ver">13</span>Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? <span class="ver">14</span>And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? <span class="ver">15</span>They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: thereM
fore they rejoice and are glad. <span class="ver">16</span>Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. <span class="ver">17</span>Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
<h2 id="c2">Chapter 2</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. <M
span class="ver">2</span>And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. <span class="ver">3</span>For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. <span class="ver">4</span>Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Yea also, because he tranM
sgresseth 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: <span class="ver">6</span>Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! <span class="ver">7</span>Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, anM
d awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? <span class="ver">8</span>Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men
s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! <span class="ver">10</span>Thou hast consulted shame M
to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. <span class="ver">11</span>For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity! <span class="ver">13</span>Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity? <span class="ver">14</span>For the earth shaM
ll be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! <span class="ver">16</span>Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD
s right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory. <span class="ver">17</spM
an>For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men
s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? <span class="ver">19</span>Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shalM
l teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it. <span class="ver">20</span>But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
<h2 id="c3">Chapter 3</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. <span class="ver">2</span>O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. <span clM
ass="ver">3</span>God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. <span class="ver">4</span>And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power. <span class="ver">5</span>Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. <span class="ver">6</span>He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountainsM
were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. <span class="ver">7</span>I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. <span class="ver">8</span>Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation? <span class="ver">9</span>Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou dM
idst cleave the earth with rivers. <span class="ver">10</span>The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high. <span class="ver">11</span>The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear. <span class="ver">12</span>Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger. <span class="ver">13</span>Thou wentM
est forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah. <span class="ver">14</span>Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly. <span class="ver">15</span>Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters. <span class="ver">16</spanM
>When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: <span classM
="ver">18</span>Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. <span class="ver">19</span>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. </p>
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Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide
after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit,
and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted;
moreover he suffered much by sea while trying to save his own life
and bring his men safely home; but do what he might he could not save
his men, for they perished through their own sheer folly in eating
the cattle of the Sun-god Hyperion; so the gM
od prevented them from
ever reaching home. Tell me, too, about all these things, O daughter
of Jove, from whatsoever source you may know them.
So now all who escaped death in battle or by shipwreck had got safely
home except Ulysses, and he, though he was longing to return to his
wife and country, was detained by the goddess Calypso, who had got
him into a large cave and wanted to marry him. But as years went by,
there came a time when the gods settled that he should go back to
Ithaca; even then, howeverM
, when he was among his own people, his
troubles were not yet over; nevertheless all the gods had now begun
to pity him except Neptune, who still persecuted him without ceasing
and would not let him get home.
Now Neptune had gone off to the Ethiopians, who are at the world's
end, and lie in two halves, the one looking West and the other East.
He had gone there to accept a hecatomb of sheep and oxen, and was
enjoying himself at his festival; but the other gods met in the house
of Olympian Jove, and the siM
re of gods and men spoke first. At that
moment he was thinking of Aegisthus, who had been killed by Agamemnon's
son Orestes; so he said to the other gods:
"See now, how men lay blame upon us gods for what is after all nothing
but their own folly. Look at Aegisthus; he must needs make love to
Agamemnon's wife unrighteously and then kill Agamemnon, though he
knew it would be the death of him; for I sent Mercury to warn him
not to do either of these things, inasmuch as Orestes would be sure
nge when he grew up and wanted to return home. Mercury
told him this in all good will but he would not listen, and now he
has paid for everything in full."
Then Minerva said, "Father, son of Saturn, King of kings, it served
Aegisthus right, and so it would any one else who does as he did;
but Aegisthus is neither here nor there; it is for Ulysses that my
heart bleeds, when I think of his sufferings in that lonely sea-girt
island, far away, poor man, from all his friends. It is an island
st, in the very middle of the sea, and a goddess
lives there, daughter of the magician Atlas, who looks after the bottom
of the ocean, and carries the great columns that keep heaven and earth
asunder. This daughter of Atlas has got hold of poor unhappy Ulysses,
and keeps trying by every kind of blandishment to make him forget
his home, so that he is tired of life, and thinks of nothing but how
he may once more see the smoke of his own chimneys. You, sir, take
no heed of this, and yet when Ulysses was before M
Troy did he not propitiate
you with many a burnt sacrifice? Why then should you keep on being
so angry with him?"
And Jove said, "My child, what are you talking about? How can I forget
Ulysses than whom there is no more capable man on earth, nor more
liberal in his offerings to the immortal gods that live in heaven?
Bear in mind, however, that Neptune is still furious with Ulysses
for having blinded an eye of Polyphemus king of the Cyclopes. Polyphemus
is son to Neptune by the nymph Thoosa, daughter to tM
he sea-king Phorcys;
therefore though he will not kill Ulysses outright, he torments him
by preventing him from getting home. Still, let us lay our heads together
and see how we can help him to return; Neptune will then be pacified,
for if we are all of a mind he can hardly stand out against us."
And Minerva said, "Father, son of Saturn, King of kings, if, then,
the gods now mean that Ulysses should get home, we should first send
Mercury to the Ogygian island to tell Calypso that we have made up
and that he is to return. In the meantime I will go to Ithaca,
to put heart into Ulysses' son Telemachus; I will embolden him to
call the Achaeans in assembly, and speak out to the suitors of his
mother Penelope, who persist in eating up any number of his sheep
and oxen; I will also conduct him to Sparta and to Pylos, to see if
he can hear anything about the return of his dear father- for this
will make people speak well of him."
So saying she bound on her glittering golden sandals, imperishable,
hich she can fly like the wind over land or sea; she grasped
the redoubtable bronze-shod spear, so stout and sturdy and strong,
wherewith she quells the ranks of heroes who have displeased her,
and down she darted from the topmost summits of Olympus, whereon forthwith
she was in Ithaca, at the gateway of Ulysses' house, disguised as
a visitor, Mentes, chief of the Taphians, and she held a bronze spear
in her hand. There she found the lordly suitors seated on hides of
the oxen which they had killed and eaten,M
and playing draughts in
front of the house. Men-servants and pages were bustling about to
wait upon them, some mixing wine with water in the mixing-bowls, some
cleaning down the tables with wet sponges and laying them out again,
and some cutting up great quantities of meat.
Telemachus saw her long before any one else did. He was sitting moodily
among the suitors thinking about his brave father, and how he would
send them flying out of the house, if he were to come to his own again
and be honoured as in M
days gone by. Thus brooding as he sat among
them, he caught sight of Minerva and went straight to the gate, for
he was vexed that a stranger should be kept waiting for admittance.
He took her right hand in his own, and bade her give him her spear.
"Welcome," said he, "to our house, and when you have partaken of food
you shall tell us what you have come for."
He led the way as he spoke, and Minerva followed him. When they were
within he took her spear and set it in the spear- stand against a
g-post along with the many other spears of his unhappy
father, and he conducted her to a richly decorated seat under which
he threw a cloth of damask. There was a footstool also for her feet,
and he set another seat near her for himself, away from the suitors,
that she might not be annoyed while eating by their noise and insolence,
and that he might ask her more freely about his father.
A maid servant then brought them water in a beautiful golden ewer
and poured it into a silver basin for them to wash theM
she drew a clean table beside them. An upper servant brought them
bread, and offered them many good things of what there was in the
house, the carver fetched them plates of all manner of meats and set
cups of gold by their side, and a man-servant brought them wine and
poured it out for them.
Then the suitors came in and took their places on the benches and
seats. Forthwith men servants poured water over their hands, maids
went round with the bread-baskets, pages filled the mixing-bowls withM
wine and water, and they laid their hands upon the good things that
were before them. As soon as they had had enough to eat and drink
they wanted music and dancing, which are the crowning embellishments
of a banquet, so a servant brought a lyre to Phemius, whom they compelled
perforce to sing to them. As soon as he touched his lyre and began
to sing Telemachus spoke low to Minerva, with his head close to hers
that no man might hear.
"I hope, sir," said he, "that you will not be offended with what I
going to say. Singing comes cheap to those who do not pay for it,
and all this is done at the cost of one whose bones lie rotting in
some wilderness or grinding to powder in the surf. If these men were
to see my father come back to Ithaca they would pray for longer legs
rather than a longer purse, for money would not serve them; but he,
alas, has fallen on an ill fate, and even when people do sometimes
say that he is coming, we no longer heed them; we shall never see
him again. And now, sir, tell me and tellM
me true, who you are and
where you come from. Tell me of your town and parents, what manner
of ship you came in, how your crew brought you to Ithaca, and of what
nation they declared themselves to be- for you cannot have come by
land. Tell me also truly, for I want to know, are you a stranger to
this house, or have you been here in my father's time? In the old
days we had many visitors for my father went about much himself."
And Minerva answered, "I will tell you truly and particularly all
Mentes, son of Anchialus, and I am King of the Taphians.
I have come here with my ship and crew, on a voyage to men of a foreign
tongue being bound for Temesa with a cargo of iron, and I shall bring
back copper. As for my ship, it lies over yonder off the open country
away from the town, in the harbour Rheithron under the wooded mountain
Neritum. Our fathers were friends before us, as old Laertes will tell
you, if you will go and ask him. They say, however, that he never
comes to town now, and lives by himsM
elf in the country, faring hardly,
with an old woman to look after him and get his dinner for him, when
he comes in tired from pottering about his vineyard. They told me
your father was at home again, and that was why I came, but it seems
the gods are still keeping him back, for he is not dead yet not on
the mainland. It is more likely he is on some sea-girt island in mid
ocean, or a prisoner among savages who are detaining him against his
will I am no prophet, and know very little about omens, but I speak
as it is borne in upon me from heaven, and assure you that he will
not be away much longer; for he is a man of such resource that even
though he were in chains of iron he would find some means of getting
home again. But tell me, and tell me true, can Ulysses really have
such a fine looking fellow for a son? You are indeed wonderfully like
him about the head and eyes, for we were close friends before he set
sail for Troy where the flower of all the Argives went also. Since
that time we have never either of usM
"My mother," answered Telemachus, tells me I am son to Ulysses, but
it is a wise child that knows his own father. Would that I were son
to one who had grown old upon his own estates, for, since you ask
me, there is no more ill-starred man under heaven than he who they
tell me is my father."
And Minerva said, "There is no fear of your race dying out yet, while
Penelope has such a fine son as you are. But tell me, and tell me
true, what is the meaning of all this feasting, and who are M
people? What is it all about? Have you some banquet, or is there a
wedding in the family- for no one seems to be bringing any provisions
of his own? And the guests- how atrociously they are behaving; what
riot they make over the whole house; it is enough to disgust any respectable
person who comes near them."
"Sir," said Telemachus, "as regards your question, so long as my father
was here it was well with us and with the house, but the gods in their
displeasure have willed it otherwise, and have hiM
closely than mortal man was ever yet hidden. I could have borne it
better even though he were dead, if he had fallen with his men before
Troy, or had died with friends around him when the days of his fighting
were done; for then the Achaeans would have built a mound over his
ashes, and I should myself have been heir to his renown; but now the
storm-winds have spirited him away we know not wither; he is gone
without leaving so much as a trace behind him, and I inherit nothing
or does the matter end simply with grief for the loss
of my father; heaven has laid sorrows upon me of yet another kind;
for the chiefs from all our islands, Dulichium, Same, and the woodland
island of Zacynthus, as also all the principal men of Ithaca itself,
are eating up my house under the pretext of paying their court to
my mother, who will neither point blank say that she will not marry,
nor yet bring matters to an end; so they are making havoc of my estate,
and before long will do so also with myself."M
"Is that so?" exclaimed Minerva, "then you do indeed want Ulysses
home again. Give him his helmet, shield, and a couple lances, and
if he is the man he was when I first knew him in our house, drinking
and making merry, he would soon lay his hands about these rascally
suitors, were he to stand once more upon his own threshold. He was
then coming from Ephyra, where he had been to beg poison for his arrows
from Ilus, son of Mermerus. Ilus feared the ever-living gods and would
not give him any, but my fatheM
r let him have some, for he was very
fond of him. If Ulysses is the man he then was these suitors will
have a short shrift and a sorry wedding.
"But there! It rests with heaven to determine whether he is to return,
and take his revenge in his own house or no; I would, however, urge
you to set about trying to get rid of these suitors at once. Take
my advice, call the Achaean heroes in assembly to-morrow -lay your
case before them, and call heaven to bear you witness. Bid the suitors
take themselves off, eM
ach to his own place, and if your mother's mind
is set on marrying again, let her go back to her father, who will
find her a husband and provide her with all the marriage gifts that
so dear a daughter may expect. As for yourself, let me prevail upon
you to take the best ship you can get, with a crew of twenty men,
and go in quest of your father who has so long been missing. Some
one may tell you something, or (and people often hear things in this
way) some heaven-sent message may direct you. First go to PyloM
ask Nestor; thence go on to Sparta and visit Menelaus, for he got
home last of all the Achaeans; if you hear that your father is alive
and on his way home, you can put up with the waste these suitors will
make for yet another twelve months. If on the other hand you hear
of his death, come home at once, celebrate his funeral rites with
all due pomp, build a barrow to his memory, and make your mother marry
again. Then, having done all this, think it well over in your mind
how, by fair means or foul, youM
may kill these suitors in your own
house. You are too old to plead infancy any longer; have you not heard
how people are singing Orestes' praises for having killed his father's
murderer Aegisthus? You are a fine, smart looking fellow; show your
mettle, then, and make yourself a name in story. Now, however, I must
go back to my ship and to my crew, who will be impatient if I keep
them waiting longer; think the matter over for yourself, and remember
what I have said to you."
"Sir," answered Telemachus, "iM
t has been very kind of you to talk
to me in this way, as though I were your own son, and I will do all
you tell me; I know you want to be getting on with your voyage, but
stay a little longer till you have taken a bath and refreshed yourself.
I will then give you a present, and you shall go on your way rejoicing;
I will give you one of great beauty and value- a keepsake such as
only dear friends give to one another."
Minerva answered, "Do not try to keep me, for I would be on my way
at once. As for any M
present you may be disposed to make me, keep it
till I come again, and I will take it home with me. You shall give
me a very good one, and I will give you one of no less value in return."
With these words she flew away like a bird into the air, but she had
given Telemachus courage, and had made him think more than ever about
his father. He felt the change, wondered at it, and knew that the
stranger had been a god, so he went straight to where the suitors
Phemius was still singing, and hisM
hearers sat rapt in silence as
he told the sad tale of the return from Troy, and the ills Minerva
had laid upon the Achaeans. Penelope, daughter of Icarius, heard his
song from her room upstairs, and came down by the great staircase,
not alone, but attended by two of her handmaids. When she reached
the suitors she stood by one of the bearing posts that supported the
roof of the cloisters with a staid maiden on either side of her. She
held a veil, moreover, before her face, and was weeping bitterly.
ius," she cried, "you know many another feat of gods and heroes,
such as poets love to celebrate. Sing the suitors some one of these,
and let them drink their wine in silence, but cease this sad tale,
for it breaks my sorrowful heart, and reminds me of my lost husband
whom I mourn ever without ceasing, and whose name was great over all
Hellas and middle Argos."
"Mother," answered Telemachus, "let the bard sing what he has a mind
to; bards do not make the ills they sing of; it is Jove, not they,
them, and who sends weal or woe upon mankind according to
his own good pleasure. This fellow means no harm by singing the ill-fated
return of the Danaans, for people always applaud the latest songs
most warmly. Make up your mind to it and bear it; Ulysses is not the
only man who never came back from Troy, but many another went down
as well as he. Go, then, within the house and busy yourself with your
daily duties, your loom, your distaff, and the ordering of your servants;
for speech is man's matter, and miM
ne above all others- for it is I
who am master here."
She went wondering back into the house, and laid her son's saying
in her heart. Then, going upstairs with her handmaids into her room,
she mourned her dear husband till Minerva shed sweet sleep over her
eyes. But the suitors were clamorous throughout the covered cloisters,
and prayed each one that he might be her bed fellow.
Then Telemachus spoke, "Shameless," he cried, "and insolent suitors,
let us feast at our pleasure now, and let there be no brM
it is a rare thing to hear a man with such a divine voice as Phemius
has; but in the morning meet me in full assembly that I may give you
formal notice to depart, and feast at one another's houses, turn and
turn about, at your own cost. If on the other hand you choose to persist
in spunging upon one man, heaven help me, but Jove shall reckon with
you in full, and when you fall in my father's house there shall be
no man to avenge you."
The suitors bit their lips as they heard him, and marvelleM
boldness of his speech. Then, Antinous, son of Eupeithes, said, "The
gods seem to have given you lessons in bluster and tall talking; may
Jove never grant you to be chief in Ithaca as your father was before
Telemachus answered, "Antinous, do not chide with me, but, god willing,
I will be chief too if I can. Is this the worst fate you can think
of for me? It is no bad thing to be a chief, for it brings both riches
and honour. Still, now that Ulysses is dead there are many great men
ca both old and young, and some other may take the lead among
them; nevertheless I will be chief in my own house, and will rule
those whom Ulysses has won for me."
Then Eurymachus, son of Polybus, answered, "It rests with heaven to
decide who shall be chief among us, but you shall be master in your
own house and over your own possessions; no one while there is a man
in Ithaca shall do you violence nor rob you. And now, my good fellow,
I want to know about this stranger. What country does he come from?
what family is he, and where is his estate? Has he brought you
news about the return of your father, or was he on business of his
own? He seemed a well-to-do man, but he hurried off so suddenly that
he was gone in a moment before we could get to know him."
"My father is dead and gone," answered Telemachus, "and even if some
rumour reaches me I put no more faith in it now. My mother does indeed
sometimes send for a soothsayer and question him, but I give his prophecyings
no heed. As for the stranger, he waM
s Mentes, son of Anchialus, chief
of the Taphians, an old friend of my father's." But in his heart he
knew that it had been the goddess.
The suitors then returned to their singing and dancing until the evening;
but when night fell upon their pleasuring they went home to bed each
in his own abode. Telemachus's room was high up in a tower that looked
on to the outer court; hither, then, he hied, brooding and full of
thought. A good old woman, Euryclea, daughter of Ops, the son of Pisenor,
ith a couple of blazing torches. Laertes had bought
her with his own money when she was quite young; he gave the worth
of twenty oxen for her, and shewed as much respect to her in his household
as he did to his own wedded wife, but he did not take her to his bed
for he feared his wife's resentment. She it was who now lighted Telemachus
to his room, and she loved him better than any of the other women
in the house did, for she had nursed him when he was a baby. He opened
the door of his bed room and sat down M
upon the bed; as he took off
his shirt he gave it to the good old woman, who folded it tidily up,
and hung it for him over a peg by his bed side, after which she went
out, pulled the door to by a silver catch, and drew the bolt home
by means of the strap. But Telemachus as he lay covered with a woollen
fleece kept thinking all night through of his intended voyage of the
counsel that Minerva had given him.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
ld of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, Telemachus
rose and dressed himself. He bound his sandals on to his comely feet,
girded his sword about his shoulder, and left his room looking like
an immortal god. He at once sent the criers round to call the people
in assembly, so they called them and the people gathered thereon;
then, when they were got together, he went to the place of assembly
spear in hand- not alone, for his two hounds went with him. Minerva
endowed him with a presence of such divine comelM
iness that all marvelled
at him as he went by, and when he took his place' in his father's
seat even the oldest councillors made way for him.
Aegyptius, a man bent double with age, and of infinite experience,
the first to speak His son Antiphus had gone with Ulysses to Ilius,
land of noble steeds, but the savage Cyclops had killed him when they
were all shut up in the cave, and had cooked his last dinner for him,
He had three sons left, of whom two still worked on their father's
land, while the third, EuM
rynomus, was one of the suitors; nevertheless
their father could not get over the loss of Antiphus, and was still
weeping for him when he began his speech.
"Men of Ithaca," he said, "hear my words. From the day Ulysses left
us there has been no meeting of our councillors until now; who then
can it be, whether old or young, that finds it so necessary to convene
us? Has he got wind of some host approaching, and does he wish to
warn us, or would he speak upon some other matter of public moment?
is an excellent person, and I hope Jove will grant him
his heart's desire."
Telemachus took this speech as of good omen and rose at once, for
he was bursting with what he had to say. He stood in the middle of
the assembly and the good herald Pisenor brought him his staff. Then,
turning to Aegyptius, "Sir," said he, "it is I, as you will shortly
learn, who have convened you, for it is I who am the most aggrieved.
I have not got wind of any host approaching about which I would warn
you, nor is there any mM
atter of public moment on which I would speak.
My grieveance is purely personal, and turns on two great misfortunes
which have fallen upon my house. The first of these is the loss of
my excellent father, who was chief among all you here present, and
was like a father to every one of you; the second is much more serious,
and ere long will be the utter ruin of my estate. The sons of all
the chief men among you are pestering my mother to marry them against
her will. They are afraid to go to her father Icarius, M
to choose the one he likes best, and to provide marriage gifts for
his daughter, but day by day they keep hanging about my father's house,
sacrificing our oxen, sheep, and fat goats for their banquets, and
never giving so much as a thought to the quantity of wine they drink.
No estate can stand such recklessness; we have now no Ulysses to ward
off harm from our doors, and I cannot hold my own against them. I
shall never all my days be as good a man as he was, still I would
indeed defend myself ifM
I had power to do so, for I cannot stand such
treatment any longer; my house is being disgraced and ruined. Have
respect, therefore, to your own consciences and to public opinion.
Fear, too, the wrath of heaven, lest the gods should be displeased
and turn upon you. I pray you by Jove and Themis, who is the beginning
and the end of councils, [do not] hold back, my friends, and leave
me singlehanded- unless it be that my brave father Ulysses did some
wrong to the Achaeans which you would now avenge on me, by M
and abetting these suitors. Moreover, if I am to be eaten out of house
and home at all, I had rather you did the eating yourselves, for I
could then take action against you to some purpose, and serve you
with notices from house to house till I got paid in full, whereas
now I have no remedy."
With this Telemachus dashed his staff to the ground and burst into
tears. Every one was very sorry for him, but they all sat still and
no one ventured to make him an angry answer, save only Antinous, who
"Telemachus, insolent braggart that you are, how dare you try to throw
the blame upon us suitors? It is your mother's fault not ours, for
she is a very artful woman. This three years past, and close on four,
she has been driving us out of our minds, by encouraging each one
of us, and sending him messages without meaning one word of what she
says. And then there was that other trick she played us. She set up
a great tambour frame in her room, and began to work on an enormous
piece of fine needlewoM
rk. 'Sweet hearts,' said she, 'Ulysses is indeed
dead, still do not press me to marry again immediately, wait- for
I would not have skill in needlework perish unrecorded- till I have
completed a pall for the hero Laertes, to be in readiness against
the time when death shall take him. He is very rich, and the women
of the place will talk if he is laid out without a pall.'
"This was what she said, and we assented; whereon we could see her
working on her great web all day long, but at night she would unpick
the stitches again by torchlight. She fooled us in this way for three
years and we never found her out, but as time wore on and she was
now in her fourth year, one of her maids who knew what she was doing
told us, and we caught her in the act of undoing her work, so she
had to finish it whether she would or no. The suitors, therefore,
make you this answer, that both you and the Achaeans may understand-'Send
your mother away, and bid her marry the man of her own and of her
father's choice'; for I do not know M
what will happen if she goes on
plaguing us much longer with the airs she gives herself on the score
of the accomplishments Minerva has taught her, and because she is
so clever. We never yet heard of such a woman; we know all about Tyro,
Alcmena, Mycene, and the famous women of old, but they were nothing
to your mother, any one of them. It was not fair of her to treat us
in that way, and as long as she continues in the mind with which heaven
has now endowed her, so long shall we go on eating up your estate;
and I do not see why she should change, for she gets all the honour
and glory, and it is you who pay for it, not she. Understand, then,
that we will not go back to our lands, neither here nor elsewhere,
till she has made her choice and married some one or other of us."
Telemachus answered, "Antinous, how can I drive the mother who bore
me from my father's house? My father is abroad and we do not know
whether he is alive or dead. It will be hard on me if I have to pay
Icarius the large sum which I must givM
e him if I insist on sending
his daughter back to him. Not only will he deal rigorously with me,
but heaven will also punish me; for my mother when she leaves the
house will calf on the Erinyes to avenge her; besides, it would not
be a creditable thing to do, and I will have nothing to say to it.
If you choose to take offence at this, leave the house and feast elsewhere
at one another's houses at your own cost turn and turn about. If,
on the other hand, you elect to persist in spunging upon one man,
help me, but Jove shall reckon with you in full, and when you
fall in my father's house there shall be no man to avenge you."
As he spoke Jove sent two eagles from the top of the mountain, and
they flew on and on with the wind, sailing side by side in their own
lordly flight. When they were right over the middle of the assembly
they wheeled and circled about, beating the air with their wings and
glaring death into the eyes of them that were below; then, fighting
fiercely and tearing at one another, they flM
ew off towards the right
over the town. The people wondered as they saw them, and asked each
other what an this might be; whereon Halitherses, who was the best
prophet and reader of omens among them, spoke to them plainly and
in all honesty, saying:
"Hear me, men of Ithaca, and I speak more particularly to the suitors,
for I see mischief brewing for them. Ulysses is not going to be away
much longer; indeed he is close at hand to deal out death and destruction,
not on them alone, but on many another of usM
who live in Ithaca. Let
us then be wise in time, and put a stop to this wickedness before
he comes. Let the suitors do so of their own accord; it will be better
for them, for I am not prophesying without due knowledge; everything
has happened to Ulysses as I foretold when the Argives set out for
Troy, and he with them. I said that after going through much hardship
and losing all his men he should come home again in the twentieth
year and that no one would know him; and now all this is coming true."
achus son of Polybus then said, "Go home, old man, and prophesy
to your own children, or it may be worse for them. I can read these
omens myself much better than you can; birds are always flying about
in the sunshine somewhere or other, but they seldom mean anything.
Ulysses has died in a far country, and it is a pity you are not dead
along with him, instead of prating here about omens and adding fuel
to the anger of Telemachus which is fierce enough as it is. I suppose
you think he will give you something fM
or your family, but I tell you-
and it shall surely be- when an old man like you, who should know
better, talks a young one over till he becomes troublesome, in the
first place his young friend will only fare so much the worse- he
will take nothing by it, for the suitors will prevent this- and in
the next, we will lay a heavier fine, sir, upon yourself than you
will at all like paying, for it will bear hardly upon you. As for
Telemachus, I warn him in the presence of you all to send his mother
ather, who will find her a husband and provide her with
all the marriage gifts so dear a daughter may expect. Till we shall
go on harassing him with our suit; for we fear no man, and care neither
for him, with all his fine speeches, nor for any fortune-telling of
yours. You may preach as much as you please, but we shall only hate
you the more. We shall go back and continue to eat up Telemachus's
estate without paying him, till such time as his mother leaves off
tormenting us by keeping us day after day on thM
e tiptoe of expectation,
each vying with the other in his suit for a prize of such rare perfection.
Besides we cannot go after the other women whom we should marry in
due course, but for the way in which she treats us."
Then Telemachus said, "Eurymachus, and you other suitors, I shall
say no more, and entreat you no further, for the gods and the people
of Ithaca now know my story. Give me, then, a ship and a crew of twenty
men to take me hither and thither, and I will go to Sparta and to
f my father who has so long been missing. Some one
may tell me something, or (and people often hear things in this way)
some heaven-sent message may direct me. If I can hear of him as alive
and on his way home I will put up with the waste you suitors will
make for yet another twelve months. If on the other hand I hear of
his death, I will return at once, celebrate his funeral rites with
all due pomp, build a barrow to his memory, and make my mother marry
With these words he sat down, and Mentor wM
ho had been a friend of
Ulysses, and had been left in charge of everything with full authority
over the servants, rose to speak. He, then, plainly and in all honesty
addressed them thus:
"Hear me, men of Ithaca, I hope that you may never have a kind and
well-disposed ruler any more, nor one who will govern you equitably;
I hope that all your chiefs henceforward may be cruel and unjust,
for there is not one of you but has forgotten Ulysses, who ruled you
as though he were your father. I am not half so angM
ry with the suitors,
for if they choose to do violence in the naughtiness of their hearts,
and wager their heads that Ulysses will not return, they can take
the high hand and eat up his estate, but as for you others I am shocked
at the way in which you all sit still without even trying to stop
such scandalous goings on-which you could do if you chose, for you
are many and they are few."
Leiocritus, son of Evenor, answered him saying, "Mentor, what folly
is all this, that you should set the people to stayM
thing for one man to fight with many about his victuals. Even though
Ulysses himself were to set upon us while we are feasting in his house,
and do his best to oust us, his wife, who wants him back so very badly,
would have small cause for rejoicing, and his blood would be upon
his own head if he fought against such great odds. There is no sense
in what you have been saying. Now, therefore, do you people go about
your business, and let his father's old friends, Mentor and Halitherses,
d this boy on his journey, if he goes at all- which I do not think
he will, for he is more likely to stay where he is till some one comes
and tells him something."
On this he broke up the assembly, and every man went back to his own
abode, while the suitors returned to the house of Ulysses.
Then Telemachus went all alone by the sea side, washed his hands in
the grey waves, and prayed to Minerva.
"Hear me," he cried, "you god who visited me yesterday, and bade me
sail the seas in search of my father M
who has so long been missing.
I would obey you, but the Achaeans, and more particularly the wicked
suitors, are hindering me that I cannot do so."
As he thus prayed, Minerva came close up to him in the likeness and
with the voice of Mentor. "Telemachus," said she, "if you are made
of the same stuff as your father you will be neither fool nor coward
henceforward, for Ulysses never broke his word nor left his work half
done. If, then, you take after him, your voyage will not be fruitless,
ve the blood of Ulysses and of Penelope in your veins
I see no likelihood of your succeeding. Sons are seldom as good men
as their fathers; they are generally worse, not better; still, as
you are not going to be either fool or coward henceforward, and are
not entirely without some share of your father's wise discernment,
I look with hope upon your undertaking. But mind you never make common
cause with any of those foolish suitors, for they have neither sense
nor virtue, and give no thought to death and to thM
shortly fall on one and all of them, so that they shall perish on
the same day. As for your voyage, it shall not be long delayed; your
father was such an old friend of mine that I will find you a ship,
and will come with you myself. Now, however, return home, and go about
among the suitors; begin getting provisions ready for your voyage;
see everything well stowed, the wine in jars, and the barley meal,
which is the staff of life, in leathern bags, while I go round the
town and beat up voluM
nteers at once. There are many ships in Ithaca
both old and new; I will run my eye over them for you and will choose
the best; we will get her ready and will put out to sea without delay."
Thus spoke Minerva daughter of Jove, and Telemachus lost no time in
doing as the goddess told him. He went moodily and found the suitors
flaying goats and singeing pigs in the outer court. Antinous came
up to him at once and laughed as he took his hand in his own, saying,
"Telemachus, my fine fire-eater, bear no more illM
word nor deed, but eat and drink with us as you used to do. The Achaeans
will find you in everything- a ship and a picked crew to boot- so
that you can set sail for Pylos at once and get news of your noble
"Antinous," answered Telemachus, "I cannot eat in peace, nor take
pleasure of any kind with such men as you are. Was it not enough that
you should waste so much good property of mine while I was yet a boy?
Now that I am older and know more about it, I am also stronger, and
hether here among this people, or by going to Pylos, I will do you
all the harm I can. I shall go, and my going will not be in vain though,
thanks to you suitors, I have neither ship nor crew of my own, and
must be passenger not captain."
As he spoke he snatched his hand from that of Antinous. Meanwhile
the others went on getting dinner ready about the buildings, jeering
at him tauntingly as they did so.
"Telemachus," said one youngster, "means to be the death of us; I
suppose he thinks he can bring fM
riends to help him from Pylos, or
again from Sparta, where he seems bent on going. Or will he go to
Ephyra as well, for poison to put in our wine and kill us?"
Another said, "Perhaps if Telemachus goes on board ship, he will be
like his father and perish far from his friends. In this case we should
have plenty to do, for we could then divide up his property amongst
us: as for the house we can let his mother and the man who marries
This was how they talked. But Telemachus went down into M
and spacious store-room where his father's treasure of gold and bronze
lay heaped up upon the floor, and where the linen and spare clothes
were kept in open chests. Here, too, there was a store of fragrant
olive oil, while casks of old, well-ripened wine, unblended and fit
for a god to drink, were ranged against the wall in case Ulysses should
come home again after all. The room was closed with well-made doors
opening in the middle; moreover the faithful old house-keeper Euryclea,
the son of Pisenor, was in charge of everything both
night and day. Telemachus called her to the store-room and said:
"Nurse, draw me off some of the best wine you have, after what you
are keeping for my father's own drinking, in case, poor man, he should
escape death, and find his way home again after all. Let me have twelve
jars, and see that they all have lids; also fill me some well-sewn
leathern bags with barley meal- about twenty measures in all. Get
these things put together at once, and say nothingM
take everything away this evening as soon as my mother has gone upstairs
for the night. I am going to Sparta and to Pylos to see if I can hear
anything about the return of my dear father.
When Euryclea heard this she began to cry, and spoke fondly to him,
saying, "My dear child, what ever can have put such notion as that
into your head? Where in the world do you want to go to- you, who
are the one hope of the house? Your poor father is dead and gone in
some foreign country nobody knows M
where, and as soon as your back
is turned these wicked ones here will be scheming to get you put out
of the way, and will share all your possessions among themselves;
stay where you are among your own people, and do not go wandering
and worrying your life out on the barren ocean."
"Fear not, nurse," answered Telemachus, "my scheme is not without
heaven's sanction; but swear that you will say nothing about all this
to my mother, till I have been away some ten or twelve days, unless
she hears of my having M
gone, and asks you; for I do not want her to
spoil her beauty by crying."
The old woman swore most solemnly that she would not, and when she
had completed her oath, she began drawing off the wine into jars,
and getting the barley meal into the bags, while Telemachus went back
Then Minerva bethought her of another matter. She took his shape,
and went round the town to each one of the crew, telling them to meet
at the ship by sundown. She went also to Noemon son of Phronius, and
im to let her have a ship- which he was very ready to do. When
the sun had set and darkness was over all the land, she got the ship
into the water, put all the tackle on board her that ships generally
carry, and stationed her at the end of the harbour. Presently the
crew came up, and the goddess spoke encouragingly to each of them.
Furthermore she went to the house of Ulysses, and threw the suitors
into a deep slumber. She caused their drink to fuddle them, and made
them drop their cups from their hands, sM
o that instead of sitting
over their wine, they went back into the town to sleep, with their
eyes heavy and full of drowsiness. Then she took the form and voice
of Mentor, and called Telemachus to come outside.
"Telemachus," said she, "the men are on board and at their oars, waiting
for you to give your orders, so make haste and let us be off."
On this she led the way, while Telemachus followed in her steps. When
they got to the ship they found the crew waiting by the water side,
and Telemachus said, "M
Now my men, help me to get the stores on board;
they are all put together in the cloister, and my mother does not
know anything about it, nor any of the maid servants except one."
With these words he led the way and the others followed after. When
they had brought the things as he told them, Telemachus went on board,
Minerva going before him and taking her seat in the stern of the vessel,
while Telemachus sat beside her. Then the men loosed the hawsers and
took their places on the benches. Minerva sent theM
the West, that whistled over the deep blue waves whereon Telemachus
told them to catch hold of the ropes and hoist sail, and they did
as he told them. They set the mast in its socket in the cross plank,
raised it, and made it fast with the forestays; then they hoisted
their white sails aloft with ropes of twisted ox hide. As the sail
bellied out with the wind, the ship flew through the deep blue water,
and the foam hissed against her bows as she sped onward. Then they
made all fast througM
hout the ship, filled the mixing-bowls to the
brim, and made drink offerings to the immortal gods that are from
everlasting, but more particularly to the grey-eyed daughter of Jove.
Thus, then, the ship sped on her way through the watches of the night
from dark till dawn.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
But as the sun was rising from the fair sea into the firmament of
heaven to shed light on mortals and immortals, they reached Pylos
s. Now the people of Pylos were gathered on the sea
shore to offer sacrifice of black bulls to Neptune lord of the Earthquake.
There were nine guilds with five hundred men in each, and there were
nine bulls to each guild. As they were eating the inward meats and
burning the thigh bones [on the embers] in the name of Neptune, Telemachus
and his crew arrived, furled their sails, brought their ship to anchor,
Minerva led the way and Telemachus followed her. Presently she said,
you must not be in the least shy or nervous; you have
taken this voyage to try and find out where your father is buried
and how he came by his end; so go straight up to Nestor that we may
see what he has got to tell us. Beg of him to speak the truth, and
he will tell no lies, for he is an excellent person."
"But how, Mentor," replied Telemachus, "dare I go up to Nestor, and
how am I to address him? I have never yet been used to holding long
conversations with people, and am ashamed to begin questioning onM
who is so much older than myself."
"Some things, Telemachus," answered Minerva, "will be suggested to
you by your own instinct, and heaven will prompt you further; for
I am assured that the gods have been with you from the time of your
She then went quickly on, and Telemachus followed in her steps till
they reached the place where the guilds of the Pylian people were
assembled. There they found Nestor sitting with his sons, while his
company round him were busy getting dinner readM
y, and putting pieces
of meat on to the spits while other pieces were cooking. When they
saw the strangers they crowded round them, took them by the hand and
bade them take their places. Nestor's son Pisistratus at once offered
his hand to each of them, and seated them on some soft sheepskins
that were lying on the sands near his father and his brother Thrasymedes.
Then he gave them their portions of the inward meats and poured wine
for them into a golden cup, handing it to Minerva first, and saluting
"Offer a prayer, sir," said he, "to King Neptune, for it is his feast
that you are joining; when you have duly prayed and made your drink-offering,
pass the cup to your friend that he may do so also. I doubt not that
he too lifts his hands in prayer, for man cannot live without God
in the world. Still he is younger than you are, and is much of an
age with myself, so I he handed I will give you the precedence."
As he spoke he handed her the cup. Minerva thought it very right and
of him to have given it to herself first; she accordingly began
praying heartily to Neptune. "O thou," she cried, "that encirclest
the earth, vouchsafe to grant the prayers of thy servants that call
upon thee. More especially we pray thee send down thy grace on Nestor
and on his sons; thereafter also make the rest of the Pylian people
some handsome return for the goodly hecatomb they are offering you.
Lastly, grant Telemachus and myself a happy issue, in respect of the
matter that has brought us in our to PyM
When she had thus made an end of praying, she handed the cup to Telemachus
and he prayed likewise. By and by, when the outer meats were roasted
and had been taken off the spits, the carvers gave every man his portion
and they all made an excellent dinner. As soon as they had had enough
to eat and drink, Nestor, knight of Gerene, began to speak.
"Now," said he, "that our guests have done their dinner, it will be
best to ask them who they are. Who, then, sir strangers, are you,
and from what port hM
ave you sailed? Are you traders? or do you sail
the seas as rovers with your hand against every man, and every man's
Telemachus answered boldly, for Minerva had given him courage to ask
about his father and get himself a good name.
"Nestor," said he, "son of Neleus, honour to the Achaean name, you
ask whence we come, and I will tell you. We come from Ithaca under
Neritum, and the matter about which I would speak is of private not
public import. I seek news of my unhappy father UlyssM
to have sacked the town of Troy in company with yourself. We know
what fate befell each one of the other heroes who fought at Troy,
but as regards Ulysses heaven has hidden from us the knowledge even
that he is dead at all, for no one can certify us in what place he
perished, nor say whether he fell in battle on the mainland, or was
lost at sea amid the waves of Amphitrite. Therefore I am suppliant
at your knees, if haply you may be pleased to tell me of his melancholy
end, whether you saw iM
t with your own eyes, or heard it from some
other traveller, for he was a man born to trouble. Do not soften things
out of any pity for me, but tell me in all plainness exactly what
you saw. If my brave father Ulysses ever did you loyal service, either
by word or deed, when you Achaeans were harassed among the Trojans,
bear it in mind now as in my favour and tell me truly all."
"My friend," answered Nestor, "you recall a time of much sorrow to
my mind, for the brave Achaeans suffered much both at sea, whilM
under Achilles, and when fighting before the great city of king Priam.
Our best men all of them fell there- Ajax, Achilles, Patroclus peer
of gods in counsel, and my own dear son Antilochus, a man singularly
fleet of foot and in fight valiant. But we suffered much more than
this; what mortal tongue indeed could tell the whole story? Though
you were to stay here and question me for five years, or even six,
I could not tell you all that the Achaeans suffered, and you would
turn homeward weary oM
f my tale before it ended. Nine long years did
we try every kind of stratagem, but the hand of heaven was against
us; during all this time there was no one who could compare with your
father in subtlety- if indeed you are his son- I can hardly believe
my eyes- and you talk just like him too- no one would say that people
of such different ages could speak so much alike. He and I never had
any kind of difference from first to last neither in camp nor council,
but in singleness of heart and purpose we advised tM
all might be ordered for the best.
"When however, we had sacked the city of Priam, and were setting sail
in our ships as heaven had dispersed us, then Jove saw fit to vex
the Argives on their homeward voyage; for they had Not all been either
wise or understanding, and hence many came to a bad end through the
displeasure of Jove's daughter Minerva, who brought about a quarrel
between the two sons of Atreus.
"The sons of Atreus called a meeting which was not as it should be,
unset and the Achaeans were heavy with wine. When they
explained why they had called- the people together, it seemed that
Menelaus was for sailing homeward at once, and this displeased Agamemnon,
who thought that we should wait till we had offered hecatombs to appease
the anger of Minerva. Fool that he was, he might have known that he
would not prevail with her, for when the gods have made up their minds
they do not change them lightly. So the two stood bandying hard words,
whereon the Achaeans sprang to theM
ir feet with a cry that rent the
air, and were of two minds as to what they should do.
"That night we rested and nursed our anger, for Jove was hatching
mischief against us. But in the morning some of us drew our ships
into the water and put our goods with our women on board, while the
rest, about half in number, stayed behind with Agamemnon. We- the
other half- embarked and sailed; and the ships went well, for heaven
had smoothed the sea. When we reached Tenedos we offered sacrifices
to the gods, for weM
were longing to get home; cruel Jove, however,
did not yet mean that we should do so, and raised a second quarrel
in the course of which some among us turned their ships back again,
and sailed away under Ulysses to make their peace with Agamemnon;
but I, and all the ships that were with me pressed forward, for I
saw that mischief was brewing. The son of Tydeus went on also with
me, and his crews with him. Later on Menelaus joined us at Lesbos,
and found us making up our minds about our course- for we did noM
know whether to go outside Chios by the island of Psyra, keeping this
to our left, or inside Chios, over against the stormy headland of
Mimas. So we asked heaven for a sign, and were shown one to the effect
that we should be soonest out of danger if we headed our ships across
the open sea to Euboea. This we therefore did, and a fair wind sprang
up which gave us a quick passage during the night to Geraestus, where
we offered many sacrifices to Neptune for having helped us so far
on our way. Four days laterM
Diomed and his men stationed their ships
in Argos, but I held on for Pylos, and the wind never fell light from
the day when heaven first made it fair for me.
"Therefore, my dear young friend, I returned without hearing anything
about the others. I know neither who got home safely nor who were
lost but, as in duty bound, I will give you without reserve the reports
that have reached me since I have been here in my own house. They
say the Myrmidons returned home safely under Achilles' son Neoptolemus;
lso did the valiant son of Poias, Philoctetes. Idomeneus, again,
lost no men at sea, and all his followers who escaped death in the
field got safe home with him to Crete. No matter how far out of the
world you live, you will have heard of Agamemnon and the bad end he
came to at the hands of Aegisthus- and a fearful reckoning did Aegisthus
presently pay. See what a good thing it is for a man to leave a son
behind him to do as Orestes did, who killed false Aegisthus the murderer
of his noble father. You too, tM
hen- for you are a tall, smart-looking
fellow- show your mettle and make yourself a name in story."
"Nestor son of Neleus," answered Telemachus, "honour to the Achaean
name, the Achaeans applaud Orestes and his name will live through
all time for he has avenged his father nobly. Would that heaven might
grant me to do like vengeance on the insolence of the wicked suitors,
who are ill treating me and plotting my ruin; but the gods have no
such happiness in store for me and for my father, so we must bear
"My friend," said Nestor, "now that you remind me, I remember to have
heard that your mother has many suitors, who are ill disposed towards
you and are making havoc of your estate. Do you submit to this tamely,
or are public feeling and the voice of heaven against you? Who knows
but what Ulysses may come back after all, and pay these scoundrels
in full, either single-handed or with a force of Achaeans behind him?
If Minerva were to take as great a liking to you as she did to Ulysses
we were fighting before Troy (for I never yet saw the gods so
openly fond of any one as Minerva then was of your father), if she
would take as good care of you as she did of him, these wooers would
soon some of them him, forget their wooing."
Telemachus answered, "I can expect nothing of the kind; it would be
far too much to hope for. I dare not let myself think of it. Even
though the gods themselves willed it no such good fortune could befall
On this Minerva said, "Telemachus, what are you talkM
has a long arm if it is minded to save a man; and if it were me, I
should not care how much I suffered before getting home, provided
I could be safe when I was once there. I would rather this, than get
home quickly, and then be killed in my own house as Agamemnon was
by the treachery of Aegisthus and his wife. Still, death is certain,
and when a man's hour is come, not even the gods can save him, no
matter how fond they are of him."
"Mentor," answered Telemachus, "do not let us talk aboM
There is no chance of my father's ever coming back; the gods have
long since counselled his destruction. There is something else, however,
about which I should like to ask Nestor, for he knows much more than
any one else does. They say he has reigned for three generations so
that it is like talking to an immortal. Tell me, therefore, Nestor,
and tell me true; how did Agamemnon come to die in that way? What
was Menelaus doing? And how came false Aegisthus to kill so far better
elf? Was Menelaus away from Achaean Argos, voyaging
elsewhither among mankind, that Aegisthus took heart and killed Agamemnon?"
"I will tell you truly," answered Nestor, "and indeed you have yourself
divined how it all happened. If Menelaus when he got back from Troy
had found Aegisthus still alive in his house, there would have been
no barrow heaped up for him, not even when he was dead, but he would
have been thrown outside the city to dogs and vultures, and not a
woman would have mourned him, for he hadM
done a deed of great wickedness;
but we were over there, fighting hard at Troy, and Aegisthus who was
taking his ease quietly in the heart of Argos, cajoled Agamemnon's
wife Clytemnestra with incessant flattery.
"At first she would have nothing to do with his wicked scheme, for
she was of a good natural disposition; moreover there was a bard with
her, to whom Agamemnon had given strict orders on setting out for
Troy, that he was to keep guard over his wife; but when heaven had
counselled her destructionM
, Aegisthus thus this bard off to a desert
island and left him there for crows and seagulls to batten upon- after
which she went willingly enough to the house of Aegisthus. Then he
offered many burnt sacrifices to the gods, and decorated many temples
with tapestries and gilding, for he had succeeded far beyond his expectations.
"Meanwhile Menelaus and I were on our way home from Troy, on good
terms with one another. When we got to Sunium, which is the point
of Athens, Apollo with his painless shafts killedM
Phrontis the steersman
of Menelaus' ship (and never man knew better how to handle a vessel
in rough weather) so that he died then and there with the helm in
his hand, and Menelaus, though very anxious to press forward, had
to wait in order to bury his comrade and give him his due funeral
rites. Presently, when he too could put to sea again, and had sailed
on as far as the Malean heads, Jove counselled evil against him and
made it it blow hard till the waves ran mountains high. Here he divided
took the one half towards Crete where the Cydonians
dwell round about the waters of the river Iardanus. There is a high
headland hereabouts stretching out into the sea from a place called
Gortyn, and all along this part of the coast as far as Phaestus the
sea runs high when there is a south wind blowing, but arter Phaestus
the coast is more protected, for a small headland can make a great
shelter. Here this part of the fleet was driven on to the rocks and
wrecked; but the crews just managed to save themselvM
other five ships, they were taken by winds and seas to Egypt, where
Menelaus gathered much gold and substance among people of an alien
speech. Meanwhile Aegisthus here at home plotted his evil deed. For
seven years after he had killed Agamemnon he ruled in Mycene, and
the people were obedient under him, but in the eighth year Orestes
came back from Athens to be his bane, and killed the murderer of his
father. Then he celebrated the funeral rites of his mother and of
false Aegisthus by a banquM
et to the people of Argos, and on that very
day Menelaus came home, with as much treasure as his ships could carry.
"Take my advice then, and do not go travelling about for long so far
from home, nor leave your property with such dangerous people in your
house; they will eat up everything you have among them, and you will
have been on a fool's errand. Still, I should advise you by all means
to go and visit Menelaus, who has lately come off a voyage among such
distant peoples as no man could ever hope to geM
t back from, when the
winds had once carried him so far out of his reckoning; even birds
cannot fly the distance in a twelvemonth, so vast and terrible are
the seas that they must cross. Go to him, therefore, by sea, and take
your own men with you; or if you would rather travel by land you can
have a chariot, you can have horses, and here are my sons who can
escort you to Lacedaemon where Menelaus lives. Beg of him to speak
the truth, and he will tell you no lies, for he is an excellent person."
ke the sun set and it came on dark, whereon Minerva said,
"Sir, all that you have said is well; now, however, order the tongues
of the victims to be cut, and mix wine that we may make drink-offerings
to Neptune, and the other immortals, and then go to bed, for it is
bed time. People should go away early and not keep late hours at a
religious festival."
Thus spoke the daughter of Jove, and they obeyed her saying. Men servants
poured water over the hands of the guests, while pages filled the
ith wine and water, and handed it round after giving
every man his drink-offering; then they threw the tongues of the victims
into the fire, and stood up to make their drink-offerings. When they
had made their offerings and had drunk each as much as he was minded,
Minerva and Telemachus were forgoing on board their ship, but Nestor
caught them up at once and stayed them.
"Heaven and the immortal gods," he exclaimed, "forbid that you should
leave my house to go on board of a ship. Do you think I am so poorM
and short of clothes, or that I have so few cloaks and as to be unable
to find comfortable beds both for myself and for my guests? Let me
tell you I have store both of rugs and cloaks, and shall not permit
the son of my old friend Ulysses to camp down on the deck of a ship-
not while I live- nor yet will my sons after me, but they will keep
open house as have done."
Then Minerva answered, "Sir, you have spoken well, and it will be
much better that Telemachus should do as you have said; he, therefore,
hall return with you and sleep at your house, but I must go back
to give orders to my crew, and keep them in good heart. I am the only
older person among them; the rest are all young men of Telemachus'
own age, who have taken this voyage out of friendship; so I must return
to the ship and sleep there. Moreover to-morrow I must go to the Cauconians
where I have a large sum of money long owing to me. As for Telemachus,
now that he is your guest, send him to Lacedaemon in a chariot, and
let one of your sons go M
with him. Be pleased also to provide him with
your best and fleetest horses."
When she had thus spoken, she flew away in the form of an eagle, and
all marvelled as they beheld it. Nestor was astonished, and took Telemachus
by the hand. "My friend," said he, "I see that you are going to be
a great hero some day, since the gods wait upon you thus while you
are still so young. This can have been none other of those who dwell
in heaven than Jove's redoubtable daughter, the Trito-born, who showed
towards your brave father among the Argives." "Holy queen,"
he continued, "vouchsafe to send down thy grace upon myself, my good
wife, and my children. In return, I will offer you in sacrifice a
broad-browed heifer of a year old, unbroken, and never yet brought
by man under the yoke. I will gild her horns, and will offer her up
to you in sacrifice."
Thus did he pray, and Minerva heard his prayer. He then led the way
to his own house, followed by his sons and sons-in-law. When they
had got there and had tM
aken their places on the benches and seats,
he mixed them a bowl of sweet wine that was eleven years old when
the housekeeper took the lid off the jar that held it. As he mixed
the wine, he prayed much and made drink-offerings to Minerva, daughter
of Aegis-bearing Jove. Then, when they had made their drink-offerings
and had drunk each as much as he was minded, the others went home
to bed each in his own abode; but Nestor put Telemachus to sleep in
the room that was over the gateway along with Pisistratus, whM
the only unmarried son now left him. As for himself, he slept in an
inner room of the house, with the queen his wife by his side.
Now when the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, Nestor
left his couch and took his seat on the benches of white and polished
marble that stood in front of his house. Here aforetime sat Neleus,
peer of gods in counsel, but he was now dead, and had gone to the
house of Hades; so Nestor sat in his seat, sceptre in hand, as guardian
of the public weal. His sons aM
s they left their rooms gathered round
him, Echephron, Stratius, Perseus, Aretus, and Thrasymedes; the sixth
son was Pisistratus, and when Telemachus joined them they made him
sit with them. Nestor then addressed them.
"My sons," said he, "make haste to do as I shall bid you. I wish first
and foremost to propitiate the great goddess Minerva, who manifested
herself visibly to me during yesterday's festivities. Go, then, one
or other of you to the plain, tell the stockman to look me out a heifer,
on here with it at once. Another must go to Telemachus's
ship, and invite all the crew, leaving two men only in charge of the
vessel. Some one else will run and fetch Laerceus the goldsmith to
gild the horns of the heifer. The rest, stay all of you where you
are; tell the maids in the house to prepare an excellent dinner, and
to fetch seats, and logs of wood for a burnt offering. Tell them also-
to bring me some clear spring water."
On this they hurried off on their several errands. The heifer was
t in from the plain, and Telemachus's crew came from the ship;
the goldsmith brought the anvil, hammer, and tongs, with which he
worked his gold, and Minerva herself came to the sacrifice. Nestor
gave out the gold, and the smith gilded the horns of the heifer that
the goddess might have pleasure in their beauty. Then Stratius and
Echephron brought her in by the horns; Aretus fetched water from the
house in a ewer that had a flower pattern on it, and in his other
hand he held a basket of barley meal; sturdy TM
with a sharp axe, ready to strike the heifer, while Perseus held a
bucket. Then Nestor began with washing his hands and sprinkling the
barley meal, and he offered many a prayer to Minerva as he threw a
lock from the heifer's head upon the fire.
When they had done praying and sprinkling the barley meal Thrasymedes
dealt his blow, and brought the heifer down with a stroke that cut
through the tendons at the base of her neck, whereon the daughters
and daughters-in-law of Nestor, and his M
venerable wife Eurydice (she
was eldest daughter to Clymenus) screamed with delight. Then they
lifted the heifer's head from off the ground, and Pisistratus cut
her throat. When she had done bleeding and was quite dead, they cut
her up. They cut out the thigh bones all in due course, wrapped them
round in two layers of fat, and set some pieces of raw meat on the
top of them; then Nestor laid them upon the wood fire and poured wine
over them, while the young men stood near him with five-pronged spits
r hands. When the thighs were burned and they had tasted the
inward meats, they cut the rest of the meat up small, put the pieces
on the spits and toasted them over the fire.
Meanwhile lovely Polycaste, Nestor's youngest daughter, washed Telemachus.
When she had washed him and anointed him with oil, she brought him
a fair mantle and shirt, and he looked like a god as he came from
the bath and took his seat by the side of Nestor. When the outer meats
were done they drew them off the spits and sat down to dM
they were waited upon by some worthy henchmen, who kept pouring them
out their wine in cups of gold. As soon as they had had had enough
to eat and drink Nestor said, "Sons, put Telemachus's horses to the
chariot that he may start at once."
Thus did he speak, and they did even as he had said, and yoked the
fleet horses to the chariot. The housekeeper packed them up a provision
of bread, wine, and sweetmeats fit for the sons of princes. Then Telemachus
got into the chariot, while Pisistratus gaM
thered up the reins and
took his seat beside him. He lashed the horses on and they flew forward
nothing loth into the open country, leaving the high citadel of Pylos
behind them. All that day did they travel, swaying the yoke upon their
necks till the sun went down and darkness was over all the land. Then
they reached Pherae where Diocles lived, who was son to Ortilochus
and grandson to Alpheus. Here they passed the night and Diocles entertained
them hospitably. When the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn;M
they again yoked their horses and drove out through the gateway under
the echoing gatehouse. Pisistratus lashed the horses on and they flew
forward nothing loth; presently they came to the corn lands Of the
open country, and in the course of time completed their journey, so
well did their steeds take them.
Now when the sun had set and darkness was over the land,
----------------------------------------------------------------------
They reached the low lying city of Lacedaemon tM
hem where they drove
straight to the of abode Menelaus [and found him in his own house,
feasting with his many clansmen in honour of the wedding of his son,
and also of his daughter, whom he was marrying to the son of that
valiant warrior Achilles. He had given his consent and promised her
to him while he was still at Troy, and now the gods were bringing
the marriage about; so he was sending her with chariots and horses
to the city of the Myrmidons over whom Achilles' son was reigning.
For his only son he hM
ad found a bride from Sparta, daughter of Alector.
This son, Megapenthes, was born to him of a bondwoman, for heaven
vouchsafed Helen no more children after she had borne Hermione, who
was fair as golden Venus herself.
So the neighbours and kinsmen of Menelaus were feasting and making
merry in his house. There was a bard also to sing to them and play
his lyre, while two tumblers went about performing in the midst of
them when the man struck up with his tune.]
Telemachus and the son of Nestor stayed thM
eir horses at the gate,
whereon Eteoneus servant to Menelaus came out, and as soon as he saw
them ran hurrying back into the house to tell his Master. He went
close up to him and said, "Menelaus, there are some strangers come
here, two men, who look like sons of Jove. What are we to do? Shall
we take their horses out, or tell them to find friends elsewhere as
Menelaus was very angry and said, "Eteoneus, son of Boethous, you
never used to be a fool, but now you talk like a simpleton. Take M
horses out, of course, and show the strangers in that they may have
supper; you and I have stayed often enough at other people's houses
before we got back here, where heaven grant that we may rest in peace
So Eteoneus bustled back and bade other servants come with him. They
took their sweating hands from under the yoke, made them fast to the
mangers, and gave them a feed of oats and barley mixed. Then they
leaned the chariot against the end wall of the courtyard, and led
o the house. Telemachus and Pisistratus were astonished
when they saw it, for its splendour was as that of the sun and moon;
then, when they had admired everything to their heart's content, they
went into the bath room and washed themselves.
When the servants had washed them and anointed them with oil, they
brought them woollen cloaks and shirts, and the two took their seats
by the side of Menelaus. A maidservant brought them water in a beautiful
golden ewer, and poured it into a silver basin for them to M
hands; and she drew a clean table beside them. An upper servant brought
them bread, and offered them many good things of what there was in
the house, while the carver fetched them plates of all manner of meats
and set cups of gold by their side.
Menelaus then greeted them saying, "Fall to, and welcome; when you
have done supper I shall ask who you are, for the lineage of such
men as you cannot have been lost. You must be descended from a line
of sceptre-bearing kings, for poor people do not haM
On this he handed them a piece of fat roast loin, which had been set
near him as being a prime part, and they laid their hands on the good
things that were before them; as soon as they had had enough to eat
and drink, Telemachus said to the son of Nestor, with his head so
close that no one might hear, "Look, Pisistratus, man after my own
heart, see the gleam of bronze and gold- of amber, ivory, and silver.
Everything is so splendid that it is like seeing the palace of Olympian
Jove. I am lost in admiration."
Menelaus overheard him and said, "No one, my sons, can hold his own
with Jove, for his house and everything about him is immortal; but
among mortal men- well, there may be another who has as much wealth
as I have, or there may not; but at all events I have travelled much
and have undergone much hardship, for it was nearly eight years before
I could get home with my fleet. I went to Cyprus, Phoenicia and the
Egyptians; I went also to the Ethiopians, the Sidonians, and the ErM
and to Libya where the lambs have horns as soon as they are born,
and the sheep lamb down three times a year. Every one in that country,
whether master or man, has plenty of cheese, meat, and good milk,
for the ewes yield all the year round. But while I was travelling
and getting great riches among these people, my brother was secretly
and shockingly murdered through the perfidy of his wicked wife, so
that I have no pleasure in being lord of all this wealth. Whoever
your parents may be they must haM
ve told you about all this, and of
my heavy loss in the ruin of a stately mansion fully and magnificently
furnished. Would that I had only a third of what I now have so that
I had stayed at home, and all those were living who perished on the
plain of Troy, far from Argos. I of grieve, as I sit here in my house,
for one and all of them. At times I cry aloud for sorrow, but presently
I leave off again, for crying is cold comfort and one soon tires of
it. Yet grieve for these as I may, I do so for one man more M
them all. I cannot even think of him without loathing both food and
sleep, so miserable does he make me, for no one of all the Achaeans
worked so hard or risked so much as he did. He took nothing by it,
and has left a legacy of sorrow to myself, for he has been gone a
long time, and we know not whether he is alive or dead. His old father,
his long-suffering wife Penelope, and his son Telemachus, whom he
left behind him an infant in arms, are plunged in grief on his account."
Thus spoke Menelaus, M
and the heart of Telemachus yearned as he bethought
him of his father. Tears fell from his eyes as he heard him thus mentioned,
so that he held his cloak before his face with both hands. When Menelaus
saw this he doubted whether to let him choose his own time for speaking,
or to ask him at once and find what it was all about.
While he was thus in two minds Helen came down from her high vaulted
and perfumed room, looking as lovely as Diana herself. Adraste brought
her a seat, Alcippe a soft woollen rug whiM
le Phylo fetched her the
silver work-box which Alcandra wife of Polybus had given her. Polybus
lived in Egyptian Thebes, which is the richest city in the whole world;
he gave Menelaus two baths, both of pure silver, two tripods, and
ten talents of gold; besides all this, his wife gave Helen some beautiful
presents, to wit, a golden distaff, and a silver work-box that ran
on wheels, with a gold band round the top of it. Phylo now placed
this by her side, full of fine spun yarn, and a distaff charged with
let coloured wool was laid upon the top of it. Then Helen took
her seat, put her feet upon the footstool, and began to question her
"Do we know, Menelaus," said she, "the names of these strangers who
have come to visit us? Shall I guess right or wrong?-but I cannot
help saying what I think. Never yet have I seen either man or woman
so like somebody else (indeed when I look at him I hardly know what
to think) as this young man is like Telemachus, whom Ulysses left
as a baby behind him, when you AM
chaeans went to Troy with battle in
your hearts, on account of my most shameless self."
"My dear wife," replied Menelaus, "I see the likeness just as you
do. His hands and feet are just like Ulysses'; so is his hair, with
the shape of his head and the expression of his eyes. Moreover, when
I was talking about Ulysses, and saying how much he had suffered on
my account, tears fell from his eyes, and he hid his face in his mantle."
Then Pisistratus said, "Menelaus, son of Atreus, you are right in
that this young man is Telemachus, but he is very modest,
and is ashamed to come here and begin opening up discourse with one
whose conversation is so divinely interesting as your own. My father,
Nestor, sent me to escort him hither, for he wanted to know whether
you could give him any counsel or suggestion. A son has always trouble
at home when his father has gone away leaving him without supporters;
and this is how Telemachus is now placed, for his father is absent,
and there is no one among his own peoplM
"Bless my heart," replied Menelaus, "then I am receiving a visit from
the son of a very dear friend, who suffered much hardship for my sake.
I had always hoped to entertain him with most marked distinction when
heaven had granted us a safe return from beyond the seas. I should
have founded a city for him in Argos, and built him a house. I should
have made him leave Ithaca with his goods, his son, and all his people,
and should have sacked for them some one of the neighbouring cities
at are subject to me. We should thus have seen one another continually,
and nothing but death could have interrupted so close and happy an
intercourse. I suppose, however, that heaven grudged us such great
good fortune, for it has prevented the poor fellow from ever getting
Thus did he speak, and his words set them all a weeping. Helen wept,
Telemachus wept, and so did Menelaus, nor could Pisistratus keep his
eyes from filling, when he remembered his dear brother Antilochus
bright Dawn had killed. Thereon he said to Menelaus,
"Sir, my father Nestor, when we used to talk about you at home, told
me you were a person of rare and excellent understanding. If, then,
it be possible, do as I would urge you. I am not fond of crying while
I am getting my supper. Morning will come in due course, and in the
forenoon I care not how much I cry for those that are dead and gone.
This is all we can do for the poor things. We can only shave our heads
for them and wring the tears from our cheekM
s. I had a brother who
died at Troy; he was by no means the worst man there; you are sure
to have known him- his name was Antilochus; I never set eyes upon
him myself, but they say that he was singularly fleet of foot and
"Your discretion, my friend," answered Menelaus, "is beyond your years.
It is plain you take after your father. One can soon see when a man
is son to one whom heaven has blessed both as regards wife and offspring-
and it has blessed Nestor from first to last all his dM
him a green old age in his own house, with sons about him who are
both we disposed and valiant. We will put an end therefore to all
this weeping, and attend to our supper again. Let water be poured
over our hands. Telemachus and I can talk with one another fully in
On this Asphalion, one of the servants, poured water over their hands
and they laid their hands on the good things that were before them.
Then Jove's daughter Helen bethought her of another matter. She drugged
wine with an herb that banishes all care, sorrow, and ill humour.
Whoever drinks wine thus drugged cannot shed a single tear all the
rest of the day, not even though his father and mother both of them
drop down dead, or he sees a brother or a son hewn in pieces before
his very eyes. This drug, of such sovereign power and virtue, had
been given to Helen by Polydamna wife of Thon, a woman of Egypt, where
there grow all sorts of herbs, some good to put into the mixing-bowl
and others poisonous. Moreover, every M
one in the whole country is
a skilled physician, for they are of the race of Paeeon. When Helen
had put this drug in the bowl, and had told the servants to serve
the wine round, she said:
"Menelaus, son of Atreus, and you my good friends, sons of honourable
men (which is as Jove wills, for he is the giver both of good and
evil, and can do what he chooses), feast here as you will, and listen
while I tell you a tale in season. I cannot indeed name every single
one of the exploits of Ulysses, but I can say M
was before Troy, and you Achaeans were in all sorts of difficulties.
He covered himself with wounds and bruises, dressed himself all in
rags, and entered the enemy's city looking like a menial or a beggar.
and quite different from what he did when he was among his own people.
In this disguise he entered the city of Troy, and no one said anything
to him. I alone recognized him and began to question him, but he was
too cunning for me. When, however, I had washed and anointed him and
ven him clothes, and after I had sworn a solemn oath not to
betray him to the Trojans till he had got safely back to his own camp
and to the ships, he told me all that the Achaeans meant to do. He
killed many Trojans and got much information before he reached the
Argive camp, for all which things the Trojan women made lamentation,
but for my own part I was glad, for my heart was beginning to oam
after my home, and I was unhappy about wrong that Venus had done me
in taking me over there, away from my country,M
my girl, and my lawful
wedded husband, who is indeed by no means deficient either in person
Then Menelaus said, "All that you have been saying, my dear wife,
is true. I have travelled much, and have had much to do with heroes,
but I have never seen such another man as Ulysses. What endurance
too, and what courage he displayed within the wooden horse, wherein
all the bravest of the Argives were lying in wait to bring death and
destruction upon the Trojans. At that moment you came up toM
god who wished well to the Trojans must have set you on to it and
you had Deiphobus with you. Three times did you go all round our hiding
place and pat it; you called our chiefs each by his own name, and
mimicked all our wives -Diomed, Ulysses, and I from our seats inside
heard what a noise you made. Diomed and I could not make up our minds
whether to spring out then and there, or to answer you from inside,
but Ulysses held us all in check, so we sat quite still, all except
Anticlus, who was beginM
ning to answer you, when Ulysses clapped his
two brawny hands over his mouth, and kept them there. It was this
that saved us all, for he muzzled Anticlus till Minerva took you away
"How sad," exclaimed Telemachus, "that all this was of no avail to
save him, nor yet his own iron courage. But now, sir, be pleased to
send us all to bed, that we may lie down and enjoy the blessed boon
On this Helen told the maid servants to set beds in the room that
was in the gatehouse, and to make thM
em with good red rugs, and spread
coverlets on the top of them with woollen cloaks for the guests to
wear. So the maids went out, carrying a torch, and made the beds,
to which a man-servant presently conducted the strangers. Thus, then,
did Telemachus and Pisistratus sleep there in the forecourt, while
the son of Atreus lay in an inner room with lovely Helen by his side.
When the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, Menelaus
rose and dressed himself. He bound his sandals on to his comely feet,
girded his sword about his shoulders, and left his room looking like
an immortal god. Then, taking a seat near Telemachus he said:
"And what, Telemachus, has led you to take this long sea voyage to
Lacedaemon? Are you on public or private business? Tell me all about
"I have come, sir replied Telemachus, "to see if you can tell me anything
about my father. I am being eaten out of house and home; my fair estate
is being wasted, and my house is full of miscreants who keep killing
great numbers of my M
sheep and oxen, on the pretence of paying their
addresses to my mother. Therefore, I am suppliant at your knees if
haply you may tell me about my father's melancholy end, whether you
saw it with your own eyes, or heard it from some other traveller;
for he was a man born to trouble. Do not soften things out of any
pity for myself, but tell me in all plainness exactly what you saw.
If my brave father Ulysses ever did you loyal service either by word
or deed, when you Achaeans were harassed by the Trojans, bearM
mind now as in my favour and tell me truly all."
Menelaus on hearing this was very much shocked. "So," he exclaimed,
"these cowards would usurp a brave man's bed? A hind might as well
lay her new born young in the lair of a lion, and then go off to feed
in the forest or in some grassy dell: the lion when he comes back
to his lair will make short work with the pair of them- and so will
Ulysses with these suitors. By father Jove, Minerva, and Apollo, if
Ulysses is still the man that he was when he wM
restled with Philomeleides
in Lesbos, and threw him so heavily that all the Achaeans cheered
him- if he is still such and were to come near these suitors, they
would have a short shrift and a sorry wedding. As regards your questions,
however, I will not prevaricate nor deceive you, but will tell you
without concealment all that the old man of the sea told me.
"I was trying to come on here, but the gods detained me in Egypt,
for my hecatombs had not given them full satisfaction, and the gods
t about having their dues. Now off Egypt, about as far
as a ship can sail in a day with a good stiff breeze behind her, there
is an island called Pharos- it has a good harbour from which vessels
can get out into open sea when they have taken in water- and the gods
becalmed me twenty days without so much as a breath of fair wind to
help me forward. We should have run clean out of provisions and my
men would have starved, if a goddess had not taken pity upon me and
saved me in the person of Idothea, daughter tM
o Proteus, the old man
of the sea, for she had taken a great fancy to me.
"She came to me one day when I was by myself, as I often was, for
the men used to go with their barbed hooks, all over the island in
the hope of catching a fish or two to save them from the pangs of
hunger. 'Stranger,' said she, 'it seems to me that you like starving
in this way- at any rate it does not greatly trouble you, for you
stick here day after day, without even trying to get away though your
men are dying by inches.'
'Let me tell you,' said I, 'whichever of the goddesses you may happen
to be, that I am not staying here of my own accord, but must have
offended the gods that live in heaven. Tell me, therefore, for the
gods know everything. which of the immortals it is that is hindering
me in this way, and tell me also how I may sail the sea so as to reach
"'Stranger,' replied she, 'I will make it all quite clear to you.
There is an old immortal who lives under the sea hereabouts and whose
name is Proteus. He M
is an Egyptian, and people say he is my father;
he is Neptune's head man and knows every inch of ground all over the
bottom of the sea. If you can snare him and hold him tight, he will
tell you about your voyage, what courses you are to take, and how
you are to sail the sea so as to reach your home. He will also tell
you, if you so will, all that has been going on at your house both
good and bad, while you have been away on your long and dangerous
"'Can you show me,' said I, 'some stratagem by M
means of which I may
catch this old god without his suspecting it and finding me out? For
a god is not easily caught- not by a mortal man.'
"'Stranger,' said she, 'I will make it all quite clear to you. About
the time when the sun shall have reached mid heaven, the old man of
the sea comes up from under the waves, heralded by the West wind that
furs the water over his head. As soon as he has come up he lies down,
and goes to sleep in a great sea cave, where the seals- Halosydne's
chickens as they call thM
em- come up also from the grey sea, and go
to sleep in shoals all round him; and a very strong and fish-like
smell do they bring with them. Early to-morrow morning I will take
you to this place and will lay you in ambush. Pick out, therefore,
the three best men you have in your fleet, and I will tell you all
the tricks that the old man will play you.
"'First he will look over all his seals, and count them; then, when
he has seen them and tallied them on his five fingers, he will go
to sleep among them, aM
s a shepherd among his sheep. The moment you
see that he is asleep seize him; put forth all your strength and hold
him fast, for he will do his very utmost to get away from you. He
will turn himself into every kind of creature that goes upon the earth,
and will become also both fire and water; but you must hold him fast
and grip him tighter and tighter, till he begins to talk to you and
comes back to what he was when you saw him go to sleep; then you may
slacken your hold and let him go; and you can ask him M
gods it is that is angry with you, and what you must do to reach your
home over the seas.'
"Having so said she dived under the waves, whereon I turned back to
the place where my ships were ranged upon the shore; and my heart
was clouded with care as I went along. When I reached my ship we got
supper ready, for night was falling, and camped down upon the beach.
"When the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, I took the
three men on whose prowess of all kinds I could most rely, andM
along by the sea-side, praying heartily to heaven. Meanwhile the goddess
fetched me up four seal skins from the bottom of the sea, all of them
just skinned, for she meant playing a trick upon her father. Then
she dug four pits for us to lie in, and sat down to wait till we should
come up. When we were close to her, she made us lie down in the pits
one after the other, and threw a seal skin over each of us. Our ambuscade
would have been intolerable, for the stench of the fishy seals was
g- who would go to bed with a sea monster if he could
help it?-but here, too, the goddess helped us, and thought of something
that gave us great relief, for she put some ambrosia under each man's
nostrils, which was so fragrant that it killed the smell of the seals.
"We waited the whole morning and made the best of it, watching the
seals come up in hundreds to bask upon the sea shore, till at noon
the old man of the sea came up too, and when he had found his fat
seals he went over them and counted them. WeM
were among the first
he counted, and he never suspected any guile, but laid himself down
to sleep as soon as he had done counting. Then we rushed upon him
with a shout and seized him; on which he began at once with his old
tricks, and changed himself first into a lion with a great mane; then
all of a sudden he became a dragon, a leopard, a wild boar; the next
moment he was running water, and then again directly he was a tree,
but we stuck to him and never lost hold, till at last the cunning
came distressed, and said, Which of the gods was it,
Son of Atreus, that hatched this plot with you for snaring me and
seizing me against my will? What do you want?'
"'You know that yourself, old man,' I answered, 'you will gain nothing
by trying to put me off. It is because I have been kept so long in
this island, and see no sign of my being able to get away. I am losing
all heart; tell me, then, for you gods know everything, which of the
immortals it is that is hindering me, and tell me also how I may sM
the sea so as to reach my home?'
"Then,' he said, 'if you would finish your voyage and get home quickly,
you must offer sacrifices to Jove and to the rest of the gods before
embarking; for it is decreed that you shall not get back to your friends,
and to your own house, till you have returned to the heaven fed stream
of Egypt, and offered holy hecatombs to the immortal gods that reign
in heaven. When you have done this they will let you finish your voyage.'
"I was broken hearted when I heard that IM
must go back all that long
and terrible voyage to Egypt; nevertheless, I answered, 'I will do
all, old man, that you have laid upon me; but now tell me, and tell
me true, whether all the Achaeans whom Nestor and I left behind us
when we set sail from Troy have got home safely, or whether any one
of them came to a bad end either on board his own ship or among his
friends when the days of his fighting were done.'
"'Son of Atreus,' he answered, 'why ask me? You had better not know
what I can tell you, for M
your eyes will surely fill when you have
heard my story. Many of those about whom you ask are dead and gone,
but many still remain, and only two of the chief men among the Achaeans
perished during their return home. As for what happened on the field
of battle- you were there yourself. A third Achaean leader is still
at sea, alive, but hindered from returning. Ajax was wrecked, for
Neptune drove him on to the great rocks of Gyrae; nevertheless, he
let him get safe out of the water, and in spite of all MinervaM
he would have escaped death, if he had not ruined himself by boasting.
He said the gods could not drown him even though they had tried to
do so, and when Neptune heard this large talk, he seized his trident
in his two brawny hands, and split the rock of Gyrae in two pieces.
The base remained where it was, but the part on which Ajax was sitting
fell headlong into the sea and carried Ajax with it; so he drank salt
water and was drowned.
"'Your brother and his ships escaped, for Juno protected himM
when he was just about to reach the high promontory of Malea, he was
caught by a heavy gale which carried him out to sea again sorely against
his will, and drove him to the foreland where Thyestes used to dwell,
but where Aegisthus was then living. By and by, however, it seemed
as though he was to return safely after all, for the gods backed the
wind into its old quarter and they reached home; whereon Agamemnon
kissed his native soil, and shed tears of joy at finding himself in
Now there was a watchman whom Aegisthus kept always on the watch,
and to whom he had promised two talents of gold. This man had been
looking out for a whole year to make sure that Agamemnon did not give
him the slip and prepare war; when, therefore, this man saw Agamemnon
go by, he went and told Aegisthus who at once began to lay a plot
for him. He picked twenty of his bravest warriors and placed them
in ambuscade on one side the cloister, while on the opposite side
he prepared a banquet. Then he sent his chM
ariots and horsemen to Agamemnon,
and invited him to the feast, but he meant foul play. He got him there,
all unsuspicious of the doom that was awaiting him, and killed him
when the banquet was over as though he were butchering an ox in the
shambles; not one of Agamemnon's followers was left alive, nor yet
one of Aegisthus', but they were all killed there in the cloisters.'
"Thus spoke Proteus, and I was broken hearted as I heard him. I sat
down upon the sands and wept; I felt as though I could no longer bM
to live nor look upon the light of the sun. Presently, when I had
had my fill of weeping and writhing upon the ground, the old man of
the sea said, 'Son of Atreus, do not waste any more time in crying
so bitterly; it can do no manner of good; find your way home as fast
as ever you can, for Aegisthus be still alive, and even though Orestes
has beforehand with you in kilting him, you may yet come in for his
"On this I took comfort in spite of all my sorrow, and said, 'I know,
se two; tell me, therefore, about the third man of
whom you spoke; is he still alive, but at sea, and unable to get home?
or is he dead? Tell me, no matter how much it may grieve me.'
"'The third man,' he answered, 'is Ulysses who dwells in Ithaca. I
can see him in an island sorrowing bitterly in the house of the nymph
Calypso, who is keeping him prisoner, and he cannot reach his home
for he has no ships nor sailors to take him over the sea. As for your
own end, Menelaus, you shall not die in Argos, but thM
you to the Elysian plain, which is at the ends of the world. There
fair-haired Rhadamanthus reigns, and men lead an easier life than
any where else in the world, for in Elysium there falls not rain,
nor hail, nor snow, but Oceanus breathes ever with a West wind that
sings softly from the sea, and gives fresh life to all men. This will
happen to you because you have married Helen, and are Jove's son-in-law.'
"As he spoke he dived under the waves, whereon I turned back to the
companions, and my heart was clouded with care as I
went along. When we reached the ships we got supper ready, for night
was falling, and camped down upon the beach. When the child of morning,
rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, we drew our ships into the water, and
put our masts and sails within them; then we went on board ourselves,
took our seats on the benches, and smote the grey sea with our oars.
I again stationed my ships in the heaven-fed stream of Egypt, and
offered hecatombs that were full and sufficient.M
When I had thus appeased
heaven's anger, I raised a barrow to the memory of Agamemnon that
his name might live for ever, after which I had a quick passage home,
for the gods sent me a fair wind.
"And now for yourself- stay here some ten or twelve days longer, and
I will then speed you on your way. I will make you a noble present
of a chariot and three horses. I will also give you a beautiful chalice
that so long as you live you may think of me whenever you make a drink-offering
to the immortal gods."
"Son of Atreus," replied Telemachus, "do not press me to stay longer;
I should be contented to remain with you for another twelve months;
I find your conversation so delightful that I should never once wish
myself at home with my parents; but my crew whom I have left at Pylos
are already impatient, and you are detaining me from them. As for
any present you may be disposed to make me, I had rather that it should
he a piece of plate. I will take no horses back with me to Ithaca,
but will leave them to adorn M
your own stables, for you have much flat
ground in your kingdom where lotus thrives, as also meadowsweet and
wheat and barley, and oats with their white and spreading ears; whereas
in Ithaca we have neither open fields nor racecourses, and the country
is more fit for goats than horses, and I like it the better for that.
None of our islands have much level ground, suitable for horses, and
Ithaca least of all."
Menelaus smiled and took Telemachus's hand within his own. "What you
say," said he, "shows that M
you come of good family. I both can, and
will, make this exchange for you, by giving you the finest and most
precious piece of plate in all my house. It is a mixing-bowl by Vulcan's
own hand, of pure silver, except the rim, which is inlaid with gold.
Phaedimus, king of the Sidonians, gave it me in the course of a visit
which I paid him when I returned thither on my homeward journey. I
will make you a present of it."
Thus did they converse [and guests kept coming to the king's house.
They brought sheep anM
d wine, while their wives had put up bread for
them to take with them; so they were busy cooking their dinners in
Meanwhile the suitors were throwing discs or aiming with spears at
a mark on the levelled ground in front of Ulysses' house, and were
behaving with all their old insolence. Antinous and Eurymachus, who
were their ringleaders and much the foremost among them all, were
sitting together when Noemon son of Phronius came up and said to Antinous,
"Have we any idea, Antinous, on what M
day Telemachus returns from Pylos?
He has a ship of mine, and I want it, to cross over to Elis: I have
twelve brood mares there with yearling mule foals by their side not
yet broken in, and I want to bring one of them over here and break
They were astounded when they heard this, for they had made sure that
Telemachus had not gone to the city of Neleus. They thought he was
only away somewhere on the farms, and was with the sheep, or with
the swineherd; so Antinous said, "When did he go? Tell me trulM
what young men did he take with him? Were they freemen or his own
bondsmen- for he might manage that too? Tell me also, did you let
him have the ship of your own free will because he asked you, or did
he take it without yourleave?"
"I lent it him," answered Noemon, "what else could I do when a man
of his position said he was in a difficulty, and asked me to oblige
him? I could not possibly refuse. As for those who went with him they
were the best young men we have, and I saw Mentor go on board as M
or some god who was exactly like him. I cannot understand it, for
I saw Mentor here myself yesterday morning, and yet he was then setting
Noemon then went back to his father's house, but Antinous and Eurymachus
were very angry. They told the others to leave off playing, and to
come and sit down along with themselves. When they came, Antinous
son of Eupeithes spoke in anger. His heart was black with rage, and
his eyes flashed fire as he said:
"Good heavens, this voyage of TeleM
machus is a very serious matter;
we had made sure that it would come to nothing, but the young fellow
has got away in spite of us, and with a picked crew too. He will be
giving us trouble presently; may Jove take him before he is full grown.
Find me a ship, therefore, with a crew of twenty men, and I will lie
in wait for him in the straits between Ithaca and Samos; he will then
rue the day that he set out to try and get news of his father."
Thus did he speak, and the others applauded his saying; they then
all of them went inside the buildings.
It was not long ere Penelope came to know what the suitors were plotting;
for a man servant, Medon, overheard them from outside the outer court
as they were laying their schemes within, and went to tell his mistress.
As he crossed the threshold of her room Penelope said: "Medon, what
have the suitors sent you here for? Is it to tell the maids to leave
their master's business and cook dinner for them? I wish they may
neither woo nor dine henceforward, neither here noM
but let this be the very last time, for the waste you all make of
my son's estate. Did not your fathers tell you when you were children
how good Ulysses had been to them- never doing anything high-handed,
nor speaking harshly to anybody? Kings may say things sometimes, and
they may take a fancy to one man and dislike another, but Ulysses
never did an unjust thing by anybody- which shows what bad hearts
you have, and that there is no such thing as gratitude left in this
n said, "I wish, Madam, that this were all; but they are
plotting something much more dreadful now- may heaven frustrate their
design. They are going to try and murder Telemachus as he is coming
home from Pylos and Lacedaemon, where he has been to get news of his
Then Penelope's heart sank within her, and for a long time she was
speechless; her eyes filled with tears, and she could find no utterance.
At last, however, she said, "Why did my son leave me? What business
had he to go sailing off in M
ships that make long voyages over the
ocean like sea-horses? Does he want to die without leaving any one
behind him to keep up his name?"
"I do not know," answered Medon, "whether some god set him on to it,
or whether he went on his own impulse to see if he could find out
if his father was dead, or alive and on his way home."
Then he went downstairs again, leaving Penelope in an agony of grief.
There were plenty of seats in the house, but she. had no heart for
sitting on any one of them; she could onlM
y fling herself on the floor
of her own room and cry; whereon all the maids in the house, both
old and young, gathered round her and began to cry too, till at last
in a transport of sorrow she exclaimed,
"My dears, heaven has been pleased to try me with more affliction
than any other woman of my age and country. First I lost my brave
and lion-hearted husband, who had every good quality under heaven,
and whose name was great over all Hellas and middle Argos, and now
my darling son is at the mercy of the wM
inds and waves, without my
having heard one word about his leaving home. You hussies, there was
not one of you would so much as think of giving me a call out of my
bed, though you all of you very well knew when he was starting. If
I had known he meant taking this voyage, he would have had to give
it up, no matter how much he was bent upon it, or leave me a corpse
behind him- one or other. Now, however, go some of you and call old
Dolius, who was given me by my father on my marriage, and who is my
Bid him go at once and tell everything to Laertes, who may
be able to hit on some plan for enlisting public sympathy on our side,
as against those who are trying to exterminate his own race and that
Then the dear old nurse Euryclea said, "You may kill me, Madam, or
let me live on in your house, whichever you please, but I will tell
you the real truth. I knew all about it, and gave him everything he
wanted in the way of bread and wine, but he made me take my solemn
oath that I would not tell M
you anything for some ten or twelve days,
unless you asked or happened to hear of his having gone, for he did
not want you to spoil your beauty by crying. And now, Madam, wash
your face, change your dress, and go upstairs with your maids to offer
prayers to Minerva, daughter of Aegis-bearing Jove, for she can save
him even though he be in the jaws of death. Do not trouble Laertes:
he has trouble enough already. Besides, I cannot think that the gods
hate die race of the race of the son of Arceisius so much, bM
will be a son left to come up after him, and inherit both the house
and the fair fields that lie far all round it."
With these words she made her mistress leave off crying, and dried
the tears from her eyes. Penelope washed her face, changed her dress,
and went upstairs with her maids. She then put some bruised barley
into a basket and began praying to Minerva.
"Hear me," she cried, "Daughter of Aegis-bearing Jove, unweariable.
If ever Ulysses while he was here burned you fat thigh bones of sM
or heifer, bear it in mind now as in my favour, and save my darling
son from the villainy of the suitors."
She cried aloud as she spoke, and the goddess heard her prayer; meanwhile
the suitors were clamorous throughout the covered cloister, and one
"The queen is preparing for her marriage with one or other of us.
Little does she dream that her son has now been doomed to die."
This was what they said, but they did not know what was going to happen.
Then Antinous said, "Comrades, lM
et there be no loud talking, lest
some of it get carried inside. Let us be up and do that in silence,
about which we are all of a mind."
He then chose twenty men, and they went down to their. ship and to
the sea side; they drew the vessel into the water and got her mast
and sails inside her; they bound the oars to the thole-pins with twisted
thongs of leather, all in due course, and spread the white sails aloft,
while their fine servants brought them their armour. Then they made
the ship fast a little waM
y out, came on shore again, got their suppers,
and waited till night should fall.
But Penelope lay in her own room upstairs unable to eat or drink,
and wondering whether her brave son would escape, or be overpowered
by the wicked suitors. Like a lioness caught in the toils with huntsmen
hemming her in on every side she thought and thought till she sank
into a slumber, and lay on her bed bereft of thought and motion.
Then Minerva bethought her of another matter, and made a vision in
the likeness of PeneM
lope's sister Iphthime daughter of Icarius who
had married Eumelus and lived in Pherae. She told the vision to go
to the house of Ulysses, and to make Penelope leave off crying, so
it came into her room by the hole through which the thong went for
pulling the door to, and hovered over her head, saying,
"You are asleep, Penelope: the gods who live at ease will not suffer
you to weep and be so sad. Your son has done them no wrong, so he
will yet come back to you."
Penelope, who was sleeping sweetly at tM
he gates of dreamland, answered,
"Sister, why have you come here? You do not come very often, but I
suppose that is because you live such a long way off. Am I, then,
to leave off crying and refrain from all the sad thoughts that torture
me? I, who have lost my brave and lion-hearted husband, who had every
good quality under heaven, and whose name was great over all Hellas
and middle Argos; and now my darling son has gone off on board of
a ship- a foolish fellow who has never been used to roughing it, nor
going about among gatherings of men. I am even more anxious about
him than about my husband; I am all in a tremble when I think of him,
lest something should happen to him, either from the people among
whom he has gone, or by sea, for he has many enemies who are plotting
against him, and are bent on killing him before he can return home."
Then the vision said, "Take heart, and be not so much dismayed. There
is one gone with him whom many a man would be glad enough to have
stand by his side, I mean MinervaM
; it is she who has compassion upon
you, and who has sent me to bear you this message."
"Then," said Penelope, "if you are a god or have been sent here by
divine commission, tell me also about that other unhappy one- is he
still alive, or is he already dead and in the house of Hades?"
And the vision said, "I shall not tell you for certain whether he
is alive or dead, and there is no use in idle conversation."
Then it vanished through the thong-hole of the door and was dissipated
into thin air; but PeM
nelope rose from her sleep refreshed and comforted,
so vivid had been her dream.
Meantime the suitors went on board and sailed their ways over the
sea, intent on murdering Telemachus. Now there is a rocky islet called
Asteris, of no great size, in mid channel between Ithaca and Samos,
and there is a harbour on either side of it where a ship can lie.
Here then the Achaeans placed themselves in ambush.
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And now, as Dawn roM
se from her couch beside Tithonus- harbinger of
light alike to mortals and immortals- the gods met in council and
with them, Jove the lord of thunder, who is their king. Thereon Minerva
began to tell them of the many sufferings of Ulysses, for she pitied
him away there in the house of the nymph Calypso.
"Father Jove," said she, "and all you other gods that live in everlasting
bliss, I hope there may never be such a thing as a kind and well-disposed
ruler any more, nor one who will govern equitably. I hopeM
be all henceforth cruel and unjust, for there is not one of his subjects
but has forgotten Ulysses, who ruled them as though he were their
father. There he is, lying in great pain in an island where dwells
the nymph Calypso, who will not let him go; and he cannot get back
to his own country, for he can find neither ships nor sailors to take
him over the sea. Furthermore, wicked people are now trying to murder
his only son Telemachus, who is coming home from Pylos and Lacedaemon,
to see if he can get news of his father."
"What, my dear, are you talking about?" replied her father, "did you
not send him there yourself, because you thought it would help Ulysses
to get home and punish the suitors? Besides, you are perfectly able
to protect Telemachus, and to see him safely home again, while the
suitors have to come hurry-skurrying back without having killed him."
When he had thus spoken, he said to his son Mercury, "Mercury, you
are our messenger, go therefore and tell Calypso we haM
poor Ulysses is to return home. He is to be convoyed neither by gods
nor men, but after a perilous voyage of twenty days upon a raft he
is to reach fertile Scheria, the land of the Phaeacians, who are near
of kin to the gods, and will honour him as though he were one of ourselves.
They will send him in a ship to his own country, and will give him
more bronze and gold and raiment than he would have brought back from
Troy, if he had had had all his prize money and had got home without
. This is how we have settled that he shall return to his
country and his friends."
Thus he spoke, and Mercury, guide and guardian, slayer of Argus, did
as he was told. Forthwith he bound on his glittering golden sandals
with which he could fly like the wind over land and sea. He took the
wand with which he seals men's eyes in sleep or wakes them just as
he pleases, and flew holding it in his hand over Pieria; then he swooped
down through the firmament till he reached the level of the sea, whose
skimmed like a cormorant that flies fishing every hole and
corner of the ocean, and drenching its thick plumage in the spray.
He flew and flew over many a weary wave, but when at last he got to
the island which was his journey's end, he left the sea and went on
by land till he came to the cave where the nymph Calypso lived.
He found her at home. There was a large fire burning on the hearth,
and one could smell from far the fragrant reek of burning cedar and
sandal wood. As for herself, she was busy at herM
golden shuttle through the warp and singing beautifully. Round her
cave there was a thick wood of alder, poplar, and sweet smelling cypress
trees, wherein all kinds of great birds had built their nests- owls,
hawks, and chattering sea-crows that occupy their business in the
waters. A vine loaded with grapes was trained and grew luxuriantly
about the mouth of the cave; there were also four running rills of
water in channels cut pretty close together, and turned hither and
irrigate the beds of violets and luscious herbage
over which they flowed. Even a god could not help being charmed with
such a lovely spot, so Mercury stood still and looked at it; but when
he had admired it sufficiently he went inside the cave.
Calypso knew him at once- for the gods all know each other, no matter
how far they live from one another- but Ulysses was not within; he
was on the sea-shore as usual, looking out upon the barren ocean with
tears in his eyes, groaning and breaking his heart for soM
gave Mercury a seat and said: "Why have you come to see me, Mercury-
honoured, and ever welcome- for you do not visit me often? Say what
you want; I will do it for be you at once if I can, and if it can
be done at all; but come inside, and let me set refreshment before
As she spoke she drew a table loaded with ambrosia beside him and
mixed him some red nectar, so Mercury ate and drank till he had had
enough, and then said:
"We are speaking god and goddess to one another, one anotheM
you ask me why I have come here, and I will tell you truly as you
would have me do. Jove sent me; it was no doing of mine; who could
possibly want to come all this way over the sea where there are no
cities full of people to offer me sacrifices or choice hecatombs?
Nevertheless I had to come, for none of us other gods can cross Jove,
nor transgress his orders. He says that you have here the most ill-starred
of alf those who fought nine years before the city of King Priam and
sailed home in the tenth M
year after having sacked it. On their way
home they sinned against Minerva, who raised both wind and waves against
them, so that all his brave companions perished, and he alone was
carried hither by wind and tide. Jove says that you are to let this
by man go at once, for it is decreed that he shall not perish here,
far from his own people, but shall return to his house and country
and see his friends again."
Calypso trembled with rage when she heard this, "You gods," she exclaimed,
to be ashamed of yoursM
elves. You are always jealous and hate seeing
a goddess take a fancy to a mortal man, and live with him in open
matrimony. So when rosy-fingered Dawn made love to Orion, you precious
gods were all of you furious till Diana went and killed him in Ortygia.
So again when Ceres fell in love with Iasion, and yielded to him in
a thrice ploughed fallow field, Jove came to hear of it before so
long and killed Iasion with his thunder-bolts. And now you are angry
with me too because I have a man here. I found the poorM
all alone astride of a keel, for Jove had struck his ship with lightning
and sunk it in mid ocean, so that all his crew were drowned, while
he himself was driven by wind and waves on to my island. I got fond
of him and cherished him, and had set my heart on making him immortal,
so that he should never grow old all his days; still I cannot cross
Jove, nor bring his counsels to nothing; therefore, if he insists
upon it, let the man go beyond the seas again; but I cannot send him
elf for I have neither ships nor men who can take him.
Nevertheless I will readily give him such advice, in all good faith,
as will be likely to bring him safely to his own country."
"Then send him away," said Mercury, "or Jove will be angry with you
On this he took his leave, and Calypso went out to look for Ulysses,
for she had heard Jove's message. She found him sitting upon the beach
with his eyes ever filled with tears, and dying of sheer home-sickness;
for he had got tired of CalM
ypso, and though he was forced to sleep
with her in the cave by night, it was she, not he, that would have
it so. As for the day time, he spent it on the rocks and on the sea-shore,
weeping, crying aloud for his despair, and always looking out upon
the sea. Calypso then went close up to him said:
"My poor fellow, you shall not stay here grieving and fretting your
life out any longer. I am going to send you away of my own free will;
so go, cut some beams of wood, and make yourself a large raft with
er deck that it may carry you safely over the sea. I will put
bread, wine, and water on board to save you from starving. I will
also give you clothes, and will send you a fair wind to take you home,
if the gods in heaven so will it- for they know more about these things,
and can settle them better than I can."
Ulysses shuddered as he heard her. "Now goddess," he answered, "there
is something behind all this; you cannot be really meaning to help
me home when you bid me do such a dreadful thing as put to seM
a raft. Not even a well-found ship with a fair wind could venture
on such a distant voyage: nothing that you can say or do shall mage
me go on board a raft unless you first solemnly swear that you mean
Calypso smiled at this and caressed him with her hand: "You know a
great deal," said she, "but you are quite wrong here. May heaven above
and earth below be my witnesses, with the waters of the river Styx-
and this is the most solemn oath which a blessed god can take- that
no sort of harm, and am only advising you to do exactly
what I should do myself in your place. I am dealing with you quite
straightforwardly; my heart is not made of iron, and I am very sorry
When she had thus spoken she led the way rapidly before him, and Ulysses
followed in her steps; so the pair, goddess and man, went on and on
till they came to Calypso's cave, where Ulysses took the seat that
Mercury had just left. Calypso set meat and drink before him of the
food that mortals eat; but herM
maids brought ambrosia and nectar for
herself, and they laid their hands on the good things that were before
them. When they had satisfied themselves with meat and drink, Calypso
"Ulysses, noble son of Laertes, so you would start home to your own
land at once? Good luck go with you, but if you could only know how
much suffering is in store for you before you get back to your own
country, you would stay where you are, keep house along with me, and
let me make you immortal, no matter how anM
xious you may be to see
this wife of yours, of whom you are thinking all the time day after
day; yet I flatter myself that at am no whit less tall or well-looking
than she is, for it is not to be expected that a mortal woman should
compare in beauty with an immortal."
"Goddess," replied Ulysses, "do not be angry with me about this. I
am quite aware that my wife Penelope is nothing like so tall or so
beautiful as yourself. She is only a woman, whereas you are an immortal.
Nevertheless, I want to get home,M
and can think of nothing else. If
some god wrecks me when I am on the sea, I will bear it and make the
best of it. I have had infinite trouble both by land and sea already,
so let this go with the rest."
Presently the sun set and it became dark, whereon the pair retired
into the inner part of the cave and went to bed.
When the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, Ulysses put
on his shirt and cloak, while the goddess wore a dress of a light
gossamer fabric, very fine and graceful, with a beM
autiful golden girdle
about her waist and a veil to cover her head. She at once set herself
to think how she could speed Ulysses on his way. So she gave him a
great bronze axe that suited his hands; it was sharpened on both sides,
and had a beautiful olive-wood handle fitted firmly on to it. She
also gave him a sharp adze, and then led the way to the far end of
the island where the largest trees grew- alder, poplar and pine, that
reached the sky- very dry and well seasoned, so as to sail light for
e water. Then, when she had shown him where the best trees
grew, Calypso went home, leaving him to cut them, which he soon finished
doing. He cut down twenty trees in all and adzed them smooth, squaring
them by rule in good workmanlike fashion. Meanwhile Calypso came back
with some augers, so he bored holes with them and fitted the timbers
together with bolts and rivets. He made the raft as broad as a skilled
shipwright makes the beam of a large vessel, and he filed a deck on
top of the ribs, and ran a gunwaM
le all round it. He also made a mast
with a yard arm, and a rudder to steer with. He fenced the raft all
round with wicker hurdles as a protection against the waves, and then
he threw on a quantity of wood. By and by Calypso brought him some
linen to make the sails, and he made these too, excellently, making
them fast with braces and sheets. Last of all, with the help of levers,
he drew the raft down into the water.
In four days he had completed the whole work, and on the fifth Calypso
island after washing him and giving him some clean
clothes. She gave him a goat skin full of black wine, and another
larger one of water; she also gave him a wallet full of provisions,
and found him in much good meat. Moreover, she made the wind fair
and warm for him, and gladly did Ulysses spread his sail before it,
while he sat and guided the raft skilfully by means of the rudder.
He never closed his eyes, but kept them fixed on the Pleiads, on late-setting
Bootes, and on the Bear- which men also call the M
wain, and which turns
round and round where it is, facing Orion, and alone never dipping
into the stream of Oceanus- for Calypso had told him to keep this
to his left. Days seven and ten did he sail over the sea, and on the
eighteenth the dim outlines of the mountains on the nearest part of
the Phaeacian coast appeared, rising like a shield on the horizon.
But King Neptune, who was returning from the Ethiopians, caught sight
of Ulysses a long way off, from the mountains of the Solymi. He could
ling upon the sea, and it made him very angry, so he wagged
his head and muttered to himself, saying, heavens, so the gods have
been changing their minds about Ulysses while I was away in Ethiopia,
and now he is close to the land of the Phaeacians, where it is decreed
that he shall escape from the calamities that have befallen him. Still,
he shall have plenty of hardship yet before he has done with it."
Thereon he gathered his clouds together, grasped his trident, stirred
it round in the sea, and roused thM
e rage of every wind that blows
till earth, sea, and sky were hidden in cloud, and night sprang forth
out of the heavens. Winds from East, South, North, and West fell upon
him all at the same time, and a tremendous sea got up, so that Ulysses'
heart began to fail him. "Alas," he said to himself in his dismay,
"what ever will become of me? I am afraid Calypso was right when she
said I should have trouble by sea before I got back home. It is all
coming true. How black is Jove making heaven with his clouds, andM
what a sea the winds are raising from every quarter at once. I am
now safe to perish. Blest and thrice blest were those Danaans who
fell before Troy in the cause of the sons of Atreus. Would that had
been killed on the day when the Trojans were pressing me so sorely
about the dead body of Achilles, for then I should have had due burial
and the Achaeans would have honoured my name; but now it seems that
I shall come to a most pitiable end."
As he spoke a sea broke over him with such terrific fury that thM
raft reeled again, and he was carried overboard a long way off. He
let go the helm, and the force of the hurricane was so great that
it broke the mast half way up, and both sail and yard went over into
the sea. For a long time Ulysses was under water, and it was all he
could do to rise to the surface again, for the clothes Calypso had
given him weighed him down; but at last he got his head above water
and spat out the bitter brine that was running down his face in streams.
In spite of all this, however, hM
e did not lose sight of his raft,
but swam as fast as he could towards it, got hold of it, and climbed
on board again so as to escape drowning. The sea took the raft and
tossed it about as Autumn winds whirl thistledown round and round
upon a road. It was as though the South, North, East, and West winds
were all playing battledore and shuttlecock with it at once.
When he was in this plight, Ino daughter of Cadmus, also called Leucothea,
saw him. She had formerly been a mere mortal, but had been since raiseM
to the rank of a marine goddess. Seeing in what great distress Ulysses
now was, she had compassion upon him, and, rising like a sea-gull
from the waves, took her seat upon the raft.
"My poor good man," said she, "why is Neptune so furiously angry with
you? He is giving you a great deal of trouble, but for all his bluster
he will not kill you. You seem to be a sensible person, do then as
I bid you; strip, leave your raft to drive before the wind, and swim
to the Phaecian coast where better luck awaits yM
my veil and put it round your chest; it is enchanted, and you can
come to no harm so long as you wear it. As soon as you touch land
take it off, throw it back as far as you can into the sea, and then
go away again." With these words she took off her veil and gave it
him. Then she dived down again like a sea-gull and vanished beneath
the dark blue waters.
But Ulysses did not know what to think. "Alas," he said to himself
in his dismay, "this is only some one or other of the gods who is
luring me to ruin by advising me to will quit my raft. At any rate
I will not do so at present, for the land where she said I should
be quit of all troubles seemed to be still a good way off. I know
what I will do- I am sure it will be best- no matter what happens
I will stick to the raft as long as her timbers hold together, but
when the sea breaks her up I will swim for it; I do not see how I
can do any better than this."
While he was thus in two minds, Neptune sent a terrible great wave
o rear itself above his head till it broke right over
the raft, which then went to pieces as though it were a heap of dry
chaff tossed about by a whirlwind. Ulysses got astride of one plank
and rode upon it as if he were on horseback; he then took off the
clothes Calypso had given him, bound Ino's veil under his arms, and
plunged into the sea- meaning to swim on shore. King Neptune watched
him as he did so, and wagged his head, muttering to himself and saying,
"'There now, swim up and down as you best can tiM
well-to-do people. I do not think you will be able to say that I have
let you off too lightly." On this he lashed his horses and drove to
Aegae where his palace is.
But Minerva resolved to help Ulysses, so she bound the ways of all
the winds except one, and made them lie quite still; but she roused
a good stiff breeze from the North that should lay the waters till
Ulysses reached the land of the Phaeacians where he would be safe.
Thereon he floated about for two nights and two days M
with a heavy swell on the sea and death staring him in the face; but
when the third day broke, the wind fell and there was a dead calm
without so much as a breath of air stirring. As he rose on the swell
he looked eagerly ahead, and could see land quite near. Then, as children
rejoice when their dear father begins to get better after having for
a long time borne sore affliction sent him by some angry spirit, but
the gods deliver him from evil, so was Ulysses thankful when he again
trees, and swam on with all his strength that he might
once more set foot upon dry ground. When, however, he got within earshot,
he began to hear the surf thundering up against the rocks, for the
swell still broke against them with a terrific roar. Everything was
enveloped in spray; there were no harbours where a ship might ride,
nor shelter of any kind, but only headlands, low-lying rocks, and
Ulysses' heart now began to fail him, and he said despairingly to
himself, "Alas, Jove has let M
me see land after swimming so far that
I had given up all hope, but I can find no landing place, for the
coast is rocky and surf-beaten, the rocks are smooth and rise sheer
from the sea, with deep water close under them so that I cannot climb
out for want of foothold. I am afraid some great wave will lift me
off my legs and dash me against the rocks as I leave the water- which
would give me a sorry landing. If, on the other hand, I swim further
in search of some shelving beach or harbour, a hurricane may carM
me out to sea again sorely against my will, or heaven may send some
great monster of the deep to attack me; for Amphitrite breeds many
such, and I know that Neptune is very angry with me."
While he was thus in two minds a wave caught him and took him with
such force against the rocks that he would have been smashed and torn
to pieces if Minerva had not shown him what to do. He caught hold
of the rock with both hands and clung to it groaning with pain till
the wave retired, so he was saved that time; bM
ut presently the wave
came on again and carried him back with it far into the sea-tearing
his hands as the suckers of a polypus are torn when some one plucks
it from its bed, and the stones come up along with it even so did
the rocks tear the skin from his strong hands, and then the wave drew
him deep down under the water.
Here poor Ulysses would have certainly perished even in spite of his
own destiny, if Minerva had not helped him to keep his wits about
him. He swam seaward again, beyond reach of the sM
urf that was beating
against the land, and at the same time he kept looking towards the
shore to see if he could find some haven, or a spit that should take
the waves aslant. By and by, as he swam on, he came to the mouth of
a river, and here he thought would be the best place, for there were
no rocks, and it afforded shelter from the wind. He felt that there
was a current, so he prayed inwardly and said:
"Hear me, O King, whoever you may be, and save me from the anger of
the sea-god Neptune, for I approM
ach you prayerfully. Any one who has
lost his way has at all times a claim even upon the gods, wherefore
in my distress I draw near to your stream, and cling to the knees
of your riverhood. Have mercy upon me, O king, for I declare myself
Then the god stayed his stream and stilled the waves, making all calm
before him, and bringing him safely into the mouth of the river. Here
at last Ulysses' knees and strong hands failed him, for the sea had
completely broken him. His body was all swollM
en, and his mouth and
nostrils ran down like a river with sea-water, so that he could neither
breathe nor speak, and lay swooning from sheer exhaustion; presently,
when he had got his breath and came to himself again, he took off
the scarf that Ino had given him and threw it back into the salt stream
of the river, whereon Ino received it into her hands from the wave
that bore it towards her. Then he left the river, laid himself down
among the rushes, and kissed the bounteous earth.
"Alas," he cried to hiM
mself in his dismay, "what ever will become
of me, and how is it all to end? If I stay here upon the river bed
through the long watches of the night, I am so exhausted that the
bitter cold and damp may make an end of me- for towards sunrise there
will be a keen wind blowing from off the river. If, on the other hand,
I climb the hill side, find shelter in the woods, and sleep in some
thicket, I may escape the cold and have a good night's rest, but some
savage beast may take advantage of me and devour me."
In the end he deemed it best to take to the woods, and he found one
upon some high ground not far from the water. There he crept beneath
two shoots of olive that grew from a single stock- the one an ungrafted
sucker, while the other had been grafted. No wind, however squally,
could break through the cover they afforded, nor could the sun's rays
pierce them, nor the rain get through them, so closely did they grow
into one another. Ulysses crept under these and began to make himself
a bed to lie on, for thereM
was a great litter of dead leaves lying
about- enough to make a covering for two or three men even in hard
winter weather. He was glad enough to see this, so he laid himself
down and heaped the leaves all round him. Then, as one who lives alone
in the country, far from any neighbor, hides a brand as fire-seed
in the ashes to save himself from having to get a light elsewhere,
even so did Ulysses cover himself up with leaves; and Minerva shed
a sweet sleep upon his eyes, closed his eyelids, and made him lose
all memories of his sorrows.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
So here Ulysses slept, overcome by sleep and toil; but Minerva went
off to the country and city of the Phaecians- a people who used to
live in the fair town of Hypereia, near the lawless Cyclopes. Now
the Cyclopes were stronger than they and plundered them, so their
king Nausithous moved them thence and settled them in Scheria, far
from all other people. He surrounded the city with a wall, buiM
and temples, and divided the lands among his people; but he was dead
and gone to the house of Hades, and King Alcinous, whose counsels
were inspired of heaven, was now reigning. To his house, then, did
Minerva hie in furtherance of the return of Ulysses.
She went straight to the beautifully decorated bedroom in which there
slept a girl who was as lovely as a goddess, Nausicaa, daughter to
King Alcinous. Two maid servants were sleeping near her, both very
pretty, one on either side of the doorwaM
y, which was closed with well-made
folding doors. Minerva took the form of the famous sea captain Dymas's
daughter, who was a bosom friend of Nausicaa and just her own age;
then, coming up to the girl's bedside like a breath of wind, she hovered
over her head and said:
"Nausicaa, what can your mother have been about, to have such a lazy
daughter? Here are your clothes all lying in disorder, yet you are
going to be married almost immediately, and should not only be well
dressed yourself, but should find gM
ood clothes for those who attend
you. This is the way to get yourself a good name, and to make your
father and mother proud of you. Suppose, then, that we make tomorrow
a washing day, and start at daybreak. I will come and help you so
that you may have everything ready as soon as possible, for all the
best young men among your own people are courting you, and you are
not going to remain a maid much longer. Ask your father, therefore,
to have a waggon and mules ready for us at daybreak, to take the rugs,
es, and girdles; and you can ride, too, which will be much pleasanter
for you than walking, for the washing-cisterns are some way from the
When she had said this Minerva went away to Olympus, which they say
is the everlasting home of the gods. Here no wind beats roughly, and
neither rain nor snow can fall; but it abides in everlasting sunshine
and in a great peacefulness of light, wherein the blessed gods are
illumined for ever and ever. This was the place to which the goddess
went when she had giM
ven instructions to the girl.
By and by morning came and woke Nausicaa, who began wondering about
her dream; she therefore went to the other end of the house to tell
her father and mother all about it, and found them in their own room.
Her mother was sitting by the fireside spinning her purple yarn with
her maids around her, and she happened to catch her father just as
he was going out to attend a meeting of the town council, which the
Phaeacian aldermen had convened. She stopped him and said:
ar, could you manage to let me have a good big waggon? I want
to take all our dirty clothes to the river and wash them. You are
the chief man here, so it is only right that you should have a clean
shirt when you attend meetings of the council. Moreover, you have
five sons at home, two of them married, while the other three are
good-looking bachelors; you know they always like to have clean linen
when they go to a dance, and I have been thinking about all this."
She did not say a word about her own wedding,M
for she did not like
to, but her father knew and said, "You shall have the mules, my love,
and whatever else you have a mind for. Be off with you, and the men
shall get you a good strong waggon with a body to it that will hold
On this he gave his orders to the servants, who got the waggon out,
harnessed the mules, and put them to, while the girl brought the clothes
down from the linen room and placed them on the waggon. Her mother
prepared her a basket of provisions with all sorts of M
and a goat skin full of wine; the girl now got into the waggon, and
her mother gave her also a golden cruse of oil, that she and her women
might anoint themselves. Then she took the whip and reins and lashed
the mules on, whereon they set off, and their hoofs clattered on the
road. They pulled without flagging, and carried not only Nausicaa
and her wash of clothes, but the maids also who were with her.
When they reached the water side they went to the washing-cisterns,
through which there ranM
at all times enough pure water to wash any
quantity of linen, no matter how dirty. Here they unharnessed the
mules and turned them out to feed on the sweet juicy herbage that
grew by the water side. They took the clothes out of the waggon, put
them in the water, and vied with one another in treading them in the
pits to get the dirt out. After they had washed them and got them
quite clean, they laid them out by the sea side, where the waves had
raised a high beach of shingle, and set about washing themselvesM
anointing themselves with olive oil. Then they got their dinner by
the side of the stream, and waited for the sun to finish drying the
clothes. When they had done dinner they threw off the veils that covered
their heads and began to play at ball, while Nausicaa sang for them.
As the huntress Diana goes forth upon the mountains of Taygetus or
Erymanthus to hunt wild boars or deer, and the wood-nymphs, daughters
of Aegis-bearing Jove, take their sport along with her (then is Leto
proud at seeing her daugM
hter stand a full head taller than the others,
and eclipse the loveliest amid a whole bevy of beauties), even so
did the girl outshine her handmaids.
When it was time for them to start home, and they were folding the
clothes and putting them into the waggon, Minerva began to consider
how Ulysses should wake up and see the handsome girl who was to conduct
him to the city of the Phaeacians. The girl, therefore, threw a ball
at one of the maids, which missed her and fell into deep water. On
outed, and the noise they made woke Ulysses, who sat
up in his bed of leaves and began to wonder what it might all be.
"Alas," said he to himself, "what kind of people have I come amongst?
Are they cruel, savage, and uncivilized, or hospitable and humane?
I seem to hear the voices of young women, and they sound like those
of the nymphs that haunt mountain tops, or springs of rivers and meadows
of green grass. At any rate I am among a race of men and women. Let
me try if I cannot manage to get a look at theM
As he said this he crept from under his bush, and broke off a bough
covered with thick leaves to hide his nakedness. He looked like some
lion of the wilderness that stalks about exulting in his strength
and defying both wind and rain; his eyes glare as he prowls in quest
of oxen, sheep, or deer, for he is famished, and will dare break even
into a well-fenced homestead, trying to get at the sheep- even such
did Ulysses seem to the young women, as he drew near to them all naked
as he was, for he was inM
great want. On seeing one so unkempt and
so begrimed with salt water, the others scampered off along the spits
that jutted out into the sea, but the daughter of Alcinous stood firm,
for Minerva put courage into her heart and took away all fear from
her. She stood right in front of Ulysses, and he doubted whether he
should go up to her, throw himself at her feet, and embrace her knees
as a suppliant, or stay where he was and entreat her to give him some
clothes and show him the way to the town. In the end heM
best to entreat her from a distance in case the girl should take offence
at his coming near enough to clasp her knees, so he addressed her
in honeyed and persuasive language.
"O queen," he said, "I implore your aid- but tell me, are you a goddess
or are you a mortal woman? If you are a goddess and dwell in heaven,
I can only conjecture that you are Jove's daughter Diana, for your
face and figure resemble none but hers; if on the other hand you are
a mortal and live on earth, thrice happy are yM
our father and mother-
thrice happy, too, are your brothers and sisters; how proud and delighted
they must feel when they see so fair a scion as yourself going out
to a dance; most happy, however, of all will he be whose wedding gifts
have been the richest, and who takes you to his own home. I never
yet saw any one so beautiful, neither man nor woman, and am lost in
admiration as I behold you. I can only compare you to a young palm
tree which I saw when I was at Delos growing near the altar of Apollo-
was there, too, with much people after me, when I was on that
journey which has been the source of all my troubles. Never yet did
such a young plant shoot out of the ground as that was, and I admired
and wondered at it exactly as I now admire and wonder at yourself.
I dare not clasp your knees, but I am in great distress; yesterday
made the twentieth day that I had been tossing about upon the sea.
The winds and waves have taken me all the way from the Ogygian island,
and now fate has flung me upon this coasM
t that I may endure still
further suffering; for I do not think that I have yet come to the
end of it, but rather that heaven has still much evil in store for
"And now, O queen, have pity upon me, for you are the first person
I have met, and I know no one else in this country. Show me the way
to your town, and let me have anything that you may have brought hither
to wrap your clothes in. May heaven grant you in all things your heart's
desire- husband, house, and a happy, peaceful home; for there is nM
better in this world than that man and wife should be of one mind
in a house. It discomfits their enemies, makes the hearts of their
friends glad, and they themselves know more about it than any one."
To this Nausicaa answered, "Stranger, you appear to be a sensible,
well-disposed person. There is no accounting for luck; Jove gives
prosperity to rich and poor just as he chooses, so you must take what
he has seen fit to send you, and make the best of it. Now, however,
that you have come to this our M
country, you shall not want for clothes
nor for anything else that a foreigner in distress may reasonably
look for. I will show you the way to the town, and will tell you the
name of our people; we are called Phaeacians, and I am daughter to
Alcinous, in whom the whole power of the state is vested."
Then she called her maids and said, "Stay where you are, you girls.
Can you not see a man without running away from him? Do you take him
for a robber or a murderer? Neither he nor any one else can come here
do us Phaeacians any harm, for we are dear to the gods, and live
apart on a land's end that juts into the sounding sea, and have nothing
to do with any other people. This is only some poor man who has lost
his way, and we must be kind to him, for strangers and foreigners
in distress are under Jove's protection, and will take what they can
get and be thankful; so, girls, give the poor fellow something to
eat and drink, and wash him in the stream at some place that is sheltered
maids left off running away and began calling one another
back. They made Ulysses sit down in the shelter as Nausicaa had told
them, and brought him a shirt and cloak. They also brought him the
little golden cruse of oil, and told him to go wash in the stream.
But Ulysses said, "Young women, please to stand a little on one side
that I may wash the brine from my shoulders and anoint myself with
oil, for it is long enough since my skin has had a drop of oil upon
it. I cannot wash as long as you all keep standM
ing there. I am ashamed
to strip before a number of good-looking young women."
Then they stood on one side and went to tell the girl, while Ulysses
washed himself in the stream and scrubbed the brine from his back
and from his broad shoulders. When he had thoroughly washed himself,
and had got the brine out of his hair, he anointed himself with oil,
and put on the clothes which the girl had given him; Minerva then
made him look taller and stronger than before, she also made the hair
grow thick on the topM
of his head, and flow down in curls like hyacinth
blossoms; she glorified him about the head and shoulders as a skilful
workman who has studied art of all kinds under Vulcan and Minerva
enriches a piece of silver plate by gilding it- and his work is full
of beauty. Then he went and sat down a little way off upon the beach,
looking quite young and handsome, and the girl gazed on him with admiration;
then she said to her maids:
"Hush, my dears, for I want to say something. I believe the gods who
eaven have sent this man to the Phaeacians. When I first
saw him I thought him plain, but now his appearance is like that of
the gods who dwell in heaven. I should like my future husband to be
just such another as he is, if he would only stay here and not want
to go away. However, give him something to eat and drink."
They did as they were told, and set food before Ulysses, who ate and
drank ravenously, for it was long since he had had food of any kind.
Meanwhile, Nausicaa bethought her of another matter. M
folded and placed in the waggon, she then yoked the mules, and, as
she took her seat, she called Ulysses:
"Stranger," said she, "rise and let us be going back to the town;
I will introduce you at the house of my excellent father, where I
can tell you that you will meet all the best people among the Phaecians.
But be sure and do as I bid you, for you seem to be a sensible person.
As long as we are going past the fields- and farm lands, follow briskly
behind the waggon along with the maidM
s and I will lead the way myself.
Presently, however, we shall come to the town, where you will find
a high wall running all round it, and a good harbour on either side
with a narrow entrance into the city, and the ships will be drawn
up by the road side, for every one has a place where his own ship
can lie. You will see the market place with a temple of Neptune in
the middle of it, and paved with large stones bedded in the earth.
Here people deal in ship's gear of all kinds, such as cables and sails,
ere, too, are the places where oars are made, for the Phaeacians
are not a nation of archers; they know nothing about bows and arrows,
but are a sea-faring folk, and pride themselves on their masts, oars,
and ships, with which they travel far over the sea.
"I am afraid of the gossip and scandal that may be set on foot against
me later on; for the people here are very ill-natured, and some low
fellow, if he met us, might say, 'Who is this fine-looking stranger
that is going about with Nausicaa? Where did sM
he End him? I suppose
she is going to marry him. Perhaps he is a vagabond sailor whom she
has taken from some foreign vessel, for we have no neighbours; or
some god has at last come down from heaven in answer to her prayers,
and she is going to live with him all the rest of her life. It would
be a good thing if she would take herself of I for sh and find a husband
somewhere else, for she will not look at one of the many excellent
young Phaeacians who are in with her.' This is the kind of disparaging
that would be made about me, and I could not complain, for
I should myself be scandalized at seeing any other girl do the like,
and go about with men in spite of everybody, while her father and
mother were still alive, and without having been married in the face
"If, therefore, you want my father to give you an escort and to help
you home, do as I bid you; you will see a beautiful grove of poplars
by the road side dedicated to Minerva; it has a well in it and a meadow
my father has a field of rich garden ground, about
as far from the town as a man' voice will carry. Sit down there and
wait for a while till the rest of us can get into the town and reach
my father's house. Then, when you think we must have done this, come
into the town and ask the way to the house of my father Alcinous.
You will have no difficulty in finding it; any child will point it
out to you, for no one else in the whole town has anything like such
a fine house as he has. When you have got past the gaM
the outer court, go right across the inner court till you come to
my mother. You will find her sitting by the fire and spinning her
purple wool by firelight. It is a fine sight to see her as she leans
back against one of the bearing-posts with her maids all ranged behind
her. Close to her seat stands that of my father, on which he sits
and topes like an immortal god. Never mind him, but go up to my mother,
and lay your hands upon her knees if you would get home quickly. If
ver, you may hope to see your own country again,
no matter how distant it may be."
So saying she lashed the mules with her whip and they left the river.
The mules drew well and their hoofs went up and down upon the road.
She was careful not to go too fast for Ulysses and the maids who were
following on foot along with the waggon, so she plied her whip with
judgement. As the sun was going down they came to the sacred grove
of Minerva, and there Ulysses sat down and prayed to the mighty daughter
"Hear me," he cried, "daughter of Aegis-bearing Jove, unweariable,
hear me now, for you gave no heed to my prayers when Neptune was wrecking
me. Now, therefore, have pity upon me and grant that I may find friends
and be hospitably received by the Phaecians."
Thus did he pray, and Minerva heard his prayer, but she would not
show herself to him openly, for she was afraid of her uncle Neptune,
who was still furious in his endeavors to prevent Ulysses from getting
--------------------------------M
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Thus, then, did Ulysses wait and pray; but the girl drove on to the
town. When she reached her father's house she drew up at the gateway,
and her brothers- comely as the gods- gathered round her, took the
mules out of the waggon, and carried the clothes into the house, while
she went to her own room, where an old servant, Eurymedusa of Apeira,
lit the fire for her. This old woman had been brought by sea from
Apeira, and had been chosen as a prize for AlcinM
king over the Phaecians, and the people obeyed him as though he were
a god. She had been nurse to Nausicaa, and had now lit the fire for
her, and brought her supper for her into her own room.
Presently Ulysses got up to go towards the town; and Minerva shed
a thick mist all round him to hide him in case any of the proud Phaecians
who met him should be rude to him, or ask him who he was. Then, as
he was just entering the town, she came towards him in the likeness
of a little girl carryiM
ng a pitcher. She stood right in front of him,
"My dear, will you be so kind as to show me the house of king Alcinous?
I am an unfortunate foreigner in distress, and do not know one in
your town and country."
Then Minerva said, "Yes, father stranger, I will show you the house
you want, for Alcinous lives quite close to my own father. I will
go before you and show the way, but say not a word as you go, and
do not look at any man, nor ask him questions; for the people here
e strangers, and do not like men who come from some other
place. They are a sea-faring folk, and sail the seas by the grace
of Neptune in ships that glide along like thought, or as a bird in
On this she led the way, and Ulysses followed in her steps; but not
one of the Phaecians could see him as he passed through the city in
the midst of them; for the great goddess Minerva in her good will
towards him had hidden him in a thick cloud of darkness. He admired
their harbours, ships, places of assemM
bly, and the lofty walls of
the city, which, with the palisade on top of them, were very striking,
and when they reached the king's house Minerva said:
"This is the house, father stranger, which you would have me show
you. You will find a number of great people sitting at table, but
do not be afraid; go straight in, for the bolder a man is the more
likely he is to carry his point, even though he is a stranger. First
find the queen. Her name is Arete, and she comes of the same family
as her husband AlcinoM
us. They both descend originally from Neptune,
who was father to Nausithous by Periboea, a woman of great beauty.
Periboea was the youngest daughter of Eurymedon, who at one time reigned
over the giants, but he ruined his ill-fated people and lost his own
"Neptune, however, lay with his daughter, and she had a son by him,
the great Nausithous, who reigned over the Phaecians. Nausithous had
two sons Rhexenor and Alcinous; Apollo killed the first of them while
he was still a bridegroom and wiM
thout male issue; but he left a daughter
Arete, whom Alcinous married, and honours as no other woman is honoured
of all those that keep house along with their husbands.
"Thus she both was, and still is, respected beyond measure by her
children, by Alcinous himself, and by the whole people, who look upon
her as a goddess, and greet her whenever she goes about the city,
for she is a thoroughly good woman both in head and heart, and when
any women are friends of hers, she will help their husbands also to
ttle their disputes. If you can gain her good will, you may have
every hope of seeing your friends again, and getting safely back to
your home and country."
Then Minerva left Scheria and went away over the sea. She went to
Marathon and to the spacious streets of Athens, where she entered
the abode of Erechtheus; but Ulysses went on to the house of Alcinous,
and he pondered much as he paused a while before reaching the threshold
of bronze, for the splendour of the palace was like that of the sun
The walls on either side were of bronze from end to end,
and the cornice was of blue enamel. The doors were gold, and hung
on pillars of silver that rose from a floor of bronze, while the lintel
was silver and the hook of the door was of gold.
On either side there stood gold and silver mastiffs which Vulcan,
with his consummate skill, had fashioned expressly to keep watch over
the palace of king Alcinous; so they were immortal and could never
grow old. Seats were ranged all along the wall, here and there M
one end to the other, with coverings of fine woven work which the
women of the house had made. Here the chief persons of the Phaecians
used to sit and eat and drink, for there was abundance at all seasons;
and there were golden figures of young men with lighted torches in
their hands, raised on pedestals, to give light by night to those
who were at table. There are fifty maid servants in the house, some
of whom are always grinding rich yellow grain at the mill, while others
work at the loom, or sit andM
spin, and their shuttles go, backwards
and forwards like the fluttering of aspen leaves, while the linen
is so closely woven that it will turn oil. As the Phaecians are the
best sailors in the world, so their women excel all others in weaving,
for Minerva has taught them all manner of useful arts, and they are
Outside the gate of the outer court there is a large garden of about
four acres with a wall all round it. It is full of beautiful trees-
pears, pomegranates, and the most delicioM
us apples. There are luscious
figs also, and olives in full growth. The fruits never rot nor fail
all the year round, neither winter nor summer, for the air is so soft
that a new crop ripens before the old has dropped. Pear grows on pear,
apple on apple, and fig on fig, and so also with the grapes, for there
is an excellent vineyard: on the level ground of a part of this, the
grapes are being made into raisins; in another part they are being
gathered; some are being trodden in the wine tubs, others further
on have shed their blossom and are beginning to show fruit, others
again are just changing colour. In the furthest part of the ground
there are beautifully arranged beds of flowers that are in bloom all
the year round. Two streams go through it, the one turned in ducts
throughout the whole garden, while the other is carried under the
ground of the outer court to the house itself, and the town's people
draw water from it. Such, then, were the splendours with which the
gods had endowed the house of king AlcinoM
So here Ulysses stood for a while and looked about him, but when he
had looked long enough he crossed the threshold and went within the
precincts of the house. There he found all the chief people among
the Phaecians making their drink-offerings to Mercury, which they
always did the last thing before going away for the night. He went
straight through the court, still hidden by the cloak of darkness
in which Minerva had enveloped him, till he reached Arete and King
Alcinous; then he laid his hands uponM
the knees of the queen, and
at that moment the miraculous darkness fell away from him and he became
visible. Every one was speechless with surprise at seeing a man there,
but Ulysses began at once with his petition.
"Queen Arete," he exclaimed, "daughter of great Rhexenor, in my distress
I humbly pray you, as also your husband and these your guests (whom
may heaven prosper with long life and happiness, and may they leave
their possessions to their children, and all the honours conferred
state) to help me home to my own country as soon
as possible; for I have been long in trouble and away from my friends."
Then he sat down on the hearth among the ashes and they all held their
peace, till presently the old hero Echeneus, who was an excellent
speaker and an elder among the Phaeacians, plainly and in all honesty
addressed them thus:
"Alcinous," said he, "it is not creditable to you that a stranger
should be seen sitting among the ashes of your hearth; every one is
waiting to hear what yoM
u are about to say; tell him, then, to rise
and take a seat on a stool inlaid with silver, and bid your servants
mix some wine and water that we may make a drink-offering to Jove
the lord of thunder, who takes all well-disposed suppliants under
his protection; and let the housekeeper give him some supper, of whatever
there may be in the house."
When Alcinous heard this he took Ulysses by the hand, raised him from
the hearth, and bade him take the seat of Laodamas, who had been sitting
beside him, and wasM
his favourite son. A maid servant then brought
him water in a beautiful golden ewer and poured it into a silver basin
for him to wash his hands, and she drew a clean table beside him;
an upper servant brought him bread and offered him many good things
of what there was in the house, and Ulysses ate and drank. Then Alcinous
said to one of the servants, "Pontonous, mix a cup of wine and hand
it round that we may make drink-offerings to Jove the lord of thunder,
who is the protector of all well-disposed suppliM
Pontonous then mixed wine and water, and handed it round after giving
every man his drink-offering. When they had made their offerings,
and had drunk each as much as he was minded, Alcinous said:
"Aldermen and town councillors of the Phaeacians, hear my words. You
have had your supper, so now go home to bed. To-morrow morning I shall
invite a still larger number of aldermen, and will give a sacrificial
banquet in honour of our guest; we can then discuss the question of
his escort, and consider hM
ow we may at once send him back rejoicing
to his own country without trouble or inconvenience to himself, no
matter how distant it may be. We must see that he comes to no harm
while on his homeward journey, but when he is once at home he will
have to take the luck he was born with for better or worse like other
people. It is possible, however, that the stranger is one of the immortals
who has come down from heaven to visit us; but in this case the gods
are departing from their usual practice, for hitherto thM
themselves perfectly clear to us when we have been offering them hecatombs.
They come and sit at our feasts just like one of our selves, and if
any solitary wayfarer happens to stumble upon some one or other of
them, they affect no concealment, for we are as near of kin to the
gods as the Cyclopes and the savage giants are."
Then Ulysses said: "Pray, Alcinous, do not take any such notion into
your head. I have nothing of the immortal about me, neither in body
nor mind, and most resemble thosM
e among you who are the most afflicted.
Indeed, were I to tell you all that heaven has seen fit to lay upon
me, you would say that I was still worse off than they are. Nevertheless,
let me sup in spite of sorrow, for an empty stomach is a very importunate
thing, and thrusts itself on a man's notice no matter how dire is
his distress. I am in great trouble, yet it insists that I shall eat
and drink, bids me lay aside all memory of my sorrows and dwell only
on the due replenishing of itself. As for yourselves,M
and at break of day set about helping me to get home. I shall be content
to die if I may first once more behold my property, my bondsmen, and
all the greatness of my house."
Thus did he speak. Every one approved his saying, and agreed that
he should have his escort inasmuch as he had spoken reasonably. Then
when they had made their drink-offerings, and had drunk each as much
as he was minded they went home to bed every man in his own abode,
leaving Ulysses in the cloister with Arete aM
nd Alcinous while the
servants were taking the things away after supper. Arete was the first
to speak, for she recognized the shirt, cloak, and good clothes that
Ulysses was wearing, as the work of herself and of her maids; so she
said, "Stranger, before we go any further, there is a question I should
like to ask you. Who, and whence are you, and who gave you those clothes?
Did you not say you had come here from beyond the sea?"
And Ulysses answered, "It would be a long story Madam, were I to relate
ull the tale of my misfortunes, for the hand of heaven has been
laid heavy upon me; but as regards your question, there is an island
far away in the sea which is called 'the Ogygian.' Here dwells the
cunning and powerful goddess Calypso, daughter of Atlas. She lives
by herself far from all neighbours human or divine. Fortune, however,
me to her hearth all desolate and alone, for Jove struck my ship with
his thunderbolts, and broke it up in mid-ocean. My brave comrades
were drowned every man of them, but I stM
uck to the keel and was carried
hither and thither for the space of nine days, till at last during
the darkness of the tenth night the gods brought me to the Ogygian
island where the great goddess Calypso lives. She took me in and treated
me with the utmost kindness; indeed she wanted to make me immortal
that I might never grow old, but she could not persuade me to let
"I stayed with Calypso seven years straight on end, and watered the
good clothes she gave me with my tears during the whole tiM
at last when the eighth year came round she bade me depart of her
own free will, either because Jove had told her she must, or because
she had changed her mind. She sent me from her island on a raft, which
she provisioned with abundance of bread and wine. Moreover she gave
me good stout clothing, and sent me a wind that blew both warm and
fair. Days seven and ten did I sail over the sea, and on the eighteenth
I caught sight of the first outlines of the mountains upon your coast-
and glad indeed was M
I to set eyes upon them. Nevertheless there was
still much trouble in store for me, for at this point Neptune would
let me go no further, and raised a great storm against me; the sea
was so terribly high that I could no longer keep to my raft, which
went to pieces under the fury of the gale, and I had to swim for it,
till wind and current brought me to your shores.
"There I tried to land, but could not, for it was a bad place and
the waves dashed me against the rocks, so I again took to the sea
on till I came to a river that seemed the most likely landing
place, for there were no rocks and it was sheltered from the wind.
Here, then, I got out of the water and gathered my senses together
again. Night was coming on, so I left the river, and went into a thicket,
where I covered myself all over with leaves, and presently heaven
sent me off into a very deep sleep. Sick and sorry as I was I slept
among the leaves all night, and through the next day till afternoon,
when I woke as the sun was westering, anM
d saw your daughter's maid
servants playing upon the beach, and your daughter among them looking
like a goddess. I besought her aid, and she proved to be of an excellent
disposition, much more so than could be expected from so young a person-
for young people are apt to be thoughtless. She gave me plenty of
bread and wine, and when she had had me washed in the river she also
gave me the clothes in which you see me. Now, therefore, though it
has pained me to do so, I have told you the whole truth."
cinous said, "Stranger, it was very wrong of my daughter not
to bring you on at once to my house along with the maids, seeing that
she was the first person whose aid you asked."
"Pray do not scold her," replied Ulysses; "she is not to blame. She
did tell me to follow along with the maids, but I was ashamed and
afraid, for I thought you might perhaps be displeased if you saw me.
Every human being is sometimes a little suspicious and irritable."
"Stranger," replied Alcinous, "I am not the kind of man to gM
about nothing; it is always better to be reasonable; but by Father
Jove, Minerva, and Apollo, now that I see what kind of person you
are, and how much you think as I do, I wish you would stay here, marry
my daughter, and become my son-in-law. If you will stay I will give
you a house and an estate, but no one (heaven forbid) shall keep you
here against your own wish, and that you may be sure of this I will
attend to-morrow to the matter of your escort. You can sleep during
the whole voyage if you liM
ke, and the men shall sail you over smooth
waters either to your own home, or wherever you please, even though
it be a long way further off than Euboea, which those of my people
who saw it when they took yellow-haired Rhadamanthus to see Tityus
the son of Gaia, tell me is the furthest of any place- and yet they
did the whole voyage in a single day without distressing themselves,
and came back again afterwards. You will thus see how much my ships
excel all others, and what magnificent oarsmen my sailors are."M
Then was Ulysses glad and prayed aloud saying, "Father Jove, grant
that Alcinous may do all as he has said, for so he will win an imperishable
name among mankind, and at the same time I shall return to my country."
Thus did they converse. Then Arete told her maids to set a bed in
the room that was in the gatehouse, and make it with good red rugs,
and to spread coverlets on the top of them with woollen cloaks for
Ulysses to wear. The maids thereon went out with torches in their
hands, and when they had M
made the bed they came up to Ulysses and
said, "Rise, sir stranger, and come with us for your bed is ready,"
and glad indeed was he to go to his rest.
So Ulysses slept in a bed placed in a room over the echoing gateway;
but Alcinous lay in the inner part of the house, with the queen his
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Now when the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, Alcinous
and Ulysses both rose, and Alcinous led the M
way to the Phaecian place
of assembly, which was near the ships. When they got there they sat
down side by side on a seat of polished stone, while Minerva took
the form of one of Alcinous' servants, and went round the town in
order to help Ulysses to get home. She went up to the citizens, man
by man, and said, "Aldermen and town councillors of the Phaeacians,
come to the assembly all of you and listen to the stranger who has
just come off a long voyage to the house of King Alcinous; he looks
With these words she made them all want to come, and they flocked
to the assembly till seats and standing room were alike crowded. Every
one was struck with the appearance of Ulysses, for Minerva had beautified
him about the head and shoulders, making him look taller and stouter
than he really was, that he might impress the Phaecians favourably
as being a very remarkable man, and might come off well in the many
trials of skill to which they would challenge him. Then, when they
were got together, M
"Hear me," said he, "aldermen and town councillors of the Phaeacians,
that I may speak even as I am minded. This stranger, whoever he may
be, has found his way to my house from somewhere or other either East
or West. He wants an escort and wishes to have the matter settled.
Let us then get one ready for him, as we have done for others before
him; indeed, no one who ever yet came to my house has been able to
complain of me for not speeding on his way soon enough. Let us draw
e sea- one that has never yet made a voyage- and man
her with two and fifty of our smartest young sailors. Then when you
have made fast your oars each by his own seat, leave the ship and
come to my house to prepare a feast. I will find you in everything.
I am giving will these instructions to the young men who will form
the crew, for as regards you aldermen and town councillors, you will
join me in entertaining our guest in the cloisters. I can take no
excuses, and we will have Demodocus to sing to us; for tM
bard like him whatever he may choose to sing about."
Alcinous then led the way, and the others followed after, while a
servant went to fetch Demodocus. The fifty-two picked oarsmen went
to the sea shore as they had been told, and when they got there they
drew the ship into the water, got her mast and sails inside her, bound
the oars to the thole-pins with twisted thongs of leather, all in
due course, and spread the white sails aloft. They moored the vessel
a little way out from land, and then M
came on shore and went to the
house of King Alcinous. The outhouses, yards, and all the precincts
were filled with crowds of men in great multitudes both old and young;
and Alcinous killed them a dozen sheep, eight full grown pigs, and
two oxen. These they skinned and dressed so as to provide a magnificent
A servant presently led in the famous bard Demodocus, whom the muse
had dearly loved, but to whom she had given both good and evil, for
though she had endowed him with a divine gift of song, sM
him of his eyesight. Pontonous set a seat for him among the guests,
leaning it up against a bearing-post. He hung the lyre for him on
a peg over his head, and showed him where he was to feel for it with
his hands. He also set a fair table with a basket of victuals by his
side, and a cup of wine from which he might drink whenever he was
The company then laid their hands upon the good things that were before
them, but as soon as they had had enough to eat and drink, the muse
pired Demodocus to sing the feats of heroes, and more especially
a matter that was then in the mouths of all men, to wit, the quarrel
between Ulysses and Achilles, and the fierce words that they heaped
on one another as they gat together at a banquet. But Agamemnon was
glad when he heard his chieftains quarrelling with one another, for
Apollo had foretold him this at Pytho when he crossed the stone floor
to consult the oracle. Here was the beginning of the evil that by
the will of Jove fell both Danaans and M
Thus sang the bard, but Ulysses drew his purple mantle over his head
and covered his face, for he was ashamed to let the Phaeacians see
that he was weeping. When the bard left off singing he wiped the tears
from his eyes, uncovered his face, and, taking his cup, made a drink-offering
to the gods; but when the Phaeacians pressed Demodocus to sing further,
for they delighted in his lays, then Ulysses again drew his mantle
over his head and wept bitterly. No one noticed his distress except
, who was sitting near him, and heard the heavy sighs that
he was heaving. So he at once said, "Aldermen and town councillors
of the Phaeacians, we have had enough now, both of the feast, and
of the minstrelsy that is its due accompaniment; let us proceed therefore
to the athletic sports, so that our guest on his return home may be
able to tell his friends how much we surpass all other nations as
boxers, wrestlers, jumpers, and runners."
With these words he led the way, and the others followed after. A
ervant hung Demodocus's lyre on its peg for him, led him out of the
cloister, and set him on the same way as that along which all the
chief men of the Phaeacians were going to see the sports; a crowd
of several thousands of people followed them, and there were many
excellent competitors for all the prizes. Acroneos, Ocyalus, Elatreus,
Nauteus, Prymneus, Anchialus, Eretmeus, Ponteus, Proreus, Thoon, Anabesineus,
and Amphialus son of Polyneus son of Tecton. There was also Euryalus
son of Naubolus, who was likeM
Mars himself, and was the best looking
man among the Phaecians except Laodamas. Three sons of Alcinous, Laodamas,
Halios, and Clytoneus, competed also.
The foot races came first. The course was set out for them from the
starting post, and they raised a dust upon the plain as they all flew
forward at the same moment. Clytoneus came in first by a long way;
he left every one else behind him by the length of the furrow that
a couple of mules can plough in a fallow field. They then turned to
of wrestling, and here Euryalus proved to be the best
man. Amphialus excelled all the others in jumping, while at throwing
the disc there was no one who could approach Elatreus. Alcinous's
son Laodamas was the best boxer, and he it was who presently said,
when they had all been diverted with the games, "Let us ask the stranger
whether he excels in any of these sports; he seems very powerfully
built; his thighs, claves, hands, and neck are of prodigious strength,
nor is he at all old, but he has suffered muchM
lately, and there is
nothing like the sea for making havoc with a man, no matter how strong
"You are quite right, Laodamas," replied Euryalus, "go up to your
guest and speak to him about it yourself."
When Laodamas heard this he made his way into the middle of the crowd
and said to Ulysses, "I hope, Sir, that you will enter yourself for
some one or other of our competitions if you are skilled in any of
them- and you must have gone in for many a one before now. There is
nothing that does any M
one so much credit all his life long as the
showing himself a proper man with his hands and feet. Have a try therefore
at something, and banish all sorrow from your mind. Your return home
will not be long delayed, for the ship is already drawn into the water,
and the crew is found."
Ulysses answered, "Laodamas, why do you taunt me in this way? my mind
is set rather on cares than contests; I have been through infinite
trouble, and am come among you now as a suppliant, praying your king
and people to furthM
er me on my return home."
Then Euryalus reviled him outright and said, "I gather, then, that
you are unskilled in any of the many sports that men generally delight
in. I suppose you are one of those grasping traders that go about
in ships as captains or merchants, and who think of nothing but of
their outward freights and homeward cargoes. There does not seem to
be much of the athlete about you."
"For shame, Sir," answered Ulysses, fiercely, "you are an insolent
fellow- so true is it that the gods do M
not grace all men alike in
speech, person, and understanding. One man may be of weak presence,
but heaven has adorned this with such a good conversation that he
charms every one who sees him; his honeyed moderation carries his
hearers with him so that he is leader in all assemblies of his fellows,
and wherever he goes he is looked up to. Another may be as handsome
as a god, but his good looks are not crowned with discretion. This
is your case. No god could make a finer looking fellow than you are,
re a fool. Your ill-judged remarks have made me exceedingly
angry, and you are quite mistaken, for I excel in a great many athletic
exercises; indeed, so long as I had youth and strength, I was among
the first athletes of the age. Now, however, I am worn out by labour
and sorrow, for I have gone through much both on the field of battle
and by the waves of the weary sea; still, in spite of all this I will
compete, for your taunts have stung me to the quick."
So he hurried up without even taking his cloak oM
ff, and seized a disc,
larger, more massive and much heavier than those used by the Phaeacians
when disc-throwing among themselves. Then, swinging it back, he threw
it from his brawny hand, and it made a humming sound in the air as
he did so. The Phaeacians quailed beneath the rushing of its flight
as it sped gracefully from his hand, and flew beyond any mark that
had been made yet. Minerva, in the form of a man, came and marked
the place where it had fallen. "A blind man, Sir," said she, "could
your mark by groping for it- it is so far ahead of any
other. You may make your mind easy about this contest, for no Phaeacian
can come near to such a throw as yours."
Ulysses was glad when he found he had a friend among the lookers-on,
so he began to speak more pleasantly. "Young men," said he, "come
up to that throw if you can, and I will throw another disc as heavy
or even heavier. If anyone wants to have a bout with me let him come
on, for I am exceedingly angry; I will box, wrestle, or run, I do
t care what it is, with any man of you all except Laodamas, but
not with him because I am his guest, and one cannot compete with one's
own personal friend. At least I do not think it a prudent or a sensible
thing for a guest to challenge his host's family at any game, especially
when he is in a foreign country. He will cut the ground from under
his own feet if he does; but I make no exception as regards any one
else, for I want to have the matter out and know which is the best
man. I am a good hand at every M
kind of athletic sport known among
mankind. I am an excellent archer. In battle I am always the first
to bring a man down with my arrow, no matter how many more are taking
aim at him alongside of me. Philoctetes was the only man who could
shoot better than I could when we Achaeans were before Troy and in
practice. I far excel every one else in the whole world, of those
who still eat bread upon the face of the earth, but I should not like
to shoot against the mighty dead, such as Hercules, or Eurytus the
halian-men who could shoot against the gods themselves. This in
fact was how Eurytus came prematurely by his end, for Apollo was angry
with him and killed him because he challenged him as an archer. I
can throw a dart farther than any one else can shoot an arrow. Running
is the only point in respect of which I am afraid some of the Phaecians
might beat me, for I have been brought down very low at sea; my provisions
ran short, and therefore I am still weak."
They all held their peace except King Alcinous, M
have had much pleasure in hearing all that you have told us, from
which I understand that you are willing to show your prowess, as having
been displeased with some insolent remarks that have been made to
you by one of our athletes, and which could never have been uttered
by any one who knows how to talk with propriety. I hope you will apprehend
my meaning, and will explain to any be one of your chief men who may
be dining with yourself and your family when you get home, that we
ereditary aptitude for accomplishments of all kinds. We are
not particularly remarkable for our boxing, nor yet as wrestlers,
but we are singularly fleet of foot and are excellent sailors. We
are extremely fond of good dinners, music, and dancing; we also like
frequent changes of linen, warm baths, and good beds, so now, please,
some of you who are the best dancers set about dancing, that our guest
on his return home may be able to tell his friends how much we surpass
all other nations as sailors, runners, dM
ancers, minstrels. Demodocus
has left his lyre at my house, so run some one or other of you and
On this a servant hurried off to bring the lyre from the king's house,
and the nine men who had been chosen as stewards stood forward. It
was their business to manage everything connected with the sports,
so they made the ground smooth and marked a wide space for the dancers.
Presently the servant came back with Demodocus's lyre, and he took
his place in the midst of them, whereon the best yM
the town began to foot and trip it so nimbly that Ulysses was delighted
with the merry twinkling of their feet.
Meanwhile the bard began to sing the loves of Mars and Venus, and
how they first began their intrigue in the house of Vulcan. Mars made
Venus many presents, and defiled King Vulcan's marriage bed, so the
sun, who saw what they were about, told Vulcan. Vulcan was very angry
when he heard such dreadful news, so he went to his smithy brooding
mischief, got his great anvil into its M
place, and began to forge some
chains which none could either unloose or break, so that they might
stay there in that place. When he had finished his snare he went into
his bedroom and festooned the bed-posts all over with chains like
cobwebs; he also let many hang down from the great beam of the ceiling.
Not even a god could see them, so fine and subtle were they. As soon
as he had spread the chains all over the bed, he made as though he
were setting out for the fair state of Lemnos, which of all places
the world was the one he was most fond of. But Mars kept no blind
look out, and as soon as he saw him start, hurried off to his house,
burning with love for Venus.
Now Venus was just come in from a visit to her father Jove, and was
about sitting down when Mars came inside the house, an said as he
took her hand in his own, "Let us go to the couch of Vulcan: he is
not at home, but is gone off to Lemnos among the Sintians, whose speech
She was nothing loth, so they went to the couch to taM
whereon they were caught in the toils which cunning Vulcan had spread
for them, and could neither get up nor stir hand or foot, but found
too late that they were in a trap. Then Vulcan came up to them, for
he had turned back before reaching Lemnos, when his scout the sun
told him what was going on. He was in a furious passion, and stood
in the vestibule making a dreadful noise as he shouted to all the
"Father Jove," he cried, "and all you other blessed gods who live
ere and see the ridiculous and disgraceful sight that
I will show you. Jove's daughter Venus is always dishonouring me because
I am lame. She is in love with Mars, who is handsome and clean built,
whereas I am a cripple- but my parents are to blame for that, not
I; they ought never to have begotten me. Come and see the pair together
asleep on my bed. It makes me furious to look at them. They are very
fond of one another, but I do not think they will lie there longer
than they can help, nor do I think that thM
ey will sleep much; there,
however, they shall stay till her father has repaid me the sum I gave
him for his baggage of a daughter, who is fair but not honest."
On this the gods gathered to the house of Vulcan. Earth-encircling
Neptune came, and Mercury the bringer of luck, and King Apollo, but
the goddesses stayed at home all of them for shame. Then the givers
of all good things stood in the doorway, and the blessed gods roared
with inextinguishable laughter, as they saw how cunning Vulcan had
eon one would turn towards his neighbour saying:
"Ill deeds do not prosper, and the weak confound the strong. See how
limping Vulcan, lame as he is, has caught Mars who is the fleetest
god in heaven; and now Mars will be cast in heavy damages."
Thus did they converse, but King Apollo said to Mercury, "Messenger
Mercury, giver of good things, you would not care how strong the chains
were, would you, if you could sleep with Venus?"
"King Apollo," answered Mercury, "I only wish I might get the chance,
hough there were three times as many chains- and you might look on,
all of you, gods and goddesses, but would sleep with her if I could."
The immortal gods burst out laughing as they heard him, but Neptune
took it all seriously, and kept on imploring Vulcan to set Mars free
again. "Let him go," he cried, "and I will undertake, as you require,
that he shall pay you all the damages that are held reasonable among
the immortal gods."
"Do not," replied Vulcan, "ask me to do this; a bad man's bond is
urity; what remedy could I enforce against you if Mars should
go away and leave his debts behind him along with his chains?"
"Vulcan," said Neptune, "if Mars goes away without paying his damages,
I will pay you myself." So Vulcan answered, "In this case I cannot
and must not refuse you."
Thereon he loosed the bonds that bound them, and as soon as they were
free they scampered off, Mars to Thrace and laughter-loving Venus
to Cyprus and to Paphos, where is her grove and her altar fragrant
rings. Here the Graces hathed her, and anointed her
with oil of ambrosia such as the immortal gods make use of, and they
clothed her in raiment of the most enchanting beauty.
Thus sang the bard, and both Ulysses and the seafaring Phaeacians
were charmed as they heard him.
Then Alcinous told Laodamas and Halius to dance alone, for there was
no one to compete with them. So they took a red ball which Polybus
had made for them, and one of them bent himself backwards and threw
it up towards the clouds, whiM
le the other jumped from off the ground
and caught it with ease before it came down again. When they had done
throwing the ball straight up into the air they began to dance, and
at the same time kept on throwing it backwards and forwards to one
another, while all the young men in the ring applauded and made a
great stamping with their feet. Then Ulysses said:
"King Alcinous, you said your people were the nimblest dancers in
the world, and indeed they have proved themselves to be so. I was
The king was delighted at this, and exclaimed to the Phaecians "Aldermen
and town councillors, our guest seems to be a person of singular judgement;
let us give him such proof of our hospitality as he may reasonably
expect. There are twelve chief men among you, and counting myself
there are thirteen; contribute, each of you, a clean cloak, a shirt,
and a talent of fine gold; let us give him all this in a lump down
at once, so that when he gets his supper he may do so with a light
r Euryalus he will have to make a formal apology and a
present too, for he has been rude."
Thus did he speak. The others all of them applauded his saying, and
sent their servants to fetch the presents. Then Euryalus said, "King
Alcinous, I will give the stranger all the satisfaction you require.
He shall have sword, which is of bronze, all but the hilt, which is
of silver. I will also give him the scabbard of newly sawn ivory into
which it fits. It will be worth a great deal to him."
aced the sword in the hands of Ulysses and said,
"Good luck to you, father stranger; if anything has been said amiss
may the winds blow it away with them, and may heaven grant you a safe
return, for I understand you have been long away from home, and have
gone through much hardship."
To which Ulysses answered, "Good luck to you too my friend, and may
the gods grant you every happiness. I hope you will not miss the sword
you have given me along with your apology."
With these words he girded the sword aM
bout his shoulders and towards
sundown the presents began to make their appearance, as the servants
of the donors kept bringing them to the house of King Alcinous; here
his sons received them, and placed them under their mother's charge.
Then Alcinous led the way to the house and bade his guests take their
"Wife," said he, turning to Queen Arete, "Go, fetch the best chest
we have, and put a clean cloak and shirt in it. Also, set a copper
on the fire and heat some water; our guest will take a warm M
see also to the careful packing of the presents that the noble Phaeacians
have made him; he will thus better enjoy both his supper and the singing
that will follow. I shall myself give him this golden goblet- which
is of exquisite workmanship- that he may be reminded of me for the
rest of his life whenever he makes a drink-offering to Jove, or to
Then Arete told her maids to set a large tripod upon the fire as fast
as they could, whereon they set a tripod full of bath water on to
a clear fire; they threw on sticks to make it blaze, and the water
became hot as the flame played about the belly of the tripod. Meanwhile
Arete brought a magnificent chest her own room, and inside it she
packed all the beautiful presents of gold and raiment which the Phaeacians
had brought. Lastly she added a cloak and a good shirt from Alcinous,
and said to Ulysses:
"See to the lid yourself, and have the whole bound round at once,
for fear any one should rob you by the way when you are asleep in
When Ulysses heard this he put the lid on the chest and made it fast
with a bond that Circe had taught him. He had done so before an upper
servant told him to come to the bath and wash himself. He was very
glad of a warm bath, for he had had no one to wait upon him ever since
he left the house of Calypso, who as long as he remained with her
had taken as good care of him as though he had been a god. When the
servants had done washing and anointing him with oil, and had given
him a clean cloak and sM
hirt, he left the bath room and joined the
guests who were sitting over their wine. Lovely Nausicaa stood by
one of the bearing-posts supporting the roof if the cloister, and
admired him as she saw him pass. "Farewell stranger," said she, "do
not forget me when you are safe at home again, for it is to me first
that you owe a ransom for having saved your life."
And Ulysses said, "Nausicaa, daughter of great Alcinous, may Jove
the mighty husband of Juno, grant that I may reach my home; so shall
as my guardian angel all my days, for it was you who saved
When he had said this, he seated himself beside Alcinous. Supper was
then served, and the wine was mixed for drinking. A servant led in
the favourite bard Demodocus, and set him in the midst of the company,
near one of the bearing-posts supporting the cloister, that he might
lean against it. Then Ulysses cut off a piece of roast pork with plenty
of fat (for there was abundance left on the joint) and said to a servant,
"Take this piece of poM
rk over to Demodocus and tell him to eat it;
for all the pain his lays may cause me I will salute him none the
less; bards are honoured and respected throughout the world, for the
muse teaches them their songs and loves them."
The servant carried the pork in his fingers over to Demodocus, who
took it and was very much pleased. They then laid their hands on the
good things that were before them, and as soon as they had had to
eat and drink, Ulysses said to Demodocus, "Demodocus, there is no
ld whom I admire more than I do you. You must have studied
under the Muse, Jove's daughter, and under Apollo, so accurately do
you sing the return of the Achaeans with all their sufferings and
adventures. If you were not there yourself, you must have heard it
all from some one who was. Now, however, change your song and tell
us of the wooden horse which Epeus made with the assistance of Minerva,
and which Ulysses got by stratagem into the fort of Troy after freighting
it with the men who afterwards sacked thM
e city. If you will sing this
tale aright I will tell all the world how magnificently heaven has
The bard inspired of heaven took up the story at the point where some
of the Argives set fire to their tents and sailed away while others,
hidden within the horse, were waiting with Ulysses in the Trojan place
of assembly. For the Trojans themselves had drawn the horse into their
fortress, and it stood there while they sat in council round it, and
were in three minds as to what they should do. SM
ome were for breaking
it up then and there; others would have it dragged to the top of the
rock on which the fortress stood, and then thrown down the precipice;
while yet others were for letting it remain as an offering and propitiation
for the gods. And this was how they settled it in the end, for the
city was doomed when it took in that horse, within which were all
the bravest of the Argives waiting to bring death and destruction
on the Trojans. Anon he sang how the sons of the Achaeans issued from
rse, and sacked the town, breaking out from their ambuscade.
He sang how they over ran the city hither and thither and ravaged
it, and how Ulysses went raging like Mars along with Menelaus to the
house of Deiphobus. It was there that the fight raged most furiously,
nevertheless by Minerva's help he was victorious.
All this he told, but Ulysses was overcome as he heard him, and his
cheeks were wet with tears. He wept as a woman weeps when she throws
herself on the body of her husband who has fallen before M
and people, fighting bravely in defence of his home and children.
She screams aloud and flings her arms about him as he lies gasping
for breath and dying, but her enemies beat her from behind about the
back and shoulders, and carry her off into slavery, to a life of labour
and sorrow, and the beauty fades from her cheeks- even so piteously
did Ulysses weep, but none of those present perceived his tears except
Alcinous, who was sitting near him, and could hear the sobs and sighs
ing. The king, therefore, at once rose and said:
"Aldermen and town councillors of the Phaeacians, let Demodocus cease
his song, for there are those present who do not seem to like it.
From the moment that we had done supper and Demodocus began to sing,
our guest has been all the time groaning and lamenting. He is evidently
in great trouble, so let the bard leave off, that we may all enjoy
ourselves, hosts and guest alike. This will be much more as it should
be, for all these festivities, with the escort aM
nd the presents that
we are making with so much good will, are wholly in his honour, and
any one with even a moderate amount of right feeling knows that he
ought to treat a guest and a suppliant as though he were his own brother.
"Therefore, Sir, do you on your part affect no more concealment nor
reserve in the matter about which I shall ask you; it will be more
polite in you to give me a plain answer; tell me the name by which
your father and mother over yonder used to call you, and by which
wn among your neighbours and fellow-citizens. There is
no one, neither rich nor poor, who is absolutely without any name
whatever, for people's fathers and mothers give them names as soon
as they are born. Tell me also your country, nation, and city, that
our ships may shape their purpose accordingly and take you there.
For the Phaeacians have no pilots; their vessels have no rudders as
those of other nations have, but the ships themselves understand what
it is that we are thinking about and want; they know M
and countries in the whole world, and can traverse the sea just as
well even when it is covered with mist and cloud, so that there is
no danger of being wrecked or coming to any harm. Still I do remember
hearing my father say that Neptune was angry with us for being too
easy-going in the matter of giving people escorts. He said that one
of these days he should wreck a ship of ours as it was returning from
having escorted some one, and bury our city under a high mountain.
This is what my used M
to say, but whether the god will carry out his
threat or no is a matter which he will decide for himself.
"And now, tell me and tell me true. Where have you been wandering,
and in what countries have you travelled? Tell us of the peoples themselves,
and of their cities- who were hostile, savage and uncivilized, and
who, on the other hand, hospitable and humane. Tell us also why you
are made unhappy on hearing about the return of the Argive Danaans
from Troy. The gods arranged all this, and sent them their M
in order that future generations might have something to sing about.
Did you lose some brave kinsman of your wife's when you were before
Troy? a son-in-law or father-in-law- which are the nearest relations
a man has outside his own flesh and blood? or was it some brave and
kindly-natured comrade- for a good friend is as dear to a man as his
----------------------------------------------------------------------
And Ulysses answered, "King Alcinous, it is a good thingM
a bard with such a divine voice as this man has. There is nothing
better or more delightful than when a whole people make merry together,
with the guests sitting orderly to listen, while the table is loaded
with bread and meats, and the cup-bearer draws wine and fills his
cup for every man. This is indeed as fair a sight as a man can see.
Now, however, since you are inclined to ask the story of my sorrows,
and rekindle my own sad memories in respect of them, I do not know
how to begin, nor yet how M
to continue and conclude my tale, for the
hand of heaven has been laid heavily upon me.
"Firstly, then, I will tell you my name that you too may know it,
and one day, if I outlive this time of sorrow, may become my there
guests though I live so far away from all of you. I am Ulysses son
of Laertes, reknowned among mankind for all manner of subtlety, so
that my fame ascends to heaven. I live in Ithaca, where there is a
high mountain called Neritum, covered with forests; and not far from
p of islands very near to one another- Dulichium,
Same, and the wooded island of Zacynthus. It lies squat on the horizon,
all highest up in the sea towards the sunset, while the others lie
away from it towards dawn. It is a rugged island, but it breeds brave
men, and my eyes know none that they better love to look upon. The
goddess Calypso kept me with her in her cave, and wanted me to marry
her, as did also the cunning Aeaean goddess Circe; but they could
neither of them persuade me, for there is nothing deM
than his own country and his parents, and however splendid a home
he may have in a foreign country, if it be far from father or mother,
he does not care about it. Now, however, I will tell you of the many
hazardous adventures which by Jove's will I met with on my return
"When I had set sail thence the wind took me first to Ismarus, which
is the city of the Cicons. There I sacked the town and put the people
to the sword. We took their wives and also much booty, which we divided
quitably amongst us, so that none might have reason to complain.
I then said that we had better make off at once, but my men very foolishly
would not obey me, so they stayed there drinking much wine and killing
great numbers of sheep and oxen on the sea shore. Meanwhile the Cicons
cried out for help to other Cicons who lived inland. These were more
in number, and stronger, and they were more skilled in the art of
war, for they could fight, either from chariots or on foot as the
occasion served; in the morninM
g, therefore, they came as thick as
leaves and bloom in summer, and the hand of heaven was against us,
so that we were hard pressed. They set the battle in array near the
ships, and the hosts aimed their bronze-shod spears at one another.
So long as the day waxed and it was still morning, we held our own
against them, though they were more in number than we; but as the
sun went down, towards the time when men loose their oxen, the Cicons
got the better of us, and we lost half a dozen men from every ship
had; so we got away with those that were left.
"Thence we sailed onward with sorrow in our hearts, but glad to have
escaped death though we had lost our comrades, nor did we leave till
we had thrice invoked each one of the poor fellows who had perished
by the hands of the Cicons. Then Jove raised the North wind against
us till it blew a hurricane, so that land and sky were hidden in thick
clouds, and night sprang forth out of the heavens. We let the ships
run before the gale, but the force of the wind torM
e our sails to tatters,
so we took them down for fear of shipwreck, and rowed our hardest
towards the land. There we lay two days and two nights suffering much
alike from toil and distress of mind, but on the morning of the third
day we again raised our masts, set sail, and took our places, letting
the wind and steersmen direct our ship. I should have got home at
that time unharmed had not the North wind and the currents been against
me as I was doubling Cape Malea, and set me off my course hard by
"I was driven thence by foul winds for a space of nine days upon the
sea, but on the tenth day we reached the land of the Lotus-eater,
who live on a food that comes from a kind of flower. Here we landed
to take in fresh water, and our crews got their mid-day meal on the
shore near the ships. When they had eaten and drunk I sent two of
my company to see what manner of men the people of the place might
be, and they had a third man under them. They started at once, and
went about among the LoM
tus-eaters, who did them no hurt, but gave
them to eat of the lotus, which was so delicious that those who ate
of it left off caring about home, and did not even want to go back
and say what had happened to them, but were for staying and munching
lotus with the Lotus-eater without thinking further of their return;
nevertheless, though they wept bitterly I forced them back to the
ships and made them fast under the benches. Then I told the rest to
go on board at once, lest any of them should taste of the lotusM
leave off wanting to get home, so they took their places and smote
the grey sea with their oars.
"We sailed hence, always in much distress, till we came to the land
of the lawless and inhuman Cyclopes. Now the Cyclopes neither plant
nor plough, but trust in providence, and live on such wheat, barley,
and grapes as grow wild without any kind of tillage, and their wild
grapes yield them wine as the sun and the rain may grow them. They
have no laws nor assemblies of the people, but live in caves on theM
tops of high mountains; each is lord and master in his family, and
they take no account of their neighbours.
"Now off their harbour there lies a wooded and fertile island not
quite close to the land of the Cyclopes, but still not far. It is
overrun with wild goats, that breed there in great numbers and are
never disturbed by foot of man; for sportsmen- who as a rule will
suffer so much hardship in forest or among mountain precipices- do
not go there, nor yet again is it ever ploughed or fed down, but itM
lies a wilderness untilled and unsown from year to year, and has no
living thing upon it but only goats. For the Cyclopes have no ships,
nor yet shipwrights who could make ships for them; they cannot therefore
go from city to city, or sail over the sea to one another's country
as people who have ships can do; if they had had these they would
have colonized the island, for it is a very good one, and would yield
everything in due season. There are meadows that in some places come
right down to the sea shore,M
well watered and full of luscious grass;
grapes would do there excellently; there is level land for ploughing,
and it would always yield heavily at harvest time, for the soil is
deep. There is a good harbour where no cables are wanted, nor yet
anchors, nor need a ship be moored, but all one has to do is to beach
one's vessel and stay there till the wind becomes fair for putting
out to sea again. At the head of the harbour there is a spring of
clear water coming out of a cave, and there are poplars growing aM
"Here we entered, but so dark was the night that some god must have
brought us in, for there was nothing whatever to be seen. A thick
mist hung all round our ships; the moon was hidden behind a mass of
clouds so that no one could have seen the island if he had looked
for it, nor were there any breakers to tell us we were close in shore
before we found ourselves upon the land itself; when, however, we
had beached the ships, we took down the sails, went ashore and camped
upon the beach till dM
"When the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, we admired
the island and wandered all over it, while the nymphs Jove's daughters
roused the wild goats that we might get some meat for our dinner.
On this we fetched our spears and bows and arrows from the ships,
and dividing ourselves into three bands began to shoot the goats.
Heaven sent us excellent sport; I had twelve ships with me, and each
ship got nine goats, while my own ship had ten; thus through the livelong
day to the going doM
wn of the sun we ate and drank our fill,- and we
had plenty of wine left, for each one of us had taken many jars full
when we sacked the city of the Cicons, and this had not yet run out.
While we were feasting we kept turning our eyes towards the land of
the Cyclopes, which was hard by, and saw the smoke of their stubble
fires. We could almost fancy we heard their voices and the bleating
of their sheep and goats, but when the sun went down and it came on
dark, we camped down upon the beach, and next morning M
"'Stay here, my brave fellows,' said I, 'all the rest of you, while
I go with my ship and exploit these people myself: I want to see if
they are uncivilized savages, or a hospitable and humane race.'
"I went on board, bidding my men to do so also and loose the hawsers;
so they took their places and smote the grey sea with their oars.
When we got to the land, which was not far, there, on the face of
a cliff near the sea, we saw a great cave overhung with laurels. It
a great many sheep and goats, and outside there
was a large yard, with a high wall round it made of stones built into
the ground and of trees both pine and oak. This was the abode of a
huge monster who was then away from home shepherding his flocks. He
would have nothing to do with other people, but led the life of an
outlaw. He was a horrid creature, not like a human being at all, but
resembling rather some crag that stands out boldly against the sky
on the top of a high mountain.
"I told my men to drawM
the ship ashore, and stay where they were,
all but the twelve best among them, who were to go along with myself.
I also took a goatskin of sweet black wine which had been given me
by Maron, Apollo son of Euanthes, who was priest of Apollo the patron
god of Ismarus, and lived within the wooded precincts of the temple.
When we were sacking the city we respected him, and spared his life,
as also his wife and child; so he made me some presents of great value-
seven talents of fine gold, and a bowl of silver, wiM
of sweet wine, unblended, and of the most exquisite flavour. Not a
man nor maid in the house knew about it, but only himself, his wife,
and one housekeeper: when he drank it he mixed twenty parts of water
to one of wine, and yet the fragrance from the mixing-bowl was so
exquisite that it was impossible to refrain from drinking. I filled
a large skin with this wine, and took a wallet full of provisions
with me, for my mind misgave me that I might have to deal with some
savage who would be of gM
reat strength, and would respect neither right
"We soon reached his cave, but he was out shepherding, so we went
inside and took stock of all that we could see. His cheese-racks were
loaded with cheeses, and he had more lambs and kids than his pens
could hold. They were kept in separate flocks; first there were the
hoggets, then the oldest of the younger lambs and lastly the very
young ones all kept apart from one another; as for his dairy, all
the vessels, bowls, and milk pails into which he miM
with whey. When they saw all this, my men begged me to let them first
steal some cheeses, and make off with them to the ship; they would
then return, drive down the lambs and kids, put them on board and
sail away with them. It would have been indeed better if we had done
so but I would not listen to them, for I wanted to see the owner himself,
in the hope that he might give me a present. When, however, we saw
him my poor men found him ill to deal with.
"We lit a fire, offered some of M
the cheeses in sacrifice, ate others
of them, and then sat waiting till the Cyclops should come in with
his sheep. When he came, he brought in with him a huge load of dry
firewood to light the fire for his supper, and this he flung with
such a noise on to the floor of his cave that we hid ourselves for
fear at the far end of the cavern. Meanwhile he drove all the ewes
inside, as well as the she-goats that he was going to milk, leaving
the males, both rams and he-goats, outside in the yards. Then he rolled
huge stone to the mouth of the cave- so huge that two and twenty
strong four-wheeled waggons would not be enough to draw it from its
place against the doorway. When he had so done he sat down and milked
his ewes and goats, all in due course, and then let each of them have
her own young. He curdled half the milk and set it aside in wicker
strainers, but the other half he poured into bowls that he might drink
it for his supper. When he had got through with all his work, he lit
the fire, and then caught sight M
of us, whereon he said:
"'Strangers, who are you? Where do sail from? Are you traders, or
do you sail the as rovers, with your hands against every man, and
every man's hand against you?'
"We were frightened out of our senses by his loud voice and monstrous
form, but I managed to say, 'We are Achaeans on our way home from
Troy, but by the will of Jove, and stress of weather, we have been
driven far out of our course. We are the people of Agamemnon, son
of Atreus, who has won infinite renown throughout M
by sacking so great a city and killing so many people. We therefore
humbly pray you to show us some hospitality, and otherwise make us
such presents as visitors may reasonably expect. May your excellency
fear the wrath of heaven, for we are your suppliants, and Jove takes
all respectable travellers under his protection, for he is the avenger
of all suppliants and foreigners in distress.'
"To this he gave me but a pitiless answer, 'Stranger,' said he, 'you
are a fool, or else you know notM
hing of this country. Talk to me,
indeed, about fearing the gods or shunning their anger? We Cyclopes
do not care about Jove or any of your blessed gods, for we are ever
so much stronger than they. I shall not spare either yourself or your
companions out of any regard for Jove, unless I am in the humour for
doing so. And now tell me where you made your ship fast when you came
on shore. Was it round the point, or is she lying straight off the
"He said this to draw me out, but I was too cunning to bM
that way, so I answered with a lie; 'Neptune,' said I, 'sent my ship
on to the rocks at the far end of your country, and wrecked it. We
were driven on to them from the open sea, but I and those who are
with me escaped the jaws of death.'
"The cruel wretch vouchsafed me not one word of answer, but with a
sudden clutch he gripped up two of my men at once and dashed them
down upon the ground as though they had been puppies. Their brains
were shed upon the ground, and the earth was wet with theirM
Then he tore them limb from limb and supped upon them. He gobbled
them up like a lion in the wilderness, flesh, bones, marrow, and entrails,
without leaving anything uneaten. As for us, we wept and lifted up
our hands to heaven on seeing such a horrid sight, for we did not
know what else to do; but when the Cyclops had filled his huge paunch,
and had washed down his meal of human flesh with a drink of neat milk,
he stretched himself full length upon the ground among his sheep,
and went to sleep. I wM
as at first inclined to seize my sword, draw
it, and drive it into his vitals, but I reflected that if I did we
should all certainly be lost, for we should never be able to shift
the stone which the monster had put in front of the door. So we stayed
sobbing and sighing where we were till morning came.
"When the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, he again
lit his fire, milked his goats and ewes, all quite rightly, and then
let each have her own young one; as soon as he had got through with
l his work, he clutched up two more of my men, and began eating
them for his morning's meal. Presently, with the utmost ease, he rolled
the stone away from the door and drove out his sheep, but he at once
put it back again- as easily as though he were merely clapping the
lid on to a quiver full of arrows. As soon as he had done so he shouted,
and cried 'Shoo, shoo,' after his sheep to drive them on to the mountain;
so I was left to scheme some way of taking my revenge and covering
the end I deemed it would be the best plan to do as follows. The
Cyclops had a great club which was lying near one of the sheep pens;
it was of green olive wood, and he had cut it intending to use it
for a staff as soon as it should be dry. It was so huge that we could
only compare it to the mast of a twenty-oared merchant vessel of large
burden, and able to venture out into open sea. I went up to this club
and cut off about six feet of it; I then gave this piece to the men
and told them to fine it evenly ofM
f at one end, which they proceeded
to do, and lastly I brought it to a point myself, charring the end
in the fire to make it harder. When I had done this I hid it under
dung, which was lying about all over the cave, and told the men to
cast lots which of them should venture along with myself to lift it
and bore it into the monster's eye while he was asleep. The lot fell
upon the very four whom I should have chosen, and I myself made five.
In the evening the wretch came back from shepherding, and drove his
locks into the cave- this time driving them all inside, and not leaving
any in the yards; I suppose some fancy must have taken him, or a god
must have prompted him to do so. As soon as he had put the stone back
to its place against the door, he sat down, milked his ewes and his
goats all quite rightly, and then let each have her own young one;
when he had got through with all this work, he gripped up two more
of my men, and made his supper off them. So I went up to him with
an ivy-wood bowl of black wine in M
"'Look here, Cyclops,' said I, you have been eating a great deal of
man's flesh, so take this and drink some wine, that you may see what
kind of liquor we had on board my ship. I was bringing it to you as
a drink-offering, in the hope that you would take compassion upon
me and further me on my way home, whereas all you do is to go on ramping
and raving most intolerably. You ought to be ashamed yourself; how
can you expect people to come see you any more if you treat them in
hen took the cup and drank. He was so delighted with the taste
of the wine that he begged me for another bowl full. 'Be so kind,'
he said, 'as to give me some more, and tell me your name at once.
I want to make you a present that you will be glad to have. We have
wine even in this country, for our soil grows grapes and the sun ripens
them, but this drinks like nectar and ambrosia all in one.'
"I then gave him some more; three times did I fill the bowl for him,
and three times did he drain it without thoughM
t or heed; then, when
I saw that the wine had got into his head, I said to him as plausibly
as I could: 'Cyclops, you ask my name and I will tell it you; give
me, therefore, the present you promised me; my name is Noman; this
is what my father and mother and my friends have always called me.'
"But the cruel wretch said, 'Then I will eat all Noman's comrades
before Noman himself, and will keep Noman for the last. This is the
present that I will make him.'
As he spoke he reeled, and fell sprawling face uM
pwards on the ground.
His great neck hung heavily backwards and a deep sleep took hold upon
him. Presently he turned sick, and threw up both wine and the gobbets
of human flesh on which he had been gorging, for he was very drunk.
Then I thrust the beam of wood far into the embers to heat it, and
encouraged my men lest any of them should turn faint-hearted. When
the wood, green though it was, was about to blaze, I drew it out of
the fire glowing with heat, and my men gathered round me, for heaven
their hearts with courage. We drove the sharp end of the
beam into the monster's eye, and bearing upon it with all my weight
I kept turning it round and round as though I were boring a hole in
a ship's plank with an auger, which two men with a wheel and strap
can keep on turning as long as they choose. Even thus did we bore
the red hot beam into his eye, till the boiling blood bubbled all
over it as we worked it round and round, so that the steam from the
burning eyeball scalded his eyelids and eyebrows, andM
the eye sputtered in the fire. As a blacksmith plunges an axe or hatchet
into cold water to temper it- for it is this that gives strength to
the iron- and it makes a great hiss as he does so, even thus did the
Cyclops' eye hiss round the beam of olive wood, and his hideous yells
made the cave ring again. We ran away in a fright, but he plucked
the beam all besmirched with gore from his eye, and hurled it from
him in a frenzy of rage and pain, shouting as he did so to the other
ed on the bleak headlands near him; so they gathered
from all quarters round his cave when they heard him crying, and asked
what was the matter with him.
"'What ails you, Polyphemus,' said they, 'that you make such a noise,
breaking the stillness of the night, and preventing us from being
able to sleep? Surely no man is carrying off your sheep? Surely no
man is trying to kill you either by fraud or by force?
"But Polyphemus shouted to them from inside the cave, 'Noman is killing
me by fraud! Noman is M
killing me by force!'
"'Then,' said they, 'if no man is attacking you, you must be ill;
when Jove makes people ill, there is no help for it, and you had better
pray to your father Neptune.'
"Then they went away, and I laughed inwardly at the success of my
clever stratagem, but the Cyclops, groaning and in an agony of pain,
felt about with his hands till he found the stone and took it from
the door; then he sat in the doorway and stretched his hands in front
of it to catch anyone going out with the sheM
ep, for he thought I might
be foolish enough to attempt this.
"As for myself I kept on puzzling to think how I could best save my
own life and those of my companions; I schemed and schemed, as one
who knows that his life depends upon it, for the danger was very great.
In the end I deemed that this plan would be the best. The male sheep
were well grown, and carried a heavy black fleece, so I bound them
noiselessly in threes together, with some of the withies on which
the wicked monster used to sleep. TherM
e was to be a man under the
middle sheep, and the two on either side were to cover him, so that
there were three sheep to each man. As for myself there was a ram
finer than any of the others, so I caught hold of him by the back,
esconced myself in the thick wool under his belly, and flung on patiently
to his fleece, face upwards, keeping a firm hold on it all the time.
"Thus, then, did we wait in great fear of mind till morning came,
but when the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, the male
eep hurried out to feed, while the ewes remained bleating about
the pens waiting to be milked, for their udders were full to bursting;
but their master in spite of all his pain felt the backs of all the
sheep as they stood upright, without being sharp enough to find out
that the men were underneath their bellies. As the ram was going out,
last of all, heavy with its fleece and with the weight of my crafty
self; Polyphemus laid hold of it and said:
"'My good ram, what is it that makes you the last to leaveM
this morning? You are not wont to let the ewes go before you, but
lead the mob with a run whether to flowery mead or bubbling fountain,
and are the first to come home again at night; but now you lag last
of all. Is it because you know your master has lost his eye, and are
sorry because that wicked Noman and his horrid crew have got him down
in his drink and blinded him? But I will have his life yet. If you
could understand and talk, you would tell me where the wretch is hiding,
and I would dash hisM
brains upon the ground till they flew all over
the cave. I should thus have some satisfaction for the harm a this
no-good Noman has done me.'
"As spoke he drove the ram outside, but when we were a little way
out from the cave and yards, I first got from under the ram's belly,
and then freed my comrades; as for the sheep, which were very fat,
by constantly heading them in the right direction we managed to drive
them down to the ship. The crew rejoiced greatly at seeing those of
us who had escaped death, M
but wept for the others whom the Cyclops
had killed. However, I made signs to them by nodding and frowning
that they were to hush their crying, and told them to get all the
sheep on board at once and put out to sea; so they went aboard, took
their places, and smote the grey sea with their oars. Then, when I
had got as far out as my voice would reach, I began to jeer at the
"'Cyclops,' said I, 'you should have taken better measure of your
man before eating up his comrades in your cave. You wretchM
your visitors in your own house? You might have known that your sin
would find you out, and now Jove and the other gods have punished
"He got more and more furious as he heard me, so he tore the top from
off a high mountain, and flung it just in front of my ship so that
it was within a little of hitting the end of the rudder. The sea quaked
as the rock fell into it, and the wash of the wave it raised carried
us back towards the mainland, and forced us towards the shore. But
a long pole and kept the ship off, making signs to my
men by nodding my head, that they must row for their lives, whereon
they laid out with a will. When we had got twice as far as we were
before, I was for jeering at the Cyclops again, but the men begged
and prayed of me to hold my tongue.
"'Do not,' they exclaimed, 'be mad enough to provoke this savage creature
further; he has thrown one rock at us already which drove us back
again to the mainland, and we made sure it had been the death of us;
d then heard any further sound of voices he would have pounded
our heads and our ship's timbers into a jelly with the rugged rocks
he would have heaved at us, for he can throw them a long way.'
"But I would not listen to them, and shouted out to him in my rage,
'Cyclops, if any one asks you who it was that put your eye out and
spoiled your beauty, say it was the valiant warrior Ulysses, son of
Laertes, who lives in Ithaca.'
"On this he groaned, and cried out, 'Alas, alas, then the old prophecy
is coming true. There was a prophet here, at one time, a
man both brave and of great stature, Telemus son of Eurymus, who was
an excellent seer, and did all the prophesying for the Cyclopes till
he grew old; he told me that all this would happen to me some day,
and said I should lose my sight by the hand of Ulysses. I have been
all along expecting some one of imposing presence and superhuman strength,
whereas he turns out to be a little insignificant weakling, who has
managed to blind my eye by taking advanM
tage of me in my drink; come
here, then, Ulysses, that I may make you presents to show my hospitality,
and urge Neptune to help you forward on your journey- for Neptune
and I are father and son. He, if he so will, shall heal me, which
no one else neither god nor man can do.'
"Then I said, 'I wish I could be as sure of killing you outright and
sending you down to the house of Hades, as I am that it will take
more than Neptune to cure that eye of yours.'
"On this he lifted up his hands to the firmament M
of heaven and prayed,
saying, 'Hear me, great Neptune; if I am indeed your own true-begotten
son, grant that Ulysses may never reach his home alive; or if he must
get back to his friends at last, let him do so late and in sore plight
after losing all his men [let him reach his home in another man's
ship and find trouble in his house.']
"Thus did he pray, and Neptune heard his prayer. Then he picked up
a rock much larger than the first, swung it aloft and hurled it with
prodigious force. It fell just shorM
t of the ship, but was within a
little of hitting the end of the rudder. The sea quaked as the rock
fell into it, and the wash of the wave it raised drove us onwards
on our way towards the shore of the island.
"When at last we got to the island where we had left the rest of our
ships, we found our comrades lamenting us, and anxiously awaiting
our return. We ran our vessel upon the sands and got out of her on
to the sea shore; we also landed the Cyclops' sheep, and divided them
equitably amongst us so thaM
t none might have reason to complain. As
for the ram, my companions agreed that I should have it as an extra
share; so I sacrificed it on the sea shore, and burned its thigh bones
to Jove, who is the lord of all. But he heeded not my sacrifice, and
only thought how he might destroy my ships and my comrades.
"Thus through the livelong day to the going down of the sun we feasted
our fill on meat and drink, but when the sun went down and it came
on dark, we camped upon the beach. When the child of morning, roM
Dawn, appeared, I bade my men on board and loose the hawsers. Then
they took their places and smote the grey sea with their oars; so
we sailed on with sorrow in our hearts, but glad to have escaped death
though we had lost our comrades.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Thence we went on to the Aeoli island where lives Aeolus son of Hippotas,
dear to the immortal gods. It is an island that floats (as it were)
upon the sea, iron bound with a walM
l that girds it. Now, Aeolus has
six daughters and six lusty sons, so he made the sons marry the daughters,
and they all live with their dear father and mother, feasting and
enjoying every conceivable kind of luxury. All day long the atmosphere
of the house is loaded with the savour of roasting meats till it groans
again, yard and all; but by night they sleep on their well-made bedsteads,
each with his own wife between the blankets. These were the people
among whom we had now come.
"Aeolus entertained meM
for a whole month asking me questions all the
time about Troy, the Argive fleet, and the return of the Achaeans.
I told him exactly how everything had happened, and when I said I
must go, and asked him to further me on my way, he made no sort of
difficulty, but set about doing so at once. Moreover, he flayed me
a prime ox-hide to hold the ways of the roaring winds, which he shut
up in the hide as in a sack- for Jove had made him captain over the
winds, and he could stir or still each one of them according tM
own pleasure. He put the sack in the ship and bound the mouth so tightly
with a silver thread that not even a breath of a side-wind could blow
from any quarter. The West wind which was fair for us did he alone
let blow as it chose; but it all came to nothing, for we were lost
through our own folly.
"Nine days and nine nights did we sail, and on the tenth day our native
land showed on the horizon. We got so close in that we could see the
stubble fires burning, and I, being then dead beat, fell into M
sleep, for I had never let the rudder out of my own hands, that we
might get home the faster. On this the men fell to talking among themselves,
and said I was bringing back gold and silver in the sack that Aeolus
had given me. 'Bless my heart,' would one turn to his neighbour, saying,
'how this man gets honoured and makes friends to whatever city or
country he may go. See what fine prizes he is taking home from Troy,
while we, who have travelled just as far as he has, come back with
s we set out with- and now Aeolus has given him ever
so much more. Quick- let us see what it all is, and how much gold
and silver there is in the sack he gave him.'
"Thus they talked and evil counsels prevailed. They loosed the sack,
whereupon the wind flew howling forth and raised a storm that carried
us weeping out to sea and away from our own country. Then I awoke,
and knew not whether to throw myself into the sea or to live on and
make the best of it; but I bore it, covered myself up, and lay down
the ship, while the men lamented bitterly as the fierce winds bore
our fleet back to the Aeolian island.
"When we reached it we went ashore to take in water, and dined hard
by the ships. Immediately after dinner I took a herald and one of
my men and went straight to the house of Aeolus, where I found him
feasting with his wife and family; so we sat down as suppliants on
the threshold. They were astounded when they saw us and said, 'Ulysses,
what brings you here? What god has been ill-treating you? We tooM
great pains to further you on your way home to Ithaca, or wherever
it was that you wanted to go to.'
"Thus did they speak, but I answered sorrowfully, 'My men have undone
me; they, and cruel sleep, have ruined me. My friends, mend me this
mischief, for you can if you will.'
"I spoke as movingly as I could, but they said nothing, till their
father answered, 'Vilest of mankind, get you gone at once out of the
island; him whom heaven hates will I in no wise help. Be off, for
you come here as one abhorM
red of heaven. "And with these words he
sent me sorrowing from his door.
"Thence we sailed sadly on till the men were worn out with long and
fruitless rowing, for there was no longer any wind to help them. Six
days, night and day did we toil, and on the seventh day we reached
the rocky stronghold of Lamus- Telepylus, the city of the Laestrygonians,
where the shepherd who is driving in his sheep and goats [to be milked]
salutes him who is driving out his flock [to feed] and this last answers
n that country a man who could do without sleep might
earn double wages, one as a herdsman of cattle, and another as a shepherd,
for they work much the same by night as they do by day.
"When we reached the harbour we found it land-locked under steep cliffs,
with a narrow entrance between two headlands. My captains took all
their ships inside, and made them fast close to one another, for there
was never so much as a breath of wind inside, but it was always dead
calm. I kept my own ship outside, and moored M
it to a rock at the very
end of the point; then I climbed a high rock to reconnoitre, but could
see no sign neither of man nor cattle, only some smoke rising from
the ground. So I sent two of my company with an attendant to find
out what sort of people the inhabitants were.
"The men when they got on shore followed a level road by which the
people draw their firewood from the mountains into the town, till
presently they met a young woman who had come outside to fetch water,
and who was daughter to a LaestM
rygonian named Antiphates. She was
going to the fountain Artacia from which the people bring in their
water, and when my men had come close up to her, they asked her who
the king of that country might be, and over what kind of people he
ruled; so she directed them to her father's house, but when they got
there they found his wife to be a giantess as huge as a mountain,
and they were horrified at the sight of her.
"She at once called her husband Antiphates from the place of assembly,
and forthwith he set M
about killing my men. He snatched up one of them,
and began to make his dinner off him then and there, whereon the other
two ran back to the ships as fast as ever they could. But Antiphates
raised a hue and cry after them, and thousands of sturdy Laestrygonians
sprang up from every quarter- ogres, not men. They threw vast rocks
at us from the cliffs as though they had been mere stones, and I heard
the horrid sound of the ships crunching up against one another, and
the death cries of my men, as the LaestrygonM
ians speared them like
fishes and took them home to eat them. While they were thus killing
my men within the harbour I drew my sword, cut the cable of my own
ship, and told my men to row with alf their might if they too would
not fare like the rest; so they laid out for their lives, and we were
thankful enough when we got into open water out of reach of the rocks
they hurled at us. As for the others there was not one of them left.
"Thence we sailed sadly on, glad to have escaped death, though we
our comrades, and came to the Aeaean island, where Circe
lives a great and cunning goddess who is own sister to the magician
Aeetes- for they are both children of the sun by Perse, who is daughter
to Oceanus. We brought our ship into a safe harbour without a word,
for some god guided us thither, and having landed we there for two
days and two nights, worn out in body and mind. When the morning of
the third day came I took my spear and my sword, and went away from
the ship to reconnoitre, and see if I could dM
iscover signs of human
handiwork, or hear the sound of voices. Climbing to the top of a high
look-out I espied the smoke of Circe's house rising upwards amid a
dense forest of trees, and when I saw this I doubted whether, having
seen the smoke, I would not go on at once and find out more, but in
the end I deemed it best to go back to the ship, give the men their
dinners, and send some of them instead of going myself.
"When I had nearly got back to the ship some god took pity upon my
solitude, and sent a M
fine antlered stag right into the middle of my
path. He was coming down his pasture in the forest to drink of the
river, for the heat of the sun drove him, and as he passed I struck
him in the middle of the back; the bronze point of the spear went
clean through him, and he lay groaning in the dust until the life
went out of him. Then I set my foot upon him, drew my spear from the
wound, and laid it down; I also gathered rough grass and rushes and
twisted them into a fathom or so of good stout rope, with whicM
bound the four feet of the noble creature together; having so done
I hung him round my neck and walked back to the ship leaning upon
my spear, for the stag was much too big for me to be able to carry
him on my shoulder, steadying him with one hand. As I threw him down
in front of the ship, I called the men and spoke cheeringly man by
man to each of them. 'Look here my friends,' said I, 'we are not going
to die so much before our time after all, and at any rate we will
not starve so long as we have got sM
omething to eat and drink on board.'
On this they uncovered their heads upon the sea shore and admired
the stag, for he was indeed a splendid fellow. Then, when they had
feasted their eyes upon him sufficiently, they washed their hands
and began to cook him for dinner.
"Thus through the livelong day to the going down of the sun we stayed
there eating and drinking our fill, but when the sun went down and
it came on dark, we camped upon the sea shore. When the child of morning,
fingered Dawn, appeared, I cM
alled a council and said, 'My friends,
we are in very great difficulties; listen therefore to me. We have
no idea where the sun either sets or rises, so that we do not even
know East from West. I see no way out of it; nevertheless, we must
try and find one. We are certainly on an island, for I went as high
as I could this morning, and saw the sea reaching all round it to
the horizon; it lies low, but towards the middle I saw smoke rising
from out of a thick forest of trees.'
"Their hearts sank as they heM
ard me, for they remembered how they
had been treated by the Laestrygonian Antiphates, and by the savage
ogre Polyphemus. They wept bitterly in their dismay, but there was
nothing to be got by crying, so I divided them into two companies
and set a captain over each; I gave one company to Eurylochus, while
I took command of the other myself. Then we cast lots in a helmet,
and the lot fell upon Eurylochus; so he set out with his twenty-two
men, and they wept, as also did we who were left behind.
reached Circe's house they found it built of cut stones,
on a site that could be seen from far, in the middle of the forest.
There were wild mountain wolves and lions prowling all round it- poor
bewitched creatures whom she had tamed by her enchantments and drugged
into subjection. They did not attack my men, but wagged their great
tails, fawned upon them, and rubbed their noses lovingly against them.
As hounds crowd round their master when they see him coming from dinner-
for they know he will bring them soM
mething- even so did these wolves
and lions with their great claws fawn upon my men, but the men were
terribly frightened at seeing such strange creatures. Presently they
reached the gates of the goddess's house, and as they stood there
they could hear Circe within, singing most beautifully as she worked
at her loom, making a web so fine, so soft, and of such dazzling colours
as no one but a goddess could weave. On this Polites, whom I valued
and trusted more than any other of my men, said, 'There is some onM
inside working at a loom and singing most beautifully; the whole place
resounds with it, let us call her and see whether she is woman or
"They called her and she came down, unfastened the door, and bade
them enter. They, thinking no evil, followed her, all except Eurylochus,
who suspected mischief and stayed outside. When she had got them into
her house, she set them upon benches and seats and mixed them a mess
with cheese, honey, meal, and Pramnian but she drugged it with wicked
make them forget their homes, and when they had drunk she
turned them into pigs by a stroke of her wand, and shut them up in
her pigsties. They were like pigs-head, hair, and all, and they grunted
just as pigs do; but their senses were the same as before, and they
remembered everything.
"Thus then were they shut up squealing, and Circe threw them some
acorns and beech masts such as pigs eat, but Eurylochus hurried back
to tell me about the sad fate of our comrades. He was so overcome
with dismay that thoM
ugh he tried to speak he could find no words to
do so; his eyes filled with tears and he could only sob and sigh,
till at last we forced his story out of him, and he told us what had
happened to the others.
"'We went,' said he, as you told us, through the forest, and in the
middle of it there was a fine house built with cut stones in a place
that could be seen from far. There we found a woman, or else she was
a goddess, working at her loom and singing sweetly; so the men shouted
to her and called her, whM
ereon she at once came down, opened the door,
and invited us in. The others did not suspect any mischief so they
followed her into the house, but I stayed where I was, for I thought
there might be some treachery. From that moment I saw them no more,
for not one of them ever came out, though I sat a long time watching
"Then I took my sword of bronze and slung it over my shoulders; I
also took my bow, and told Eurylochus to come back with me and show
me the way. But he laid hold of me with both M
his hands and spoke piteously,
saying, 'Sir, do not force me to go with you, but let me stay here,
for I know you will not bring one of them back with you, nor even
return alive yourself; let us rather see if we cannot escape at any
rate with the few that are left us, for we may still save our lives.'
"'Stay where you are, then, 'answered I, 'eating and drinking at the
ship, but I must go, for I am most urgently bound to do so.'
"With this I left the ship and went up inland. When I got through
ed grove, and was near the great house of the enchantress
Circe, I met Mercury with his golden wand, disguised as a young man
in the hey-day of his youth and beauty with the down just coming upon
his face. He came up to me and took my hand within his own, saying,
'My poor unhappy man, whither are you going over this mountain top,
alone and without knowing the way? Your men are shut up in Circe's
pigsties, like so many wild boars in their lairs. You surely do not
fancy that you can set them free? I can tell yM
ou that you will never
get back and will have to stay there with the rest of them. But never
mind, I will protect you and get you out of your difficulty. Take
this herb, which is one of great virtue, and keep it about you when
you go to Circe's house, it will be a talisman to you against every
"'And I will tell you of all the wicked witchcraft that Circe will
try to practise upon you. She will mix a mess for you to drink, and
she will drug the meal with which she makes it, but she will M
able to charm you, for the virtue of the herb that I shall give you
will prevent her spells from working. I will tell you all about it.
When Circe strikes you with her wand, draw your sword and spring upon
her as though you were goings to kill her. She will then be frightened
and will desire you to go to bed with her; on this you must not point
blank refuse her, for you want her to set your companions free, and
to take good care also of yourself, but you make her swear solemnly
by all the blessed thaM
t she will plot no further mischief against
you, or else when she has got you naked she will unman you and make
you fit for nothing.'
"As he spoke he pulled the herb out of the ground an showed me what
it was like. The root was black, while the flower was as white as
milk; the gods call it Moly, and mortal men cannot uproot it, but
the gods can do whatever they like.
"Then Mercury went back to high Olympus passing over the wooded island;
but I fared onward to the house of Circe, and my heart was cloudM
with care as I walked along. When I got to the gates I stood there
and called the goddess, and as soon as she heard me she came down,
opened the door, and asked me to come in; so I followed her- much
troubled in my mind. She set me on a richly decorated seat inlaid
with silver, there was a footstool also under my feet, and she mixed
a mess in a golden goblet for me to drink; but she drugged it, for
she meant me mischief. When she had given it me, and I had drunk it
without its charming me, she struck sheM
, struck me with her wand.
'There now,' she cried, 'be off to the pigsty, and make your lair
with the rest of them.'
"But I rushed at her with my sword drawn as though I would kill her,
whereon she fell with a loud scream, clasped my knees, and spoke piteously,
saying, 'Who and whence are you? from what place and people have you
come? How can it be that my drugs have no power to charm you? Never
yet was any man able to stand so much as a taste of the herb I gave
you; you must be spell-proof; surely you cM
an be none other than the
bold hero Ulysses, who Mercury always said would come here some day
with his ship while on his way home form Troy; so be it then; sheathe
your sword and let us go to bed, that we may make friends and learn
to trust each other.'
"And I answered, 'Circe, how can you expect me to be friendly with
you when you have just been turning all my men into pigs? And now
that you have got me here myself, you mean me mischief when you ask
me to go to bed with you, and will unman me and make mM
I shall certainly not consent to go to bed with you unless you will
first take your solemn oath to plot no further harm against me.'
"So she swore at once as I had told her, and when she had completed
her oath then I went to bed with her.
"Meanwhile her four servants, who are her housemaids, set about their
work. They are the children of the groves and fountains, and of the
holy waters that run down into the sea. One of them spread a fair
purple cloth over a seat, and laid a carpet uM
nderneath it. Another
brought tables of silver up to the seats, and set them with baskets
of gold. A third mixed some sweet wine with water in a silver bowl
and put golden cups upon the tables, while the fourth she brought
in water and set it to boil in a large cauldron over a good fire which
she had lighted. When the water in the cauldron was boiling, she poured
cold into it till it was just as I liked it, and then she set me in
a bath and began washing me from the cauldron about the head and shoulders,
take the tire and stiffness out of my limbs. As soon as she had
done washing me and anointing me with oil, she arrayed me in a good
cloak and shirt and led me to a richly decorated seat inlaid with
silver; there was a footstool also under my feet. A maid servant then
brought me water in a beautiful golden ewer and poured it into a silver
basin for me to wash my hands, and she drew a clean table beside me;
an upper servant brought me bread and offered me many things of what
there was in the house, and then CM
irce bade me eat, but I would not,
and sat without heeding what was before me, still moody and suspicious.
"When Circe saw me sitting there without eating, and in great grief,
she came to me and said, 'Ulysses, why do you sit like that as though
you were dumb, gnawing at your own heart, and refusing both meat and
drink? Is it that you are still suspicious? You ought not to be, for
I have already sworn solemnly that I will not hurt you.'
"And I said, 'Circe, no man with any sense of what is right can thinM
of either eating or drinking in your house until you have set his
friends free and let him see them. If you want me to eat and drink,
you must free my men and bring them to me that I may see them with
"When I had said this she went straight through the court with her
wand in her hand and opened the pigsty doors. My men came out like
so many prime hogs and stood looking at her, but she went about among
them and anointed each with a second drug, whereon the bristles that
iven them fell off, and they became men again, younger
than they were before, and much taller and better looking. They knew
me at once, seized me each of them by the hand, and wept for joy till
the whole house was filled with the sound of their hullabalooing,
and Circe herself was so sorry for them that she came up to me and
said, 'Ulysses, noble son of Laertes, go back at once to the sea where
you have left your ship, and first draw it on to the land. Then, hide
all your ship's gear and property in some cavM
e, and come back here
"I agreed to this, so I went back to the sea shore, and found the
men at the ship weeping and wailing most piteously. When they saw
me the silly blubbering fellows began frisking round me as calves
break out and gambol round their mothers, when they see them coming
home to be milked after they have been feeding all day, and the homestead
resounds with their lowing. They seemed as glad to see me as though
they had got back to their own rugged Ithaca, where they had beM
born and bred. 'Sir,' said the affectionate creatures, 'we are as
glad to see you back as though we had got safe home to Ithaca; but
tell us all about the fate of our comrades.'
"I spoke comfortingly to them and said, 'We must draw our ship on
to the land, and hide the ship's gear with all our property in some
cave; then come with me all of you as fast as you can to Circe's house,
where you will find your comrades eating and drinking in the midst
of great abundance.'
"On this the men would have coM
me with me at once, but Eurylochus tried
to hold them back and said, 'Alas, poor wretches that we are, what
will become of us? Rush not on your ruin by going to the house of
Circe, who will turn us all into pigs or wolves or lions, and we shall
have to keep guard over her house. Remember how the Cyclops treated
us when our comrades went inside his cave, and Ulysses with them.
It was all through his sheer folly that those men lost their lives.'
"When I heard him I was in two minds whether or no to draw the M
blade that hung by my sturdy thigh and cut his head off in spite of
his being a near relation of my own; but the men interceded for him
and said, 'Sir, if it may so be, let this fellow stay here and mind
the ship, but take the rest of us with you to Circe's house.'
"On this we all went inland, and Eurylochus was not left behind after
all, but came on too, for he was frightened by the severe reprimand
that I had given him.
"Meanwhile Circe had been seeing that the men who had been left behind
washed and anointed with olive oil; she had also given them woollen
cloaks and shirts, and when we came we found them all comfortably
at dinner in her house. As soon as the men saw each other face to
face and knew one another, they wept for joy and cried aloud till
the whole palace rang again. Thereon Circe came up to me and said,
'Ulysses, noble son of Laertes, tell your men to leave off crying;
I know how much you have all of you suffered at sea, and how ill you
have fared among cruel savages on the mainlM
and, but that is over now,
so stay here, and eat and drink till you are once more as strong and
hearty as you were when you left Ithaca; for at present you are weakened
both in body and mind; you keep all the time thinking of the hardships-
you have suffered during your travels, so that you have no more cheerfulness
"Thus did she speak and we assented. We stayed with Circe for a whole
twelvemonth feasting upon an untold quantity both of meat and wine.
But when the year had passed in the wanM
ing of moons and the long days
had come round, my men called me apart and said, 'Sir, it is time
you began to think about going home, if so be you are to be spared
to see your house and native country at all.'
"Thus did they speak and I assented. Thereon through the livelong
day to the going down of the sun we feasted our fill on meat and wine,
but when the sun went down and it came on dark the men laid themselves
down to sleep in the covered cloisters. I, however, after I had got
into bed with Circe, beM
sought her by her knees, and the goddess listened
to what I had got to say. 'Circe,' said I, 'please to keep the promise
you made me about furthering me on my homeward voyage. I want to get
back and so do my men, they are always pestering me with their complaints
as soon as ever your back is turned.'
"And the goddess answered, 'Ulysses, noble son of Laertes, you shall
none of you stay here any longer if you do not want to, but there
is another journey which you have got to take before you can sail
rds. You must go to the house of Hades and of dread Proserpine
to consult the ghost of the blind Theban prophet Teiresias whose reason
is still unshaken. To him alone has Proserpine left his understanding
even in death, but the other ghosts flit about aimlessly.'
"I was dismayed when I heard this. I sat up in bed and wept, and would
gladly have lived no longer to see the light of the sun, but presently
when I was tired of weeping and tossing myself about, I said, 'And
who shall guide me upon this voyage- fM
or the house of Hades is a port
that no ship can reach.'
"'You will want no guide,' she answered; 'raise you mast, set your
white sails, sit quite still, and the North Wind will blow you there
of itself. When your ship has traversed the waters of Oceanus, you
will reach the fertile shore of Proserpine's country with its groves
of tall poplars and willows that shed their fruit untimely; here beach
your ship upon the shore of Oceanus, and go straight on to the dark
abode of Hades. You will find it near theM
place where the rivers Pyriphlegethon
and Cocytus (which is a branch of the river Styx) flow into Acheron,
and you will see a rock near it, just where the two roaring rivers
run into one another.
"'When you have reached this spot, as I now tell you, dig a trench
a cubit or so in length, breadth, and depth, and pour into it as a
drink-offering to all the dead, first, honey mixed with milk, then
wine, and in the third place water-sprinkling white barley meal over
the whole. Moreover you must offer many prM
ayers to the poor feeble
ghosts, and promise them that when you get back to Ithaca you will
sacrifice a barren heifer to them, the best you have, and will load
the pyre with good things. More particularly you must promise that
Teiresias shall have a black sheep all to himself, the finest in all
"'When you shall have thus besought the ghosts with your prayers,
offer them a ram and a black ewe, bending their heads towards Erebus;
but yourself turn away from them as though you would make towardM
the river. On this, many dead men's ghosts will come to you, and you
must tell your men to skin the two sheep that you have just killed,
and offer them as a burnt sacrifice with prayers to Hades and to Proserpine.
Then draw your sword and sit there, so as to prevent any other poor
ghost from coming near the split blood before Teiresias shall have
answered your questions. The seer will presently come to you, and
will tell you about your voyage- what stages you are to make, and
how you are to sail the see sM
o as to reach your home.'
"It was day-break by the time she had done speaking, so she dressed
me in my shirt and cloak. As for herself she threw a beautiful light
gossamer fabric over her shoulders, fastening it with a golden girdle
round her waist, and she covered her head with a mantle. Then I went
about among the men everywhere all over the house, and spoke kindly
to each of them man by man: 'You must not lie sleeping here any longer,'
said I to them, 'we must be going, for Circe has told me all about
it.' And this they did as I bade them.
"Even so, however, I did not get them away without misadventure. We
had with us a certain youth named Elpenor, not very remarkable for
sense or courage, who had got drunk and was lying on the house-top
away from the rest of the men, to sleep off his liquor in the cool.
When he heard the noise of the men bustling about, he jumped up on
a sudden and forgot all about coming down by the main staircase, so
he tumbled right off the roof and broke his neck, and his soul weM
down to the house of Hades.
"When I had got the men together I said to them, 'You think you are
about to start home again, but Circe has explained to me that instead
of this, we have got to go to the house of Hades and Proserpine to
consult the ghost of the Theban prophet Teiresias.'
"The men were broken-hearted as they heard me, and threw themselves
on the ground groaning and tearing their hair, but they did not mend
matters by crying. When we reached the sea shore, weeping and lamenting
, Circe brought the ram and the ewe, and we made them fast
hard by the ship. She passed through the midst of us without our knowing
it, for who can see the comings and goings of a god, if the god does
not wish to be seen?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Then, when we had got down to the sea shore we drew our ship into
the water and got her mast and sails into her; we also put the sheep
on board and took our places, weeping and in great distress of mind.
Circe, that great and cunning goddess, sent us a fair wind that blew
dead aft and stayed steadily with us keeping our sails all the time
well filled; so we did whatever wanted doing to the ship's gear and
let her go as the wind and helmsman headed her. All day long her sails
were full as she held her course over the sea, but when the sun went
down and darkness was over all the earth, we got into the deep waters
of the river Oceanus, where lie the land and city of the Cimmerians
who live enshrouded in mist aM
nd darkness which the rays of the sun
never pierce neither at his rising nor as he goes down again out of
the heavens, but the poor wretches live in one long melancholy night.
When we got there we beached the ship, took the sheep out of her,
and went along by the waters of Oceanus till we came to the place
of which Circe had told us.
"Here Perimedes and Eurylochus held the victims, while I drew my sword
and dug the trench a cubit each way. I made a drink-offering to all
the dead, first with honey and milM
k, then with wine, and thirdly with
water, and I sprinkled white barley meal over the whole, praying earnestly
to the poor feckless ghosts, and promising them that when I got back
to Ithaca I would sacrifice a barren heifer for them, the best I had,
and would load the pyre with good things. I also particularly promised
that Teiresias should have a black sheep to himself, the best in all
my flocks. When I had prayed sufficiently to the dead, I cut the throats
of the two sheep and let the blood run into the trM
ghosts came trooping up from Erebus- brides, young bachelors, old
men worn out with toil, maids who had been crossed in love, and brave
men who had been killed in battle, with their armour still smirched
with blood; they came from every quarter and flitted round the trench
with a strange kind of screaming sound that made me turn pale with
fear. When I saw them coming I told the men to be quick and flay the
carcasses of the two dead sheep and make burnt offerings of them,
me to repeat prayers to Hades and to Proserpine;
but I sat where I was with my sword drawn and would not let the poor
feckless ghosts come near the blood till Teiresias should have answered
"The first ghost 'that came was that of my comrade Elpenor, for he
had not yet been laid beneath the earth. We had left his body unwaked
and unburied in Circe's house, for we had had too much else to do.
I was very sorry for him, and cried when I saw him: 'Elpenor,' said
I, 'how did you come down here inM
to this gloom and darkness? You have
here on foot quicker than I have with my ship.'
"'Sir,' he answered with a groan, 'it was all bad luck, and my own
unspeakable drunkenness. I was lying asleep on the top of Circe's
house, and never thought of coming down again by the great staircase
but fell right off the roof and broke my neck, so my soul down to
the house of Hades. And now I beseech you by all those whom you have
left behind you, though they are not here, by your wife, by the father
up when you were a child, and by Telemachus who is
the one hope of your house, do what I shall now ask you. I know that
when you leave this limbo you will again hold your ship for the Aeaean
island. Do not go thence leaving me unwaked and unburied behind you,
or I may bring heaven's anger upon you; but burn me with whatever
armour I have, build a barrow for me on the sea shore, that may tell
people in days to come what a poor unlucky fellow I was, and plant
over my grave the oar I used to row with when I wasM
with my messmates.' And I said, 'My poor fellow, I will do all that
you have asked of me.'
"Thus, then, did we sit and hold sad talk with one another, I on the
one side of the trench with my sword held over the blood, and the
ghost of my comrade saying all this to me from the other side. Then
came the ghost of my dead mother Anticlea, daughter to Autolycus.
I had left her alive when I set out for Troy and was moved to tears
when I saw her, but even so, for all my sorrow I would not let herM
come near the blood till I had asked my questions of Teiresias.
"Then came also the ghost of Theban Teiresias, with his golden sceptre
in his hand. He knew me and said, 'Ulysses, noble son of Laertes,
why, poor man, have you left the light of day and come down to visit
the dead in this sad place? Stand back from the trench and withdraw
your sword that I may drink of the blood and answer your questions
"So I drew back, and sheathed my sword, whereon when he had drank
of the blood he began withM
"You want to know,' said he, 'about your return home, but heaven will
make this hard for you. I do not think that you will escape the eye
of Neptune, who still nurses his bitter grudge against you for having
blinded his son. Still, after much suffering you may get home if you
can restrain yourself and your companions when your ship reaches the
Thrinacian island, where you will find the sheep and cattle belonging
to the sun, who sees and gives ear to everything. If you leave these
harmed and think of nothing but of getting home, you may
yet after much hardship reach Ithaca; but if you harm them, then I
forewarn you of the destruction both of your ship and of your men.
Even though you may yourself escape, you will return in bad plight
after losing all your men, [in another man's ship, and you will find
trouble in your house, which will be overrun by high-handed people,
who are devouring your substance under the pretext of paying court
and making presents to your wife.
t home you will take your revenge on these suitors; and
after you have killed them by force or fraud in your own house, you
must take a well-made oar and carry it on and on, till you come to
a country where the people have never heard of the sea and do not
even mix salt with their food, nor do they know anything about ships,
and oars that are as the wings of a ship. I will give you this certain
token which cannot escape your notice. A wayfarer will meet you and
will say it must be a winnowing shovel that youM
shoulder; on this you must fix the oar in the ground and sacrifice
a ram, a bull, and a boar to Neptune. Then go home and offer hecatombs
to an the gods in heaven one after the other. As for yourself, death
shall come to you from the sea, and your life shall ebb away very
gently when you are full of years and peace of mind, and your people
shall bless you. All that I have said will come true].'
"'This,' I answered, 'must be as it may please heaven, but tell me
and tell me and tell me M
true, I see my poor mother's ghost close by
us; she is sitting by the blood without saying a word, and though
I am her own son she does not remember me and speak to me; tell me,
Sir, how I can make her know me.'
"'That,' said he, 'I can soon do Any ghost that you let taste of the
blood will talk with you like a reasonable being, but if you do not
let them have any blood they will go away again.'
"On this the ghost of Teiresias went back to the house of Hades, for
his prophecyings had now been spoken, M
but I sat still where I was
until my mother came up and tasted the blood. Then she knew me at
once and spoke fondly to me, saying, 'My son, how did you come down
to this abode of darkness while you are still alive? It is a hard
thing for the living to see these places, for between us and them
there are great and terrible waters, and there is Oceanus, which no
man can cross on foot, but he must have a good ship to take him. Are
you all this time trying to find your way home from Troy, and have
got back to Ithaca nor seen your wife in your own house?'
"'Mother,' said I, 'I was forced to come here to consult the ghost
of the Theban prophet Teiresias. I have never yet been near the Achaean
land nor set foot on my native country, and I have had nothing but
one long series of misfortunes from the very first day that I set
out with Agamemnon for Ilius, the land of noble steeds, to fight the
Trojans. But tell me, and tell me true, in what way did you die? Did
you have a long illness, or did heaven voucM
hsafe you a gentle easy
passage to eternity? Tell me also about my father, and the son whom
I left behind me; is my property still in their hands, or has some
one else got hold of it, who thinks that I shall not return to claim
it? Tell me again what my wife intends doing, and in what mind she
is; does she live with my son and guard my estate securely, or has
she made the best match she could and married again?'
"My mother answered, 'Your wife still remains in your house, but she
is in great distress of M
mind and spends her whole time in tears both
night and day. No one as yet has got possession of your fine property,
and Telemachus still holds your lands undisturbed. He has to entertain
largely, as of course he must, considering his position as a magistrate,
and how every one invites him; your father remains at his old place
in the country and never goes near the town. He has no comfortable
bed nor bedding; in the winter he sleeps on the floor in front of
the fire with the men and goes about all in rags, buM
the warm weather comes on again, he lies out in the vineyard on a
bed of vine leaves thrown anyhow upon the ground. He grieves continually
about your never having come home, and suffers more and more as he
grows older. As for my own end it was in this wise: heaven did not
take me swiftly and painlessly in my own house, nor was I attacked
by any illness such as those that generally wear people out and kill
them, but my longing to know what you were doing and the force of
my affection for yoM
u- this it was that was the death of me.'
"Then I tried to find some way of embracing my mother's ghost. Thrice
I sprang towards her and tried to clasp her in my arms, but each time
she flitted from my embrace as it were a dream or phantom, and being
touched to the quick I said to her, 'Mother, why do you not stay still
when I would embrace you? If we could throw our arms around one another
we might find sad comfort in the sharing of our sorrows even in the
house of Hades; does Proserpine want to lay a stiM
grief upon me by mocking me with a phantom only?'
"'My son,' she answered, 'most ill-fated of all mankind, it is not
Proserpine that is beguiling you, but all people are like this when
they are dead. The sinews no longer hold the flesh and bones together;
these perish in the fierceness of consuming fire as soon as life has
left the body, and the soul flits away as though it were a dream.
Now, however, go back to the light of day as soon as you can, and
note all these things that you maM
y tell them to your wife hereafter.'
"Thus did we converse, and anon Proserpine sent up the ghosts of the
wives and daughters of all the most famous men. They gathered in crowds
about the blood, and I considered how I might question them severally.
In the end I deemed that it would be best to draw the keen blade that
hung by my sturdy thigh, and keep them from all drinking the blood
at once. So they came up one after the other, and each one as I questioned
her told me her race and lineage.
saw was Tyro. She was daughter of Salmoneus and wife
of Cretheus the son of Aeolus. She fell in love with the river Enipeus
who is much the most beautiful river in the whole world. Once when
she was taking a walk by his side as usual, Neptune, disguised as
her lover, lay with her at the mouth of the river, and a huge blue
wave arched itself like a mountain over them to hide both woman and
god, whereon he loosed her virgin girdle and laid her in a deep slumber.
When the god had accomplished the deed of love,M
he took her hand in
his own and said, 'Tyro, rejoice in all good will; the embraces of
the gods are not fruitless, and you will have fine twins about this
time twelve months. Take great care of them. I am Neptune, so now
go home, but hold your tongue and do not tell any one.'
"Then he dived under the sea, and she in due course bore Pelias and
Neleus, who both of them served Jove with all their might. Pelias
was a great breeder of sheep and lived in Iolcus, but the other lived
in Pylos. The rest of her cM
hildren were by Cretheus, namely, Aeson,
Pheres, and Amythaon, who was a mighty warrior and charioteer.
"Next to her I saw Antiope, daughter to Asopus, who could boast of
having slept in the arms of even Jove himself, and who bore him two
sons Amphion and Zethus. These founded Thebes with its seven gates,
and built a wall all round it; for strong though they were they could
not hold Thebes till they had walled it.
"Then I saw Alcmena, the wife of Amphitryon, who also bore to Jove
indomitable Hercules; M
and Megara who was daughter to great King Creon,
and married the redoubtable son of Amphitryon.
"I also saw fair Epicaste mother of king OEdipodes whose awful lot
it was to marry her own son without suspecting it. He married her
after having killed his father, but the gods proclaimed the whole
story to the world; whereon he remained king of Thebes, in great grief
for the spite the gods had borne him; but Epicaste went to the house
of the mighty jailor Hades, having hanged herself for grief, and the
ing spirits haunted him as for an outraged mother- to his ruing
bitterly thereafter.
"Then I saw Chloris, whom Neleus married for her beauty, having given
priceless presents for her. She was youngest daughter to Amphion son
of Iasus and king of Minyan Orchomenus, and was Queen in Pylos. She
bore Nestor, Chromius, and Periclymenus, and she also bore that marvellously
lovely woman Pero, who was wooed by all the country round; but Neleus
would only give her to him who should raid the cattle of Iphicles
the grazing grounds of Phylace, and this was a hard task. The
only man who would undertake to raid them was a certain excellent
seer, but the will of heaven was against him, for the rangers of the
cattle caught him and put him in prison; nevertheless when a full
year had passed and the same season came round again, Iphicles set
him at liberty, after he had expounded all the oracles of heaven.
Thus, then, was the will of Jove accomplished.
"And I saw Leda the wife of Tyndarus, who bore him two famous sonsM
Castor breaker of horses, and Pollux the mighty boxer. Both these
heroes are lying under the earth, though they are still alive, for
by a special dispensation of Jove, they die and come to life again,
each one of them every other day throughout all time, and they have
"After her I saw Iphimedeia wife of Aloeus who boasted the embrace
of Neptune. She bore two sons Otus and Ephialtes, but both were short
lived. They were the finest children that were ever born in this world,
st looking, Orion only excepted; for at nine years old they
were nine fathoms high, and measured nine cubits round the chest.
They threatened to make war with the gods in Olympus, and tried to
set Mount Ossa on the top of Mount Olympus, and Mount Pelion on the
top of Ossa, that they might scale heaven itself, and they would have
done it too if they had been grown up, but Apollo, son of Leto, killed
both of them, before they had got so much as a sign of hair upon their
"Then I saw Phaedra,M
and Procris, and fair Ariadne daughter of the
magician Minos, whom Theseus was carrying off from Crete to Athens,
but he did not enjoy her, for before he could do so Diana killed her
in the island of Dia on account of what Bacchus had said against her.
"I also saw Maera and Clymene and hateful Eriphyle, who sold her own
husband for gold. But it would take me all night if I were to name
every single one of the wives and daughters of heroes whom I saw,
and it is time for me to go to bed, either on board shiM
or here. As for my escort, heaven and yourselves will see to it."
Here he ended, and the guests sat all of them enthralled and speechless
throughout the covered cloister. Then Arete said to them:
"What do you think of this man, O Phaecians? Is he not tall and good
looking, and is he not Clever? True, he is my own guest, but all of
you share in the distinction. Do not he a hurry to send him away,
nor niggardly in the presents you make to one who is in such great
need, for heaven has blessM
ed all of you with great abundance."
Then spoke the aged hero Echeneus who was one of the oldest men among
them, "My friends," said he, "what our august queen has just said
to us is both reasonable and to the purpose, therefore be persuaded
by it; but the decision whether in word or deed rests ultimately with
"The thing shall be done," exclaimed Alcinous, "as surely as I still
live and reign over the Phaeacians. Our guest is indeed very anxious
to get home, still we must persuade him toM
remain with us until to-morrow,
by which time I shall be able to get together the whole sum that I
mean to give him. As regards- his escort it will be a matter for you
all, and mine above all others as the chief person among you."
And Ulysses answered, "King Alcinous, if you were to bid me to stay
here for a whole twelve months, and then speed me on my way, loaded
with your noble gifts, I should obey you gladly and it would redound
greatly to my advantage, for I should return fuller-handed to my own
le, and should thus be more respected and beloved by all who see
me when I get back to Ithaca."
"Ulysses," replied Alcinous, "not one of us who sees you has any idea
that you are a charlatan or a swindler. I know there are many people
going about who tell such plausible stories that it is very hard to
see through them, but there is a style about your language which assures
me of your good disposition. Moreover you have told the story of your
own misfortunes, and those of the Argives, as though you were a M
bard; but tell me, and tell me true, whether you saw any of the mighty
heroes who went to Troy at the same time with yourself, and perished
there. The evenings are still at their longest, and it is not yet
bed time- go on, therefore, with your divine story, for I could stay
here listening till to-morrow morning, so long as you will continue
to tell us of your adventures."
"Alcinous," answered Ulysses, "there is a time for making speeches,
and a time for going to bed; nevertheless, since you so M
will not refrain from telling you the still sadder tale of those of
my comrades who did not fall fighting with the Trojans, but perished
on their return, through the treachery of a wicked woman.
"When Proserpine had dismissed the female ghosts in all directions,
the ghost of Agamemnon son of Atreus came sadly up tome, surrounded
by those who had perished with him in the house of Aegisthus. As soon
as he had tasted the blood he knew me, and weeping bitterly stretched
out his arms towards me to emM
brace me; but he had no strength nor
substance any more, and I too wept and pitied him as I beheld him.
'How did you come by your death,' said I, 'King Agamemnon? Did Neptune
raise his winds and waves against you when you were at sea, or did
your enemies make an end of you on the mainland when you were cattle-lifting
or sheep-stealing, or while they were fighting in defence of their
"'Ulysses,' he answered, 'noble son of Laertes, was not lost at sea
in any storm of Neptune's raising, norM
did my foes despatch me upon
the mainland, but Aegisthus and my wicked wife were the death of me
between them. He asked me to his house, feasted me, and then butchered
me most miserably as though I were a fat beast in a slaughter house,
while all around me my comrades were slain like sheep or pigs for
the wedding breakfast, or picnic, or gorgeous banquet of some great
nobleman. You must have seen numbers of men killed either in a general
engagement, or in single combat, but you never saw anything so truly
pitiable as the way in which we fell in that cloister, with the mixing-bowl
and the loaded tables lying all about, and the ground reeking with
our-blood. I heard Priam's daughter Cassandra scream as Clytemnestra
killed her close beside me. I lay dying upon the earth with the sword
in my body, and raised my hands to kill the slut of a murderess, but
she slipped away from me; she would not even close my lips nor my
eyes when I was dying, for there is nothing in this world so cruel
and so shameless as a woman wM
hen she has fallen into such guilt as
hers was. Fancy murdering her own husband! I thought I was going to
be welcomed home by my children and my servants, but her abominable
crime has brought disgrace on herself and all women who shall come
after- even on the good ones.'
"And I said, 'In truth Jove has hated the house of Atreus from first
to last in the matter of their women's counsels. See how many of us
fell for Helen's sake, and now it seems that Clytemnestra hatched
mischief against too during your aM
"'Be sure, therefore,' continued Agamemnon, 'and not be too friendly
even with your own wife. Do not tell her all that you know perfectly
well yourself. Tell her a part only, and keep your own counsel about
the rest. Not that your wife, Ulysses, is likely to murder you, for
Penelope is a very admirable woman, and has an excellent nature. We
left her a young bride with an infant at her breast when we set out
for Troy. This child no doubt is now grown up happily to man's estate,
her will have a joyful meeting and embrace one another
as it is right they should do, whereas my wicked wife did not even
allow me the happiness of looking upon my son, but killed me ere I
could do so. Furthermore I say- and lay my saying to your heart- do
not tell people when you are bringing your ship to Ithaca, but steal
a march upon them, for after all this there is no trusting women.
But now tell me, and tell me true, can you give me any news of my
son Orestes? Is he in Orchomenus, or at Pylos, or is heM
with Menelaus- for I presume that he is still living.'
"And I said, 'Agamemnon, why do you ask me? I do not know whether
your son is alive or dead, and it is not right to talk when one does
"As we two sat weeping and talking thus sadly with one another the
ghost of Achilles came up to us with Patroclus, Antilochus, and Ajax
who was the finest and goodliest man of all the Danaans after the
son of Peleus. The fleet descendant of Aeacus knew me and spoke piteously,
, noble son of Laertes, what deed of daring will you
undertake next, that you venture down to the house of Hades among
us silly dead, who are but the ghosts of them that can labour no more?'
"And I said, 'Achilles, son of Peleus, foremost champion of the Achaeans,
I came to consult Teiresias, and see if he could advise me about my
return home to Ithaca, for I have never yet been able to get near
the Achaean land, nor to set foot in my own country, but have been
in trouble all the time. As for you, AchillesM
, no one was ever yet
so fortunate as you have been, nor ever will be, for you were adored
by all us Argives as long as you were alive, and now that you are
here you are a great prince among the dead. Do not, therefore, take
it so much to heart even if you are dead.'
"'Say not a word,' he answered, 'in death's favour; I would rather
be a paid servant in a poor man's house and be above ground than king
of kings among the dead. But give me news about son; is he gone to
the wars and will he be a great soldiM
er, or is this not so? Tell me
also if you have heard anything about my father Peleus- does he still
rule among the Myrmidons, or do they show him no respect throughout
Hellas and Phthia now that he is old and his limbs fail him? Could
I but stand by his side, in the light of day, with the same strength
that I had when I killed the bravest of our foes upon the plain of
Troy- could I but be as I then was and go even for a short time to
my father's house, any one who tried to do him violence or supersede
"'I have heard nothing,' I answered, 'of Peleus, but I can tell you
all about your son Neoptolemus, for I took him in my own ship from
Scyros with the Achaeans. In our councils of war before Troy he was
always first to speak, and his judgement was unerring. Nestor and
I were the only two who could surpass him; and when it came to fighting
on the plain of Troy, he would never remain with the body of his men,
but would dash on far in front, foremost of them all in valour. Many
he kill in battle- I cannot name every single one of those
whom he slew while fighting on the side of the Argives, but will only
say how he killed that valiant hero Eurypylus son of Telephus, who
was the handsomest man I ever saw except Memnon; many others also
of the Ceteians fell around him by reason of a woman's bribes. Moreover,
when all the bravest of the Argives went inside the horse that Epeus
had made, and it was left to me to settle when we should either open
the door of our ambuscade, or close it, M
though all the other leaders
and chief men among the Danaans were drying their eyes and quaking
in every limb, I never once saw him turn pale nor wipe a tear from
his cheek; he was all the time urging me to break out from the horse-
grasping the handle of his sword and his bronze-shod spear, and breathing
fury against the foe. Yet when we had sacked the city of Priam he
got his handsome share of the prize money and went on board (such
is the fortune of war) without a wound upon him, neither from a thrown
ear nor in close combat, for the rage of Mars is a matter of great
"When I had told him this, the ghost of Achilles strode off across
a meadow full of asphodel, exulting over what I had said concerning
the prowess of his son.
"The ghosts of other dead men stood near me and told me each his own
melancholy tale; but that of Ajax son of Telamon alone held aloof-
still angry with me for having won the cause in our dispute about
the armour of Achilles. Thetis had offered it as a prize, but the
ojan prisoners and Minerva were the judges. Would that I had never
gained the day in such a contest, for it cost the life of Ajax, who
was foremost of all the Danaans after the son of Peleus, alike in
stature and prowess.
"When I saw him I tried to pacify him and said, 'Ajax, will you not
forget and forgive even in death, but must the judgement about that
hateful armour still rankle with you? It cost us Argives dear enough
to lose such a tower of strength as you were to us. We mourned you
ourned Achilles son of Peleus himself, nor can the
blame be laid on anything but on the spite which Jove bore against
the Danaans, for it was this that made him counsel your destruction-
come hither, therefore, bring your proud spirit into subjection, and
hear what I can tell you.'
"He would not answer, but turned away to Erebus and to the other ghosts;
nevertheless, I should have made him talk to me in spite of his being
so angry, or I should have gone talking to him, only that there were
mong the dead whom I desired to see.
"Then I saw Minos son of Jove with his golden sceptre in his hand
sitting in judgement on the dead, and the ghosts were gathered sitting
and standing round him in the spacious house of Hades, to learn his
sentences upon them.
"After him I saw huge Orion in a meadow full of asphodel driving the
ghosts of the wild beasts that he had killed upon the mountains, and
he had a great bronze club in his hand, unbreakable for ever and ever.
"And I saw Tityus son of Gaia stM
retched upon the plain and covering
some nine acres of ground. Two vultures on either side of him were
digging their beaks into his liver, and he kept on trying to beat
them off with his hands, but could not; for he had violated Jove's
mistress Leto as she was going through Panopeus on her way to Pytho.
"I saw also the dreadful fate of Tantalus, who stood in a lake that
reached his chin; he was dying to quench his thirst, but could never
reach the water, for whenever the poor creature stooped to drink,
dried up and vanished, so that there was nothing but dry ground-
parched by the spite of heaven. There were tall trees, moreover, that
shed their fruit over his head- pears, pomegranates, apples, sweet
figs and juicy olives, but whenever the poor creature stretched out
his hand to take some, the wind tossed the branches back again to
"And I saw Sisyphus at his endless task raising his prodigious stone
with both his hands. With hands and feet he' tried to roll it up to
the top of the hill, buM
t always, just before he could roll it over
on to the other side, its weight would be too much for him, and the
pitiless stone would come thundering down again on to the plain. Then
he would begin trying to push it up hill again, and the sweat ran
off him and the steam rose after him.
"After him I saw mighty Hercules, but it was his phantom only, for
he is feasting ever with the immortal gods, and has lovely Hebe to
wife, who is daughter of Jove and Juno. The ghosts were screaming
round him like scared bM
irds flying all whithers. He looked black as
night with his bare bow in his hands and his arrow on the string,
glaring around as though ever on the point of taking aim. About his
breast there was a wondrous golden belt adorned in the most marvellous
fashion with bears, wild boars, and lions with gleaming eyes; there
was also war, battle, and death. The man who made that belt, do what
he might, would never be able to make another like it. Hercules knew
me at once when he saw me, and spoke piteously, saying, mM
noble son of Laertes, are you too leading the same sorry kind of life
that I did when I was above ground? I was son of Jove, but I went
through an infinity of suffering, for I became bondsman to one who
was far beneath me- a low fellow who set me all manner of labours.
He once sent me here to fetch the hell-hound- for he did not think
he could find anything harder for me than this, but I got the hound
out of Hades and brought him to him, for Mercury and Minerva helped
les went down again into the house of Hades, but I stayed
where I was in case some other of the mighty dead should come to me.
And I should have seen still other of them that are gone before, whom
I would fain have seen- Theseus and Pirithous glorious children of
the gods, but so many thousands of ghosts came round me and uttered
such appalling cries, that I was panic stricken lest Proserpine should
send up from the house of Hades the head of that awful monster Gorgon.
On this I hastened back to my ship and M
ordered my men to go on board
at once and loose the hawsers; so they embarked and took their places,
whereon the ship went down the stream of the river Oceanus. We had
to row at first, but presently a fair wind sprang up.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
"After we were clear of the river Oceanus, and had got out into the
open sea, we went on till we reached the Aeaean island where there
is dawn and sunrise as in other places. We then drew our ship on to
the sands and got out of her on to the shore, where we went to sleep
and waited till day should break.
"Then, when the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, I
sent some men to Circe's house to fetch the body of Elpenor. We cut
firewood from a wood where the headland jutted out into the sea, and
after we had wept over him and lamented him we performed his funeral
rites. When his body and armour had been burned to ashes, we raised
a cairn, set a stone over it, and at the top of the cairn we fixedM
the oar that he had been used to row with.
"While we were doing all this, Circe, who knew that we had got back
from the house of Hades, dressed herself and came to us as fast as
she could; and her maid servants came with her bringing us bread,
meat, and wine. Then she stood in the midst of us and said, 'You have
done a bold thing in going down alive to the house of Hades, and you
will have died twice, to other people's once; now, then, stay here
for the rest of the day, feast your fill, and go on with yM
at daybreak tomorrow morning. In the meantime I will tell Ulysses
about your course, and will explain everything to him so as to prevent
your suffering from misadventure either by land or sea.'
"We agreed to do as she had said, and feasted through the livelong
day to the going down of the sun, but when the sun had set and it
came on dark, the men laid themselves down to sleep by the stern cables
of the ship. Then Circe took me by the hand and bade me be seated
away from the others, while she reM
clined by my side and asked me all
about our adventures.
"'So far so good,' said she, when I had ended my story, 'and now pay
attention to what I am about to tell you- heaven itself, indeed, will
recall it to your recollection. First you will come to the Sirens
who enchant all who come near them. If any one unwarily draws in too
close and hears the singing of the Sirens, his wife and children will
never welcome him home again, for they sit in a green field and warble
him to death with the sweetness of thM
eir song. There is a great heap
of dead men's bones lying all around, with the flesh still rotting
off them. Therefore pass these Sirens by, and stop your men's ears
with wax that none of them may hear; but if you like you can listen
yourself, for you may get the men to bind you as you stand upright
on a cross-piece half way up the mast, and they must lash the rope's
ends to the mast itself, that you may have the pleasure of listening.
If you beg and pray the men to unloose you, then they must bind you
"'When your crew have taken you past these Sirens, I cannot give you
coherent directions as to which of two courses you are to take; I
will lay the two alternatives before you, and you must consider them
for yourself. On the one hand there are some overhanging rocks against
which the deep blue waves of Amphitrite beat with terrific fury; the
blessed gods call these rocks the Wanderers. Here not even a bird
may pass, no, not even the timid doves that bring ambrosia to Father
Jove, but the sheer rock aM
lways carries off one of them, and Father
Jove has to send another to make up their number; no ship that ever
yet came to these rocks has got away again, but the waves and whirlwinds
of fire are freighted with wreckage and with the bodies of dead men.
The only vessel that ever sailed and got through, was the famous Argo
on her way from the house of Aetes, and she too would have gone against
these great rocks, only that Juno piloted her past them for the love
"'Of these two rocks the onM
e reaches heaven and its peak is lost in
a dark cloud. This never leaves it, so that the top is never clear
not even in summer and early autumn. No man though he had twenty hands
and twenty feet could get a foothold on it and climb it, for it runs
sheer up, as smooth as though it had been polished. In the middle
of it there is a large cavern, looking West and turned towards Erebus;
you must take your ship this way, but the cave is so high up that
not even the stoutest archer could send an arrow into it. InsiM
Scylla sits and yelps with a voice that you might take to be that
of a young hound, but in truth she is a dreadful monster and no one-
not even a god- could face her without being terror-struck. She has
twelve mis-shapen feet, and six necks of the most prodigious length;
and at the end of each neck she has a frightful head with three rows
of teeth in each, all set very close together, so that they would
crunch any one to death in a moment, and she sits deep within her
shady cell thrusting out her headM
s and peering all round the rock,
fishing for dolphins or dogfish or any larger monster that she can
catch, of the thousands with which Amphitrite teems. No ship ever
yet got past her without losing some men, for she shoots out all her
heads at once, and carries off a man in each mouth.
"'You will find the other rocks lie lower, but they are so close together
that there is not more than a bowshot between them. [A large fig tree
in full leaf grows upon it], and under it lies the sucking whirlpool
bdis. Three times in the day does she vomit forth her waters,
and three times she sucks them down again; see that you be not there
when she is sucking, for if you are, Neptune himself could not save
you; you must hug the Scylla side and drive ship by as fast as you
can, for you had better lose six men than your whole crew.'
"'Is there no way,' said I, 'of escaping Charybdis, and at the same
time keeping Scylla off when she is trying to harm my men?'
"'You dare-devil,' replied the goddess, you are always M
fight somebody or something; you will not let yourself be beaten even
by the immortals. For Scylla is not mortal; moreover she is savage,
extreme, rude, cruel and invincible. There is no help for it; your
best chance will be to get by her as fast as ever you can, for if
you dawdle about her rock while you are putting on your armour, she
may catch you with a second cast of her six heads, and snap up another
half dozen of your men; so drive your ship past her at full speed,
and roar out lustily to M
Crataiis who is Scylla's dam, bad luck to
her; she will then stop her from making a second raid upon you.
"'You will now come to the Thrinacian island, and here you will see
many herds of cattle and flocks of sheep belonging to the sun-god-
seven herds of cattle and seven flocks of sheep, with fifty head in
each flock. They do not breed, nor do they become fewer in number,
and they are tended by the goddesses Phaethusa and Lampetie, who are
children of the sun-god Hyperion by Neaera. Their mother when she
had borne them and had done suckling them sent them to the Thrinacian
island, which was a long way off, to live there and look after their
father's flocks and herds. If you leave these flocks unharmed, and
think of nothing but getting home, you may yet after much hardship
reach Ithaca; but if you harm them, then I forewarn you of the destruction
both of your ship and of your comrades; and even though you may yourself
escape, you will return late, in bad plight, after losing all your
d, and dawn enthroned in gold began to show in heaven,
whereon she returned inland. I then went on board and told my men
to loose the ship from her moorings; so they at once got into her,
took their places, and began to smite the grey sea with their oars.
Presently the great and cunning goddess Circe befriended us with a
fair wind that blew dead aft, and stayed steadily with us, keeping
our sails well filled, so we did whatever wanted doing to the ship's
gear, and let her go as wind and helmsman headed her. M
"Then, being much troubled in mind, I said to my men, 'My friends,
it is not right that one or two of us alone should know the prophecies
that Circe has made me, I will therefore tell you about them, so that
whether we live or die we may do so with our eyes open. First she
said we were to keep clear of the Sirens, who sit and sing most beautifully
in a field of flowers; but she said I might hear them myself so long
as no one else did. Therefore, take me and bind me to the crosspiece
half way up the mast;M
bind me as I stand upright, with a bond so fast
that I cannot possibly break away, and lash the rope's ends to the
mast itself. If I beg and pray you to set me free, then bind me more
"I had hardly finished telling everything to the men before we reached
the island of the two Sirens, for the wind had been very favourable.
Then all of a sudden it fell dead calm; there was not a breath of
wind nor a ripple upon the water, so the men furled the sails and
stowed them; then taking to their oaM
rs they whitened the water with
the foam they raised in rowing. Meanwhile I look a large wheel of
wax and cut it up small with my sword. Then I kneaded the wax in my
strong hands till it became soft, which it soon did between the kneading
and the rays of the sun-god son of Hyperion. Then I stopped the ears
of all my men, and they bound me hands and feet to the mast as I stood
upright on the crosspiece; but they went on rowing themselves. When
we had got within earshot of the land, and the ship was going at aM
good rate, the Sirens saw that we were getting in shore and began
with their singing.
"'Come here,' they sang, 'renowned Ulysses, honour to the Achaean
name, and listen to our two voices. No one ever sailed past us without
staying to hear the enchanting sweetness of our song- and he who listens
will go on his way not only charmed, but wiser, for we know all the
ills that the gods laid upon the Argives and Trojans before Troy,
and can tell you everything that is going to happen over the whole
"They sang these words most musically, and as I longed to hear them
further I made by frowning to my men that they should set me free;
but they quickened their stroke, and Eurylochus and Perimedes bound
me with still stronger bonds till we had got out of hearing of the
Sirens' voices. Then my men took the wax from their ears and unbound
"Immediately after we had got past the island I saw a great wave from
which spray was rising, and I heard a loud roaring sound. The men
were so frightened that theyM
loosed hold of their oars, for the whole
sea resounded with the rushing of the waters, but the ship stayed
where it was, for the men had left off rowing. I went round, therefore,
and exhorted them man by man not to lose heart.
"'My friends,' said I, 'this is not the first time that we have been
in danger, and we are in nothing like so bad a case as when the Cyclops
shut us up in his cave; nevertheless, my courage and wise counsel
saved us then, and we shall live to look back on all this as well.
erefore, let us all do as I say, trust in Jove and row on with
might and main. As for you, coxswain, these are your orders; attend
to them, for the ship is in your hands; turn her head away from these
steaming rapids and hug the rock, or she will give you the slip and
be over yonder before you know where you are, and you will be the
"So they did as I told them; but I said nothing about the awful monster
Scylla, for I knew the men would not on rowing if I did, but would
huddle together in thM
e hold. In one thing only did I disobey Circe's
strict instructions- I put on my armour. Then seizing two strong spears
I took my stand on the ship Is bows, for it was there that I expected
first to see the monster of the rock, who was to do my men so much
harm; but I could not make her out anywhere, though I strained my
eyes with looking the gloomy rock all over and over
"Then we entered the Straits in great fear of mind, for on the one
hand was Scylla, and on the other dread Charybdis kept sucking up
he salt water. As she vomited it up, it was like the water in a cauldron
when it is boiling over upon a great fire, and the spray reached the
top of the rocks on either side. When she began to suck again, we
could see the water all inside whirling round and round, and it made
a deafening sound as it broke against the rocks. We could see the
bottom of the whirlpool all black with sand and mud, and the men were
at their wit's ends for fear. While we were taken up with this, and
were expecting each moment to beM
our last, Scylla pounced down suddenly
upon us and snatched up my six best men. I was looking at once after
both ship and men, and in a moment I saw their hands and feet ever
so high above me, struggling in the air as Scylla was carrying them
off, and I heard them call out my name in one last despairing cry.
As a fisherman, seated, spear in hand, upon some jutting rock throws
bait into the water to deceive the poor little fishes, and spears
them with the ox's horn with which his spear is shod, throwing themM
gasping on to the land as he catches them one by one- even so did
Scylla land these panting creatures on her rock and munch them up
at the mouth of her den, while they screamed and stretched out their
hands to me in their mortal agony. This was the most sickening sight
that I saw throughout all my voyages.
"When we had passed the [Wandering] rocks, with Scylla and terrible
Charybdis, we reached the noble island of the sun-god, where were
the goodly cattle and sheep belonging to the sun Hyperion. While sM
at sea in my ship I could bear the cattle lowing as they came home
to the yards, and the sheep bleating. Then I remembered what the blind
Theban prophet Teiresias had told me, and how carefully Aeaean Circe
had warned me to shun the island of the blessed sun-god. So being
much troubled I said to the men, 'My men, I know you are hard pressed,
but listen while I tell you the prophecy that Teiresias made me, and
how carefully Aeaean Circe warned me to shun the island of the blessed
sun-god, for it was herM
e, she said, that our worst danger would lie.
Head the ship, therefore, away from the island.'
"The men were in despair at this, and Eurylochus at once gave me an
insolent answer. 'Ulysses,' said he, 'you are cruel; you are very
strong yourself and never get worn out; you seem to be made of iron,
and now, though your men are exhausted with toil and want of sleep,
you will not let them land and cook themselves a good supper upon
this island, but bid them put out to sea and go faring fruitlessly
the watches of the flying night. It is by night that the
winds blow hardest and do so much damage; how can we escape should
one of those sudden squalls spring up from South West or West, which
so often wreck a vessel when our lords the gods are unpropitious?
Now, therefore, let us obey the of night and prepare our supper here
hard by the ship; to-morrow morning we will go on board again and
"Thus spoke Eurylochus, and the men approved his words. I saw that
heaven meant us a mischief andM
said, 'You force me to yield, for you
are many against one, but at any rate each one of you must take his
solemn oath that if he meet with a herd of cattle or a large flock
of sheep, he will not be so mad as to kill a single head of either,
but will be satisfied with the food that Circe has given us.'
"They all swore as I bade them, and when they had completed their
oath we made the ship fast in a harbour that was near a stream of
fresh water, and the men went ashore and cooked their suppers. As
they had had enough to eat and drink, they began talking about
their poor comrades whom Scylla had snatched up and eaten; this set
them weeping and they went on crying till they fell off into a sound
"In the third watch of the night when the stars had shifted their
places, Jove raised a great gale of wind that flew a hurricane so
that land and sea were covered with thick clouds, and night sprang
forth out of the heavens. When the child of morning, rosy-fingered
Dawn, appeared, we brought the ship M
to land and drew her into a cave
wherein the sea-nymphs hold their courts and dances, and I called
the men together in council.
"'My friends,' said I, 'we have meat and drink in the ship, let us
mind, therefore, and not touch the cattle, or we shall suffer for
it; for these cattle and sheep belong to the mighty sun, who sees
and gives ear to everything. And again they promised that they would
"For a whole month the wind blew steadily from the South, and there
was no other wind, but only South aM
nd East. As long as corn and wine
held out the men did not touch the cattle when they were hungry; when,
however, they had eaten all there was in the ship, they were forced
to go further afield, with hook and line, catching birds, and taking
whatever they could lay their hands on; for they were starving. One
day, therefore, I went up inland that I might pray heaven to show
me some means of getting away. When I had gone far enough to be clear
of all my men, and had found a place that was well sheltered from
the wind, I washed my hands and prayed to all the gods in Olympus
till by and by they sent me off into a sweet sleep.
"Meanwhile Eurylochus had been giving evil counsel to the men, 'Listen
to me,' said he, 'my poor comrades. All deaths are bad enough but
there is none so bad as famine. Why should not we drive in the best
of these cows and offer them in sacrifice to the immortal Rods? If
we ever get back to Ithaca, we can build a fine temple to the sun-god
and enrich it with every kind of ornament; if, howM
ever, he is determined
to sink our ship out of revenge for these homed cattle, and the other
gods are of the same mind, I for one would rather drink salt water
once for all and have done with it, than be starved to death by inches
in such a desert island as this is.'
"Thus spoke Eurylochus, and the men approved his words. Now the cattle,
so fair and goodly, were feeding not far from the ship; the men, therefore
drove in the best of them, and they all stood round them saying their
prayers, and using youngM
oak-shoots instead of barley-meal, for there
was no barley left. When they had done praying they killed the cows
and dressed their carcasses; they cut out the thigh bones, wrapped
them round in two layers of fat, and set some pieces of raw meat on
top of them. They had no wine with which to make drink-offerings over
the sacrifice while it was cooking, so they kept pouring on a little
water from time to time while the inward meats were being grilled;
then, when the thigh bones were burned and they had tastedM
meats, they cut the rest up small and put the pieces upon the spits.
"By this time my deep sleep had left me, and I turned back to the
ship and to the sea shore. As I drew near I began to smell hot roast
meat, so I groaned out a prayer to the immortal gods. 'Father Jove,'
I exclaimed, 'and all you other gods who live in everlasting bliss,
you have done me a cruel mischief by the sleep into which you have
sent me; see what fine work these men of mine have been making in
ile Lampetie went straight off to the sun and told him we had
been killing his cows, whereon he flew into a great rage, and said
to the immortals, 'Father Jove, and all you other gods who live in
everlasting bliss, I must have vengeance on the crew of Ulysses' ship:
they have had the insolence to kill my cows, which were the one thing
I loved to look upon, whether I was going up heaven or down again.
If they do not square accounts with me about my cows, I will go down
to Hades and shine there among the dead.M
"'Sun,' said Jove, 'go on shining upon us gods and upon mankind over
the fruitful earth. I will shiver their ship into little pieces with
a bolt of white lightning as soon as they get out to sea.'
"I was told all this by Calypso, who said she had heard it from the
"As soon as I got down to my ship and to the sea shore I rebuked each
one of the men separately, but we could see no way out of it, for
the cows were dead already. And indeed the gods began at once to show
nders among us, for the hides of the cattle crawled about,
and the joints upon the spits began to low like cows, and the meat,
whether cooked or raw, kept on making a noise just as cows do.
"For six days my men kept driving in the best cows and feasting upon
them, but when Jove the son of Saturn had added a seventh day, the
fury of the gale abated; we therefore went on board, raised our masts,
spread sail, and put out to sea. As soon as we were well away from
the island, and could see nothing but sky and sM
ea, the son of Saturn
raised a black cloud over our ship, and the sea grew dark beneath
it. We not get on much further, for in another moment we were caught
by a terrific squall from the West that snapped the forestays of the
mast so that it fell aft, while all the ship's gear tumbled about
at the bottom of the vessel. The mast fell upon the head of the helmsman
in the ship's stern, so that the bones of his head were crushed to
pieces, and he fell overboard as though he were diving, with no more
"Then Jove let fly with his thunderbolts, and the ship went round
and round, and was filled with fire and brimstone as the lightning
struck it. The men all fell into the sea; they were carried about
in the water round the ship, looking like so many sea-gulls, but the
god presently deprived them of all chance of getting home again.
"I stuck to the ship till the sea knocked her sides from her keel
(which drifted about by itself) and struck the mast out of her in
the direction of the keel; but therM
e was a backstay of stout ox-thong
still hanging about it, and with this I lashed the mast and keel together,
and getting astride of them was carried wherever the winds chose to
"[The gale from the West had now spent its force, and the wind got
into the South again, which frightened me lest I should be taken back
to the terrible whirlpool of Charybdis. This indeed was what actually
happened, for I was borne along by the waves all night, and by sunrise
had reacfied the rock of Scylla, and the whiM
rlpool. She was then sucking
down the salt sea water, but I was carried aloft toward the fig tree,
which I caught hold of and clung on to like a bat. I could not plant
my feet anywhere so as to stand securely, for the roots were a long
way off and the boughs that overshadowed the whole pool were too high,
too vast, and too far apart for me to reach them; so I hung patiently
on, waiting till the pool should discharge my mast and raft again-
and a very long while it seemed. A juryman is not more glad to get
ome to supper, after having been long detained in court by troublesome
cases, than I was to see my raft beginning to work its way out of
the whirlpool again. At last I let go with my hands and feet, and
fell heavily into the sea, bard by my raft on to which I then got,
and began to row with my hands. As for Scylla, the father of gods
and men would not let her get further sight of me- otherwise I should
have certainly been lost.]
"Hence I was carried along for nine days till on the tenth night the
randed me on the Ogygian island, where dwells the great and
powerful goddess Calypso. She took me in and was kind to me, but I
need say no more about this, for I told you and your noble wife all
about it yesterday, and I hate saying the same thing over and over
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Thus did he speak, and they all held their peace throughout the covered
cloister, enthralled by the charm of his story, till presently Alcinous
"Ulysses," said he, "now that you have reached my house I doubt not
you will get home without further misadventure no matter how much
you have suffered in the past. To you others, however, who come here
night after night to drink my choicest wine and listen to my bard,
I would insist as foM
llows. Our guest has already packed up the clothes,
wrought gold, and other valuables which you have brought for his acceptance;
let us now, therefore, present him further, each one of us, with a
large tripod and a cauldron. We will recoup ourselves by the levy
of a general rate; for private individuals cannot be expected to bear
the burden of such a handsome present."
Every one approved of this, and then they went home to bed each in
his own abode. When the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared,M
they hurried down to the ship and brought their cauldrons with them.
Alcinous went on board and saw everything so securely stowed under
the ship's benches that nothing could break adrift and injure the
rowers. Then they went to the house of Alcinous to get dinner, and
he sacrificed a bull for them in honour of Jove who is the lord of
all. They set the steaks to grill and made an excellent dinner, after
which the inspired bard, Demodocus, who was a favourite with every
one, sang to them; but Ulysses kept onM
turning his eyes towards the
sun, as though to hasten his setting, for he was longing to be on
his way. As one who has been all day ploughing a fallow field with
a couple of oxen keeps thinking about his supper and is glad when
night comes that he may go and get it, for it is all his legs can
do to carry him, even so did Ulysses rejoice when the sun went down,
and he at once said to the Phaecians, addressing himself more particularly
"Sir, and all of you, farewell. Make your drink-offeM
me on my way rejoicing, for you have fulfilled my heart's desire by
giving me an escort, and making me presents, which heaven grant that
I may turn to good account; may I find my admirable wife living in
peace among friends, and may you whom I leave behind me give satisfaction
to your wives and children; may heaven vouchsafe you every good grace,
and may no evil thing come among your people."
Thus did he speak. His hearers all of them approved his saying and
agreed that he should have his M
escort inasmuch as he had spoken reasonably.
Alcinous therefore said to his servant, "Pontonous, mix some wine
and hand it round to everybody, that we may offer a prayer to father
Jove, and speed our guest upon his way."
Pontonous mixed the wine and handed it to every one in turn; the others
each from his own seat made a drink-offering to the blessed gods that
live in heaven, but Ulysses rose and placed the double cup in the
hands of queen Arete.
"Farewell, queen," said he, "henceforward and for ever,M
death, the common lot of mankind, lay their hands upon you. I now
take my leave; be happy in this house with your children, your people,
and with king Alcinous."
As he spoke he crossed the threshold, and Alcinous sent a man to conduct
him to his ship and to the sea shore. Arete also sent some maid servants
with him- one with a clean shirt and cloak, another to carry his strong-box,
and a third with corn and wine. When they got to the water side the
crew took these things and put them on boaM
rd, with all the meat and
drink; but for Ulysses they spread a rug and a linen sheet on deck
that he might sleep soundly in the stern of the ship. Then he too
went on board and lay down without a word, but the crew took every
man his place and loosed the hawser from the pierced stone to which
it had been bound. Thereon, when they began rowing out to sea, Ulysses
fell into a deep, sweet, and almost deathlike slumber.
The ship bounded forward on her way as a four in hand chariot flies
over the course when M
the horses feel the whip. Her prow curveted as
it were the neck of a stallion, and a great wave of dark blue water
seethed in her wake. She held steadily on her course, and even a falcon,
swiftest of all birds, could not have kept pace with her. Thus, then,
she cut her way through the water. carrying one who was as cunning
as the gods, but who was now sleeping peacefully, forgetful of all
that he had suffered both on the field of battle and by the waves
When the bright star that heraldsM
the approach of dawn began to show.
the ship drew near to land. Now there is in Ithaca a haven of the
old merman Phorcys, which lies between two points that break the line
of the sea and shut the harbour in. These shelter it from the storms
of wind and sea that rage outside, so that, when once within it, a
ship may lie without being even moored. At the head of this harbour
there is a large olive tree, and at no distance a fine overarching
cavern sacred to the nymphs who are called Naiads. There are mixing-bM
within it and wine-jars of stone, and the bees hive there. Moreover,
there are great looms of stone on which the nymphs weave their robes
of sea purple- very curious to see- and at all times there is water
within it. It has two entrances, one facing North by which mortals
can go down into the cave, while the other comes from the South and
is more mysterious; mortals cannot possibly get in by it, it is the
way taken by the gods.
Into this harbour, then, they took their ship, for they knew the place,
She had so much way upon her that she ran half her own length on to
the shore; when, however, they had landed, the first thing they did
was to lift Ulysses with his rug and linen sheet out of the ship,
and lay him down upon the sand still fast asleep. Then they took out
the presents which Minerva had persuaded the Phaeacians to give him
when he was setting out on his voyage homewards. They put these all
together by the root of the olive tree, away from the road, for fear
some passer by might come and steal M
them before Ulysses awoke; and
then they made the best of their way home again.
But Neptune did not forget the threats with which he had already threatened
Ulysses, so he took counsel with Jove. "Father Jove," said he, "I
shall no longer be held in any sort of respect among you gods, if
mortals like the Phaeacians, who are my own flesh and blood, show
such small regard for me. I said I would Ulysses get home when he
had suffered sufficiently. I did not say that he should never get
home at all, for I knewM
you had already nodded your head about it,
and promised that he should do so; but now they have brought him in
a ship fast asleep and have landed him in Ithaca after loading him
with more magnificent presents of bronze, gold, and raiment than he
would ever have brought back from Troy, if he had had his share of
the spoil and got home without misadventure."
And Jove answered, "What, O Lord of the Earthquake, are you talking
about? The gods are by no means wanting in respect for you. It would
were they to insult one so old and honoured as you are.
As regards mortals, however, if any of them is indulging in insolence
and treating you disrespectfully, it will always rest with yourself
to deal with him as you may think proper, so do just as you please."
"I should have done so at once," replied Neptune, "if I were not anxious
to avoid anything that might displease you; now, therefore, I should
like to wreck the Phaecian ship as it is returning from its escort.
This will stop them from escorting peM
ople in future; and I should
also like to bury their city under a huge mountain."
"My good friend," answered Jove, "I should recommend you at the very
moment when the people from the city are watching the ship on her
way, to turn it into a rock near the land and looking like a ship.
This will astonish everybody, and you can then bury their city under
When earth-encircling Neptune heard this he went to Scheria where
the Phaecians live, and stayed there till the ship, which was making
pid way, had got close-in. Then he went up to it, turned it into
stone, and drove it down with the flat of his hand so as to root it
in the ground. After this he went away.
The Phaeacians then began talking among themselves, and one would
turn towards his neighbour, saying, "Bless my heart, who is it that
can have rooted the ship in the sea just as she was getting into port?
We could see the whole of her only moment ago."
This was how they talked, but they knew nothing about it; and Alcinous
remember now the old prophecy of my father. He said that
Neptune would be angry with us for taking every one so safely over
the sea, and would one day wreck a Phaeacian ship as it was returning
from an escort, and bury our city under a high mountain. This was
what my old father used to say, and now it is all coming true. Now
therefore let us all do as I say; in the first place we must leave
off giving people escorts when they come here, and in the next let
us sacrifice twelve picked bulls to Neptune that he M
upon us, and not bury our city under the high mountain." When the
people heard this they were afraid and got ready the bulls.
Thus did the chiefs and rulers of the Phaecians to king Neptune, standing
round his altar; and at the same time Ulysses woke up once more upon
his own soil. He had been so long away that he did not know it again;
moreover, Jove's daughter Minerva had made it a foggy day, so that
people might not know of his having come, and that she might tell
him everything without M
either his wife or his fellow citizens and
friends recognizing him until he had taken his revenge upon the wicked
suitors. Everything, therefore, seemed quite different to him- the
long straight tracks, the harbours, the precipices, and the goodly
trees, appeared all changed as he started up and looked upon his native
land. So he smote his thighs with the flat of his hands and cried
aloud despairingly.
"Alas," he exclaimed, "among what manner of people am I fallen? Are
they savage and uncivilized or hospM
itable and humane? Where shall
I put all this treasure, and which way shall I go? I wish I had stayed
over there with the Phaeacians; or I could have gone to some other
great chief who would have been good to me and given me an escort.
As it is I do not know where to put my treasure, and I cannot leave
it here for fear somebody else should get hold of it. In good truth
the chiefs and rulers of the Phaeacians have not been dealing fairly
by me, and have left me in the wrong country; they said they would
me back to Ithaca and they have not done so: may Jove the protector
of suppliants chastise them, for he watches over everybody and punishes
those who do wrong. Still, I suppose I must count my goods and see
if the crew have gone off with any of them."
He counted his goodly coppers and cauldrons, his gold and all his
clothes, but there was nothing missing; still he kept grieving about
not being in his own country, and wandered up and down by the shore
of the sounding sea bewailing his hard fate. Then MineM
to him disguised as a young shepherd of delicate and princely mien,
with a good cloak folded double about her shoulders; she had sandals
on her comely feet and held a javelin in her hand. Ulysses was glad
when he saw her, and went straight up to her.
"My friend," said he, "you are the first person whom I have met with
in this country; I salute you, therefore, and beg you to be will disposed
towards me. Protect these my goods, and myself too, for I embrace
your knees and pray to you as though M
you were a god. Tell me, then,
and tell me truly, what land and country is this? Who are its inhabitants?
Am I on an island, or is this the sea board of some continent?"
Minerva answered, "Stranger, you must be very simple, or must have
come from somewhere a long way off, not to know what country this
is. It is a very celebrated place, and everybody knows it East and
West. It is rugged and not a good driving country, but it is by no
means a bid island for what there is of it. It grows any quantity
and also wine, for it is watered both by rain and dew; it
breeds cattle also and goats; all kinds of timber grow here, and there
are watering places where the water never runs dry; so, sir, the name
of Ithaca is known even as far as Troy, which I understand to be a
long way off from this Achaean country."
Ulysses was glad at finding himself, as Minerva told him, in his own
country, and he began to answer, but he did not speak the truth, and
made up a lying story in the instinctive wiliness of his heart.
"I heard of Ithaca," said he, "when I was in Crete beyond the seas,
and now it seems I have reached it with all these treasures. I have
left as much more behind me for my children, but am flying because
I killed Orsilochus son of Idomeneus, the fleetest runner in Crete.
I killed him because he wanted to rob me of the spoils I had got from
Troy with so much trouble and danger both on the field of battle and
by the waves of the weary sea; he said I had not served his father
loyally at Troy as vassal, but haM
d set myself up as an independent
ruler, so I lay in wait for him and with one of my followers by the
road side, and speared him as he was coming into town from the country.
my It was a very dark night and nobody saw us; it was not known, therefore,
that I had killed him, but as soon as I had done so I went to a ship
and besought the owners, who were Phoenicians, to take me on board
and set me in Pylos or in Elis where the Epeans rule, giving them
as much spoil as satisfied them. They meant no guile, but theM
drove them off their course, and we sailed on till we came hither
by night. It was all we could do to get inside the harbour, and none
of us said a word about supper though we wanted it badly, but we all
went on shore and lay down just as we were. I was very tired and fell
asleep directly, so they took my goods out of the ship, and placed
them beside me where I was lying upon the sand. Then they sailed away
to Sidonia, and I was left here in great distress of mind."
Such was his story, but Minerva sM
miled and caressed him with her hand.
Then she took the form of a woman, fair, stately, and wise, "He must
be indeed a shifty lying fellow," said she, "who could surpass you
in all manner of craft even though you had a god for your antagonist.
Dare-devil that you are, full of guile, unwearying in deceit, can
you not drop your tricks and your instinctive falsehood, even now
that you are in your own country again? We will say no more, however,
about this, for we can both of us deceive upon occasion- you are thM
most accomplished counsellor and orator among all mankind, while I
for diplomacy and subtlety have no equal among the gods. Did you not
know Jove's daughter Minerva- me, who have been ever with you, who
kept watch over you in all your troubles, and who made the Phaeacians
take so great a liking to you? And now, again, I am come here to talk
things over with you, and help you to hide the treasure I made the
Phaeacians give you; I want to tell you about the troubles that await
you in your own house; you havM
e got to face them, but tell no one,
neither man nor woman, that you have come home again. Bear everything,
and put up with every man's insolence, without a word."
And Ulysses answered, "A man, goddess, may know a great deal, but
you are so constantly changing your appearance that when he meets
you it is a hard matter for him to know whether it is you or not.
This much, however, I know exceedingly well; you were very kind to
me as long as we Achaeans were fighting before Troy, but from the
e went on board ship after having sacked the city of
Priam, and heaven dispersed us- from that day, Minerva, I saw no more
of you, and cannot ever remember your coming to my ship to help me
in a difficulty; I had to wander on sick and sorry till the gods delivered
me from evil and I reached the city of the Phaeacians, where you encouraged
me and took me into the town. And now, I beseech you in your father's
name, tell me the truth, for I do not believe I am really back in
Ithaca. I am in some other country aM
nd you are mocking me and deceiving
me in all you have been saying. Tell me then truly, have I really
got back to my own country?"
"You are always taking something of that sort into your head," replied
Minerva, "and that is why I cannot desert you in your afflictions;
you are so plausible, shrewd and shifty. Any one but yourself on returning
from so long a voyage would at once have gone home to see his wife
and children, but you do not seem to care about asking after them
or hearing any news about them tM
ill you have exploited your wife,
who remains at home vainly grieving for you, and having no peace night
or day for the tears she sheds on your behalf. As for my not coming
near you, I was never uneasy about you, for I was certain you would
get back safely though you would lose all your men, and I did not
wish to quarrel with my uncle Neptune, who never forgave you for having
blinded his son. I will now, however, point out to you the lie of
the land, and you will then perhaps believe me. This is the haven
f the old merman Phorcys, and here is the olive tree that grows at
the head of it; [near it is the cave sacred to the Naiads;] here too
is the overarching cavern in which you have offered many an acceptable
hecatomb to the nymphs, and this is the wooded mountain Neritum."
As she spoke the goddess dispersed the mist and the land appeared.
Then Ulysses rejoiced at finding himself again in his own land, and
kissed the bounteous soil; he lifted up his hands and prayed to the
nymphs, saying, "Naiad nymphs, daugM
hters of Jove, I made sure that
I was never again to see you, now therefore I greet you with all loving
salutations, and I will bring you offerings as in the old days, if
Jove's redoubtable daughter will grant me life, and bring my son to
"Take heart, and do not trouble yourself about that," rejoined Minerva,
"let us rather set about stowing your things at once in the cave,
where they will be quite safe. Let us see how we can best manage it
Therewith she went down into the cave to looM
k for the safest hiding
places, while Ulysses brought up all the treasure of gold, bronze,
and good clothing which the Phaecians had given him. They stowed everything
carefully away, and Minerva set a stone against the door of the cave.
Then the two sat down by the root of the great olive, and consulted
how to compass the destruction of the wicked suitors.
"Ulysses," said Minerva, "noble son of Laertes, think how you can
lay hands on these disreputable people who have been lording it in
three years, courting your wife and making wedding
presents to her, while she does nothing but lament your absence, giving
hope and sending your encouraging messages to every one of them, but
meaning the very opposite of all she says'
And Ulysses answered, "In good truth, goddess, it seems I should have
come to much the same bad end in my own house as Agamemnon did, if
you had not given me such timely information. Advise me how I shall
best avenge myself. Stand by my side and put your courage into my
rt as on the day when we loosed Troy's fair diadem from her brow.
Help me now as you did then, and I will fight three hundred men, if
you, goddess, will be with me."
"Trust me for that," said she, "I will not lose sight of you when
once we set about it, and I would imagine that some of those who are
devouring your substance will then bespatter the pavement with their
blood and brains. I will begin by disguising you so that no human
being shall know you; I will cover your body with wrinkles; you shall
e all your yellow hair; I will clothe you in a garment that shall
fill all who see it with loathing; I will blear your fine eyes for
you, and make you an unseemly object in the sight of the suitors,
of your wife, and of the son whom you left behind you. Then go at
once to the swineherd who is in charge of your pigs; he has been always
well affected towards you, and is devoted to Penelope and your son;
you will find him feeding his pigs near the rock that is called Raven
by the fountain Arethusa, where they aM
re fattening on beechmast and
spring water after their manner. Stay with him and find out how things
are going, while I proceed to Sparta and see your son, who is with
Menelaus at Lacedaemon, where he has gone to try and find out whether
you are still alive."
"But why," said Ulysses, "did you not tell him, for you knew all about
it? Did you want him too to go sailing about amid all kinds of hardship
while others are eating up his estate?"
Minerva answered, "Never mind about him, I sent him that he migM
be well spoken of for having gone. He is in no sort of difficulty,
but is staying quite comfortably with Menelaus, and is surrounded
with abundance of every kind. The suitors have put out to sea and
are lying in wait for him, for they mean to kill him before he can
get home. I do not much think they will succeed, but rather that some
of those who are now eating up your estate will first find a grave
As she spoke Minerva touched him with her wand and covered him with
wrinkles, took away aM
ll his yellow hair, and withered the flesh over
his whole body; she bleared his eyes, which were naturally very fine
ones; she changed his clothes and threw an old rag of a wrap about
him, and a tunic, tattered, filthy, and begrimed with smoke; she also
gave him an undressed deer skin as an outer garment, and furnished
him with a staff and a wallet all in holes, with a twisted thong for
him to sling it over his shoulder.
When the pair had thus laid their plans they parted, and the goddess
o Lacedaemon to fetch Telemachus.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ulysses now left the haven, and took the rough track up through the
wooded country and over the crest of the mountain till he reached
the place where Minerva had said that he would find the swineherd,
who was the most thrifty servant he had. He found him sitting in front
of his hut, which was by the yards that he had built on a site which
could be seen from far. He had made them spacious M
with a free ran for the pigs all round them; he had built them during
his master's absence, of stones which he had gathered out of the ground,
without saying anything to Penelope or Laertes, and he had fenced
them on top with thorn bushes. Outside the yard he had run a strong
fence of oaken posts, split, and set pretty close together, while
inside lie had built twelve sties near one another for the sows to
lie in. There were fifty pigs wallowing in each sty, all of them breeding
he boars slept outside and were much fewer in number, for
the suitors kept on eating them, and die swineherd had to send them
the best he had continually. There were three hundred and sixty boar
pigs, and the herdsman's four hounds, which were as fierce as wolves,
slept always with them. The swineherd was at that moment cutting out
a pair of sandals from a good stout ox hide. Three of his men were
out herding the pigs in one place or another, and he had sent the
fourth to town with a boar that he had been foM
rced to send the suitors
that they might sacrifice it and have their fill of meat.
When the hounds saw Ulysses they set up a furious barking and flew
at him, but Ulysses was cunning enough to sit down and loose his hold
of the stick that he had in his hand: still, he would have been torn
by them in his own homestead had not the swineherd dropped his ox
hide, rushed full speed through the gate of the yard and driven the
dogs off by shouting and throwing stones at them. Then he said to
Ulysses, "Old man, thM
e dogs were likely to have made short work of
you, and then you would have got me into trouble. The gods have given
me quite enough worries without that, for I have lost the best of
masters, and am in continual grief on his account. I have to attend
swine for other people to eat, while he, if he yet lives to see the
light of day, is starving in some distant land. But come inside, and
when you have had your fill of bread and wine, tell me where you come
from, and all about your misfortunes."
wineherd led the way into the hut and bade him sit down.
He strewed a good thick bed of rushes upon the floor, and on the top
of this he threw the shaggy chamois skin- a great thick one- on which
he used to sleep by night. Ulysses was pleased at being made thus
welcome, and said "May Jove, sir, and the rest of the gods grant you
your heart's desire in return for the kind way in which you have received
To this you answered, O swineherd Eumaeus, "Stranger, though a still
poorer man should come here, iM
t would not be right for me to insult
him, for all strangers and beggars are from Jove. You must take what
you can get and be thankful, for servants live in fear when they have
young lords for their masters; and this is my misfortune now, for
heaven has hindered the return of him who would have been always good
to me and given me something of my own- a house, a piece of land,
a good looking wife, and all else that a liberal master allows a servant
who has worked hard for him, and whose labour the gods have pM
as they have mine in the situation which I hold. If my master had
grown old here he would have done great things by me, but he is gone,
and I wish that Helen's whole race were utterly destroyed, for she
has been the death of many a good man. It was this matter that took
my master to Ilius, the land of noble steeds, to fight the Trojans
in the cause of kin Agamemnon."
As he spoke he bound his girdle round him and went to the sties where
the young sucking pigs were penned. He picked out two which M
back with him and sacrificed. He singed them, cut them up, and spitted
on them; when the meat was cooked he brought it all in and set it
before Ulysses, hot and still on the spit, whereon Ulysses sprinkled
it over with white barley meal. The swineherd then mixed wine in a
bowl of ivy-wood, and taking a seat opposite Ulysses told him to begin.
"Fall to, stranger," said he, "on a dish of servant's pork. The fat
pigs have to go to the suitors, who eat them up without shame or scruple;
sed gods love not such shameful doings, and respect those
who do what is lawful and right. Even the fierce free-booters who
go raiding on other people's land, and Jove gives them their spoil-
even they, when they have filled their ships and got home again live
conscience-stricken, and look fearfully for judgement; but some god
seems to have told these people that Ulysses is dead and gone; they
will not, therefore, go back to their own homes and make their offers
of marriage in the usual way, but waste his esM
tate by force, without
fear or stint. Not a day or night comes out of heaven, but they sacrifice
not one victim nor two only, and they take the run of his wine, for
he was exceedingly rich. No other great man either in Ithaca or on
the mainland is as rich as he was; he had as much as twenty men put
together. I will tell you what he had. There are twelve herds of cattle
upon the mainland, and as many flocks of sheep, there are also twelve
droves of pigs, while his own men and hired strangers feed him twelve
widely spreading herds of goats. Here in Ithaca he runs even large
flocks of goats on the far end of the island, and they are in the
charge of excellent goatherds. Each one of these sends the suitors
the best goat in the flock every day. As for myself, I am in charge
of the pigs that you see here, and I have to keep picking out the
best I have and sending it to them."
This was his story, but Ulysses went on eating and drinking ravenously
without a word, brooding his revenge. When he had eaten enough and
was satisfied, the swineherd took the bowl from which he usually drank,
filled it with wine, and gave it to Ulysses, who was pleased, and
said as he took it in his hands, "My friend, who was this master of
yours that bought you and paid for you, so rich and so powerful as
you tell me? You say he perished in the cause of King Agamemnon; tell
me who he was, in case I may have met with such a person. Jove and
the other gods know, but I may be able to give you news of him, for
I have travelled much."
answered, "Old man, no traveller who comes here with news
will get Ulysses' wife and son to believe his story. Nevertheless,
tramps in want of a lodging keep coming with their mouths full of
lies, and not a word of truth; every one who finds his way to Ithaca
goes to my mistress and tells her falsehoods, whereon she takes them
in, makes much of them, and asks them all manner of questions, crying
all the time as women will when they have lost their husbands. And
you too, old man, for a shirt and a cloak woulM
a very pretty story. But the wolves and birds of prey have long since
torn Ulysses to pieces, or the fishes of the sea have eaten him, and
his bones are lying buried deep in sand upon some foreign shore; he
is dead and gone, and a bad business it is for all his friends- for
me especially; go where I may I shall never find so good a master,
not even if I were to go home to my mother and father where I was
bred and born. I do not so much care, however, about my parents now,
dearly like to see them again in my own country; it
is the loss of Ulysses that grieves me most; I cannot speak of him
without reverence though he is here no longer, for he was very fond
of me, and took such care of me that whereever he may be I shall always
honour his memory."
"My friend," replied Ulysses, "you are very positive, and very hard
of belief about your master's coming home again, nevertheless I will
not merely say, but will swear, that he is coming. Do not give me
anything for my news till M
he has actually come, you may then give
me a shirt and cloak of good wear if you will. I am in great want,
but I will not take anything at all till then, for I hate a man, even
as I hate hell fire, who lets his poverty tempt him into lying. I
swear by king Jove, by the rites of hospitality, and by that hearth
of Ulysses to which I have now come, that all will surely happen as
I have said it will. Ulysses will return in this self same year; with
the end of this moon and the beginning of the next he will be heM
to do vengeance on all those who are ill treating his wife and son."
To this you answered, O swineherd Eumaeus, "Old man, you will neither
get paid for bringing good news, nor will Ulysses ever come home;
drink you wine in peace, and let us talk about something else. Do
not keep on reminding me of all this; it always pains me when any
one speaks about my honoured master. As for your oath we will let
it alone, but I only wish he may come, as do Penelope, his old father
Laertes, and his son Telemachus. IM
am terribly unhappy too about this
same boy of his; he was running up fast into manhood, and bade fare
to be no worse man, face and figure, than his father, but some one,
either god or man, has been unsettling his mind, so he has gone off
to Pylos to try and get news of his father, and the suitors are lying
in wait for him as he is coming home, in the hope of leaving the house
of Arceisius without a name in Ithaca. But let us say no more about
him, and leave him to be taken, or else to escape if the son of M
holds his hand over him to protect him. And now, old man, tell me
your own story; tell me also, for I want to know, who you are and
where you come from. Tell me of your town and parents, what manner
of ship you came in, how crew brought you to Ithaca, and from what
country they professed to come- for you cannot have come by land."
And Ulysses answered, "I will tell you all about it. If there were
meat and wine enough, and we could stay here in the hut with nothing
to do but to eat and drink while tM
he others go to their work, I could
easily talk on for a whole twelve months without ever finishing the
story of the sorrows with which it has pleased heaven to visit me.
"I am by birth a Cretan; my father was a well-to-do man, who had many
sons born in marriage, whereas I was the son of a slave whom he had
purchased for a concubine; nevertheless, my father Castor son of Hylax
(whose lineage I claim, and who was held in the highest honour among
the Cretans for his wealth, prosperity, and the valour of his M
put me on the same level with my brothers who had been born in wedlock.
When, however, death took him to the house of Hades, his sons divided
his estate and cast lots for their shares, but to me they gave a holding
and little else; nevertheless, my valour enabled me to marry into
a rich family, for I was not given to bragging, or shirking on the
field of battle. It is all over now; still, if you look at the straw
you can see what the ear was, for I have had trouble enough and to
spare. Mars and MinervM
a made me doughty in war; when I had picked
my men to surprise the enemy with an ambuscade I never gave death
so much as a thought, but was the first to leap forward and spear
all whom I could overtake. Such was I in battle, but I did not care
about farm work, nor the frugal home life of those who would bring
up children. My delight was in ships, fighting, javelins, and arrows-
things that most men shudder to think of; but one man likes one thing
and another another, and this was what I was most naturally inM
to. Before the Achaeans went to Troy, nine times was I in command
of men and ships on foreign service, and I amassed much wealth. I
had my pick of the spoil in the first instance, and much more was
allotted to me later on.
"My house grew apace and I became a great man among the Cretans, but
when Jove counselled that terrible expedition, in which so many perished,
the people required me and Idomeneus to lead their ships to Troy,
and there was no way out of it, for they insisted on our doing so.
ere we fought for nine whole years, but in the tenth we sacked the
city of Priam and sailed home again as heaven dispersed us. Then it
was that Jove devised evil against me. I spent but one month happily
with my children, wife, and property, and then I conceived the idea
of making a descent on Egypt, so I fitted out a fine fleet and manned
it. I had nine ships, and the people flocked to fill them. For six
days I and my men made feast, and I found them many victims both for
sacrifice to the gods and for themsM
elves, but on the seventh day we
went on board and set sail from Crete with a fair North wind behind
us though we were going down a river. Nothing went ill with any of
our ships, and we had no sickness on board, but sat where we were
and let the ships go as the wind and steersmen took them. On the fifth
day we reached the river Aegyptus; there I stationed my ships in the
river, bidding my men stay by them and keep guard over them while
I sent out scouts to reconnoitre from every point of vantage.
men disobeyed my orders, took to their own devices, and ravaged
the land of the Egyptians, killing the men, and taking their wives
and children captive. The alarm was soon carried to the city, and
when they heard the war cry, the people came out at daybreak till
the plain was filled with horsemen and foot soldiers and with the
gleam of armour. Then Jove spread panic among my men, and they would
no longer face the enemy, for they found themselves surrounded. The
Egyptians killed many of us, and took the restM
labour for them. Jove, however, put it in my mind to do thus- and
I wish I had died then and there in Egypt instead, for there was much
sorrow in store for me- I took off my helmet and shield and dropped
my spear from my hand; then I went straight up to the king's chariot,
clasped his knees and kissed them, whereon he spared my life, bade
me get into his chariot, and took me weeping to his own home. Many
made at me with their ashen spears and tried to kil me in their fury,
rotected me, for he feared the wrath of Jove the protector
of strangers, who punishes those who do evil.
"I stayed there for seven years and got together much money among
the Egyptians, for they all gave me something; but when it was now
going on for eight years there came a certain Phoenician, a cunning
rascal, who had already committed all sorts of villainy, and this
man talked me over into going with him to Phoenicia, where his house
and his possessions lay. I stayed there for a whole twelve months,
ut at the end of that time when months and days had gone by till
the same season had come round again, he set me on board a ship bound
for Libya, on a pretence that I was to take a cargo along with him
to that place, but really that he might sell me as a slave and take
the money I fetched. I suspected his intention, but went on board
with him, for I could not help it.
"The ship ran before a fresh North wind till we had reached the sea
that lies between Crete and Libya; there, however, Jove counselled
ir destruction, for as soon as we were well out from Crete and
could see nothing but sea and sky, he raised a black cloud over our
ship and the sea grew dark beneath it. Then Jove let fly with his
thunderbolts and the ship went round and round and was filled with
fire and brimstone as the lightning struck it. The men fell all into
the sea; they were carried about in the water round the ship looking
like so many sea-gulls, but the god presently deprived them of all
chance of getting home again. I was all dismM
ayed; Jove, however, sent
the ship's mast within my reach, which saved my life, for I clung
to it, and drifted before the fury of the gale. Nine days did I drift
but in the darkness of the tenth night a great wave bore me on to
the Thesprotian coast. There Pheidon king of the Thesprotians entertained
me hospitably without charging me anything at all for his son found
me when I was nearly dead with cold and fatigue, whereon he raised
me by the hand, took me to his father's house and gave me clothes
"There it was that I heard news of Ulysses, for the king told me he
had entertained him, and shown him much hospitality while he was on
his homeward journey. He showed me also the treasure of gold, and
wrought iron that Ulysses had got together. There was enough to keep
his family for ten generations, so much had he left in the house of
king Pheidon. But the king said Ulysses had gone to Dodona that he
might learn Jove's mind from the god's high oak tree, and know whether
after so long an absence he shouM
ld return to Ithaca openly, or in
secret. Moreover the king swore in my presence, making drink-offerings
in his own house as he did so, that the ship was by the water side,
and the crew found, that should take him to his own country. He sent
me off however before Ulysses returned, for there happened to be a
Thesprotian ship sailing for the wheat-growing island of Dulichium,
and he told those in charge of her to be sure and take me safely to
"These men hatched a plot against me that would haM
the very extreme of misery, for when the ship had got some way out
from land they resolved on selling me as a slave. They stripped me
of the shirt and cloak that I was wearing, and gave me instead the
tattered old clouts in which you now see me; then, towards nightfall,
they reached the tilled lands of Ithaca, and there they bound me with
a strong rope fast in the ship, while they went on shore to get supper
by the sea side. But the gods soon undid my bonds for me, and having
over my head I slid down the rudder into the sea, where
I struck out and swam till I was well clear of them, and came ashore
near a thick wood in which I lay concealed. They were very angry at
my having escaped and went searching about for me, till at last they
thought it was no further use and went back to their ship. The gods,
having hidden me thus easily, then took me to a good man's door- for
it seems that I am not to die yet awhile."
To this you answered, O swineherd Eumaeus, "Poor unhappy stranger,
I have found the story of your misfortunes extremely interesting,
but that part about Ulysses is not right; and you will never get me
to believe it. Why should a man like you go about telling lies in
this way? I know all about the return of my master. The gods one and
all of them detest him, or they would have taken him before Troy,
or let him die with friends around him when the days of his fighting
were done; for then the Achaeans would have built a mound over his
ashes and his son would have been heir toM
his renown, but now the
storm winds have spirited him away we know not whither.
"As for me I live out of the way here with the pigs, and never go
to the town unless when Penelope sends for me on the arrival of some
news about Ulysses. Then they all sit round and ask questions, both
those who grieve over the king's absence, and those who rejoice at
it because they can eat up his property without paying for it. For
my own part I have never cared about asking anyone else since the
time when I was taken in M
by an Aetolian, who had killed a man and
come a long way till at last he reached my station, and I was very
kind to him. He said he had seen Ulysses with Idomeneus among the
Cretans, refitting his ships which had been damaged in a gale. He
said Ulysses would return in the following summer or autumn with his
men, and that he would bring back much wealth. And now you, you unfortunate
old man, since fate has brought you to my door, do not try to flatter
me in this way with vain hopes. It is not for any such reaM
I shall treat you kindly, but only out of respect for Jove the god
of hospitality, as fearing him and pitying you."
Ulysses answered, "I see that you are of an unbelieving mind; I have
given you my oath, and yet you will not credit me; let us then make
a bargain, and call all the gods in heaven to witness it. If your
master comes home, give me a cloak and shirt of good wear, and send
me to Dulichium where I want to go; but if he does not come as I say
he will, set your men on to me, and tell theM
m to throw me from yonder
precepice, as a warning to tramps not to go about the country telling
"And a pretty figure I should cut then," replied Eumaeus, both now
and hereafter, if I were to kill you after receiving you into my hut
and showing you hospitality. I should have to say my prayers in good
earnest if I did; but it is just supper time and I hope my men will
come in directly, that we may cook something savoury for supper."
Thus did they converse, and presently the swineherds came up withM
the pigs, which were then shut up for the night in their sties, and
a tremendous squealing they made as they were being driven into them.
But Eumaeus called to his men and said, "Bring in the best pig you
have, that I may sacrifice for this stranger, and we will take toll
of him ourselves. We have had trouble enough this long time feeding
pigs, while others reap the fruit of our labour."
On this he began chopping firewood, while the others brought in a
fine fat five year old boar pig, and set it at the M
did not forget the gods, for he was a man of good principles, so the
first thing he did was to cut bristles from the pig's face and throw
them into the fire, praying to all the gods as he did so that Ulysses
might return home again. Then he clubbed the pig with a billet of
oak which he had kept back when he was chopping the firewood, and
stunned it, while the others slaughtered and singed it. Then they
cut it up, and Eumaeus began by putting raw pieces from each joint
on to some of the fat; tM
hese he sprinkled with barley meal, and laid
upon the embers; they cut the rest of the meat up small, put the pieces
upon the spits and roasted them till they were done; when they had
taken them off the spits they threw them on to the dresser in a heap.
The swineherd, who was a most equitable man, then stood up to give
every one his share. He made seven portions; one of these he set apart
for Mercury the son of Maia and the nymphs, praying to them as he
did so; the others he dealt out to the men man by man. M
some slices cut lengthways down the loin as a mark of especial honour,
and Ulysses was much pleased. "I hope, Eumaeus," said he, "that Jove
will be as well disposed towards you as I am, for the respect you
are showing to an outcast like myself."
To this you answered, O swineherd Eumaeus, "Eat, my good fellow, and
enjoy your supper, such as it is. God grants this, and withholds that,
just as he thinks right, for he can do whatever he chooses."
As he spoke he cut off the first piece and oM
ffered it as a burnt sacrifice
to the immortal gods; then he made them a drink-offering, put the
cup in the hands of Ulysses, and sat down to his own portion. Mesaulius
brought them their bread; the swineherd had bought this man on his
own account from among the Taphians during his master's absence, and
had paid for him with his own money without saying anything either
to his mistress or Laertes. They then laid their hands upon the good
things that were before them, and when they had had enough to eat
rink, Mesaulius took away what was left of the bread, and they
all went to bed after having made a hearty supper.
Now the night came on stormy and very dark, for there was no moon.
It poured without ceasing, and the wind blew strong from the West,
which is a wet quarter, so Ulysses thought he would see whether Eumaeus,
in the excellent care he took of him, would take off his own cloak
and give it him, or make one of his men give him one. "Listen to me,"
said he, "Eumaeus and the rest of you; when I have sM
will tell you something. It is the wine that makes me talk in this
way; wine will make even a wise man fall to singing; it will make
him chuckle and dance and say many a word that he had better leave
unspoken; still, as I have begun, I will go on. Would that I were
still young and strong as when we got up an ambuscade before Troy.
Menelaus and Ulysses were the leaders, but I was in command also,
for the other two would have it so. When we had come up to the wall
of the city we crouched down bM
eneath our armour and lay there under
cover of the reeds and thick brush-wood that grew about the swamp.
It came on to freeze with a North wind blowing; the snow fell small
and fine like hoar frost, and our shields were coated thick with rime.
The others had all got cloaks and shirts, and slept comfortably enough
with their shields about their shoulders, but I had carelessly left
my cloak behind me, not thinking that I should be too cold, and had
gone off in nothing but my shirt and shield. When the night waM
through and the stars had shifted their their places, I nudged Ulysses
who was close to me with my elbow, and he at once gave me his ear.
"'Ulysses,' said I, 'this cold will be the death of me, for I have
no cloak; some god fooled me into setting off with nothing on but
my shirt, and I do not know what to do.'
"Ulysses, who was as crafty as he was valiant, hit upon the following
"'Keep still,' said he in a low voice, 'or the others will hear you.'
Then he raised his head on his eM
"'My friends,' said he, 'I have had a dream from heaven in my sleep.
We are a long way from the ships; I wish some one would go down and
tell Agamemnon to send us up more men at once.'
"On this Thoas son of Andraemon threw off his cloak and set out running
to the ships, whereon I took the cloak and lay in it comfortably enough
till morning. Would that I were still young and strong as I was in
those days, for then some one of you swineherds would give me a cloak
both out of good will and for the M
respect due to a brave soldier;
but now people look down upon me because my clothes are shabby."
And Eumaeus answered, "Old man, you have told us an excellent story,
and have said nothing so far but what is quite satisfactory; for the
present, therefore, you shall want neither clothing nor anything else
that a stranger in distress may reasonably expect, but to-morrow morning
you have to shake your own old rags about your body again, for we
have not many spare cloaks nor shirts up here, but every man has onM
one. When Ulysses' son comes home again he will give you both cloak
and shirt, and send you wherever you may want to go."
With this he got up and made a bed for Ulysses by throwing some goatskins
and sheepskins on the ground in front of the fire. Here Ulysses lay
down, and Eumaeus covered him over with a great heavy cloak that he
kept for a change in case of extraordinarily bad weather.
Thus did Ulysses sleep, and the young men slept beside him. But the
swineherd did not like sleeping away from his M
pigs, so he got ready
to go and Ulysses was glad to see that he looked after his property
during his master's absence. First he slung his sword over his brawny
shoulders and put on a thick cloak to keep out the wind. He also took
the skin of a large and well fed goat, and a javelin in case of attack
from men or dogs. Thus equipped he went to his rest where the pigs
were camping under an overhanging rock that gave them shelter from
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But Minerva went to the fair city of Lacedaemon to tell Ulysses'
son that he was to return at once. She found him and Pisistratus sleeping
in the forecourt of Menelaus's house; Pisistratus was fast asleep,
but Telemachus could get no rest all night for thinking of his unhappy
father, so Minerva went close up to him and said:
"Telemachus, you should not remain so far away from home any longer,
nor leave your property with such dangerous people in your house;
they will eat up everM
ything you have among them, and you will have
been on a fool's errand. Ask Menelaus to send you home at once if
you wish to find your excellent mother still there when you get back.
Her father and brothers are already urging her to marry Eurymachus,
who has given her more than any of the others, and has been greatly
increasing his wedding presents. I hope nothing valuable may have
been taken from the house in spite of you, but you know what women
are- they always want to do the best they can for the man who M
them, and never give another thought to the children of their first
husband, nor to their father either when he is dead and done with.
Go home, therefore, and put everything in charge of the most respectable
woman servant that you have, until it shall please heaven to send
you a wife of your own. Let me tell you also of another matter which
you had better attend to. The chief men among the suitors are lying
in wait for you in the Strait between Ithaca and Samos, and they mean
to kill you before you M
can reach home. I do not much think they will
succeed; it is more likely that some of those who are now eating up
your property will find a grave themselves. Sail night and day, and
keep your ship well away from the islands; the god who watches over
you and protects you will send you a fair wind. As soon as you get
to Ithaca send your ship and men on to the town, but yourself go straight
to the swineherd who has charge your pigs; he is well disposed towards
you, stay with him, therefore, for the night, and tM
Penelope to tell her that you have got back safe from Pylos."
Then she went back to Olympus; but Telemachus stirred Pisistratus
with his heel to rouse him, and said, "Wake up Pisistratus, and yoke
the horses to the chariot, for we must set off home."
But Pisistratus said, "No matter what hurry we are in we cannot drive
in the dark. It will be morning soon; wait till Menelaus has brought
his presents and put them in the chariot for us; and let him say good-bye
to us in the usual way. So M
long as he lives a guest should never forget
a host who has shown him kindness."
As he spoke day began to break, and Menelaus, who had already risen,
leaving Helen in bed, came towards them. When Telemachus saw him he
put on his shirt as fast as he could, threw a great cloak over his
shoulders, and went out to meet him. "Menelaus," said he, "let me
go back now to my own country, for I want to get home."
And Menelaus answered, "Telemachus, if you insist on going I will
not detain you. not like to see aM
host either too fond of his guest
or too rude to him. Moderation is best in all things, and not letting
a man go when he wants to do so is as bad as telling him to go if
he would like to stay. One should treat a guest well as long as he
is in the house and speed him when he wants to leave it. Wait, then,
till I can get your beautiful presents into your chariot, and till
you have yourself seen them. I will tell the women to prepare a sufficient
dinner for you of what there may be in the house; it will be at M
more proper and cheaper for you to get your dinner before setting
out on such a long journey. If, moreover, you have a fancy for making
a tour in Hellas or in the Peloponnese, I will yoke my horses, and
will conduct you myself through all our principal cities. No one will
send us away empty handed; every one will give us something- a bronze
tripod, a couple of mules, or a gold cup."
"Menelaus," replied Telemachus, "I want to go home at once, for when
I came away I left my property without protectionM
, and fear that while
looking for my father I shall come to ruin myself, or find that something
valuable has been stolen during my absence."
When Menelaus heard this he immediately told his wife and servants
to prepare a sufficient dinner from what there might be in the house.
At this moment Eteoneus joined him, for he lived close by and had
just got up; so Menelaus told him to light the fire and cook some
meat, which he at once did. Then Menelaus went down into his fragrant
store room, not alone, but HeM
len went too, with Megapenthes. When
he reached the place where the treasures of his house were kept, he
selected a double cup, and told his son Megapenthes to bring also
a silver mixing-bowl. Meanwhile Helen went to the chest where she
kept the lovely dresses which she had made with her own hands, and
took out one that was largest and most beautifully enriched with embroidery;
it glittered like a star, and lay at the very bottom of the chest.
Then they all came back through the house again till they got to M
and Menelaus said, "Telemachus, may Jove, the mighty husband of Juno,
bring you safely home according to your desire. I will now present
you with the finest and most precious piece of plate in all my house.
It is a mixing-bowl of pure silver, except the rim, which is inlaid
with gold, and it is the work of Vulcan. Phaedimus king of the Sidonians
made me a present of it in the course of a visit that I paid him while
I was on my return home. I should like to give it to you."
With these words he M
placed the double cup in the hands of Telemachus,
while Megapenthes brought the beautiful mixing-bowl and set it before
him. Hard by stood lovely Helen with the robe ready in her hand.
"I too, my son," said she, "have something for you as a keepsake from
the hand of Helen; it is for your bride to wear upon her wedding day.
Till then, get your dear mother to keep it for you; thus may you go
back rejoicing to your own country and to your home."
So saying she gave the robe over to him and he received it glM
Then Pisistratus put the presents into the chariot, and admired them
all as he did so. Presently Menelaus took Telemachus and Pisistratus
into the house, and they both of them sat down to table. A maid servant
brought them water in a beautiful golden ewer, and poured it into
a silver basin for them to wash their hands, and she drew a clean
table beside them; an upper servant brought them bread and offered
them many good things of what there was in the house. Eteoneus carved
the meat and gave them eachM
their portions, while Megapenthes poured
out the wine. Then they laid their hands upon the good things that
were before them, but as soon as they had had had enough to eat and
drink Telemachus and Pisistratus yoked the horses, and took their
places in the chariot. They drove out through the inner gateway and
under the echoing gatehouse of the outer court, and Menelaus came
after them with a golden goblet of wine in his right hand that they
might make a drink-offering before they set out. He stood in front
of the horses and pledged them, saying, "Farewell to both of you;
see that you tell Nestor how I have treated you, for he was as kind
to me as any father could be while we Achaeans were fighting before
"We will be sure, sir," answered Telemachus, "to tell him everything
as soon as we see him. I wish I were as certain of finding Ulysses
returned when I get back to Ithaca, that I might tell him of the very
great kindness you have shown me and of the many beautiful presents
I am taking with me."
As he was thus speaking a bird flew on his right hand- an eagle with
a great white goose in its talons which it had carried off from the
farm yard- and all the men and women were running after it and shouting.
It came quite close up to them and flew away on their right hands
in front of the horses. When they saw it they were glad, and their
hearts took comfort within them, whereon Pisistratus said, "Tell me,
Menelaus, has heaven sent this omen for us or for you?"
Menelaus was thinking what would be the moM
st proper answer for him
to make, but Helen was too quick for him and said, "I will read this
matter as heaven has put it in my heart, and as I doubt not that it
will come to pass. The eagle came from the mountain where it was bred
and has its nest, and in like manner Ulysses, after having travelled
far and suffered much, will return to take his revenge- if indeed
he is not back already and hatching mischief for the suitors."
"May Jove so grant it," replied Telemachus; "if it should prove to
make vows to you as though you were a god, even when
As he spoke he lashed his horses and they started off at full speed
through the town towards the open country. They swayed the yoke upon
their necks and travelled the whole day long till the sun set and
darkness was over all the land. Then they reached Pherae, where Diocles
lived who was son of Ortilochus, the son of Alpheus. There they passed
the night and were treated hospitably. When the child of morning,
rosy-fingered Dawn, appearedM
, they again yoked their horses and their
places in the chariot. They drove out through the inner gateway and
under the echoing gatehouse of the outer court. Then Pisistratus lashed
his horses on and they flew forward nothing loath; ere long they came
to Pylos, and then Telemachus said:
"Pisistratus, I hope you will promise to do what I am going to ask
you. You know our fathers were old friends before us; moreover, we
are both of an age, and this journey has brought us together still
more closely; do notM
, therefore, take me past my ship, but leave me
there, for if I go to your father's house he will try to keep me in
the warmth of his good will towards me, and I must go home at once."
Pisistratus thought how he should do as he was asked, and in the end
he deemed it best to turn his horses towards the ship, and put Menelaus's
beautiful presents of gold and raiment in the stern of the vessel.
Then he said, "Go on board at once and tell your men to do so also
before I can reach home to tell my father. I knowM
is, and am sure he will not let you go; he will come down here to
fetch you, and he will not go back without you. But he will be very
With this he drove his goodly steeds back to the city of the Pylians
and soon reached his home, but Telemachus called the men together
and gave his orders. "Now, my men," said he, "get everything in order
on board the ship, and let us set out home."
Thus did he speak, and they went on board even as he had said. But
as Telemachus was thus busieM
d, praying also and sacrificing to Minerva
in the ship's stern, there came to him a man from a distant country,
a seer, who was flying from Argos because he had killed a man. He
was descended from Melampus, who used to live in Pylos, the land of
sheep; he was rich and owned a great house, but he was driven into
exile by the great and powerful king Neleus. Neleus seized his goods
and held them for a whole year, during which he was a close prisoner
in the house of king Phylacus, and in much distress of mind boM
account of the daughter of Neleus and because he was haunted by a
great sorrow that dread Erinyes had laid upon him. In the end, however,
he escaped with his life, drove the cattle from Phylace to Pylos,
avenged the wrong that had been done him, and gave the daughter of
Neleus to his brother. Then he left the country and went to Argos,
where it was ordained that he should reign over much people. There
he married, established himself, and had two famous sons Antiphates
and Mantius. Antiphates became faM
ther of Oicleus, and Oicleus of Amphiaraus,
who was dearly loved both by Jove and by Apollo, but he did not live
to old age, for he was killed in Thebes by reason of a woman's gifts.
His sons were Alcmaeon and Amphilochus. Mantius, the other son of
Melampus, was father to Polypheides and Cleitus. Aurora, throned in
gold, carried off Cleitus for his beauty's sake, that he might dwell
among the immortals, but Apollo made Polypheides the greatest seer
in the whole world now that Amphiaraus was dead. He quarrellM
his father and went to live in Hyperesia, where he remained and prophesied
His son, Theoclymenus, it was who now came up to Telemachus as he
was making drink-offerings and praying in his ship. "Friend'" said
he, "now that I find you sacrificing in this place, I beseech you
by your sacrifices themselves, and by the god to whom you make them,
I pray you also by your own head and by those of your followers, tell
me the truth and nothing but the truth. Who and whence are you? Tell
so of your town and parents."
Telemachus said, "I will answer you quite truly. I am from Ithaca,
and my father is 'Ulysses, as surely as that he ever lived. But he
has come to some miserable end. Therefore I have taken this ship and
got my crew together to see if I can hear any news of him, for he
has been away a long time."
"I too," answered Theoclymenus, am an exile, for I have killed a man
of my own race. He has many brothers and kinsmen in Argos, and they
have great power among the Argives. I am fM
lying to escape death at
their hands, and am thus doomed to be a wanderer on the face of the
earth. I am your suppliant; take me, therefore, on board your ship
that they may not kill me, for I know they are in pursuit."
"I will not refuse you," replied Telemachus, "if you wish to join
us. Come, therefore, and in Ithaca we will treat you hospitably according
On this he received Theoclymenus' spear and laid it down on the deck
of the ship. He went on board and sat in the stern, bidding M
sit beside him; then the men let go the hawsers. Telemachus told them
to catch hold of the ropes, and they made all haste to do so. They
set the mast in its socket in the cross plank, raised it and made
it fast with the forestays, and they hoisted their white sails with
sheets of twisted ox hide. Minerva sent them a fair wind that blew
fresh and strong to take the ship on her course as fast as possible.
Thus then they passed by Crouni and Chalcis.
Presently the sun set and darkness was over M
all the land. The vessel
made a quick pass sage to Pheae and thence on to Elis, where the Epeans
rule. Telemachus then headed her for the flying islands, wondering
within himself whether he should escape death or should be taken prisoner.
Meanwhile Ulysses and the swineherd were eating their supper in the
hut, and the men supped with them. As soon as they had had to eat
and drink, Ulysses began trying to prove the swineherd and see whether
he would continue to treat him kindly, and ask him to stay on at thM
station or pack him off to the city; so he said:
"Eumaeus, and all of you, to-morrow I want to go away and begin begging
about the town, so as to be no more trouble to you or to your men.
Give me your advice therefore, and let me have a good guide to go
with me and show me the way. I will go the round of the city begging
as I needs must, to see if any one will give me a drink and a piece
of bread. I should like also to go to the house of Ulysses and bring
news of her husband to queen Penelope. I could M
the suitors and see if out of all their abundance they will give me
a dinner. I should soon make them an excellent servant in all sorts
of ways. Listen and believe when I tell you that by the blessing of
Mercury who gives grace and good name to the works of all men, there
is no one living who would make a more handy servant than I should-
to put fresh wood on the fire, chop fuel, carve, cook, pour out wine,
and do all those services that poor men have to do for their betters."
eherd was very much disturbed when he heard this. "Heaven
help me," he exclaimed, "what ever can have put such a notion as that
into your head? If you go near the suitors you will be undone to a
certainty, for their pride and insolence reach the very heavens. They
would never think of taking a man like you for a servant. Their servants
are all young men, well dressed, wearing good cloaks and shirts, with
well looking faces and their hair always tidy, the tables are kept
quite clean and are loaded with bread,M
meat, and wine. Stay where
you are, then; you are not in anybody's way; I do not mind your being
here, no more do any of the others, and when Telemachus comes home
he will give you a shirt and cloak and will send you wherever you
Ulysses answered, "I hope you may be as dear to the gods as you are
to me, for having saved me from going about and getting into trouble;
there is nothing worse than being always ways on the tramp; still,
when men have once got low down in the world they will go thM
a great deal on behalf of their miserable bellies. Since however you
press me to stay here and await the return of Telemachus, tell about
Ulysses' mother, and his father whom he left on the threshold of old
age when he set out for Troy. Are they still living or are they already
dead and in the house of Hades?"
"I will tell you all about them," replied Eumaeus, "Laertes is still
living and prays heaven to let him depart peacefully his own house,
for he is terribly distressed about the absence of hisM
about the death of his wife, which grieved him greatly and aged him
more than anything else did. She came to an unhappy end through sorrow
for her son: may no friend or neighbour who has dealt kindly by me
come to such an end as she did. As long as she was still living, though
she was always grieving, I used to like seeing her and asking her
how she did, for she brought me up along with her daughter Ctimene,
the youngest of her children; we were boy and girl together, and she
erence between us. When, however, we both grew up,
they sent Ctimene to Same and received a splendid dowry for her. As
for me, my mistress gave me a good shirt and cloak with a pair of
sandals for my feet, and sent me off into the country, but she was
just as fond of me as ever. This is all over now. Still it has pleased
heaven to prosper my work in the situation which I now hold. I have
enough to eat and drink, and can find something for any respectable
stranger who comes here; but there is no getting a kinM
out of my mistress, for the house has fallen into the hands of wicked
people. Servants want sometimes to see their mistress and have a talk
with her; they like to have something to eat and drink at the house,
and something too to take back with them into the country. This is
what will keep servants in a good humour."
Ulysses answered, "Then you must have been a very little fellow, Eumaeus,
when you were taken so far away from your home and parents. Tell me,
and tell me true, was the city iM
n which your father and mother lived
sacked and pillaged, or did some enemies carry you off when you were
alone tending sheep or cattle, ship you off here, and sell you for
whatever your master gave them?"
"Stranger," replied Eumaeus, "as regards your question: sit still,
make yourself comfortable, drink your wine, and listen to me. The
nights are now at their longest; there is plenty of time both for
sleeping and sitting up talking together; you ought not to go to bed
till bed time, too much sleep is asM
bad as too little; if any one
of the others wishes to go to bed let him leave us and do so; he can
then take my master's pigs out when he has done breakfast in the morning.
We two will sit here eating and drinking in the hut, and telling one
another stories about our misfortunes; for when a man has suffered
much, and been buffeted about in the world, he takes pleasure in recalling
the memory of sorrows that have long gone by. As regards your question,
then, my tale is as follows:
"You may have heard of M
an island called Syra that lies over above
Ortygia, where the land begins to turn round and look in another direction.
It is not very thickly peopled, but the soil is good, with much pasture
fit for cattle and sheep, and it abounds with wine and wheat. Dearth
never comes there, nor are the people plagued by any sickness, but
when they grow old Apollo comes with Diana and kills them with his
painless shafts. It contains two communities, and the whole country
is divided between these two. My father Ctesius sonM
man comparable to the gods, reigned over both.
"Now to this place there came some cunning traders from Phoenicia
(for the Phoenicians are great mariners) in a ship which they had
freighted with gewgaws of all kinds. There happened to be a Phoenician
woman in my father's house, very tall and comely, and an excellent
servant; these scoundrels got hold of her one day when she was washing
near their ship, seduced her, and cajoled her in ways that no woman
can resist, no matter how good she mayM
be by nature. The man who had
seduced her asked her who she was and where she came from, and on
this she told him her father's name. 'I come from Sidon,' said she,
'and am daughter to Arybas, a man rolling in wealth. One day as I
was coming into the town from the country some Taphian pirates seized
me and took me here over the sea, where they sold me to the man who
owns this house, and he gave them their price for me.'
"The man who had seduced her then said, 'Would you like to come along
the house of your parents and your parents themselves?
They are both alive and are said to be well off.'
"'I will do so gladly,' answered she, 'if you men will first swear
me a solemn oath that you will do me no harm by the way.'
"They all swore as she told them, and when they had completed their
oath the woman said, 'Hush; and if any of your men meets me in the
street or at the well, do not let him speak to me, for fear some one
should go and tell my master, in which case he would suspect something.
e would put me in prison, and would have all of you murdered; keep
your own counsel therefore; buy your merchandise as fast as you can,
and send me word when you have done loading. I will bring as much
gold as I can lay my hands on, and there is something else also that
I can do towards paying my fare. I am nurse to the son of the good
man of the house, a funny little fellow just able to run about. I
will carry him off in your ship, and you will get a great deal of
money for him if you take him and sell him M
"On this she went back to the house. The Phoenicians stayed a whole
year till they had loaded their ship with much precious merchandise,
and then, when they had got freight enough, they sent to tell the
woman. Their messenger, a very cunning fellow, came to my father's
house bringing a necklace of gold with amber beads strung among it;
and while my mother and the servants had it in their hands admiring
it and bargaining about it, he made a sign quietly to the woman and
the ship, whereon she took me by the hand and led
me out of the house. In the fore part of the house she saw the tables
set with the cups of guests who had been feasting with my father,
as being in attendance on him; these were now all gone to a meeting
of the public assembly, so she snatched up three cups and carried
them off in the bosom of her dress, while I followed her, for I knew
no better. The sun was now set, and darkness was over all the land,
so we hurried on as fast as we could till we reached thM
where the Phoenician ship was lying. When they had got on board they
sailed their ways over the sea, taking us with them, and Jove sent
then a fair wind; six days did we sail both night and day, but on
the seventh day Diana struck the woman and she fell heavily down into
the ship's hold as though she were a sea gull alighting on the water;
so they threw her overboard to the seals and fishes, and I was left
all sorrowful and alone. Presently the winds and waves took the ship
to Ithaca, where LaertM
es gave sundry of his chattels for me, and thus
it was that ever I came to set eyes upon this country."
Ulysses answered, "Eumaeus, I have heard the story of your misfortunes
with the most lively interest and pity, but Jove has given you good
as well as evil, for in spite of everything you have a good master,
who sees that you always have enough to eat and drink; and you lead
a good life, whereas I am still going about begging my way from city
Thus did they converse, and they had only a veryM
for sleep, for it was soon daybreak. In the meantime Telemachus and
his crew were nearing land, so they loosed the sails, took down the
mast, and rowed the ship into the harbour. They cast out their mooring
stones and made fast the hawsers; they then got out upon the sea shore,
mixed their wine, and got dinner ready. As soon as they had had enough
to eat and drink Telemachus said, "Take the ship on to the town, but
leave me here, for I want to look after the herdsmen on one of my
the evening, when I have seen all I want, I will come down
to the city, and to-morrow morning in return for your trouble I will
give you all a good dinner with meat and wine."
Then Theoclymenus said, 'And what, my dear young friend, is to become
of me? To whose house, among all your chief men, am I to repair? or
shall I go straight to your own house and to your mother?"
"At any other time," replied Telemachus, "I should have bidden you
go to my own house, for you would find no want of hospitality; at
the present moment, however, you would not be comfortable there, for
I shall be away, and my mother will not see you; she does not often
show herself even to the suitors, but sits at her loom weaving in
an upper chamber, out of their way; but I can tell you a man whose
house you can go to- I mean Eurymachus the son of Polybus, who is
held in the highest estimation by every one in Ithaca. He is much
the best man and the most persistent wooer, of all those who are paying
court to my mother and trying to take UM
lysses' place. Jove, however,
in heaven alone knows whether or no they will come to a bad end before
the marriage takes place."
As he was speaking a bird flew by upon his right hand- a hawk, Apollo's
messenger. It held a dove in its talons, and the feathers, as it tore
them off, fell to the ground midway between Telemachus and the ship.
On this Theoclymenus called him apart and caught him by the hand.
"Telemachus," said he, "that bird did not fly on your right hand without
having been sent there by some M
god. As soon as I saw it I knew it
was an omen; it means that you will remain powerful and that there
will be no house in Ithaca more royal than your own."
"I wish it may prove so," answered Telemachus. "If it does, I will
show you so much good will and give you so many presents that all
who meet you will congratulate you."
Then he said to his friend Piraeus, "Piraeus, son of Clytius, you
have throughout shown yourself the most willing to serve me of all
those who have accompanied me to Pylos; I wish M
stranger to your own house and entertain him hospitably till I can
And Piraeus answered, "Telemachus, you may stay away as long as you
please, but I will look after him for you, and he shall find no lack
As he spoke he went on board, and bade the others do so also and loose
the hawsers, so they took their places in the ship. But Telemachus
bound on his sandals, and took a long and doughty spear with a head
of sharpened bronze from the deck of the shM
ip. Then they loosed the
hawsers, thrust the ship off from land, and made on towards the city
as they had been told to do, while Telemachus strode on as fast as
he could, till he reached the homestead where his countless herds
of swine were feeding, and where dwelt the excellent swineherd, who
was so devoted a servant to his master.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Meanwhile Ulysses and the swineherd had lit a fire in the hut and
were were getting breakM
fast ready at daybreak for they had sent the
men out with the pigs. When Telemachus came up, the dogs did not bark,
but fawned upon him, so Ulysses, hearing the sound of feet and noticing
that the dogs did not bark, said to Eumaeus:
"Eumaeus, I hear footsteps; I suppose one of your men or some one
of your acquaintance is coming here, for the dogs are fawning urn
him and not barking."
The words were hardly out of his mouth before his son stood at the
door. Eumaeus sprang to his feet, and the bowls in wM
wine fell from his hands, as he made towards his master. He kissed
his head and both his beautiful eyes, and wept for joy. A father could
not be more delighted at the return of an only son, the child of his
old age, after ten years' absence in a foreign country and after having
gone through much hardship. He embraced him, kissed him all over as
though he had come back from the dead, and spoke fondly to him saying:
"So you are come, Telemachus, light of my eyes that you are. When
you had gone to Pylos I made sure I was never going to see
you any more. Come in, my dear child, and sit down, that I may have
a good look at you now you are home again; it is not very often you
come into the country to see us herdsmen; you stick pretty close to
the town generally. I suppose you think it better to keep an eye on
what the suitors are doing."
"So be it, old friend," answered Telemachus, "but I am come now because
I want to see you, and to learn whether my mother is still at her
r whether some one else has married her, so that the bed
of Ulysses is without bedding and covered with cobwebs."
"She is still at the house," replied Eumaeus, "grieving and breaking
her heart, and doing nothing but weep, both night and day continually."
As spoke he took Telemachus' spear, whereon he crossed the stone threshold
and came inside. Ulysses rose from his seat to give him place as he
entered, but Telemachus checked him; "Sit down, stranger." said he,
"I can easily find another seat, and there M
is one here who will lay
Ulysses went back to his own place, and Eumaeus strewed some green
brushwood on the floor and threw a sheepskin on top of it for Telemachus
to sit upon. Then the swineherd brought them platters of cold meat,
the remains from what they had eaten the day before, and he filled
the bread baskets with bread as fast as he could. He mixed wine also
in bowls of ivy-wood, and took his seat facing Ulysses. Then they
laid their hands on the good things that were before them, andM
soon as they had had enough to eat and drink Telemachus said to Eumaeus,
"Old friend, where does this stranger come from? How did his crew
bring him to Ithaca, and who were they?-for assuredly he did not come
To this you answered, O swineherd Eumaeus, "My son, I will tell you
the real truth. He says he is a Cretan, and that he has been a great
traveller. At this moment he is running away from a Thesprotian ship,
and has refuge at my station, so I will put him into your hands. Do
ver you like with him, only remember that he is your suppliant."
"I am very much distressed," said Telemachus, "by what you have just
told me. How can I take this stranger into my house? I am as yet young,
and am not strong enough to hold my own if any man attacks me. My
mother cannot make up her mind whether to stay where she is and look
after the house out of respect for public opinion and the memory of
her husband, or whether the time is now come for her to take the best
man of those who are wooing her,M
and the one who will make her the
most advantageous offer; still, as the stranger has come to your station
I will find him a cloak and shirt of good wear, with a sword and sandals,
and will send him wherever he wants to go. Or if you like you can
keep him here at the station, and I will send him clothes and food
that he may be no burden on you and on your men; but I will not have
him go near the suitors, for they are very insolent, and are sure
to ill-treat him in a way that would greatly grieve me; no mattM
how valiant a man may be he can do nothing against numbers, for they
will be too strong for him."
Then Ulysses said, "Sir, it is right that I should say something myself.
I am much shocked about what you have said about the insolent way
in which the suitors are behaving in despite of such a man as you
are. Tell me, do you submit to such treatment tamely, or has some
god set your people against you? May you not complain of your brothers-
for it is to these that a man may look for support, however greatM
his quarrel may be? I wish I were as young as you are and in my present
mind; if I were son to Ulysses, or, indeed, Ulysses himself, I would
rather some one came and cut my head off, but I would go to the house
and be the bane of every one of these men. If they were too many for
me- I being single-handed- I would rather die fighting in my own house
than see such disgraceful sights day after day, strangers grossly
maltreated, and men dragging the women servants about the house in
an unseemly way, wine drawnM
recklessly, and bread wasted all to no
purpose for an end that shall never be accomplished."
And Telemachus answered, "I will tell you truly everything. There
is no emnity between me and my people, nor can I complain of brothers,
to whom a man may look for support however great his quarrel may be.
Jove has made us a race of only sons. Laertes was the only son of
Arceisius, and Ulysses only son of Laertes. I am myself the only son
of Ulysses who left me behind him when he went away, so that I have
been of any use to him. Hence it comes that my house is in the
hands of numberless marauders; for the chiefs from all the neighbouring
islands, Dulichium, Same, Zacynthus, as also all the principal men
of Ithaca itself, are eating up my house under the pretext of paying
court to my mother, who will neither say point blank that she will
not marry, nor yet bring matters to an end, so they are making havoc
of my estate, and before long will do so with myself into the bargain.
The issue, however, rests with heavM
en. But do you, old friend Eumaeus,
go at once and tell Penelope that I am safe and have returned from
Pylos. Tell it to herself alone, and then come back here without letting
any one else know, for there are many who are plotting mischief against
"I understand and heed you," replied Eumaeus; "you need instruct me
no further, only I am going that way say whether I had not better
let poor Laertes know that you are returned. He used to superintend
the work on his farm in spite of his bitter sorrow aboM
and he would eat and drink at will along with his servants; but they
tell me that from the day on which you set out for Pylos he has neither
eaten nor drunk as he ought to do, nor does he look after his farm,
but sits weeping and wasting the flesh from off his bones."
"More's the pity," answered Telemachus, "I am sorry for him, but we
must leave him to himself just now. If people could have everything
their own way, the first thing I should choose would be the return
of my father; but go, and M
give your message; then make haste back
again, and do not turn out of your way to tell Laertes. Tell my mother
to send one of her women secretly with the news at once, and let him
Thus did he urge the swineherd; Eumaeus, therefore, took his sandals,
bound them to his feet, and started for the town. Minerva watched
him well off the station, and then came up to it in the form of a
woman- fair, stately, and wise. She stood against the side of the
entry, and revealed herself to Ulysses, buM
t Telemachus could not see
her, and knew not that she was there, for the gods do not let themselves
be seen by everybody. Ulysses saw her, and so did the dogs, for they
did not bark, but went scared and whining off to the other side of
the yards. She nodded her head and motioned to Ulysses with her eyebrows;
whereon he left the hut and stood before her outside the main wall
of the yards. Then she said to him:
"Ulysses, noble son of Laertes, it is now time for you to tell your
son: do not keep him in the M
dark any longer, but lay your plans for
the destruction of the suitors, and then make for the town. I will
not be long in joining you, for I too am eager for the fray."
As she spoke she touched him with her golden wand. First she threw
a fair clean shirt and cloak about his shoulders; then she made him
younger and of more imposing presence; she gave him back his colour,
filled out his cheeks, and let his beard become dark again. Then she
went away and Ulysses came back inside the hut. His son was astoundedM
when he saw him, and turned his eyes away for fear he might be looking
"Stranger," said he, "how suddenly you have changed from what you
were a moment or two ago. You are dressed differently and your colour
is not the same. Are you some one or other of the gods that live in
heaven? If so, be propitious to me till I can make you due sacrifice
and offerings of wrought gold. Have mercy upon me."
And Ulysses said, "I am no god, why should you take me for one? I
am your father, on whose accouM
nt you grieve and suffer so much at
the hands of lawless men."
As he spoke he kissed his son, and a tear fell from his cheek on to
the ground, for he had restrained all tears till now. but Telemachus
could not yet believe that it was his father, and said:
"You are not my father, but some god is flattering me with vain hopes
that I may grieve the more hereafter; no mortal man could of himself
contrive to do as you have been doing, and make yourself old and young
at a moment's notice, unless a god were M
with him. A second ago you
were old and all in rags, and now you are like some god come down
Ulysses answered, "Telemachus, you ought not to be so immeasurably
astonished at my being really here. There is no other Ulysses who
will come hereafter. Such as I am, it is I, who after long wandering
and much hardship have got home in the twentieth year to my own country.
What you wonder at is the work of the redoubtable goddess Minerva,
who does with me whatever she will, for she can do what she M
At one moment she makes me like a beggar, and the next I am a young
man with good clothes on my back; it is an easy matter for the gods
who live in heaven to make any man look either rich or poor."
As he spoke he sat down, and Telemachus threw his arms about his father
and wept. They were both so much moved that they cried aloud like
eagles or vultures with crooked talons that have been robbed of their
half fledged young by peasants. Thus piteously did they weep, and
the sun would have gone down M
upon their mourning if Telemachus had
not suddenly said, "In what ship, my dear father, did your crew bring
you to Ithaca? Of what nation did they declare themselves to be- for
you cannot have come by land?"
"I will tell you the truth, my son," replied Ulysses. "It was the
Phaeacians who brought me here. They are great sailors, and are in
the habit of giving escorts to any one who reaches their coasts. They
took me over the sea while I was fast asleep, and landed me in Ithaca,
after giving me many presenM
ts in bronze, gold, and raiment. These
things by heaven's mercy are lying concealed in a cave, and I am now
come here on the suggestion of Minerva that we may consult about killing
our enemies. First, therefore, give me a list of the suitors, with
their number, that I may learn who, and how many, they are. I can
then turn the matter over in my mind, and see whether we two can fight
the whole body of them ourselves, or whether we must find others to
To this Telemachus answered, "Father, I have aM
renown both in the field and in council, but the task you talk of
is a very great one: I am awed at the mere thought of it; two men
cannot stand against many and brave ones. There are not ten suitors
only, nor twice ten, but ten many times over; you shall learn their
number at once. There are fifty-two chosen youths from Dulichium,
and they have six servants; from Same there are twenty-four; twenty
young Achaeans from Zacynthus, and twelve from Ithaca itself, all
of them well born. They M
have with them a servant Medon, a bard, and
two men who can carve at table. If we face such numbers as this, you
may have bitter cause to rue your coming, and your revenge. See whether
you cannot think of some one who would be willing to come and help
"Listen to me," replied Ulysses, "and think whether Minerva and her
father Jove may seem sufficient, or whether I am to try and find some
"Those whom you have named," answered Telemachus, "are a couple of
good allies, for though M
they dwell high up among the clouds they have
power over both gods and men."
"These two," continued Ulysses, "will not keep long out of the fray,
when the suitors and we join fight in my house. Now, therefore, return
home early to-morrow morning, and go about among the suitors as before.
Later on the swineherd will bring me to the city disguised as a miserable
old beggar. If you see them ill-treating me, steel your heart against
my sufferings; even though they drag me feet foremost out of the house,
hrow things at me, look on and do nothing beyond gently trying
to make them behave more reasonably; but they will not listen to you,
for the day of their reckoning is at hand. Furthermore I say, and
lay my saying to your heart, when Minerva shall put it in my mind,
I will nod my head to you, and on seeing me do this you must collect
all the armour that is in the house and hide it in the strong store
room. Make some excuse when the suitors ask you why you are removing
it; say that you have taken it to be out M
of the way of the smoke,
inasmuch as it is no longer what it was when Ulysses went away, but
has become soiled and begrimed with soot. Add to this more particularly
that you are afraid Jove may set them on to quarrel over their wine,
and that they may do each other some harm which may disgrace both
banquet and wooing, for the sight of arms sometimes tempts people
to use them. But leave a sword and a spear apiece for yourself and
me, and a couple oxhide shields so that we can snatch them up at any
ve and Minerva will then soon quiet these people. There
is also another matter; if you are indeed my son and my blood runs
in your veins, let no one know that Ulysses is within the house- neither
Laertes, nor yet the swineherd, nor any of the servants, nor even
Penelope herself. Let you and me exploit the women alone, and let
us also make trial of some other of the men servants, to see who is
on our side and whose hand is against us."
"Father," replied Telemachus, "you will come to know me by and by,
when you do you will find that I can keep your counsel. I do not
think, however, the plan you propose will turn out well for either
of us. Think it over. It will take us a long time to go the round
of the farms and exploit the men, and all the time the suitors will
be wasting your estate with impunity and without compunction. Prove
the women by all means, to see who are disloyal and who guiltless,
but I am not in favour of going round and trying the men. We can attend
to that later on, if you really have soM
me sign from Jove that he will
Thus did they converse, and meanwhile the ship which had brought Telemachus
and his crew from Pylos had reached the town of Ithaca. When they
had come inside the harbour they drew the ship on to the land; their
servants came and took their armour from them, and they left all the
presents at the house of Clytius. Then they sent a servant to tell
Penelope that Telemachus had gone into the country, but had sent the
ship to the town to prevent her from being alarmM
ed and made unhappy.
This servant and Eumaeus happened to meet when they were both on the
same errand of going to tell Penelope. When they reached the House,
the servant stood up and said to the queen in the presence of the
waiting women, "Your son, Madam, is now returned from Pylos"; but
Eumaeus went close up to Penelope, and said privately that her son
had given bidden him tell her. When he had given his message he left
the house with its outbuildings and went back to his pigs again.
The suitors were suM
rprised and angry at what had happened, so they
went outside the great wall that ran round the outer court, and held
a council near the main entrance. Eurymachus, son of Polybus, was
the first to speak.
"My friends," said he, "this voyage of Telemachus's is a very serious
matter; we had made sure that it would come to nothing. Now, however,
let us draw a ship into the water, and get a crew together to send
after the others and tell them to come back as fast as they can."
He had hardly done speaking wheM
n Amphinomus turned in his place and
saw the ship inside the harbour, with the crew lowering her sails,
and putting by their oars; so he laughed, and said to the others,
"We need not send them any message, for they are here. Some god must
have told them, or else they saw the ship go by, and could not overtake
On this they rose and went to the water side. The crew then drew the
ship on shore; their servants took their armour from them, and they
went up in a body to the place of assembly, but they wouM
any one old or young sit along with them, and Antinous, son of Eupeithes,
"Good heavens," said he, "see how the gods have saved this man from
destruction. We kept a succession of scouts upon the headlands all
day long, and when the sun was down we never went on shore to sleep,
but waited in the ship all night till morning in the hope of capturing
and killing him; but some god has conveyed him home in spite of us.
Let us consider how we can make an end of him. He must not escape
s; our affair is never likely to come off while is alive, for he
is very shrewd, and public feeling is by no means all on our side.
We must make haste before he can call the Achaeans in assembly; he
will lose no time in doing so, for he will be furious with us, and
will tell all the world how we plotted to kill him, but failed to
take him. The people will not like this when they come to know of
it; we must see that they do us no hurt, nor drive us from our own
country into exile. Let us try and lay hold of hM
im either on his farm
away from the town, or on the road hither. Then we can divide up his
property amongst us, and let his mother and the man who marries her
have the house. If this does not please you, and you wish Telemachus
to live on and hold his father's property, then we must not gather
here and eat up his goods in this way, but must make our offers to
Penelope each from his own house, and she can marry the man who will
give the most for her, and whose lot it is to win her."
They all held their peM
ace until Amphinomus rose to speak. He was the
son of Nisus, who was son to king Aretias, and he was foremost among
all the suitors from the wheat-growing and well grassed island of
Dulichium; his conversation, moreover, was more agreeable to Penelope
than that of any of the other for he was a man of good natural disposition.
"My friends," said he, speaking to them plainly and in all honestly,
"I am not in favour of killing Telemachus. It is a heinous thing to
kill one who is of noble blood. Let us first takM
e counsel of the gods,
and if the oracles of Jove advise it, I will both help to kill him
myself, and will urge everyone else to do so; but if they dissuade
us, I would have you hold your hands."
Thus did he speak, and his words pleased them well, so they rose forthwith
and went to the house of Ulysses where they took their accustomed
Then Penelope resolved that she would show herself to the suitors.
She knew of the plot against Telemachus, for the servant Medon had
overheard their counsels anM
d had told her; she went down therefore
to the court attended by her maidens, and when she reached the suitors
she stood by one of the bearing-posts supporting the roof of the cloister
holding a veil before her face, and rebuked Antinous saying:
"Antinous, insolent and wicked schemer, they say you are the best
speaker and counsellor of any man your own age in Ithaca, but you
are nothing of the kind. Madman, why should you try to compass the
death of Telemachus, and take no heed of suppliants, whose witnessM
is Jove himself? It is not right for you to plot thus against one
another. Do you not remember how your father fled to this house in
fear of the people, who were enraged against him for having gone with
some Taphian pirates and plundered the Thesprotians who were at peace
with us? They wanted to tear him in pieces and eat up everything he
had, but Ulysses stayed their hands although they were infuriated,
and now you devour his property without paying for it, and break my
heart by his wooing his wife and trM
ying to kill his son. Leave off
doing so, and stop the others also."
To this Eurymachus son of Polybus answered, "Take heart, Queen Penelope
daughter of Icarius, and do not trouble yourself about these matters.
The man is not yet born, nor never will be, who shall lay hands upon
your son Telemachus, while I yet live to look upon the face of the
earth. I say- and it shall surely be- that my spear shall be reddened
with his blood; for many a time has Ulysses taken me on his knees,
held wine up to my lips tM
o drink, and put pieces of meat into my hands.
Therefore Telemachus is much the dearest friend I have, and has nothing
to fear from the hands of us suitors. Of course, if death comes to
him from the gods, he cannot escape it." He said this to quiet her,
but in reality he was plotting against Telemachus.
Then Penelope went upstairs again and mourned her husband till Minerva
shed sleep over her eyes. In the evening Eumaeus got back to Ulysses
and his son, who had just sacrificed a young pig of a year old anM
were ready; helping one another to get supper ready; Minerva therefore
came up to Ulysses, turned him into an old man with a stroke of her
wand, and clad him in his old clothes again, for fear that the swineherd
might recognize him and not keep the secret, but go and tell Penelope.
Telemachus was the first to speak. "So you have got back, Eumaeus,"
said he. "What is the news of the town? Have the suitors returned,
or are they still waiting over yonder, to take me on my way home?"
"I did not think of aM
sking about that," replied Eumaeus, "when I was
in the town. I thought I would give my message and come back as soon
as I could. I met a man sent by those who had gone with you to Pylos,
and he was the first to tell the new your mother, but I can say what
I saw with my own eyes; I had just got on to the crest of the hill
of Mercury above the town when I saw a ship coming into harbour with
a number of men in her. They had many shields and spears, and I thought
it was the suitors, but I cannot be sure."
hearing this Telemachus smiled to his father, but so that Eumaeus
Then, when they had finished their work and the meal was ready, they
ate it, and every man had his full share so that all were satisfied.
As soon as they had had enough to eat and drink, they laid down to
rest and enjoyed the boon of sleep.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
When the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, Telemachus
bound on his sandals and M
took a strong spear that suited his hands,
for he wanted to go into the city. "Old friend," said he to the swineherd,
"I will now go to the town and show myself to my mother, for she will
never leave off grieving till she has seen me. As for this unfortunate
stranger, take him to the town and let him beg there of any one who
will give him a drink and a piece of bread. I have trouble enough
of my own, and cannot be burdened with other people. If this makes
him angry so much the worse for him, but I like to saM
Then Ulysses said, "Sir, I do not want to stay here; a beggar can
always do better in town than country, for any one who likes can give
him something. I am too old to care about remaining here at the beck
and call of a master. Therefore let this man do as you have just told
him, and take me to the town as soon as I have had a warm by the fire,
and the day has got a little heat in it. My clothes are wretchedly
thin, and this frosty morning I shall be perished with cold, for you
On this Telemachus strode off through the yards, brooding his revenge
upon the When he reached home he stood his spear against a bearing-post
of the cloister, crossed the stone floor of the cloister itself, and
Nurse Euryclea saw him long before any one else did. She was putting
the fleeces on to the seats, and she burst out crying as she ran up
to him; all the other maids came up too, and covered his head and
shoulders with their kisses. Penelope came out of her room lM
like Diana or Venus, and wept as she flung her arms about her son.
She kissed his forehead and both his beautiful eyes, "Light of my
eyes," she cried as she spoke fondly to him, "so you are come home
again; I made sure I was never going to see you any more. To think
of your having gone off to Pylos without saying anything about it
or obtaining my consent. But come, tell me what you saw."
"Do not scold me, mother,' answered Telemachus, "nor vex me, seeing
what a narrow escape I have had, but wash yoM
ur face, change your dress,
go upstairs with your maids, and promise full and sufficient hecatombs
to all the gods if Jove will only grant us our revenge upon the suitors.
I must now go to the place of assembly to invite a stranger who has
come back with me from Pylos. I sent him on with my crew, and told
Piraeus to take him home and look after him till I could come for
She heeded her son's words, washed her face, changed her dress, and
vowed full and sufficient hecatombs to all the gods if M
only vouchsafe her revenge upon the suitors.
Telemachus went through, and out of, the cloisters spear in hand-
not alone, for his two fleet dogs went with him. Minerva endowed him
with a presence of such divine comeliness that all marvelled at him
as he went by, and the suitors gathered round him with fair words
in their mouths and malice in their hearts; but he avoided them, and
went to sit with Mentor, Antiphus, and Halitherses, old friends of
his father's house, and they made him tell them M
all that had happened
to him. Then Piraeus came up with Theoclymenus, whom he had escorted
through the town to the place of assembly, whereon Telemachus at once
joined them. Piraeus was first to speak: "Telemachus," said he, "I
wish you would send some of your women to my house to take awa the
presents Menelaus gave you."
"We do not know, Piraeus," answered Telemachus, "what may happen.
If the suitors kill me in my own house and divide my property among
them, I would rather you had the presents than thatM
any of those people
should get hold of them. If on the other hand I manage to kill them,
I shall be much obliged if you will kindly bring me my presents."
With these words he took Theoclymenus to his own house. When they
got there they laid their cloaks on the benches and seats, went into
the baths, and washed themselves. When the maids had washed and anointed
them, and had given them cloaks and shirts, they took their seats
at table. A maid servant then brought them water in a beautiful golden
poured it into a silver basin for them to wash their hands;
and she drew a clean table beside them. An upper servant brought them
bread and offered them many good things of what there was in the house.
Opposite them sat Penelope, reclining on a couch by one of the bearing-posts
of the cloister, and spinning. Then they laid their hands on the good
things that were before them, and as soon as they had had enough to
eat and drink Penelope said:
"Telemachus, I shall go upstairs and lie down on that sad couchM
I have not ceased to water with my tears, from the day Ulysses set
out for Troy with the sons of Atreus. You failed, however, to make
it clear to me before the suitors came back to the house, whether
or no you had been able to hear anything about the return of your
"I will tell you then truth," replied her son. "We went to Pylos and
saw Nestor, who took me to his house and treated me as hospitably
as though I were a son of his own who had just returned after a long
absence; so also did M
his sons; but he said he had not heard a word
from any human being about Ulysses, whether he was alive or dead.
He sent me, therefore, with a chariot and horses to Menelaus. There
I saw Helen, for whose sake so many, both Argives and Trojans, were
in heaven's wisdom doomed to suffer. Menelaus asked me what it was
that had brought me to Lacedaemon, and I told him the whole truth,
whereon he said, 'So, then, these cowards would usurp a brave man's
bed? A hind might as well lay her new-born young in the lair ofM
lion, and then go off to feed in the forest or in some grassy dell.
The lion, when he comes back to his lair, will make short work with
the pair of them, and so will Ulysses with these suitors. By father
Jove, Minerva, and Apollo, if Ulysses is still the man that he was
when he wrestled with Philomeleides in Lesbos, and threw him so heavily
that all the Greeks cheered him- if he is still such, and were to
come near these suitors, they would have a short shrift and a sorry
wedding. As regards your questioM
n, however, I will not prevaricate
nor deceive you, but what the old man of the sea told me, so much
will I tell you in full. He said he could see Ulysses on an island
sorrowing bitterly in the house of the nymph Calypso, who was keeping
him prisoner, and he could not reach his home, for he had no ships
nor sailors to take him over the sea.' This was what Menelaus told
me, and when I had heard his story I came away; the gods then gave
me a fair wind and soon brought me safe home again."
he moved the heart of Penelope. Then Theoclymenus
"Madam, wife of Ulysses, Telemachus does not understand these things;
listen therefore to me, for I can divine them surely, and will hide
nothing from you. May Jove the king of heaven be my witness, and the
rites of hospitality, with that hearth of Ulysses to which I now come,
that Ulysses himself is even now in Ithaca, and, either going about
the country or staying in one place, is enquiring into all these evil
deeds and preparing a day of rM
eckoning for the suitors. I saw an omen
when I was on the ship which meant this, and I told Telemachus about
"May it be even so," answered Penelope; "if your words come true,
you shall have such gifts and such good will from me that all who
see you shall congratulate you."
Thus did they converse. Meanwhile the suitors were throwing discs,
or aiming with spears at a mark on the levelled ground in front of
the house, and behaving with all their old insolence. But when it
was now time for dinner, aM
nd the flock of sheep and goats had come
into the town from all the country round, with their shepherds as
usual, then Medon, who was their favourite servant, and who waited
upon them at table, said, "Now then, my young masters, you have had
enough sport, so come inside that we may get dinner ready. Dinner
is not a bad thing, at dinner time."
They left their sports as he told them, and when they were within
the house, they laid their cloaks on the benches and seats inside,
and then sacrificed some sheep,M
goats, pigs, and a heifer, all of
them fat and well grown. Thus they made ready for their meal. In the
meantime Ulysses and the swineherd were about starting for the town,
and the swineherd said, "Stranger, I suppose you still want to go
to town to-day, as my master said you were to do; for my own part
I should have liked you to stay here as a station hand, but I must
do as my master tells me, or he will scold me later on, and a scolding
from one's master is a very serious thing. Let us then be off, for
is now broad day; it will be night again directly and then you
will find it colder."
"I know, and understand you," replied Ulysses; "you need say no more.
Let us be going, but if you have a stick ready cut, let me have it
to walk with, for you say the road is a very rough one."
As he spoke he threw his shabby old tattered wallet over his shoulders,
by the cord from which it hung, and Eumaeus gave him a stick to his
liking. The two then started, leaving the station in charge of the
dogs and herdsmen whM
o remained behind; the swineherd led the way and
his master followed after, looking like some broken-down old tramp
as he leaned upon his staff, and his clothes were all in rags. When
they had got over the rough steep ground and were nearing the city,
they reached the fountain from which the citizens drew their water.
This had been made by Ithacus, Neritus, and Polyctor. There was a
grove of water-loving poplars planted in a circle all round it, and
the clear cold water came down to it from a rock high up, wM
the fountain there was an altar to the nymphs, at which all wayfarers
used to sacrifice. Here Melanthius son of Dolius overtook them as
he was driving down some goats, the best in his flock, for the suitors'
dinner, and there were two shepherds with him. When he saw Eumaeus
and Ulysses he reviled them with outrageous and unseemly language,
which made Ulysses very angry.
"There you go," cried he, "and a precious pair you are. See how heaven
brings birds of the same feather to one another. WhereM
swineherd, are you taking this poor miserable object? It would make
any one sick to see such a creature at table. A fellow like this never
won a prize for anything in his life, but will go about rubbing his
shoulders against every man's door post, and begging, not for swords
and cauldrons like a man, but only for a few scraps not worth begging
for. If you would give him to me for a hand on my station, he might
do to clean out the folds, or bring a bit of sweet feed to the kids,
atten his thighs as much as he pleased on whey; but
he has taken to bad ways and will not go about any kind of work; he
will do nothing but beg victuals all the town over, to feed his insatiable
belly. I say, therefore and it shall surely be- if he goes near Ulysses'
house he will get his head broken by the stools they will fling at
him, till they turn him out."
On this, as he passed, he gave Ulysses a kick on the hip out of pure
wantonness, but Ulysses stood firm, and did not budge from the path.
moment he doubted whether or no to fly at Melanthius and kill
him with his staff, or fling him to the ground and beat his brains
out; he resolved, however, to endure it and keep himself in check,
but the swineherd looked straight at Melanthius and rebuked him, lifting
up his hands and praying to heaven as he did so.
"Fountain nymphs," he cried, "children of Jove, if ever Ulysses burned
you thigh bones covered with fat whether of lambs or kids, grant my
prayer that heaven may send him home. He would soon pM
the swaggering threats with which such men as you go about insulting
people-gadding all over the town while your flocks are going to ruin
through bad shepherding."
Then Melanthius the goatherd answered, "You ill-conditioned cur, what
are you talking about? Some day or other I will put you on board ship
and take you to a foreign country, where I can sell you and pocket
the money you will fetch. I wish I were as sure that Apollo would
strike Telemachus dead this very day, or that the suitors wM
him, as I am that Ulysses will never come home again."
With this he left them to come on at their leisure, while he went
quickly forward and soon reached the house of his master. When he
got there he went in and took his seat among the suitors opposite
Eurymachus, who liked him better than any of the others. The servants
brought him a portion of meat, and an upper woman servant set bread
before him that he might eat. Presently Ulysses and the swineherd
came up to the house and stood by it, amidM
a sound of music, for Phemius
was just beginning to sing to the suitors. Then Ulysses took hold
of the swineherd's hand, and said:
"Eumaeus, this house of Ulysses is a very fine place. No matter how
far you go you will find few like it. One building keeps following
on after another. The outer court has a wall with battlements all
round it; the doors are double folding, and of good workmanship; it
would be a hard matter to take it by force of arms. I perceive, too,
that there are many people banqueting wM
ithin it, for there is a smell
of roast meat, and I hear a sound of music, which the gods have made
to go along with feasting."
Then Eumaeus said, "You have perceived aright, as indeed you generally
do; but let us think what will be our best course. Will you go inside
first and join the suitors, leaving me here behind you, or will you
wait here and let me go in first? But do not wait long, or some one
may you loitering about outside, and throw something at you. Consider
this matter I pray you."
lysses answered, "I understand and heed. Go in first and leave
me here where I am. I am quite used to being beaten and having things
thrown at me. I have been so much buffeted about in war and by sea
that I am case-hardened, and this too may go with the rest. But a
man cannot hide away the cravings of a hungry belly; this is an enemy
which gives much trouble to all men; it is because of this that ships
are fitted out to sail the seas, and to make war upon other people."
As they were thus talking, a dog thaM
t had been lying asleep raised
his head and pricked up his ears. This was Argos, whom Ulysses had
bred before setting out for Troy, but he had never had any work out
of him. In the old days he used to be taken out by the young men when
they went hunting wild goats, or deer, or hares, but now that his
master was gone he was lying neglected on the heaps of mule and cow
dung that lay in front of the stable doors till the men should come
and draw it away to manure the great close; and he was full of fleas.
oon as he saw Ulysses standing there, he dropped his ears and
wagged his tail, but he could not get close up to his master. When
Ulysses saw the dog on the other side of the yard, dashed a tear from
his eyes without Eumaeus seeing it, and said:
"Eumaeus, what a noble hound that is over yonder on the manure heap:
his build is splendid; is he as fine a fellow as he looks, or is he
only one of those dogs that come begging about a table, and are kept
"This hound," answered Eumaeus, "beloM
nged to him who has died in a
far country. If he were what he was when Ulysses left for Troy, he
would soon show you what he could do. There was not a wild beast in
the forest that could get away from him when he was once on its tracks.
But now he has fallen on evil times, for his master is dead and gone,
and the women take no care of him. Servants never do their work when
their master's hand is no longer over them, for Jove takes half the
goodness out of a man when he makes a slave of him."
he went inside the buildings to the cloister where the
suitors were, but Argos died as soon as he had recognized his master.
Telemachus saw Eumaeus long before any one else did, and beckoned
him to come and sit beside him; so he looked about and saw a seat
lying near where the carver sat serving out their portions to the
suitors; he picked it up, brought it to Telemachus's table, and sat
down opposite him. Then the servant brought him his portion, and gave
him bread from the bread-basket.
fterwards Ulysses came inside, looking like a poor miserable
old beggar, leaning on his staff and with his clothes all in rags.
He sat down upon the threshold of ash-wood just inside the doors leading
from the outer to the inner court, and against a bearing-post of cypress-wood
which the carpenter had skillfully planed, and had made to join truly
with rule and line. Telemachus took a whole loaf from the bread-basket,
with as much meat as he could hold in his two hands, and said to Eumaeus,
stranger, and tell him to go the round of the suitors,
and beg from them; a beggar must not be shamefaced."
So Eumaeus went up to him and said, "Stranger, Telemachus sends you
this, and says you are to go the round of the suitors begging, for
beggars must not be shamefaced."
Ulysses answered, "May King Jove grant all happiness to Telemachus,
and fulfil the desire of his heart."
Then with both hands he took what Telemachus had sent him, and laid
it on the dirty old wallet at his feet. He went on eatM
the bard was singing, and had just finished his dinner as he left
off. The suitors applauded the bard, whereon Minerva went up to Ulysses
and prompted him to beg pieces of bread from each one of the suitors,
that he might see what kind of people they were, and tell the good
from the bad; but come what might she was not going to save a single
one of them. Ulysses, therefore, went on his round, going from left
to right, and stretched out his hands to beg as though he were a real
hem pitied him, and were curious about him, asking
one another who he was and where he came from; whereon the goatherd
Melanthius said, "Suitors of my noble mistress, I can tell you something
about him, for I have seen him before. The swineherd brought him here,
but I know nothing about the man himself, nor where he comes from."
On this Antinous began to abuse the swineherd. "You precious idiot,"
he cried, "what have you brought this man to town for? Have we not
tramps and beggars enough already to pester M
us as we sit at meat?
Do you think it a small thing that such people gather here to waste
your master's property and must you needs bring this man as well?"
And Eumaeus answered, "Antinous, your birth is good but your words
evil. It was no doing of mine that he came here. Who is likely to
invite a stranger from a foreign country, unless it be one of those
who can do public service as a seer, a healer of hurts, a carpenter,
or a bard who can charm us with his Such men are welcome all the world
one is likely to ask a beggar who will only worry him.
You are always harder on Ulysses' servants than any of the other suitors
are, and above all on me, but I do not care so long as Telemachus
and Penelope are alive and here."
But Telemachus said, "Hush, do not answer him; Antinous has the bitterest
tongue of all the suitors, and he makes the others worse."
Then turning to Antinous he said, "Antinous, you take as much care
of my interests as though I were your son. Why should you want to
anger turned out of the house? Heaven forbid; take' something
and give it him yourself; I do not grudge it; I bid you take it. Never
mind my mother, nor any of the other servants in the house; but I
know you will not do what I say, for you are more fond of eating things
yourself than of giving them to other people."
"What do you mean, Telemachus," replied Antinous, "by this swaggering
talk? If all the suitors were to give him as much as I will, he would
not come here again for another three months."
s he spoke he drew the stool on which he rested his dainty feet from
under the table, and made as though he would throw it at Ulysses,
but the other suitors all gave him something, and filled his wallet
with bread and meat; he was about, therefore, to go back to the threshold
and eat what the suitors had given him, but he first went up to Antinous
"Sir, give me something; you are not, surely, the poorest man here;
you seem to be a chief, foremost among them all; therefore you should
er giver, and I will tell far and wide of your bounty.
I too was a rich man once, and had a fine house of my own; in those
days I gave to many a tramp such as I now am, no matter who he might
be nor what he wanted. I had any number of servants, and all the other
things which people have who live well and are accounted wealthy,
but it pleased Jove to take all away from me. He sent me with a band
of roving robbers to Egypt; it was a long voyage and I was undone
by it. I stationed my bade ships in the river AegM
men stay by them and keep guard over them, while sent out scouts to
reconnoitre from every point of vantage.
"But the men disobeyed my orders, took to their own devices, and ravaged
the land of the Egyptians, killing the men, and taking their wives
and children captives. The alarm was soon carried to the city, and
when they heard the war-cry, the people came out at daybreak till
the plain was filled with soldiers horse and foot, and with the gleam
of armour. Then Jove spread panic amonM
g my men, and they would no
longer face the enemy, for they found themselves surrounded. The Egyptians
killed many of us, and took the rest alive to do forced labour for
them; as for myself, they gave me to a friend who met them, to take
to Cyprus, Dmetor by name, son of Iasus, who was a great man in Cyprus.
Thence I am come hither in a state of great misery."
Then Antinous said, "What god can have sent such a pestilence to plague
us during our dinner? Get out, into the open part of the court, or
give you Egypt and Cyprus over again for your insolence and
importunity; you have begged of all the others, and they have given
you lavishly, for they have abundance round them, and it is easy to
be free with other people's property when there is plenty of it."
On this Ulysses began to move off, and said, "Your looks, my fine
sir, are better than your breeding; if you were in your own house
you would not spare a poor man so much as a pinch of salt, for though
you are in another man's, and surrounded with aM
bundance, you cannot
find it in you to give him even a piece of bread."
This made Antinous very angry, and he scowled at him saying, "You
shall pay for this before you get clear of the court." With these
words he threw a footstool at him, and hit him on the right shoulder-blade
near the top of his back. Ulysses stood firm as a rock and the blow
did not even stagger him, but he shook his head in silence as he brooded
on his revenge. Then he went back to the threshold and sat down there,
lled wallet at his feet.
"Listen to me," he cried, "you suitors of Queen Penelope, that I may
speak even as I am minded. A man knows neither ache nor pain if he
gets hit while fighting for his money, or for his sheep or his cattle;
and even so Antinous has hit me while in the service of my miserable
belly, which is always getting people into trouble. Still, if the
poor have gods and avenging deities at all, I pray them that Antinous
may come to a bad end before his marriage."
"Sit where you are, and eM
at your victuals in silence, or be off elsewhere,"
shouted Antinous. "If you say more I will have you dragged hand and
foot through the courts, and the servants shall flay you alive."
The other suitors were much displeased at this, and one of the young
men said, "Antinous, you did ill in striking that poor wretch of a
tramp: it will be worse for you if he should turn out to be some god-
and we know the gods go about disguised in all sorts of ways as people
from foreign countries, and travel about the worldM
to see who do amiss
and who righteously."
Thus said the suitors, but Antinous paid them no heed. Meanwhile Telemachus
was furious about the blow that had been given to his father, and
though no tear fell from him, he shook his head in silence and brooded
Now when Penelope heard that the beggar had been struck in the banqueting-cloister,
she said before her maids, "Would that Apollo would so strike you,
Antinous," and her waiting woman Eurynome answered, "If our prayers
not one of the suitors would ever again see the sun
rise." Then Penelope said, "Nurse, I hate every single one of them,
for they mean nothing but mischief, but I hate Antinous like the darkness
of death itself. A poor unfortunate tramp has come begging about the
house for sheer want. Every one else has given him something to put
in his wallet, but Antinous has hit him on the right shoulder-blade
Thus did she talk with her maids as she sat in her own room, and in
the meantime Ulysses waM
s getting his dinner. Then she called for the
swineherd and said, "Eumaeus, go and tell the stranger to come here,
I want to see him and ask him some questions. He seems to have travelled
much, and he may have seen or heard something of my unhappy husband."
To this you answered, O swineherd Eumaeus, "If these Achaeans, Madam,
would only keep quiet, you would be charmed with the history of his
adventures. I had him three days and three nights with me in my hut,
which was the first place he reached after runM
ning away from his ship,
and he has not yet completed the story of his misfortunes. If he had
been the most heaven-taught minstrel in the whole world, on whose
lips all hearers hang entranced, I could not have been more charmed
as I sat in my hut and listened to him. He says there is an old friendship
between his house and that of Ulysses, and that he comes from Crete
where the descendants of Minos live, after having been driven hither
and thither by every kind of misfortune; he also declares that he
ard of Ulysses as being alive and near at hand among the Thesprotians,
and that he is bringing great wealth home with him."
"Call him here, then," said Penelope, "that I too may hear his story.
As for the suitors, let them take their pleasure indoors or out as
they will, for they have nothing to fret about. Their corn and wine
remain unwasted in their houses with none but servants to consume
them, while they keep hanging about our house day after day sacrificing
our oxen, sheep, and fat goats for their baM
nquets, and never giving
so much as a thought to the quantity of wine they drink. No estate
can stand such recklessness, for we have now no Ulysses to protect
us. If he were to come again, he and his son would soon have their
As she spoke Telemachus sneezed so loudly that the whole house resounded
with it. Penelope laughed when she heard this, and said to Eumaeus,
"Go and call the stranger; did you not hear how my son sneezed just
as I was speaking? This can only mean that all the suitors are gM
to be killed, and that not one of them shall escape. Furthermore I
say, and lay my saying to your heart: if I am satisfied that the stranger
is speaking the truth I shall give him a shirt and cloak of good wear."
When Eumaeus heard this he went straight to Ulysses and said, "Father
stranger, my mistress Penelope, mother of Telemachus, has sent for
you; she is in great grief, but she wishes to hear anything you can
tell her about her husband, and if she is satisfied that you are speaking
e will give you a shirt and cloak, which are the very
things that you are most in want of. As for bread, you can get enough
of that to fill your belly, by begging about the town, and letting
those give that will."
"I will tell Penelope," answered Ulysses, "nothing but what is strictly
true. I know all about her husband, and have been partner with him
in affliction, but I am afraid of passing. through this crowd of cruel
suitors, for their pride and insolence reach heaven. Just now, moreover,
ng about the house without doing any harm, a man gave
me a blow that hurt me very much, but neither Telemachus nor any one
else defended me. Tell Penelope, therefore, to be patient and wait
till sundown. Let her give me a seat close up to the fire, for my
clothes are worn very thin- you know they are, for you have seen them
ever since I first asked you to help me- she can then ask me about
the return of her husband."
The swineherd went back when he heard this, and Penelope said as she
saw him cross the tM
hreshold, "Why do you not bring him here, Eumaeus?
Is he afraid that some one will ill-treat him, or is he shy of coming
inside the house at all? Beggars should not be shamefaced."
To this you answered, O swineherd Eumaeus, "The stranger is quite
reasonable. He is avoiding the suitors, and is only doing what any
one else would do. He asks you to wait till sundown, and it will be
much better, madam, that you should have him all to yourself, when
you can hear him and talk to him as you will."
no fool," answered Penelope, "it would very likely be
as he says, for there are no such abominable people in the whole world
When she had done speaking Eumaeus went back to the suitors, for he
had explained everything. Then he went up to Telemachus and said in
his ear so that none could overhear him, "My dear sir, I will now
go back to the pigs, to see after your property and my own business.
You will look to what is going on here, but above all be careful to
keep out of danger, for tM
here are many who bear you ill will. May
Jove bring them to a bad end before they do us a mischief."
"Very well," replied Telemachus, "go home when you have had your dinner,
and in the morning come here with the victims we are to sacrifice
for the day. Leave the rest to heaven and me."
On this Eumaeus took his seat again, and when he had finished his
dinner he left the courts and the cloister with the men at table,
and went back to his pigs. As for the suitors, they presently began
to amuse themselves M
with singing and dancing, for it was now getting
on towards evening.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Now there came a certain common tramp who used to go begging all
over the city of Ithaca, and was notorious as an incorrigible glutton
and drunkard. This man had no strength nor stay in him, but he was
a great hulking fellow to look at; his real name, the one his mother
gave him, was Arnaeus, but the young men of the place called him Irus,
used to run errands for any one who would send him. As
soon as he came he began to insult Ulysses, and to try and drive him
out of his own house.
"Be off, old man," he cried, "from the doorway, or you shall be dragged
out neck and heels. Do you not see that they are all giving me the
wink, and wanting me to turn you out by force, only I do not like
to do so? Get up then, and go of yourself, or we shall come to blows."
Ulysses frowned on him and said, "My friend, I do you no manner of
you a great deal, but I am not jealous. There is
room enough in this doorway for the pair of us, and you need not grudge
me things that are not yours to give. You seem to be just such another
tramp as myself, but perhaps the gods will give us better luck by
and by. Do not, however, talk too much about fighting or you will
incense me, and old though I am, I shall cover your mouth and chest
with blood. I shall have more peace to-morrow if I do, for you will
not come to the house of Ulysses any more."
was very angry and answered, "You filthy glutton, you run on
trippingly like an old fish-fag. I have a good mind to lay both hands
about you, and knock your teeth out of your head like so many boar's
tusks. Get ready, therefore, and let these people here stand by and
look on. You will never be able to fight one who is so much younger
Thus roundly did they rate one another on the smooth pavement in front
of the doorway, and when Antinous saw what was going on he laughed
heartily and said tM
o the others, "This is the finest sport that you
ever saw; heaven never yet sent anything like it into this house.
The stranger and Irus have quarreled and are going to fight, let us
set them on to do so at once."
The suitors all came up laughing, and gathered round the two ragged
tramps. "Listen to me," said Antinous, "there are some goats' paunches
down at the fire, which we have filled with blood and fat, and set
aside for supper; he who is victorious and proves himself to be the
better man shall haveM
his pick of the lot; he shall be free of our
table and we will not allow any other beggar about the house at all."
The others all agreed, but Ulysses, to throw them off the scent, said,
"Sirs, an old man like myself, worn out with suffering, cannot hold
his own against a young one; but my irrepressible belly urges me on,
though I know it can only end in my getting a drubbing. You must swear,
however that none of you will give me a foul blow to favour Irus and
secure him the victory."
told them, and when they had completed their oath
Telemachus put in a word and said, "Stranger, if you have a mind to
settle with this fellow, you need not be afraid of any one here. Whoever
strikes you will have to fight more than one. I am host, and the other
chiefs, Antinous and Eurymachus, both of them men of understanding,
are of the same mind as I am."
Every one assented, and Ulysses girded his old rags about his loins,
thus baring his stalwart thighs, his broad chest and shoulders, and
arms; but Minerva came up to him and made his limbs even
stronger still. The suitors were beyond measure astonished, and one
would turn towards his neighbour saying, "The stranger has brought
such a thigh out of his old rags that there will soon be nothing left
Irus began to be very uneasy as he heard them, but the servants girded
him by force, and brought him [into the open part of the court] in
such a fright that his limbs were all of a tremble. Antinous scolded
him and said, "You swaggering M
bully, you ought never to have been
born at all if you are afraid of such an old broken-down creature
as this tramp is. I say, therefore- and it shall surely be- if he
beats you and proves himself the better man, I shall pack you off
on board ship to the mainland and send you to king Echetus, who kills
every one that comes near him. He will cut off your nose and ears,
and draw out your entrails for the dogs to eat."
This frightened Irus still more, but they brought him into the middle
of the court, and tM
he two men raised their hands to fight. Then Ulysses
considered whether he should let drive so hard at him as to make an
end of him then and there, or whether he should give him a lighter
blow that should only knock him down; in the end he deemed it best
to give the lighter blow for fear the Achaeans should begin to suspect
who he was. Then they began to fight, and Irus hit Ulysses on the
right shoulder; but Ulysses gave Irus a blow on the neck under the
ear that broke in the bones of his skull, and the blooM
out of his mouth; he fell groaning in the dust, gnashing his teeth
and kicking on the ground, but the suitors threw up their hands and
nearly died of laughter, as Ulysses caught hold of him by the foot
and dragged him into the outer court as far as the gate-house. There
he propped him up against the wall and put his staff in his hands.
"Sit here," said he, "and keep the dogs and pigs off; you are a pitiful
creature, and if you try to make yourself king of the beggars any
more you shall fare sM
Then he threw his dirty old wallet, all tattered and torn, over his
shoulder with the cord by which it hung, and went back to sit down
upon the threshold; but the suitors went within the cloisters, laughing
and saluting him, "May Jove, and all the other gods," said they, 'grant
you whatever you want for having put an end to the importunity of
this insatiable tramp. We will take him over to the mainland presently,
to king Echetus, who kills every one that comes near him."
s as of good omen, and Antinous set a great goat's
paunch before him filled with blood and fat. Amphinomus took two loaves
out of the bread-basket and brought them to him, pledging him as he
did so in a golden goblet of wine. "Good luck to you," he said, "father
stranger, you are very badly off at present, but I hope you will have
better times by and by."
To this Ulysses answered, "Amphinomus, you seem to be a man of good
understanding, as indeed you may well be, seeing whose son you are.
ur father well spoken of; he is Nisus of Dulichium,
a man both brave and wealthy. They tell me you are his son, and you
appear to be a considerable person; listen, therefore, and take heed
to what I am saying. Man is the vainest of all creatures that have
their being upon earth. As long as heaven vouchsafes him health and
strength, he thinks that he shall come to no harm hereafter, and even
when the blessed gods bring sorrow upon him, he bears it as he needs
must, and makes the best of it; for God Almighty gM
ives men their daily
minds day by day. I know all about it, for I was a rich man once,
and did much wrong in the stubbornness of my pride, and in the confidence
that my father and my brothers would support me; therefore let a man
fear God in all things always, and take the good that heaven may see
fit to send him without vainglory. Consider the infamy of what these
suitors are doing; see how they are wasting the estate, and doing
dishonour to the wife, of one who is certain to return some day, and
, not long hence. Nay, he will be here soon; may heaven send
you home quietly first that you may not meet with him in the day of
his coming, for once he is here the suitors and he will not part bloodlessly."
With these words he made a drink-offering, and when he had drunk he
put the gold cup again into the hands of Amphinomus, who walked away
serious and bowing his head, for he foreboded evil. But even so he
did not escape destruction, for Minerva had doomed him fall by the
hand of Telemachus. So he took hM
is seat again at the place from which
Then Minerva put it into the mind of Penelope to show herself to the
suitors, that she might make them still more enamoured of her, and
win still further honour from her son and husband. So she feigned
a mocking laugh and said, "Eurynome, I have changed my and have a
fancy to show myself to the suitors although I detest them. I should
like also to give my son a hint that he had better not have anything
more to do with them. They speak fairly enough but tM
"My dear child," answered Eurynome, "all that you have said is true,
go and tell your son about it, but first wash yourself and anoint
your face. Do not go about with your cheeks all covered with tears;
it is not right that you should grieve so incessantly; for Telemachus,
whom you always prayed that you might live to see with a beard, is
"I know, Eurynome," replied Penelope, "that you mean well, but do
not try and persuade me to wash and to anoint myself, for heaM
me of all my beauty on the day my husband sailed; nevertheless, tell
Autonoe and Hippodamia that I want them. They must be with me when
I am in the cloister; I am not going among the men alone; it would
not be proper for me to do so."
On this the old woman went out of the room to bid the maids go to
their mistress. In the meantime Minerva bethought her of another matter,
and sent Penelope off into a sweet slumber; so she lay down on her
couch and her limbs became heavy with sleep. Then the godM
grace and beauty over her that all the Achaeans might admire her.
She washed her face with the ambrosial loveliness that Venus wears
when she goes dancing with the Graces; she made her taller and of
a more commanding figure, while as for her complexion it was whiter
than sawn ivory. When Minerva had done all this she went away, whereon
the maids came in from the women's room and woke Penelope with the
sound of their talking.
"What an exquisitely delicious sleep I have been having," said she,
s she passed her hands over her face, "in spite of all my misery.
I wish Diana would let me die so sweetly now at this very moment,
that I might no longer waste in despair for the loss of my dear husband,
who possessed every kind of good quality and was the most distinguished
man among the Achaeans."
With these words she came down from her upper room, not alone but
attended by two of her maidens, and when she reached the suitors she
stood by one of the bearing-posts supporting the roof of the cloister,
olding a veil before her face, and with a staid maid servant on either
side of her. As they beheld her the suitors were so overpowered and
became so desperately enamoured of her, that each one prayed he might
win her for his own bed fellow.
"Telemachus," said she, addressing her son, "I fear you are no longer
so discreet and well conducted as you used to be. When you were younger
you had a greater sense of propriety; now, however, that you are grown
up, though a stranger to look at you would take you for M
a well-to-do father as far as size and good looks go, your conduct
is by no means what it should be. What is all this disturbance that
has been going on, and how came you to allow a stranger to be so disgracefully
ill-treated? What would have happened if he had suffered serious injury
while a suppliant in our house? Surely this would have been very discreditable
"I am not surprised, my dear mother, at your displeasure," replied
Telemachus, "I understand all about it and know when thinM
as they should be, which I could not do when I was younger; I cannot,
however, behave with perfect propriety at all times. First one and
then another of these wicked people here keeps driving me out of my
mind, and I have no one to stand by me. After all, however, this fight
between Irus and the stranger did not turn out as the suitors meant
it to do, for the stranger got the best of it. I wish Father Jove,
Minerva, and Apollo would break the neck of every one of these wooers
of yours, some insidM
e the house and some out; and I wish they might
all be as limp as Irus is over yonder in the gate of the outer court.
See how he nods his head like a drunken man; he has had such a thrashing
that he cannot stand on his feet nor get back to his home, wherever
that may be, for has no strength left in him."
Thus did they converse. Eurymachus then came up and said, "Queen Penelope,
daughter of Icarius, if all the Achaeans in Iasian Argos could see
you at this moment, you would have still more suitors in your M
by tomorrow morning, for you are the most admirable woman in the whole
world both as regards personal beauty and strength of understanding."
To this Penelope replied, "Eurymachus, heaven robbed me of all my
beauty whether of face or figure when the Argives set sail for Troy
and my dear husband with them. If he were to return and look after
my affairs, I should both be more respected and show a better presence
to the world. As it is, I am oppressed with care, and with the afflictions
seen fit to heap upon me. My husband foresaw it all,
and when he was leaving home he took my right wrist in his hand- 'Wife,
'he said, 'we shall not all of us come safe home from Troy, for the
Trojans fight well both with bow and spear. They are excellent also
at fighting from chariots, and nothing decides the issue of a fight
sooner than this. I know not, therefore, whether heaven will send
me back to you, or whether I may not fall over there at Troy. In the
meantime do you look after things here. Take carM
mother as at present, and even more so during my absence, but when
you see our son growing a beard, then marry whom you will, and leave
this your present home. This is what he said and now it is all coming
true. A night will come when I shall have to yield myself to a marriage
which I detest, for Jove has taken from me all hope of happiness.
This further grief, moreover, cuts me to the very heart. You suitors
are not wooing me after the custom of my country. When men are courting
who they think will be a good wife to them and who is of noble
birth, and when they are each trying to win her for himself, they
usually bring oxen and sheep to feast the friends of the lady, and
they make her magnificent presents, instead of eating up other people's
property without paying for it."
This was what she said, and Ulysses was glad when he heard her trying
to get presents out of the suitors, and flattering them with fair
words which he knew she did not mean.
Then Antinous said, "Queen PeneM
lope, daughter of Icarius, take as
many presents as you please from any one who will give them to you;
it is not well to refuse a present; but we will not go about our business
nor stir from where we are, till you have married the best man among
us whoever he may be."
The others applauded what Antinous had said, and each one sent his
servant to bring his present. Antinous's man returned with a large
and lovely dress most exquisitely embroidered. It had twelve beautifully
made brooch pins of pure gold witM
h which to fasten it. Eurymachus
immediately brought her a magnificent chain of gold and amber beads
that gleamed like sunlight. Eurydamas's two men returned with some
earrings fashioned into three brilliant pendants which glistened most
beautifully; while king Pisander son of Polyctor gave her a necklace
of the rarest workmanship, and every one else brought her a beautiful
present of some kind.
Then the queen went back to her room upstairs, and her maids brought
the presents after her. Meanwhile the suiM
tors took to singing and
dancing, and stayed till evening came. They danced and sang till it
grew dark; they then brought in three braziers to give light, and
piled them up with chopped firewood very and dry, and they lit torches
from them, which the maids held up turn and turn about. Then Ulysses
"Maids, servants of Ulysses who has so long been absent, go to the
queen inside the house; sit with her and amuse her, or spin, and pick
wool. I will hold the light for all these people. They may stay tilM
morning, but shall not beat me, for I can stand a great deal."
The maids looked at one another and laughed, while pretty Melantho
began to gibe at him contemptuously. She was daughter to Dolius, but
had been brought up by Penelope, who used to give her toys to play
with, and looked after her when she was a child; but in spite of all
this she showed no consideration for the sorrows of her mistress,
and used to misconduct herself with Eurymachus, with whom she was
"Poor wretch," said she, "arM
e you gone clean out of your mind? Go
and sleep in some smithy, or place of public gossips, instead of chattering
here. Are you not ashamed of opening your mouth before your betters-
so many of them too? Has the wine been getting into your head, or
do you always babble in this way? You seem to have lost your wits
because you beat the tramp Irus; take care that a better man than
he does not come and cudgel you about the head till he pack you bleeding
"Vixen," replied Ulysses, scowling aM
t her, "I will go and tell Telemachus
what you have been saying, and he will have you torn limb from limb."
With these words he scared the women, and they went off into the body
of the house. They trembled all aver, for they thought he would do
as he said. But Ulysses took his stand near the burning braziers,
holding up torches and looking at the people- brooding the while on
things that should surely come to pass.
But Minerva would not let the suitors for one moment cease their insolence,
ed Ulysses to become even more bitter against them; she
therefore set Eurymachus son of Polybus on to gibe at him, which made
the others laugh. "Listen to me," said he, "you suitors of Queen Penelope,
that I may speak even as I am minded. It is not for nothing that this
man has come to the house of Ulysses; I believe the light has not
been coming from the torches, but from his own head- for his hair
is all gone, every bit of it."
Then turning to Ulysses he said, "Stranger, will you work as a servant,
I send you to the wolds and see that you are well paid? Can you
build a stone fence, or plant trees? I will have you fed all the year
round, and will find you in shoes and clothing. Will you go, then?
Not you; for you have got into bad ways, and do not want to work;
you had rather fill your belly by going round the country begging."
"Eurymachus," answered Ulysses, "if you and I were to work one against
the other in early summer when the days are at their longest- give
me a good scythe, and take another youM
rself, and let us see which
will fast the longer or mow the stronger, from dawn till dark when
the mowing grass is about. Or if you will plough against me, let us
each take a yoke of tawny oxen, well-mated and of great strength and
endurance: turn me into a four acre field, and see whether you or
I can drive the straighter furrow. If, again, war were to break out
this day, give me a shield, a couple of spears and a helmet fitting
well upon my temples- you would find me foremost in the fray, and
your gibes about my belly. You are insolent and cruel,
and think yourself a great man because you live in a little world,
ind that a bad one. If Ulysses comes to his own again, the doors of
his house are wide, but you will find them narrow when you try to
Eurymachus was furious at all this. He scowled at him and cried, "You
wretch, I will soon pay you out for daring to say such things to me,
and in public too. Has the wine been getting into your head or do
you always babble in this wayM
? You seem to have lost your wits because
you beat the tramp Irus. With this he caught hold of a footstool,
but Ulysses sought protection at the knees of Amphinomus of Dulichium,
for he was afraid. The stool hit the cupbearer on his right hand and
knocked him down: the man fell with a cry flat on his back, and his
wine-jug fell ringing to the ground. The suitors in the covered cloister
were now in an uproar, and one would turn towards his neighbour, saying,
"I wish the stranger had gone somewhere else, bad lM
all the trouble he gives us. We cannot permit such disturbance about
a beggar; if such ill counsels are to prevail we shall have no more
pleasure at our banquet."
On this Telemachus came forward and said, "Sirs, are you mad? Can
you not carry your meat and your liquor decently? Some evil spirit
has possessed you. I do not wish to drive any of you away, but you
have had your suppers, and the sooner you all go home to bed the better."
The suitors bit their lips and marvelled at the boldnM
but Amphinomus the son of Nisus, who was son to Aretias, said, "Do
not let us take offence; it is reasonable, so let us make no answer.
Neither let us do violence to the stranger nor to any of Ulysses'
servants. Let the cupbearer go round with the drink-offerings, that
we may make them and go home to our rest. As for the stranger, let
us leave Telemachus to deal with him, for it is to his house that
Thus did he speak, and his saying pleased them well, so Mulius of
ium, servant to Amphinomus, mixed them a bowl of wine and water
and handed it round to each of them man by man, whereon they made
their drink-offerings to the blessed gods: Then, when they had made
their drink-offerings and had drunk each one as he was minded, they
took their several ways each of them to his own abode.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ulysses was left in the cloister, pondering on the means whereby
with Minerva's help he might be able toM
kill the suitors. Presently
he said to Telemachus, "Telemachus, we must get the armour together
and take it down inside. Make some excuse when the suitors ask you
why you have removed it. Say that you have taken it to be out of the
way of the smoke, inasmuch as it is no longer what it was when Ulysses
went away, but has become soiled and begrimed with soot. Add to this
more particularly that you are afraid Jove may set them on to quarrel
over their wine, and that they may do each other some harm which may
disgrace both banquet and wooing, for the sight of arms sometimes
tempts people to use them."
Telemachus approved of what his father had said, so he called nurse
Euryclea and said, "Nurse, shut the women up in their room, while
I take the armour that my father left behind him down into the store
room. No one looks after it now my father is gone, and it has got
all smirched with soot during my own boyhood. I want to take it down
where the smoke cannot reach it."
"I wish, child," answered Euryclea, "thaM
t you would take the management
of the house into your own hands altogether, and look after all the
property yourself. But who is to go with you and light you to the
store room? The maids would have so, but you would not let them.
"The stranger," said Telemachus, "shall show me a light; when people
eat my bread they must earn it, no matter where they come from."
Euryclea did as she was told, and bolted the women inside their room.
Then Ulysses and his son made all haste to take the helmets, shields,
spears inside; and Minerva went before them with a gold lamp in
her hand that shed a soft and brilliant radiance, whereon Telemachus
said, "Father, my eyes behold a great marvel: the walls, with the
rafters, crossbeams, and the supports on which they rest are all aglow
as with a flaming fire. Surely there is some god here who has come
"Hush," answered Ulysses, "hold your peace and ask no questions, for
this is the manner of the gods. Get you to your bed, and leave me
your mother and the maids. Your mother in her grief
will ask me all sorts of questions."
On this Telemachus went by torch-light to the other side of the inner
court, to the room in which he always slept. There he lay in his bed
till morning, while Ulysses was left in the cloister pondering on
the means whereby with Minerva's help he might be able to kill the
Then Penelope came down from her room looking like Venus or Diana,
and they set her a seat inlaid with scrolls of silver and ivory nearM
the fire in her accustomed place. It had been made by Icmalius and
had a footstool all in one piece with the seat itself; and it was
covered with a thick fleece: on this she now sat, and the maids came
from the women's room to join her. They set about removing the tables
at which the wicked suitors had been dining, and took away the bread
that was left, with the cups from which they had drunk. They emptied
the embers out of the braziers, and heaped much wood upon them to
give both light and heat; but MelanM
tho began to rail at Ulysses a
second time and said, "Stranger, do you mean to plague us by hanging
about the house all night and spying upon the women? Be off, you wretch,
outside, and eat your supper there, or you shall be driven out with
Ulysses scowled at her and answered, "My good woman, why should you
be so angry with me? Is it because I am not clean, and my clothes
are all in rags, and because I am obliged to go begging about after
the manner of tramps and beggars generall? I too wasM
and had a fine house of my own; in those days I gave to many a tramp
such as I now am, no matter who he might be nor what he wanted. I
had any number of servants, and all the other things which people
have who live well and are accounted wealthy, but it pleased Jove
to take all away from me; therefore, woman, beware lest you too come
to lose that pride and place in which you now wanton above your fellows;
have a care lest you get out of favour with your mistress, and lest
me home, for there is still a chance that he may
do so. Moreover, though he be dead as you think he is, yet by Apollo's
will he has left a son behind him, Telemachus, who will note anything
done amiss by the maids in the house, for he is now no longer in his
Penelope heard what he was saying and scolded the maid, "Impudent
baggage, said she, "I see how abominably you are behaving, and you
shall smart for it. You knew perfectly well, for I told you myself,
that I was going to see the stranger anM
d ask him about my husband,
for whose sake I am in such continual sorrow."
Then she said to her head waiting woman Eurynome, "Bring a seat with
a fleece upon it, for the stranger to sit upon while he tells his
story, and listens to what I have to say. I wish to ask him some questions."
Eurynome brought the seat at once and set a fleece upon it, and as
soon as Ulysses had sat down Penelope began by saying, "Stranger,
I shall first ask you who and whence are you? Tell me of your town
adam;" answered Ulysses, "who on the face of the whole earth can
dare to chide with you? Your fame reaches the firmament of heaven
itself; you are like some blameless king, who upholds righteousness,
as the monarch over a great and valiant nation: the earth yields its
wheat and barley, the trees are loaded with fruit, the ewes bring
forth lambs, and the sea abounds with fish by reason of his virtues,
and his people do good deeds under him. Nevertheless, as I sit here
in your house, ask me some other questionM
and do not seek to know
my race and family, or you will recall memories that will yet more
increase my sorrow. I am full of heaviness, but I ought not to sit
weeping and wailing in another person's house, nor is it well to be
thus grieving continually. I shall have one of the servants or even
yourself complaining of me, and saying that my eyes swim with tears
because I am heavy with wine."
Then Penelope answered, "Stranger, heaven robbed me of all beauty,
whether of face or figure, when the Argives set M
my dear husband with them. If he were to return and look after my
affairs I should be both more respected and should show a better presence
to the world. As it is, I am oppressed with care, and with the afflictions
which heaven has seen fit to heap upon me. The chiefs from all our
islands- Dulichium, Same, and Zacynthus, as also from Ithaca itself,
are wooing me against my will and are wasting my estate. I can therefore
show no attention to strangers, nor suppliants, nor to people who
that they are skilled artisans, but am all the time brokenhearted
about Ulysses. They want me to marry again at once, and I have to
invent stratagems in order to deceive them. In the first place heaven
put it in my mind to set up a great tambour-frame in my room, and
to begin working upon an enormous piece of fine needlework. Then I
said to them, 'Sweethearts, Ulysses is indeed dead, still, do not
press me to marry again immediately; wait- for I would not have my
skill in needlework perish unrecorded- till IM
have finished making
a pall for the hero Laertes, to be ready against the time when death
shall take him. He is very rich, and the women of the place will talk
if he is laid out without a pall.' This was what I said, and they
assented; whereon I used to keep working at my great web all day long,
but at night I would unpick the stitches again by torch light. I fooled
them in this way for three years without their finding it out, but
as time wore on and I was now in my fourth year, in the waning of
d many days had been accomplished, those good-for-nothing
hussies my maids betrayed me to the suitors, who broke in upon me
and caught me; they were very angry with me, so I was forced to finish
my work whether I would or no. And now I do not see how I can find
any further shift for getting out of this marriage. My parents are
putting great pressure upon me, and my son chafes at the ravages the
suitors are making upon his estate, for he is now old enough to understand
all about it and is perfectly able to loM
ok after his own affairs,
for heaven has blessed him with an excellent disposition. Still, notwithstanding
all this, tell me who you are and where you come from- for you must
have had father and mother of some sort; you cannot be the son of
an oak or of a rock."
Then Ulysses answered, "madam, wife of Ulysses, since you persist
in asking me about my family, I will answer, no matter what it costs
me: people must expect to be pained when they have been exiles as
long as I have, and suffered as much among asM
many peoples. Nevertheless,
as regards your question I will tell you all you ask. There is a fair
and fruitful island in mid-ocean called Crete; it is thickly peopled
and there are nine cities in it: the people speak many different languages
which overlap one another, for there are Achaeans, brave Eteocretans,
Dorians of three-fold race, and noble Pelasgi. There is a great town
there, Cnossus, where Minos reigned who every nine years had a conference
with Jove himself. Minos was father to Deucalion, whose sM
for Deucalion had two sons Idomeneus and myself. Idomeneus sailed
for Troy, and I, who am the younger, am called Aethon; my brother,
however, was at once the older and the more valiant of the two; hence
it was in Crete that I saw Ulysses and showed him hospitality, for
the winds took him there as he was on his way to Troy, carrying him
out of his course from cape Malea and leaving him in Amnisus off the
cave of Ilithuia, where the harbours are difficult to enter and he
could hardly find shelter froM
m the winds that were then xaging. As
soon as he got there he went into the town and asked for Idomeneus,
claiming to be his old and valued friend, but Idomeneus had already
set sail for Troy some ten or twelve days earlier, so I took him to
my own house and showed him every kind of hospitality, for I had abundance
of everything. Moreover, I fed the men who were with him with barley
meal from the public store, and got subscriptions of wine and oxen
for them to sacrifice to their heart's content. They stayed M
twelve days, for there was a gale blowing from the North so strong
that one could hardly keep one's feet on land. I suppose some unfriendly
god had raised it for them, but on the thirteenth day the wind dropped,
and they got away."
Many a plausible tale did Ulysses further tell her, and Penelope wept
as she listened, for her heart was melted. As the snow wastes upon
the mountain tops when the winds from South East and West have breathed
upon it and thawed it till the rivers run bank full with watM
so did her cheeks overflow with tears for the husband who was all
the time sitting by her side. Ulysses felt for her and was for her,
but he kept his eyes as hard as or iron without letting them so much
as quiver, so cunningly did he restrain his tears. Then, when she
had relieved herself by weeping, she turned to him again and said:
"Now, stranger, I shall put you to the test and see whether or no
you really did entertain my husband and his men, as you say you did.
Tell me, then, how he was dresseM
d, what kind of a man he was to look
at, and so also with his companions."
"Madam," answered Ulysses, "it is such a long time ago that I can
hardly say. Twenty years are come and gone since he left my home,
and went elsewhither; but I will tell you as well as I can recollect.
Ulysses wore a mantle of purple wool, double lined, and it was fastened
by a gold brooch with two catches for the pin. On the face of this
there was a device that showed a dog holding a spotted fawn between
his fore paws, and watchiM
ng it as it lay panting upon the ground.
Every one marvelled at the way in which these things had been done
in gold, the dog looking at the fawn, and strangling it, while the
fawn was struggling convulsively to escape. As for the shirt that
he wore next his skin, it was so soft that it fitted him like the
skin of an onion, and glistened in the sunlight to the admiration
of all the women who beheld it. Furthermore I say, and lay my saying
to your heart, that I do not know whether Ulysses wore these clothes
hen he left home, or whether one of his companions had given them
to him while he was on his voyage; or possibly some one at whose house
he was staying made him a present of them, for he was a man of many
friends and had few equals among the Achaeans. I myself gave him a
sword of bronze and a beautiful purple mantle, double lined, with
a shirt that went down to his feet, and I sent him on board his ship
with every mark of honour. He had a servant with him, a little older
than himself, and I can tell you whatM
he was like; his shoulders were
hunched, he was dark, and he had thick curly hair. His name was Eurybates,
and Ulysses treated him with greater familiarity than he did any of
the others, as being the most like-minded with himself."
Penelope was moved still more deeply as she heard the indisputable
proofs that Ulysses laid before her; and when she had again found
relief in tears she said to him, "Stranger, I was already disposed
to pity you, but henceforth you shall be honoured and made welcome
e. It was I who gave Ulysses the clothes you speak of. I
took them out of the store room and folded them up myself, and I gave
him also the gold brooch to wear as an ornament. Alas! I shall never
welcome him home again. It was by an ill fate that he ever set out
for that detested city whose very name I cannot bring myself even
Then Ulysses answered, "Madam, wife of Ulysses, do not disfigure yourself
further by grieving thus bitterly for your loss, though I can hardly
blame you for doing so. M
A woman who has loved her husband and borne
him children, would naturally be grieved at losing him, even though
he were a worse man than Ulysses, who they say was like a god. Still,
cease your tears and listen to what I can tell I will hide nothing
from you, and can say with perfect truth that I have lately heard
of Ulysses as being alive and on his way home; he is among the Thesprotians,
and is bringing back much valuable treasure that he has begged from
one and another of them; but his ship and all his creM
they were leaving the Thrinacian island, for Jove and the sun-god
were angry with him because his men had slaughtered the sun-god's
cattle, and they were all drowned to a man. But Ulysses stuck to the
keel of the ship and was drifted on to the land of the Phaecians,
who are near of kin to the immortals, and who treated him as though
he had been a god, giving him many presents, and wishing to escort
him home safe and sound. In fact Ulysses would have been here long
ago, had he not thought bettM
er to go from land to land gathering wealth;
for there is no man living who is so wily as he is; there is no one
can compare with him. Pheidon king of the Thesprotians told me all
this, and he swore to me- making drink-offerings in his house as he
did so- that the ship was by the water side and the crew found who
would take Ulysses to his own country. He sent me off first, for there
happened to be a Thesprotian ship sailing for the wheat-growing island
of Dulichium, but he showed me all treasure Ulysses had M
and he had enough lying in the house of king Pheidon to keep his family
for ten generations; but the king said Ulysses had gone to Dodona
that he might learn Jove's mind from the high oak tree, and know whether
after so long an absence he should return to Ithaca openly or in secret.
So you may know he is safe and will be here shortly; he is close at
hand and cannot remain away from home much longer; nevertheless I
will confirm my words with an oath, and call Jove who is the first
of all gods to witness, as also that hearth of Ulysses
to which I have now come, that all I have spoken shall surely come
to pass. Ulysses will return in this self same year; with the end
of this moon and the beginning of the next he will be here."
"May it be even so," answered Penelope; "if your words come true you
shall have such gifts and such good will from me that all who see
you shall congratulate you; but I know very well how it will be. Ulysses
will not return, neither will you get your escort henM
as that Ulysses ever was, there are now no longer any such masters
in the house as he was, to receive honourable strangers or to further
them on their way home. And now, you maids, wash his feet for him,
and make him a bed on a couch with rugs and blankets, that he may
be warm and quiet till morning. Then, at day break wash him and anoint
him again, that he may sit in the cloister and take his meals with
Telemachus. It shall be the worse for any one of these hateful people
o him; like it or not, he shall have no more to do
in this house. For how, sir, shall you be able to learn whether or
no I am superior to others of my sex both in goodness of heart and
understanding, if I let you dine in my cloisters squalid and ill clad?
Men live but for a little season; if they are hard, and deal hardly,
people wish them ill so long as they are alive, and speak contemptuously
of them when they are dead, but he that is righteous and deals righteously,
the people tell of his praise among allM
lands, and many shall call
Ulysses answered, "Madam, I have foresworn rugs and blankets from
the day that I left the snowy ranges of Crete to go on shipboard.
I will lie as I have lain on many a sleepless night hitherto. Night
after night have I passed in any rough sleeping place, and waited
for morning. Nor, again, do I like having my feet washed; I shall
not let any of the young hussies about your house touch my feet; but,
if you have any old and respectable woman who has gone through asM
much trouble as I have, I will allow her to wash them."
To this Penelope said, "My dear sir, of all the guests who ever yet
came to my house there never was one who spoke in all things with
such admirable propriety as you do. There happens to be in the house
a most respectable old woman- the same who received my poor dear husband
in her arms the night he was born, and nursed him in infancy. She
is very feeble now, but she shall wash your feet." "Come here," said
she, "Euryclea, and wash your master's agM
e-mate; I suppose Ulysses'
hands and feet are very much the same now as his are, for trouble
ages all of us dreadfully fast."
On these words the old woman covered her face with her hands; she
began to weep and made lamentation saying, "My dear child, I cannot
think whatever I am to do with you. I am certain no one was ever more
god-fearing than yourself, and yet Jove hates you. No one in the whole
world ever burned him more thigh bones, nor gave him finer hecatombs
when you prayed you might come to a greM
en old age yourself and see
your son grow up to take after you; yet see how he has prevented you
alone from ever getting back to your own home. I have no doubt the
women in some foreign palace which Ulysses has got to are gibing at
him as all these sluts here have been gibing you. I do not wonder
at your not choosing to let them wash you after the manner in which
they have insulted you; I will wash your feet myself gladly enough,
as Penelope has said that I am to do so; I will wash them both for
sake and for your own, for you have raised the most lively
feelings of compassion in my mind; and let me say this moreover, which
pray attend to; we have had all kinds of strangers in distress come
here before now, but I make bold to say that no one ever yet came
who was so like Ulysses in figure, voice, and feet as you are."
"Those who have seen us both," answered Ulysses, "have always said
we were wonderfully like each other, and now you have noticed it too.
Then the old woman took the cauldron in whicM
h she was going to wash
his feet, and poured plenty of cold water into it, adding hot till
the bath was warm enough. Ulysses sat by the fire, but ere long he
turned away from the light, for it occurred to him that when the old
woman had hold of his leg she would recognize a certain scar which
it bore, whereon the whole truth would come out. And indeed as soon
as she began washing her master, she at once knew the scar as one
that had been given him by a wild boar when he was hunting on Mount
is excellent grandfather Autolycus- who was the most
accomplished thief and perjurer in the whole world- and with the sons
of Autolycus. Mercury himself had endowed him with this gift, for
he used to burn the thigh bones of goats and kids to him, so he took
pleasure in his companionship. It happened once that Autolycus had
gone to Ithaca and had found the child of his daughter just born.
As soon as he had done supper Euryclea set the infant upon his knees
and said, you must find a name for your grandson; youM
that you might have one."
'Son-in-law and daughter," replied Autolycus, "call the child thus:
I am highly displeased with a large number of people in one place
and another, both men and women; so name the child 'Ulysses,' or the
child of anger. When he grows up and comes to visit his mother's family
on Mount Parnassus, where my possessions lie, I will make him a present
and will send him on his way rejoicing."
Ulysses, therefore, went to Parnassus to get the presents from Autolycus,
ho with his sons shook hands with him and gave him welcome. His grandmother
Amphithea threw her arms about him, and kissed his head, and both
his beautiful eyes, while Autolycus desired his sons to get dinner
ready, and they did as he told them. They brought in a five year old
bull, flayed it, made it ready and divided it into joints; these they
then cut carefully up into smaller pieces and spitted them; they roasted
them sufficiently and served the portions round. Thus through the
livelong day to the going M
down of the sun they feasted, and every
man had his full share so that all were satisfied; but when the sun
set and it came on dark, they went to bed and enjoyed the boon of
When the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, the sons
of Autolycus went out with their hounds hunting, and Ulysses went
too. They climbed the wooded slopes of Parnassus and soon reached
its breezy upland valleys; but as the sun was beginning to beat upon
the fields, fresh-risen from the slow still currents of OceanM
came to a mountain dell. The dogs were in front searching for the
tracks of the beast they were chasing, and after them came the sons
of Autolycus, among whom was Ulysses, close behind the dogs, and he
had a long spear in his hand. Here was the lair of a huge boar among
some thick brushwood, so dense that the wind and rain could not get
through it, nor could the sun's rays pierce it, and the ground underneath
lay thick with fallen leaves. The boar heard the noise of the men's
feet, and the hounds bM
aying on every side as the huntsmen came up
to him, so rushed from his lair, raised the bristles on his neck,
and stood at bay with fire flashing from his eyes. Ulysses was the
first to raise his spear and try to drive it into the brute, but the
boar was too quick for him, and charged him sideways, ripping him
above the knee with a gash that tore deep though it did not reach
the bone. As for the boar, Ulysses hit him on the right shoulder,
and the point of the spear went right through him, so that he fell
roaning in the dust until the life went out of him. The sons of Autolycus
busied themselves with the carcass of the boar, and bound Ulysses'
wound; then, after saying a spell to stop the bleeding, they went
home as fast as they could. But when Autolycus and his sons had thoroughly
healed Ulysses, they made him some splendid presents, and sent him
back to Ithaca with much mutual good will. When he got back, his father
and mother were rejoiced to see him, and asked him all about it, and
how he had hurt himselfM
to get the scar; so he told them how the boar
had ripped him when he was out hunting with Autolycus and his sons
on Mount Parnassus.
As soon as Euryclea had got the scarred limb in her hands and had
well hold of it, she recognized it and dropped the foot at once. The
leg fell into the bath, which rang out and was overturned, so that
all the water was spilt on the ground; Euryclea's eyes between her
joy and her grief filled with tears, and she could not speak, but
she caught Ulysses by the beard and saidM
, "My dear child, I am sure
you must be Ulysses himself, only I did not know you till I had actually
touched and handled you."
As she spoke she looked towards Penelope, as though wanting to tell
her that her dear husband was in the house, but Penelope was unable
to look in that direction and observe what was going on, for Minerva
had diverted her attention; so Ulysses caught Euryclea by the throat
with his right hand and with his left drew her close to him, and said,
"Nurse, do you wish to be the ruin ofM
me, you who nursed me at your
own breast, now that after twenty years of wandering I am at last
come to my own home again? Since it has been borne in upon you by
heaven to recognize me, hold your tongue, and do not say a word about
it any one else in the house, for if you do I tell you- and it shall
surely be- that if heaven grants me to take the lives of these suitors,
I will not spare you, though you are my own nurse, when I am killing
"My child," answered Euryclea, "what are you talM
king about? You know
very well that nothing can either bend or break me. I will hold my
tongue like a stone or a piece of iron; furthermore let me say, and
lay my saying to your heart, when heaven has delivered the suitors
into your hand, I will give you a list of the women in the house who
have been ill-behaved, and of those who are guiltless."
And Ulysses answered, "Nurse, you ought not to speak in that way;
I am well able to form my own opinion about one and all of them; hold
your tongue and leave eveM
rything to heaven."
As he said this Euryclea left the cloister to fetch some more water,
for the first had been all spilt; and when she had washed him and
anointed him with oil, Ulysses drew his seat nearer to the fire to
warm himself, and hid the scar under his rags. Then Penelope began
talking to him and said:
"Stranger, I should like to speak with you briefly about another matter.
It is indeed nearly bed time- for those, at least, who can sleep in
spite of sorrow. As for myself, heaven has given meM
unmeasurable woe, that even by day when I am attending to my duties
and looking after the servants, I am still weeping and lamenting during
the whole time; then, when night comes, and we all of us go to bed,
I lie awake thinking, and my heart comes a prey to the most incessant
and cruel tortures. As the dun nightingale, daughter of Pandareus,
sings in the early spring from her seat in shadiest covert hid, and
with many a plaintive trill pours out the tale how by mishap she killed
ld Itylus, son of king Zethus, even so does my mind toss
and turn in its uncertainty whether I ought to stay with my son here,
and safeguard my substance, my bondsmen, and the greatness of my house,
out of regard to public opinion and the memory of my late husband,
or whether it is not now time for me to go with the best of these
suitors who are wooing me and making me such magnificent presents.
As long as my son was still young, and unable to understand, he would
not hear of my leaving my husband's house, bM
ut now that he is full
grown he begs and prays me to do so, being incensed at the way in
which the suitors are eating up his property. Listen, then, to a dream
that I have had and interpret it for me if you can. I have twenty
geese about the house that eat mash out of a trough, and of which
I am exceedingly fond. I dreamed that a great eagle came swooping
down from a mountain, and dug his curved beak into the neck of each
of them till he had killed them all. Presently he soared off into
the sky, and left thM
em lying dead about the yard; whereon I wept in
my room till all my maids gathered round me, so piteously was I grieving
because the eagle had killed my geese. Then he came back again, and
perching on a projecting rafter spoke to me with human voice, and
told me to leave off crying. 'Be of good courage,' he said, 'daughter
of Icarius; this is no dream, but a vision of good omen that shall
surely come to pass. The geese are the suitors, and I am no longer
an eagle, but your own husband, who am come back to yoM
bring these suitors to a disgraceful end.' On this I woke, and when
I looked out I saw my geese at the trough eating their mash as usual."
"This dream, Madam," replied Ulysses, "can admit but of one interpretation,
for had not Ulysses himself told you how it shall be fulfilled? The
death of the suitors is portended, and not one single one of them
And Penelope answered, "Stranger, dreams are very curious and unaccountable
things, and they do not by any means invariably comeM
two gates through which these unsubstantial fancies proceed; the one
is of horn, and the other ivory. Those that come through the gate
of ivory are fatuous, but those from the gate of horn mean something
to those that see them. I do not think, however, that my own dream
came through the gate of horn, though I and my son should be most
thankful if it proves to have done so. Furthermore I say- and lay
my saying to your heart- the coming dawn will usher in the ill-omened
day that is to sever mM
e from the house of Ulysses, for I am about
to hold a tournament of axes. My husband used to set up twelve axes
in the court, one in front of the other, like the stays upon which
a ship is built; he would then go back from them and shoot an arrow
through the whole twelve. I shall make the suitors try to do the same
thing, and whichever of them can string the bow most easily, and send
his arrow through all the twelve axes, him will I follow, and quit
this house of my lawful husband, so goodly and so aboundingM
But even so, I doubt not that I shall remember it in my dreams."
Then Ulysses answered, "Madam wife of Ulysses, you need not defer
your tournament, for Ulysses will return ere ever they can string
the bow, handle it how they will, and send their arrows through the
To this Penelope said, "As long, sir, as you will sit here and talk
to me, I can have no desire to go to bed. Still, people cannot do
permanently without sleep, and heaven has appointed us dwellers on
earth a time for all M
things. I will therefore go upstairs and recline
upon that couch which I have never ceased to flood with my tears from
the day Ulysses set out for the city with a hateful name."
She then went upstairs to her own room, not alone, but attended by
her maidens, and when there, she lamented her dear husband till Minerva
shed sweet sleep over her eyelids.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ulysses slept in the cloister upon an undressed bullock's hide, on
top of which he threw several skins of the sheep the suitors had
eaten, and Eurynome threw a cloak over him after he had laid himself
down. There, then, Ulysses lay wakefully brooding upon the way in
which he should kill the suitors; and by and by, the women who had
been in the habit of misconducting themselves with them, left the
house giggling and laughing with one another. This made Ulysses very
angry, and he doubted whether to get up and kill every single one
of them then and there, or to let them sleep M
one more and last time
with the suitors. His heart growled within him, and as a bitch with
puppies growls and shows her teeth when she sees a stranger, so did
his heart growl with anger at the evil deeds that were being done:
but he beat his breast and said, "Heart, be still, you had worse than
this to bear on the day when the terrible Cyclops ate your brave companions;
yet you bore it in silence till your cunning got you safe out of the
cave, though you made sure of being killed."
Thus he chided with hiM
s heart, and checked it into endurance, but
he tossed about as one who turns a paunch full of blood and fat in
front of a hot fire, doing it first on one side and then on the other,
that he may get it cooked as soon as possible, even so did he turn
himself about from side to side, thinking all the time how, single
handed as he was, he should contrive to kill so large a body of men
as the wicked suitors. But by and by Minerva came down from heaven
in the likeness of a woman, and hovered over his head saying, M
poor unhappy man, why do you lie awake in this way? This is your house:
your wife is safe inside it, and so is your son who is just such a
young man as any father may be proud of."
"Goddess," answered Ulysses, "all that you have said is true, but
I am in some doubt as to how I shall be able to kill these wicked
suitors single handed, seeing what a number of them there always are.
And there is this further difficulty, which is still more considerable.
Supposing that with Jove's and your assistance I sM
them, I must ask you to consider where I am to escape to from their
avengers when it is all over."
"For shame," replied Minerva, "why, any one else would trust a worse
ally than myself, even though that ally were only a mortal and less
wise than I am. Am I not a goddess, and have I not protected you throughout
in all your troubles? I tell you plainly that even though there were
fifty bands of men surrounding us and eager to kill us, you should
take all their sheep and cattle, and drive M
them away with you. But
go to sleep; it is a very bad thing to lie awake all night, and you
shall be out of your troubles before long."
As she spoke she shed sleep over his eyes, and then went back to Olympus.
While Ulysses was thus yielding himself to a very deep slumber that
eased the burden of his sorrows, his admirable wife awoke, and sitting
up in her bed began to cry. When she had relieved herself by weeping
she prayed to Diana saying, "Great Goddess Diana, daughter of Jove,
drive an arrow into mM
y heart and slay me; or let some whirlwind snatch
me up and bear me through paths of darkness till it drop me into the
mouths of overflowing Oceanus, as it did the daughters of Pandareus.
The daughters of Pandareus lost their father and mother, for the gods
killed them, so they were left orphans. But Venus took care of them,
and fed them on cheese, honey, and sweet wine. Juno taught them to
excel all women in beauty of form and understanding; Diana gave them
an imposing presence, and Minerva endowed them witM
accomplishment; but one day when Venus had gone up to Olympus to see
Jove about getting them married (for well does he know both what shall
happen and what not happen to every one) the storm winds came and
spirited them away to become handmaids to the dread Erinyes. Even
so I wish that the gods who live in heaven would hide me from mortal
sight, or that fair Diana might strike me, for I would fain go even
beneath the sad earth if I might do so still looking towards Ulysses
having to yield myself to a worse man than he was.
Besides, no matter how much people may grieve by day, they can put
up with it so long as they can sleep at night, for when the eyes are
closed in slumber people forget good and ill alike; whereas my misery
haunts me even in my dreams. This very night methought there was one
lying by my side who was like Ulysses as he was when he went away
with his host, and I rejoiced, for I believed that it was no dream,
but the very truth itself."
On this the day brokeM
, but Ulysses heard the sound of her weeping,
and it puzzled him, for it seemed as though she already knew him and
was by his side. Then he gathered up the cloak and the fleeces on
which he had lain, and set them on a seat in the cloister, but he
took the bullock's hide out into the open. He lifted up his hands
to heaven, and prayed, saying "Father Jove, since you have seen fit
to bring me over land and sea to my own home after all the afflictions
you have laid upon me, give me a sign out of the mouth of somM
or other of those who are now waking within the house, and let me
have another sign of some kind from outside."
Thus did he pray. Jove heard his prayer and forthwith thundered high
up among the from the splendour of Olympus, and Ulysses was glad when
he heard it. At the same time within the house, a miller-woman from
hard by in the mill room lifted up her voice and gave him another
sign. There were twelve miller-women whose business it was to grind
wheat and barley which are the staff of life. The M
their task and had gone to take their rest, but this one had not yet
finished, for she was not so strong as they were, and when she heard
the thunder she stopped grinding and gave the sign to her master.
"Father Jove," said she, "you who rule over heaven and earth, you
have thundered from a clear sky without so much as a cloud in it,
and this means something for somebody; grant the prayer, then, of
me your poor servant who calls upon you, and let this be the very
last day that the suitors M
dine in the house of Ulysses. They have
worn me out with the labour of grinding meal for them, and I hope
they may never have another dinner anywhere at all."
Ulysses was glad when he heard the omens conveyed to him by the woman's
speech, and by the thunder, for he knew they meant that he should
avenge himself on the suitors.
Then the other maids in the house rose and lit the fire on the hearth;
Telemachus also rose and put on his clothes. He girded his sword about
his shoulder, bound his sandals on hM
is comely feet, and took a doughty
spear with a point of sharpened bronze; then he went to the threshold
of the cloister and said to Euryclea, "Nurse, did you make the stranger
comfortable both as regards bed and board, or did you let him shift
for himself?- for my mother, good woman though she is, has a way of
paying great attention to second-rate people, and of neglecting others
who are in reality much better men."
"Do not find fault child," said Euryclea, "when there is no one to
find fault with. The M
stranger sat and drank his wine as long as he
liked: your mother did ask him if he would take any more bread and
he said he would not. When he wanted to go to bed she told the servants
to make one for him, but he said he was re such wretched outcast that
he would not sleep on a bed and under blankets; he insisted on having
an undressed bullock's hide and some sheepskins put for him in the
cloister and I threw a cloak over him myself."
Then Telemachus went out of the court to the place where the Achaeans
were meeting in assembly; he had his spear in his hand, and he was
not alone, for his two dogs went with him. But Euryclea called the
maids and said, "Come, wake up; set about sweeping the cloisters and
sprinkling them with water to lay the dust; put the covers on the
seats; wipe down the tables, some of you, with a wet sponge; clean
out the mixing-jugs and the cups, and for water from the fountain
at once; the suitors will be here directly; they will be here early,
for it is a feast day."
peak, and they did even as she had said: twenty of them
went to the fountain for water, and the others set themselves busily
to work about the house. The men who were in attendance on the suitors
also came up and began chopping firewood. By and by the women returned
from the fountain, and the swineherd came after them with the three
best pigs he could pick out. These he let feed about the premises,
and then he said good-humouredly to Ulysses, "Stranger, are the suitors
treating you any better now, or are theM
y as insolent as ever?"
"May heaven," answered Ulysses, "requite to them the wickedness with
which they deal high-handedly in another man's house without any sense
Thus did they converse; meanwhile Melanthius the goatherd came up,
for he too was bringing in his best goats for the suitors' dinner;
and he had two shepherds with him. They tied the goats up under the
gatehouse, and then Melanthius began gibing at Ulysses. "Are you still
here, stranger," said he, "to pester people by begging abouM
Why can you not go elsewhere? You and I shall not come to an understanding
before we have given each other a taste of our fists. You beg without
any sense of decency: are there not feasts elsewhere among the Achaeans,
Ulysses made no answer, but bowed his head and brooded. Then a third
man, Philoetius, joined them, who was bringing in a barren heifer
and some goats. These were brought over by the boatmen who are there
to take people over when any one comes to them. So PhiloM
his heifer and his goats secure under the gatehouse, and then went
up to the swineherd. "Who, Swineherd," said he, "is this stranger
that is lately come here? Is he one of your men? What is his family?
Where does he come from? Poor fellow, he looks as if he had been some
great man, but the gods give sorrow to whom they will- even to kings
if it so pleases them
As he spoke he went up to Ulysses and saluted him with his right hand;
"Good day to you, father stranger," said he, "you seem to be verM
poorly off now, but I hope you will have better times by and by. Father
Jove, of all gods you are the most malicious. We are your own children,
yet you show us no mercy in all our misery and afflictions. A sweat
came over me when I saw this man, and my eyes filled with tears, for
he reminds me of Ulysses, who I fear is going about in just such rags
as this man's are, if indeed he is still among the living. If he is
already dead and in the house of Hades, then, alas! for my good master,
who made me his stoM
ckman when I was quite young among the Cephallenians,
and now his cattle are countless; no one could have done better with
them than I have, for they have bred like ears of corn; nevertheless
I have to keep bringing them in for others to eat, who take no heed
of his son though he is in the house, and fear not the wrath of heaven,
but are already eager to divide Ulysses' property among them because
he has been away so long. I have often thought- only it would not
be right while his son is living- of going offM
some foreign country; bad as this would be, it is still harder to
stay here and be ill-treated about other people's herds. My position
is intolerable, and I should long since have run away and put myself
under the protection of some other chief, only that I believe my poor
master will yet return, and send all these suitors flying out of the
"Stockman," answered Ulysses, "you seem to be a very well-disposed
person, and I can see that you are a man of sense. Therefore I will
ll you, and will confirm my words with an oath: by Jove, the chief
of all gods, and by that hearth of Ulysses to which I am now come,
Ulysses shall return before you leave this place, and if you are so
minded you shall see him killing the suitors who are now masters here."
"If Jove were to bring this to pass," replied the stockman, "you should
see how I would do my very utmost to help him."
And in like manner Eumaeus prayed that Ulysses might return home.
Thus did they converse. Meanwhile the suitors M
were hatching a plot
to murder Telemachus: but a bird flew near them on their left hand-
an eagle with a dove in its talons. On this Amphinomus said, "My friends,
this plot of ours to murder Telemachus will not succeed; let us go
to dinner instead."
The others assented, so they went inside and laid their cloaks on
the benches and seats. They sacrificed the sheep, goats, pigs, and
the heifer, and when the inward meats were cooked they served them
round. They mixed the wine in the mixing-bowls, and the swiM
gave every man his cup, while Philoetius handed round the bread in
the breadbaskets, and Melanthius poured them out their wine. Then
they laid their hands upon the good things that were before them.
Telemachus purposely made Ulysses sit in the part of the cloister
that was paved with stone; he gave him a shabby-looking seat at a
little table to himself, and had his portion of the inward meats brought
to him, with his wine in a gold cup. "Sit there," said he, "and drink
your wine among the great peoM
ple. I will put a stop to the gibes and
blows of the suitors, for this is no public house, but belongs to
Ulysses, and has passed from him to me. Therefore, suitors, keep your
hands and your tongues to yourselves, or there will be mischief."
The suitors bit their lips, and marvelled at the boldness of his speech;
then Antinous said, "We do not like such language but we will put
up with it, for Telemachus is threatening us in good earnest. If Jove
had let us we should have put a stop to his brave talk ere nM
Thus spoke Antinous, but Telemachus heeded him not. Meanwhile the
heralds were bringing the holy hecatomb through the city, and the
Achaeans gathered under the shady grove of Apollo.
Then they roasted the outer meat, drew it off the spits, gave every
man his portion, and feasted to their hearts' content; those who waited
at table gave Ulysses exactly the same portion as the others had,
for Telemachus had told them to do so.
But Minerva would not let the suitors for one moment drop their insolenM
for she wanted Ulysses to become still more bitter against them. Now
there happened to be among them a ribald fellow, whose name was Ctesippus,
and who came from Same. This man, confident in his great wealth, was
paying court to the wife of Ulysses, and said to the suitors, "Hear
what I have to say. The stranger has already had as large a portion
as any one else; this is well, for it is not right nor reasonable
to ill-treat any guest of Telemachus who comes here. I will, however,
make him a present on mM
y own account, that he may have something to
give to the bath-woman, or to some other of Ulysses' servants."
As he spoke he picked up a heifer's foot from the meat-basket in which
it lay, and threw it at Ulysses, but Ulysses turned his head a little
aside, and avoided it, smiling grimly Sardinian fashion as he did
so, and it hit the wall, not him. On this Telemachus spoke fiercely
to Ctesippus, "It is a good thing for you," said he, "that the stranger
turned his head so that you missed him. If you had hit M
have run you through with my spear, and your father would have had
to see about getting you buried rather than married in this house.
So let me have no more unseemly behaviour from any of you, for I am
grown up now to the knowledge of good and evil and understand what
is going on, instead of being the child that I have been heretofore.
I have long seen you killing my sheep and making free with my corn
and wine: I have put up with this, for one man is no match for many,
but do me no further violM
ence. Still, if you wish to kill me, kill
me; I would far rather die than see such disgraceful scenes day after
day- guests insulted, and men dragging the women servants about the
house in an unseemly way."
They all held their peace till at last Agelaus son of Damastor said,
"No one should take offence at what has just been said, nor gainsay
it, for it is quite reasonable. Leave off, therefore, ill-treating
the stranger, or any one else of the servants who are about the house;
I would say, however, a friM
endly word to Telemachus and his mother,
which I trust may commend itself to both. 'As long,' I would say,
'as you had ground for hoping that Ulysses would one day come home,
no one could complain of your waiting and suffering the suitors to
be in your house. It would have been better that he should have returned,
but it is now sufficiently clear that he will never do so; therefore
talk all this quietly over with your mother, and tell her to marry
the best man, and the one who makes her the most advantageousM
Thus you will yourself be able to manage your own inheritance, and
to eat and drink in peace, while your mother will look after some
other man's house, not yours."'
To this Telemachus answered, "By Jove, Agelaus, and by the sorrows
of my unhappy father, who has either perished far from Ithaca, or
is wandering in some distant land, I throw no obstacles in the way
of my mother's marriage; on the contrary I urge her to choose whomsoever
she will, and I will give her numberless gifts into the bargainM
I dare not insist point blank that she shall leave the house against
her own wishes. Heaven forbid that I should do this."
Minerva now made the suitors fall to laughing immoderately, and set
their wits wandering; but they were laughing with a forced laughter.
Their meat became smeared with blood; their eyes filled with tears,
and their hearts were heavy with forebodings. Theoclymenus saw this
and said, "Unhappy men, what is it that ails you? There is a shroud
of darkness drawn over you from head toM
foot, your cheeks are wet
with tears; the air is alive with wailing voices; the walls and roof-beams
drip blood; the gate of the cloisters and the court beyond them are
full of ghosts trooping down into the night of hell; the sun is blotted
out of heaven, and a blighting gloom is over all the land."
Thus did he speak, and they all of them laughed heartily. Eurymachus
then said, "This stranger who has lately come here has lost his senses.
Servants, turn him out into the streets, since he finds it so dark
But Theoclymenus said, "Eurymachus, you need not send any one with
me. I have eyes, ears, and a pair of feet of my own, to say nothing
of an understanding mind. I will take these out of the house with
me, for I see mischief overhanging you, from which not one of you
men who are insulting people and plotting ill deeds in the house of
Ulysses will be able to escape."
He left the house as he spoke, and went back to Piraeus who gave him
welcome, but the suitors kept looking at one another and provoM
Telemachus fly laughing at the strangers. One insolent fellow said
to him, "Telemachus, you are not happy in your guests; first you have
this importunate tramp, who comes begging bread and wine and has no
skill for work or for hard fighting, but is perfectly useless, and
now here is another fellow who is setting himself up as a prophet.
Let me persuade you, for it will be much better, to put them on board
ship and send them off to the Sicels to sell for what they will bring."
Telemachus gave him no hM
eed, but sat silently watching his father,
expecting every moment that he would begin his attack upon the suitors.
Meanwhile the daughter of Icarius, wise Penelope, had had had a rich
seat placed for her facing the court and cloisters, so that she could
hear what every one was saying. The dinner indeed had been prepared
amid merriment; it had been both good and abundant, for they had sacrificed
many victims; but the supper was yet to come, and nothing can be conceived
more gruesome than the meal which a goM
ddess and a brave man were soon
to lay before them- for they had brought their doom upon themselves.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Minerva now put it in Penelope's mind to make the suitors try their
skill with the bow and with the iron axes, in contest among themselves,
as a means of bringing about their destruction. She went upstairs
and got the store room key, which was made of bronze and had a handle
of ivory; she then went with her maidens into theM
end of the house, where her husband's treasures of gold, bronze, and
wrought iron were kept, and where was also his bow, and the quiver
full of deadly arrows that had been given him by a friend whom he
had met in Lacedaemon- Iphitus the son of Eurytus. The two fell in
with one another in Messene at the house of Ortilochus, where Ulysses
was staying in order to recover a debt that was owing from the whole
people; for the Messenians had carried off three hundred sheep from
ailed away with them and with their shepherds. In
quest of these Ulysses took a long journey while still quite young,
for his father and the other chieftains sent him on a mission to recover
them. Iphitus had gone there also to try and get back twelve brood
mares that he had lost, and the mule foals that were running with
them. These mares were the death of him in the end, for when he went
to the house of Jove's son, mighty Hercules, who performed such prodigies
of valour, Hercules to his shame killed him, tM
hough he was his guest,
for he feared not heaven's vengeance, nor yet respected his own table
which he had set before Iphitus, but killed him in spite of everything,
and kept the mares himself. It was when claiming these that Iphitus
met Ulysses, and gave him the bow which mighty Eurytus had been used
to carry, and which on his death had been left by him to his son.
Ulysses gave him in return a sword and a spear, and this was the beginning
of a fast friendship, although they never visited at one another's
ouses, for Jove's son Hercules killed Iphitus ere they could do so.
This bow, then, given him by Iphitus, had not been taken with him
by Ulysses when he sailed for Troy; he had used it so long as he had
been at home, but had left it behind as having been a keepsake from
Penelope presently reached the oak threshold of the store room; the
carpenter had planed this duly, and had drawn a line on it so as to
get it quite straight; he had then set the door posts into it and
hung the doors. SheM
loosed the strap from the handle of the door,
put in the key, and drove it straight home to shoot back the bolts
that held the doors; these flew open with a noise like a bull bellowing
in a meadow, and Penelope stepped upon the raised platform, where
the chests stood in which the fair linen and clothes were laid by
along with fragrant herbs: reaching thence, she took down the bow
with its bow case from the peg on which it hung. She sat down with
it on her knees, weeping bitterly as she took the bow out of iM
and when her tears had relieved her, she went to the cloister where
the suitors were, carrying the bow and the quiver, with the many deadly
arrows that were inside it. Along with her came her maidens, bearing
a chest that contained much iron and bronze which her husband had
won as prizes. When she reached the suitors, she stood by one of the
bearing-posts supporting the roof of the cloister, holding a veil
before her face, and with a maid on either side of her. Then she said:
"Listen to me you suM
itors, who persist in abusing the hospitality
of this house because its owner has been long absent, and without
other pretext than that you want to marry me; this, then, being the
prize that you are contending for, I will bring out the mighty bow
of Ulysses, and whomsoever of you shall string it most easily and
send his arrow through each one of twelve axes, him will I follow
and quit this house of my lawful husband, so goodly, and so abounding
in wealth. But even so I doubt not that I shall remember it in mM
As she spoke, she told Eumaeus to set the bow and the pieces of iron
before the suitors, and Eumaeus wept as he took them to do as she
had bidden him. Hard by, the stockman wept also when he saw his master's
bow, but Antinous scolded them. "You country louts," said he, "silly
simpletons; why should you add to the sorrows of your mistress by
crying in this way? She has enough to grieve her in the loss of her
husband; sit still, therefore, and eat your dinners in silence, or
go outside if you wM
ant to cry, and leave the bow behind you. We suitors
shall have to contend for it with might and main, for we shall find
it no light matter to string such a bow as this is. There is not a
man of us all who is such another as Ulysses; for I have seen him
and remember him, though I was then only a child."
This was what he said, but all the time he was expecting to be able
to string the bow and shoot through the iron, whereas in fact he was
to be the first that should taste of the arrows from the hands of
lysses, whom he was dishonouring in his own house- egging the others
Then Telemachus spoke. "Great heavens!" he exclaimed, "Jove must have
robbed me of my senses. Here is my dear and excellent mother saying
she will quit this house and marry again, yet I am laughing and enjoying
myself as though there were nothing happening. But, suitors, as the
contest has been agreed upon, let it go forward. It is for a woman
whose peer is not to be found in Pylos, Argos, or Mycene, nor yet
nor on the mainland. You know this as well as I do; what
need have I to speak in praise of my mother? Come on, then, make no
excuses for delay, but let us see whether you can string the bow or
no. I too will make trial of it, for if I can string it and shoot
through the iron, I shall not suffer my mother to quit this house
with a stranger, not if I can win the prizes which my father won before
As he spoke he sprang from his seat, threw his crimson cloak from
him, and took his sword from his shoulderM
. First he set the axes in
a row, in a long groove which he had dug for them, and had Wade straight
by line. Then he stamped the earth tight round them, and everyone
was surprised when they saw him set up so orderly, though he had never
seen anything of the kind before. This done, he went on to the pavement
to make trial of the bow; thrice did he tug at it, trying with all
his might to draw the string, and thrice he had to leave off, though
he had hoped to string the bow and shoot through the iron. He was
rying for the fourth time, and would have strung it had not Ulysses
made a sign to check him in spite of all his eagerness. So he said:
"Alas! I shall either be always feeble and of no prowess, or I am
too young, and have not yet reached my full strength so as to be able
to hold my own if any one attacks me. You others, therefore, who are
stronger than I, make trial of the bow and get this contest settled."
On this he put the bow down, letting it lean against the door [that
led into the house] with the aM
rrow standing against the top of the
bow. Then he sat down on the seat from which he had risen, and Antinous
"Come on each of you in his turn, going towards the right from the
place at which the. cupbearer begins when he is handing round the
The rest agreed, and Leiodes son of OEnops was the first to rise.
He was sacrificial priest to the suitors, and sat in the corner near
the mixing-bowl. He was the only man who hated their evil deeds and
was indignant with the others. He was now the fM
irst to take the bow
and arrow, so he went on to the pavement to make his trial, but he
could not string the bow, for his hands were weak and unused to hard
work, they therefore soon grew tired, and he said to the suitors,
"My friends, I cannot string it; let another have it; this bow shall
take the life and soul out of many a chief among us, for it is better
to die than to live after having missed the prize that we have so
long striven for, and which has brought us so long together. Some
now hoping and praying that he may marry Penelope,
but when he has seen this bow and tried it, let him woo and make bridal
offerings to some other woman, and let Penelope marry whoever makes
her the best offer and whose lot it is to win her."
On this he put the bow down, letting it lean against the door, with
the arrow standing against the tip of the bow. Then he took his seat
again on the seat from which he had risen; and Antinous rebuked him
"Leiodes, what are you talking about? Your words aM
intolerable; it makes me angry to listen to you. Shall, then, this
bow take the life of many a chief among us, merely because you cannot
bend it yourself? True, you were not born to be an archer, but there
are others who will soon string it."
Then he said to Melanthius the goatherd, "Look sharp, light a fire
in the court, and set a seat hard by with a sheep skin on it; bring
us also a large ball of lard, from what they have in the house. Let
us warm the bow and grease it we will then makM
e trial of it again,
and bring the contest to an end."
Melanthius lit the fire, and set a seat covered with sheep skins beside
it. He also brought a great ball of lard from what they had in the
house, and the suitors warmed the bow and again made trial of it,
but they were none of them nearly strong enough to string it. Nevertheless
there still remained Antinous and Eurymachus, who were the ringleaders
among the suitors and much the foremost among them all.
Then the swineherd and the stockman left theM
cloisters together, and
Ulysses followed them. When they had got outside the gates and the
outer yard, Ulysses said to them quietly:
"Stockman, and you swineherd, I have something in my mind which I
am in doubt whether to say or no; but I think I will say it. What
manner of men would you be to stand by Ulysses, if some god should
bring him back here all of a sudden? Say which you are disposed to
do- to side with the suitors, or with Ulysses?"
"Father Jove," answered the stockman, "would indeed that yM
so ordain it. If some god were but to bring Ulysses back, you should
see with what might and main I would fight for him."
In like words Eumaeus prayed to all the gods that Ulysses might return;
when, therefore, he saw for certain what mind they were of, Ulysses
said, "It is I, Ulysses, who am here. I have suffered much, but at
last, in the twentieth year, I am come back to my own country. I find
that you two alone of all my servants are glad that I should do so,
for I have not heard any of the oM
thers praying for my return. To you
two, therefore, will I unfold the truth as it shall be. If heaven
shall deliver the suitors into my hands, I will find wives for both
of you, will give you house and holding close to my own, and you shall
be to me as though you were brothers and friends of Telemachus. I
will now give you convincing proofs that you may know me and be assured.
See, here is the scar from the boar's tooth that ripped me when I
was out hunting on Mount Parnassus with the sons of Autolycus."
As he spoke he drew his rags aside from the great scar, and when they
had examined it thoroughly, they both of them wept about Ulysses,
threw their arms round him and kissed his head and shoulders, while
Ulysses kissed their hands and faces in return. The sun would have
gone down upon their mourning if Ulysses had not checked them and
"Cease your weeping, lest some one should come outside and see us,
and tell those who a are within. When you go in, do so separately,
not both together; I will go firM
st, and do you follow afterwards;
Let this moreover be the token between us; the suitors will all of
them try to prevent me from getting hold of the bow and quiver; do
you, therefore, Eumaeus, place it in my hands when you are carrying
it about, and tell the women to close the doors of their apartment.
If they hear any groaning or uproar as of men fighting about the house,
they must not come out; they must keep quiet, and stay where they
are at their work. And I charge you, Philoetius, to make fast the
s of the outer court, and to bind them securely at once."
When he had thus spoken, he went back to the house and took the seat
that he had left. Presently, his two servants followed him inside.
At this moment the bow was in the hands of Eurymachus, who was warming
it by the fire, but even so he could not string it, and he was greatly
grieved. He heaved a deep sigh and said, "I grieve for myself and
for us all; I grieve that I shall have to forgo the marriage, but
I do not care nearly so much about this, M
for there are plenty of other
women in Ithaca and elsewhere; what I feel most is the fact of our
being so inferior to Ulysses in strength that we cannot string his
bow. This will disgrace us in the eyes of those who are yet unborn."
"It shall not be so, Eurymachus," said Antinous, "and you know it
yourself. To-day is the feast of Apollo throughout all the land; who
can string a bow on such a day as this? Put it on one side- as for
the axes they can stay where they are, for no one is likely to come
house and take them away: let the cupbearer go round with his
cups, that we may make our drink-offerings and drop this matter of
the bow; we will tell Melanthius to bring us in some goats to-morrow-
the best he has; we can then offer thigh bones to Apollo the mighty
archer, and again make trial of the bow, so as to bring the contest
The rest approved his words, and thereon men servants poured water
over the hands of the guests, while pages filled the mixing-bowls
with wine and water and handeM
d it round after giving every man his
drink-offering. Then, when they had made their offerings and had drunk
each as much as he desired, Ulysses craftily said:
"Suitors of the illustrious queen, listen that I may speak even as
I am minded. I appeal more especially to Eurymachus, and to Antinous
who has just spoken with so much reason. Cease shooting for the present
and leave the matter to the gods, but in the morning let heaven give
victory to whom it will. For the moment, however, give me the bow
may prove the power of my hands among you all, and see whether
I still have as much strength as I used to have, or whether travel
and neglect have made an end of it."
This made them all very angry, for they feared he might string the
bow; Antinous therefore rebuked him fiercely saying, "Wretched creature,
you have not so much as a grain of sense in your whole body; you ought
to think yourself lucky in being allowed to dine unharmed among your
betters, without having any smaller portion served you than weM
have had, and in being allowed to hear our conversation. No other
beggar or stranger has been allowed to hear what we say among ourselves;
the wine must have been doing you a mischief, as it does with all
those drink immoderately. It was wine that inflamed the Centaur Eurytion
when he was staying with Peirithous among the Lapithae. When the wine
had got into his head he went mad and did ill deeds about the house
of Peirithous; this angered the heroes who were there assembled, so
they rushed at him aM
nd cut off his ears and nostrils; then they dragged
him through the doorway out of the house, so he went away crazed,
and bore the burden of his crime, bereft of understanding. Henceforth,
therefore, there was war between mankind and the centaurs, but he
brought it upon himself through his own drunkenness. In like manner
I can tell you that it will go hardly with you if you string the bow:
you will find no mercy from any one here, for we shall at once ship
you off to king Echetus, who kills every one that coM
you will never get away alive, so drink and keep quiet without getting
into a quarrel with men younger than yourself."
Penelope then spoke to him. "Antinous," said she, "it is not right
that you should ill-treat any guest of Telemachus who comes to this
house. If the stranger should prove strong enough to string the mighty
bow of Ulysses, can you suppose that he would take me home with him
and make me his wife? Even the man himself can have no such idea in
his mind: none of you need let thaM
t disturb his feasting; it would
be out of all reason."
"Queen Penelope," answered Eurymachus, "we do not suppose that this
man will take you away with him; it is impossible; but we are afraid
lest some of the baser sort, men or women among the Achaeans, should
go gossiping about and say, 'These suitors are a feeble folk; they
are paying court to the wife of a brave man whose bow not one of them
was able to string, and yet a beggarly tramp who came to the house
strung it at once and sent an arrow throughM
the iron.' This is what
will be said, and it will be a scandal against us."
"Eurymachus," Penelope answered, "people who persist in eating up
the estate of a great chieftain and dishonouring his house must not
expect others to think well of them. Why then should you mind if men
talk as you think they will? This stranger is strong and well-built,
he says moreover that he is of noble birth. Give him the bow, and
let us see whether he can string it or no. I say- and it shall surely
be- that if Apollo vouchM
safes him the glory of stringing it, I will
give him a cloak and shirt of good wear, with a javelin to keep off
dogs and robbers, and a sharp sword. I will also give him sandals,
and will see him sent safely whereever he wants to go."
Then Telemachus said, "Mother, I am the only man either in Ithaca
or in the islands that are over against Elis who has the right to
let any one have the bow or to refuse it. No one shall force me one
way or the other, not even though I choose to make the stranger a
of the bow outright, and let him take it away with him. Go,
then, within the house and busy yourself with your daily duties, your
loom, your distaff, and the ordering of your servants. This bow is
a man's matter, and mine above all others, for it is I who am master
She went wondering back into the house, and laid her son's saying
in her heart. Then going upstairs with her handmaids into her room,
she mourned her dear husband till Minerva sent sweet sleep over her
The swineherd now tooM
k up the bow and was for taking it to Ulysses,
but the suitors clamoured at him from all parts of the cloisters,
and one of them said, "You idiot, where are you taking the bow to?
Are you out of your wits? If Apollo and the other gods will grant
our prayer, your own boarhounds shall get you into some quiet little
place, and worry you to death."
Eumaeus was frightened at the outcry they all raised, so he put the
bow down then and there, but Telemachus shouted out at him from the
other side of the cloisterM
s, and threatened him saying, "Father Eumaeus,
bring the bow on in spite of them, or young as I am I will pelt you
with stones back to the country, for I am the better man of the two.
I wish I was as much stronger than all the other suitors in the house
as I am than you, I would soon send some of them off sick and sorry,
for they mean mischief."
Thus did he speak, and they all of them laughed heartily, which put
them in a better humour with Telemachus; so Eumaeus brought the bow
on and placed it in the hM
ands of Ulysses. When he had done this, he
called Euryclea apart and said to her, "Euryclea, Telemachus says
you are to close the doors of the women's apartments. If they hear
any groaning or uproar as of men fighting about the house, they are
not to come out, but are to keep quiet and stay where they are at
Euryclea did as she was told and closed the doors of the women's apartments.
Meanwhile Philoetius slipped quietly out and made fast the gates of
the outer court. There was a ship's cabM
le of byblus fibre lying in
the gatehouse, so he made the gates fast with it and then came in
again, resuming the seat that he had left, and keeping an eye on Ulysses,
who had now got the bow in his hands, and was turning it every way
about, and proving it all over to see whether the worms had been eating
into its two horns during his absence. Then would one turn towards
his neighbour saying, "This is some tricky old bow-fancier; either
he has got one like it at home, or he wants to make one, in such workmanM
style does the old vagabond handle it."
Another said, "I hope he may be no more successful in other things
than he is likely to be in stringing this bow."
But Ulysses, when he had taken it up and examined it all over, strung
it as easily as a skilled bard strings a new peg of his lyre and makes
the twisted gut fast at both ends. Then he took it in his right hand
to prove the string, and it sang sweetly under his touch like the
twittering of a swallow. The suitors were dismayed, and turned colour
as they heard it; at that moment, moreover, Jove thundered loudly
as a sign, and the heart of Ulysses rejoiced as he heard the omen
that the son of scheming Saturn had sent him.
He took an arrow that was lying upon the table- for those which the
Achaeans were so shortly about to taste were all inside the quiver-
he laid it on the centre-piece of the bow, and drew the notch of the
arrow and the string toward him, still seated on his seat. When he
had taken aim he let fly, and his arrow pierced every one oM
of the axes from the first onwards till it had gone right through
them, and into the outer courtyard. Then he said to Telemachus:
"Your guest has not disgraced you, Telemachus. I did not miss what
I aimed at, and I was not long in stringing my bow. I am still strong,
and not as the suitors twit me with being. Now, however, it is time
for the Achaeans to prepare supper while there is still daylight,
and then otherwise to disport themselves with song and dance which
are the crowning ornamM
ents of a banquet."
As he spoke he made a sign with his eyebrows, and Telemachus girded
on his sword, grasped his spear, and stood armed beside his father's
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Then Ulysses tore off his rags, and sprang on to the broad pavement
with his bow and his quiver full of arrows. He shed the arrows on
to the ground at his feet and said, "The mighty contest is at an end.
I will now see whether Apollo will vouchsafe it to meM
mark which no man has yet hit."
On this he aimed a deadly arrow at Antinous, who was about to take
up a two-handled gold cup to drink his wine and already had it in
his hands. He had no thought of death- who amongst all the revellers
would think that one man, however brave, would stand alone among so
many and kill him? The arrow struck Antinous in the throat, and the
point went clean through his neck, so that he fell over and the cup
dropped from his hand, while a thick stream of blood guM
nostrils. He kicked the table from him and upset the things on it,
so that the bread and roasted meats were all soiled as they fell over
on to the ground. The suitors were in an uproar when they saw that
a man had been hit; they sprang in dismay one and all of them from
their seats and looked everywhere towards the walls, but there was
neither shield nor spear, and they rebuked Ulysses very angrily. "Stranger,"
said they, "you shall pay for shooting people in this way: om yi you
ther contest; you are a doomed man; he whom you have
slain was the foremost youth in Ithaca, and the vultures shall devour
you for having killed him."
Thus they spoke, for they thought that he had killed Antinous by mistake,
and did not perceive that death was hanging over the head of every
one of them. But Ulysses glared at them and said:
"Dogs, did you think that I should not come back from Troy? You have
wasted my substance, have forced my women servants to lie with you,
and have wooed my wife whilM
e I was still living. You have feared neither
Cod nor man, and now you shall die."
They turned pale with fear as he spoke, and every man looked round
about to see whither he might fly for safety, but Eurymachus alone
"If you are Ulysses," said he, "then what you have said is just. We
have done much wrong on your lands and in your house. But Antinous
who was the head and front of the offending lies low already. It was
all his doing. It was not that he wanted to marry Penelope; he did
h care about that; what he wanted was something quite different,
and Jove has not vouchsafed it to him; he wanted to kill your son
and to be chief man in Ithaca. Now, therefore, that he has met the
death which was his due, spare the lives of your people. We will make
everything good among ourselves, and pay you in full for all that
we have eaten and drunk. Each one of us shall pay you a fine worth
twenty oxen, and we will keep on giving you gold and bronze till your
heart is softened. Until we have done thisM
no one can complain of
your being enraged against us."
Ulysses again glared at him and said, "Though you should give me all
that you have in the world both now and all that you ever shall have,
I will not stay my hand till I have paid all of you in full. You must
fight, or fly for your lives; and fly, not a man of you shall."
Their hearts sank as they heard him, but Eurymachus again spoke saying:
"My friends, this man will give us no quarter. He will stand where
he is and shoot us down till he has kM
illed every man among us. Let
us then show fight; draw your swords, and hold up the tables to shield
you from his arrows. Let us have at him with a rush, to drive him
from the pavement and doorway: we can then get through into the town,
and raise such an alarm as shall soon stay his shooting."
As he spoke he drew his keen blade of bronze, sharpened on both sides,
and with a loud cry sprang towards Ulysses, but Ulysses instantly
shot an arrow into his breast that caught him by the nipple and fixed
n his liver. He dropped his sword and fell doubled up over
his table. The cup and all the meats went over on to the ground as
he smote the earth with his forehead in the agonies of death, and
he kicked the stool with his feet until his eyes were closed in darkness.
Then Amphinomus drew his sword and made straight at Ulysses to try
and get him away from the door; but Telemachus was too quick for him,
and struck him from behind; the spear caught him between the shoulders
and went right through his chest, so M
that he fell heavily to the ground
and struck the earth with his forehead. Then Telemachus sprang away
from him, leaving his spear still in the body, for he feared that
if he stayed to draw it out, some one of the Achaeans might come up
and hack at him with his sword, or knock him down, so he set off at
a run, and immediately was at his father's side. Then he said:
"Father, let me bring you a shield, two spears, and a brass helmet
for your temples. I will arm myself as well, and will bring other
r the swineherd and the stockman, for we had better be armed."
"Run and fetch them," answered Ulysses, "while my arrows hold out,
or when I am alone they may get me away from the door."
Telemachus did as his father said, and went off to the store room
where the armour was kept. He chose four shields, eight spears, and
four brass helmets with horse-hair plumes. He brought them with all
speed to his father, and armed himself first, while the stockman and
the swineherd also put on their armour, and took thM
Ulysses. Meanwhile Ulysses, as long as his arrows lasted, had been
shooting the suitors one by one, and they fell thick on one another:
when his arrows gave out, he set the bow to stand against the end
wall of the house by the door post, and hung a shield four hides thick
about his shoulders; on his comely head he set his helmet, well wrought
with a crest of horse-hair that nodded menacingly above it, and he
grasped two redoubtable bronze-shod spears.
Now there was a trap door on the wallM
, while at one end of the pavement
there was an exit leading to a narrow passage, and this exit was closed
by a well-made door. Ulysses told Philoetius to stand by this door
and guard it, for only one person could attack it at a time. But Agelaus
shouted out, "Cannot some one go up to the trap door and tell the
people what is going on? Help would come at once, and we should soon
make an end of this man and his shooting."
"This may not be, Agelaus," answered Melanthius, "the mouth of the
dangerously near the entrance to the outer court.
One brave man could prevent any number from getting in. But I know
what I will do, I will bring you arms from the store room, for I am
sure it is there that Ulysses and his son have put them."
On this the goatherd Melanthius went by back passages to the store
room of Ulysses, house. There he chose twelve shields, with as many
helmets and spears, and brought them back as fast as he could to give
them to the suitors. Ulysses' heart began to fail him when he M
the suitors putting on their armour and brandishing their spears.
He saw the greatness of the danger, and said to Telemachus, "Some
one of the women inside is helping the suitors against us, or it may
Telemachus answered, "The fault, father, is mine, and mine only; I
left the store room door open, and they have kept a sharper look out
than I have. Go, Eumaeus, put the door to, and see whether it is one
of the women who is doing this, or whether, as I suspect, it is Melanthius
Thus did they converse. Meanwhile Melanthius was again going to the
store room to fetch more armour, but the swineherd saw him and said
to Ulysses who was beside him, "Ulysses, noble son of Laertes, it
is that scoundrel Melanthius, just as we suspected, who is going to
the store room. Say, shall I kill him, if I can get the better of
him, or shall I bring him here that you may take your own revenge
for all the many wrongs that he has done in your house?"
Ulysses answered, "Telemachus and IM
will hold these suitors in check,
no matter what they do; go back both of you and bind Melanthius' hands
and feet behind him. Throw him into the store room and make the door
fast behind you; then fasten a noose about his body, and string him
close up to the rafters from a high bearing-post, that he may linger
Thus did he speak, and they did even as he had said; they went to
the store room, which they entered before Melanthius saw them, for
he was busy searching for arms in the innermostM
so the two took their stand on either side of the door and waited.
By and by Melanthius came out with a helmet in one hand, and an old
dry-rotted shield in the other, which had been borne by Laertes when
he was young, but which had been long since thrown aside, and the
straps had become unsewn; on this the two seized him, dragged him
back by the hair, and threw him struggling to the ground. They bent
his hands and feet well behind his back, and bound them tight with
a painful bond as UlysM
ses had told them; then they fastened a noose
about his body and strung him up from a high pillar till he was close
up to the rafters, and over him did you then vaunt, O swineherd Eumaeus,
saying, "Melanthius, you will pass the night on a soft bed as you
deserve. You will know very well when morning comes from the streams
of Oceanus, and it is time for you to be driving in your goats for
the suitors to feast on."
There, then, they left him in very cruel bondage, and having put on
their armour they closedM
the door behind them and went back to take
their places by the side of Ulysses; whereon the four men stood in
the cloister, fierce and full of fury; nevertheless, those who were
in the body of the court were still both brave and many. Then Jove's
daughter Minerva came up to them, having assumed the voice and form
of Mentor. Ulysses was glad when he saw her and said, "Mentor, lend
me your help, and forget not your old comrade, nor the many good turns
he has done you. Besides, you are my age-mate."
l the time he felt sure it was Minerva, and the suitors from
the other side raised an uproar when they saw her. Agelaus was the
first to reproach her. "Mentor," he cried, "do not let Ulysses beguile
you into siding with him and fighting the suitors. This is what we
will do: when we have killed these people, father and son, we will
kill you too. You shall pay for it with your head, and when we have
killed you, we will take all you have, in doors or out, and bring
it into hotch-pot with Ulysses' property; we wM
ill not let your sons
live in your house, nor your daughters, nor shall your widow continue
to live in the city of Ithaca."
This made Minerva still more furious, so she scolded Ulysses very
angrily. "Ulysses," said she, "your strength and prowess are no longer
what they were when you fought for nine long years among the Trojans
about the noble lady Helen. You killed many a man in those days, and
it was through your stratagem that Priam's city was taken. How comes
it that you are so lamentably less valianM
t now that you are on your
own ground, face to face with the suitors in your own house? Come
on, my good fellow, stand by my side and see how Mentor, son of Alcinous
shall fight your foes and requite your kindnesses conferred upon him."
But she would not give him full victory as yet, for she wished still
further to prove his own prowess and that of his brave son, so she
flew up to one of the rafters in the roof of the cloister and sat
upon it in the form of a swallow.
Meanwhile Agelaus son of Damastor,M
Eurynomus, Amphimedon, Demoptolemus,
Pisander, and Polybus son of Polyctor bore the brunt of the fight
upon the suitors' side; of all those who were still fighting for their
lives they were by far the most valiant, for the others had already
fallen under the arrows of Ulysses. Agelaus shouted to them and said,
"My friends, he will soon have to leave off, for Mentor has gone away
after having done nothing for him but brag. They are standing at the
doors unsupported. Do not aim at him all at once, but six of M
your spears first, and see if you cannot cover yourselves with glory
by killing him. When he has fallen we need not be uneasy about the
They threw their spears as he bade them, but Minerva made them all
of no effect. One hit the door post; another went against the door;
the pointed shaft of another struck the wall; and as soon as they
had avoided all the spears of the suitors Ulysses said to his own
men, "My friends, I should say we too had better let drive into the
they will crown all the harm they have done us
They therefore aimed straight in front of them and threw their spears.
Ulysses killed Demoptolemus, Telemachus Euryades, Eumaeus Elatus,
while the stockman killed Pisander. These all bit the dust, and as
the others drew back into a corner Ulysses and his men rushed forward
and regained their spears by drawing them from the bodies of the dead.
The suitors now aimed a second time, but again Minerva made their
weapons for the most part withoM
ut effect. One hit a bearing-post of
the cloister; another went against the door; while the pointed shaft
of another struck the wall. Still, Amphimedon just took a piece of
the top skin from off Telemachus's wrist, and Ctesippus managed to
graze Eumaeus's shoulder above his shield; but the spear went on and
fell to the ground. Then Ulysses and his men let drive into the crowd
of suitors. Ulysses hit Eurydamas, Telemachus Amphimedon, and Eumaeus
Polybus. After this the stockman hit Ctesippus in the breast, anM
taunted him saying, "Foul-mouthed son of Polytherses, do not be so
foolish as to talk wickedly another time, but let heaven direct your
speech, for the gods are far stronger than men. I make you a present
of this advice to repay you for the foot which you gave Ulysses when
he was begging about in his own house."
Thus spoke the stockman, and Ulysses struck the son of Damastor with
a spear in close fight, while Telemachus hit Leocritus son of Evenor
in the belly, and the dart went clean through him, so tM
forward full on his face upon the ground. Then Minerva from her seat
on the rafter held up her deadly aegis, and the hearts of the suitors
quailed. They fled to the other end of the court like a herd of cattle
maddened by the gadfly in early summer when the days are at their
longest. As eagle-beaked, crook-taloned vultures from the mountains
swoop down on the smaller birds that cower in flocks upon the ground,
and kill them, for they cannot either fight or fly, and lookers on
enjoy the sport- evM
en so did Ulysses and his men fall upon the suitors
and smite them on every side. They made a horrible groaning as their
brains were being battered in, and the ground seethed with their blood.
Leiodes then caught the knees of Ulysses and said, "Ulysses I beseech
you have mercy upon me and spare me. I never wronged any of the women
in your house either in word or deed, and I tried to stop the others.
I saw them, but they would not listen, and now they are paying for
their folly. I was their sacrificing prieM
st; if you kill me, I shall
die without having done anything to deserve it, and shall have got
no thanks for all the good that I did."
Ulysses looked sternly at him and answered, "If you were their sacrificing
priest, you must have prayed many a time that it might be long before
I got home again, and that you might marry my wife and have children
by her. Therefore you shall die."
With these words he picked up the sword that Agelaus had dropped when
he was being killed, and which was lying upon the groM
struck Leiodes on the back of his neck, so that his head fell rolling
in the dust while he was yet speaking.
The minstrel Phemius son of Terpes- he who had been forced by the
suitors to sing to them- now tried to save his life. He was standing
near towards the trap door, and held his lyre in his hand. He did
not know whether to fly out of the cloister and sit down by the altar
of Jove that was in the outer court, and on which both Laertes and
Ulysses had offered up the thigh bones of many anM
go straight up to Ulysses and embrace his knees, but in the end he
deemed it best to embrace Ulysses' knees. So he laid his lyre on the
ground the ground between the mixing-bowl and the silver-studded seat;
then going up to Ulysses he caught hold of his knees and said, "Ulysses,
I beseech you have mercy on me and spare me. You will be sorry for
it afterwards if you kill a bard who can sing both for gods and men
as I can. I make all my lays myself, and heaven visits me with every
nspiration. I would sing to you as though you were a god,
do not therefore be in such a hurry to cut my head off. Your own son
Telemachus will tell you that I did not want to frequent your house
and sing to the suitors after their meals, but they were too many
and too strong for me, so they made me."
Telemachus heard him, and at once went up to his father. "Hold!" he
cried, "the man is guiltless, do him no hurt; and we will Medon too,
who was always good to me when I was a boy, unless Philoetius or EumaeuM
has already killed him, or he has fallen in your way when you were
raging about the court."
Medon caught these words of Telemachus, for he was crouching under
a seat beneath which he had hidden by covering himself up with a freshly
flayed heifer's hide, so he threw off the hide, went up to Telemachus,
and laid hold of his knees.
"Here I am, my dear sir," said he, "stay your hand therefore, and
tell your father, or he will kill me in his rage against the suitors
for having wasted his substance and bM
een so foolishly disrespectful
Ulysses smiled at him and answered, "Fear not; Telemachus has saved
your life, that you may know in future, and tell other people, how
greatly better good deeds prosper than evil ones. Go, therefore, outside
the cloisters into the outer court, and be out of the way of the slaughter-
you and the bard- while I finish my work here inside."
The pair went into the outer court as fast as they could, and sat
down by Jove's great altar, looking fearfully round, andM
that they would be killed. Then Ulysses searched the whole court carefully
over, to see if anyone had managed to hide himself and was still living,
but he found them all lying in the dust and weltering in their blood.
They were like fishes which fishermen have netted out of the sea,
and thrown upon the beach to lie gasping for water till the heat of
the sun makes an end of them. Even so were the suitors lying all huddled
up one against the other.
Then Ulysses said to Telemachus, "Call nuM
rse Euryclea; I have something
Telemachus went and knocked at the door of the women's room. "Make
haste," said he, "you old woman who have been set over all the other
women in the house. Come outside; my father wishes to speak to you."
When Euryclea heard this she unfastened the door of the women's room
and came out, following Telemachus. She found Ulysses among the corpses
bespattered with blood and filth like a lion that has just been devouring
an ox, and his breast and both his cheekM
s are all bloody, so that
he is a fearful sight; even so was Ulysses besmirched from head to
foot with gore. When she saw all the corpses and such a quantity of
blood, she was beginning to cry out for joy, for she saw that a great
deed had been done; but Ulysses checked her, "Old woman," said he,
"rejoice in silence; restrain yourself, and do not make any noise
about it; it is an unholy thing to vaunt over dead men. Heaven's doom
and their own evil deeds have brought these men to destruction, for
cted no man in the whole world, neither rich nor poor, who
came near them, and they have come to a bad end as a punishment for
their wickedness and folly. Now, however, tell me which of the women
in the house have misconducted themselves, and who are innocent."
"I will tell you the truth, my son," answered Euryclea. "There are
fifty women in the house whom we teach to do things, such as carding
wool, and all kinds of household work. Of these, twelve in all have
misbehaved, and have been wanting in respect M
to me, and also to Penelope.
They showed no disrespect to Telemachus, for he has only lately grown
and his mother never permitted him to give orders to the female servants;
but let me go upstairs and tell your wife all that has happened, for
some god has been sending her to sleep."
"Do not wake her yet," answered Ulysses, "but tell the women who have
misconducted themselves to come to me."
Euryclea left the cloister to tell the women, and make them come to
Ulysses; in the meantime he called TelemachusM
, the stockman, and the
swineherd. "Begin," said he, "to remove the dead, and make the women
help you. Then, get sponges and clean water to swill down the tables
and seats. When you have thoroughly cleansed the whole cloisters,
take the women into the space between the domed room and the wall
of the outer court, and run them through with your swords till they
are quite dead, and have forgotten all about love and the way in which
they used to lie in secret with the suitors."
On this the women came down inM
a body, weeping and wailing bitterly.
First they carried the dead bodies out, and propped them up against
one another in the gatehouse. Ulysses ordered them about and made
them do their work quickly, so they had to carry the bodies out. When
they had done this, they cleaned all the tables and seats with sponges
and water, while Telemachus and the two others shovelled up the blood
and dirt from the ground, and the women carried it all away and put
it out of doors. Then when they had made the whole place quitM
and orderly, they took the women out and hemmed them in the narrow
space between the wall of the domed room and that of the yard, so
that they could not get away: and Telemachus said to the other two,
"I shall not let these women die a clean death, for they were insolent
to me and my mother, and used to sleep with the suitors."
So saying he made a ship's cable fast to one of the bearing-posts
that supported the roof of the domed room, and secured it all around
the building, at a good height, lest M
any of the women's feet should
touch the ground; and as thrushes or doves beat against a net that
has been set for them in a thicket just as they were getting to their
nest, and a terrible fate awaits them, even so did the women have
to put their heads in nooses one after the other and die most miserably.
Their feet moved convulsively for a while, but not for very long.
As for Melanthius, they took him through the cloister into the inner
court. There they cut off his nose and his ears; they drew out his
itals and gave them to the dogs raw, and then in their fury they
cut off his hands and his feet.
When they had done this they washed their hands and feet and went
back into the house, for all was now over; and Ulysses said to the
dear old nurse Euryclea, "Bring me sulphur, which cleanses all pollution,
and fetch fire also that I may burn it, and purify the cloisters.
Go, moreover, and tell Penelope to come here with her attendants,
and also all the maid servants that are in the house."
ave said is true," answered Euryclea, "but let me bring
you some clean clothes- a shirt and cloak. Do not keep these rags
on your back any longer. It is not right."
"First light me a fire," replied Ulysses.
She brought the fire and sulphur, as he had bidden her, and Ulysses
thoroughly purified the cloisters and both the inner and outer courts.
Then she went inside to call the women and tell them what had happened;
whereon they came from their apartment with torches in their hands,
and pressed round UlysM
ses to embrace him, kissing his head and shoulders
and taking hold of his hands. It made him feel as if he should like
to weep, for he remembered every one of them.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Euryclea now went upstairs laughing to tell her mistress that her
dear husband had come home. Her aged knees became young again and
her feet were nimble for joy as she went up to her mistress and bent
over her head to speak to her. "Wake up Penelope, my dearM
she exclaimed, "and see with your own eyes something that you have
been wanting this long time past. Ulysses has at last indeed come
home again, and has killed the suitors who were giving so much trouble
in his house, eating up his estate and ill-treating his son."
"My good nurse," answered Penelope, "you must be mad. The gods sometimes
send some very sensible people out of their minds, and make foolish
people become sensible. This is what they must have been doing to
you; for you always used to M
be a reasonable person. Why should you
thus mock me when I have trouble enough already- talking such nonsense,
and waking me up out of a sweet sleep that had taken possession of
my eyes and closed them? I have never slept so soundly from the day
my poor husband went to that city with the ill-omened name. Go back
again into the women's room; if it had been any one else, who had
woke me up to bring me such absurd news I should have sent her away
with a severe scolding. As it is, your age shall protect you."
"My dear child," answered Euryclea, "I am not mocking you. It is quite
true as I tell you that Ulysses is come home again. He was the stranger
whom they all kept on treating so badly in the cloister. Telemachus
knew all the time that he was come back, but kept his father's secret
that he might have his revenge on all these wicked people.
Then Penelope sprang up from her couch, threw her arms round Euryclea,
and wept for joy. "But my dear nurse," said she, "explain this to
me; if he has really come home asM
you say, how did he manage to overcome
the wicked suitors single handed, seeing what a number of them there
"I was not there," answered Euryclea, "and do not know; I only heard
them groaning while they were being killed. We sat crouching and huddled
up in a corner of the women's room with the doors closed, till your
son came to fetch me because his father sent him. Then I found Ulysses
standing over the corpses that were lying on the ground all round
him, one on top of the other. You wouldM
have enjoyed it if you could
have seen him standing there all bespattered with blood and filth,
and looking just like a lion. But the corpses are now all piled up
in the gatehouse that is in the outer court, and Ulysses has lit a
great fire to purify the house with sulphur. He has sent me to call
you, so come with me that you may both be happy together after all;
for now at last the desire of your heart has been fulfilled; your
husband is come home to find both wife and son alive and well, and
revenge in his own house on the suitors who behaved so
"'My dear nurse," said Penelope, "do not exult too confidently over
all this. You know how delighted every one would be to see Ulysses
come home- more particularly myself, and the son who has been born
to both of us; but what you tell me cannot be really true. It is some
god who is angry with the suitors for their great wickedness, and
has made an end of them; for they respected no man in the whole world,
neither rich nor poor, who camM
e near them, who came near them, and
they have come to a bad end in consequence of their iniquity. Ulysses
is dead far away from the Achaean land; he will never return home
Then nurse Euryclea said, "My child, what are you talking about? but
you were all hard of belief and have made up your mind that your husband
is never coming, although he is in the house and by his own fire side
at this very moment. Besides I can give you another proof; when I
was washing him I perceived the scar which the wilM
and I wanted to tell you about it, but in his wisdom he would not
let me, and clapped his hands over my mouth; so come with me and I
will make this bargain with you- if I am deceiving you, you may have
me killed by the most cruel death you can think of."
"My dear nurse," said Penelope, "however wise you may be you can hardly
fathom the counsels of the gods. Nevertheless, we will go in search
of my son, that I may see the corpses of the suitors, and the man
who has killed them."
is she came down from her upper room, and while doing so she
considered whether she should keep at a distance from her husband
and question him, or whether she should at once go up to him and embrace
him. When, however, she had crossed the stone floor of the cloister,
she sat down opposite Ulysses by the fire, against the wall at right
angles [to that by which she had entered], while Ulysses sat near
one of the bearing-posts, looking upon the ground, and waiting to
see what his wife would say to him when sheM
saw him. For a long time
she sat silent and as one lost in amazement. At one moment she looked
him full in the face, but then again directly, she was misled by his
shabby clothes and failed to recognize him, till Telemachus began
to reproach her and said:
"Mother- but you are so hard that I cannot call you by such a name-
why do you keep away from my father in this way? Why do you not sit
by his side and begin talking to him and asking him questions? No
other woman could bear to keep away from her husbaM
back to her after twenty years of absence, and after having gone through
so much; but your heart always was as hard as a stone."
Penelope answered, "My son, I am so lost in astonishment that I can
find no words in which either to ask questions or to answer them.
I cannot even look him straight in the face. Still, if he really is
Ulysses come back to his own home again, we shall get to understand
one another better by and by, for there are tokens with which we two
are alone acquainted,M
and which are hidden from all others."
Ulysses smiled at this, and said to Telemachus, "Let your mother put
me to any proof she likes; she will make up her mind about it presently.
She rejects me for the moment and believes me to be somebody else,
because I am covered with dirt and have such bad clothes on; let us,
however, consider what we had better do next. When one man has killed
another, even though he was not one who would leave many friends to
take up his quarrel, the man who has killed him must stM
bye to his friends and fly the country; whereas we have been killing
the stay of a whole town, and all the picked youth of Ithaca. I would
have you consider this matter."
"Look to it yourself, father," answered Telemachus, "for they say
you are the wisest counsellor in the world, and that there is no other
mortal man who can compare with you. We will follow you with right
good will, nor shall you find us fail you in so far as our strength
"I will say what I think will be bestM
," answered Ulysses. "First wash
and put your shirts on; tell the maids also to go to their own room
and dress; Phemius shall then strike up a dance tune on his lyre,
so that if people outside hear, or any of the neighbours, or some
one going along the street happens to notice it, they may think there
is a wedding in the house, and no rumours about the death of the suitors
will get about in the town, before we can escape to the woods upon
my own land. Once there, we will settle which of the courses heaven
ouchsafes us shall seem wisest."
Thus did he speak, and they did even as he had said. First they washed
and put their shirts on, while the women got ready. Then Phemius took
his lyre and set them all longing for sweet song and stately dance.
The house re-echoed with the sound of men and women dancing, and the
people outside said, "I suppose the queen has been getting married
at last. She ought to be ashamed of herself for not continuing to
protect her husband's property until he comes home."
what they said, but they did not know what it was that had
been happening. The upper servant Eurynome washed and anointed Ulysses
in his own house and gave him a shirt and cloak, while Minerva made
him look taller and stronger than before; she also made the hair grow
thick on the top of his head, and flow down in curls like hyacinth
blossoms; she glorified him about the head and shoulders just as a
skilful workman who has studied art of all kinds under Vulcan or Minerva-
and his work is full of beauty- enricM
hes a piece of silver plate by
gilding it. He came from the bath looking like one of the immortals,
and sat down opposite his wife on the seat he had left. "My dear,"
said he, "heaven has endowed you with a heart more unyielding than
woman ever yet had. No other woman could bear to keep away from her
husband when he had come back to her after twenty years of absence,
and after having gone through so much. But come, nurse, get a bed
ready for me; I will sleep alone, for this woman has a heart as hard
"My dear," answered Penelope, "I have no wish to set myself up, nor
to depreciate you; but I am not struck by your appearance, for I very
well remember what kind of a man you were when you set sail from Ithaca.
Nevertheless, Euryclea, take his bed outside the bed chamber that
he himself built. Bring the bed outside this room, and put bedding
upon it with fleeces, good coverlets, and blankets."
She said this to try him, but Ulysses was very angry and said, "Wife,
I am much displeased at what you havM
e just been saying. Who has been
taking my bed from the place in which I left it? He must have found
it a hard task, no matter how skilled a workman he was, unless some
god came and helped him to shift it. There is no man living, however
strong and in his prime, who could move it from its place, for it
is a marvellous curiosity which I made with my very own hands. There
was a young olive growing within the precincts of the house, in full
vigour, and about as thick as a bearing-post. I built my room round
is with strong walls of stone and a roof to cover them, and I made
the doors strong and well-fitting. Then I cut off the top boughs of
the olive tree and left the stump standing. This I dressed roughly
from the root upwards and then worked with carpenter's tools well
and skilfully, straightening my work by drawing a line on the wood,
and making it into a bed-prop. I then bored a hole down the middle,
and made it the centre-post of my bed, at which I worked till I had
finished it, inlaying it with gold and siM
lver; after this I stretched
a hide of crimson leather from one side of it to the other. So you
see I know all about it, and I desire to learn whether it is still
there, or whether any one has been removing it by cutting down the
olive tree at its roots."
When she heard the sure proofs Ulysses now gave her, she fairly broke
down. She flew weeping to his side, flung her arms about his neck,
and kissed him. "Do not be angry with me Ulysses," she cried, "you,
who are the wisest of mankind. We have suffered,M
has denied us the happiness of spending our youth, and of growing
old, together; do not then be aggrieved or take it amiss that I did
not embrace you thus as soon as I saw you. I have been shuddering
all the time through fear that someone might come here and deceive
me with a lying story; for there are many very wicked people going
about. Jove's daughter Helen would never have yielded herself to a
man from a foreign country, if she had known that the sons of Achaeans
would come after herM
and bring her back. Heaven put it in her heart
to do wrong, and she gave no thought to that sin, which has been the
source of all our sorrows. Now, however, that you have convinced me
by showing that you know all about our bed (which no human being has
ever seen but you and I and a single maid servant, the daughter of
Actor, who was given me by my father on my marriage, and who keeps
the doors of our room) hard of belief though I have been I can mistrust
Then Ulysses in his turn melted, and M
wept as he clasped his dear and
faithful wife to his bosom. As the sight of land is welcome to men
who are swimming towards the shore, when Neptune has wrecked their
ship with the fury of his winds and waves- a few alone reach the land,
and these, covered with brine, are thankful when they find themselves
on firm ground and out of danger- even so was her husband welcome
to her as she looked upon him, and she could not tear her two fair
arms from about his neck. Indeed they would have gone on indulging
sorrow till rosy-fingered morn appeared, had not Minerva determined
otherwise, and held night back in the far west, while she would not
suffer Dawn to leave Oceanus, nor to yoke the two steeds Lampus and
Phaethon that bear her onward to break the day upon mankind.
At last, however, Ulysses said, "Wife, we have not yet reached the
end of our troubles. I have an unknown amount of toil still to undergo.
It is long and difficult, but I must go through with it, for thus
the shade of Teiresias prophesied concerM
ning me, on the day when I
went down into Hades to ask about my return and that of my companions.
But now let us go to bed, that we may lie down and enjoy the blessed
"You shall go to bed as soon as you please," replied Penelope, "now
that the gods have sent you home to your own good house and to your
country. But as heaven has put it in your mind to speak of it, tell
me about the task that lies before you. I shall have to hear about
it later, so it is better that I should be told at onceM
"My dear," answered Ulysses, "why should you press me to tell you?
Still, I will not conceal it from you, though you will not like it.
I do not like it myself, for Teiresias bade me travel far and wide,
carrying an oar, till I came to a country where the people have never
heard of the sea, and do not even mix salt with their food. They know
nothing about ships, nor oars that are as the wings of a ship. He
gave me this certain token which I will not hide from you. He said
that a wayfarer should meet me M
and ask me whether it was a winnowing
shovel that I had on my shoulder. On this, I was to fix my oar in
the ground and sacrifice a ram, a bull, and a boar to Neptune; after
which I was to go home and offer hecatombs to all the gods in heaven,
one after the other. As for myself, he said that death should come
to me from the sea, and that my life should ebb away very gently when
I was full of years and peace of mind, and my people should bless
me. All this, he said, should surely come to pass."
e said, "If the gods are going to vouchsafe you a happier
time in your old age, you may hope then to have some respite from
Thus did they converse. Meanwhile Eurynome and the nurse took torches
and made the bed ready with soft coverlets; as soon as they had laid
them, the nurse went back into the house to go to her rest, leaving
the bed chamber woman Eurynome to show Ulysses and Penelope to bed
by torch light. When she had conducted them to their room she went
back, and they then came joyfulM
ly to the rites of their own old bed.
Telemachus, Philoetius, and the swineherd now left off dancing, and
made the women leave off also. They then laid themselves down to sleep
When Ulysses and Penelope had had their fill of love they fell talking
with one another. She told him how much she had had to bear in seeing
the house filled with a crowd of wicked suitors who had killed so
many sheep and oxen on her account, and had drunk so many casks of
wine. Ulysses in his turn told her what M
he had suffered, and how much
trouble he had himself given to other people. He told her everything,
and she was so delighted to listen that she never went to sleep till
he had ended his whole story.
He began with his victory over the Cicons, and how he thence reached
the fertile land of the Lotus-eaters. He told her all about the Cyclops
and how he had punished him for having so ruthlessly eaten his brave
comrades; how he then went on to Aeolus, who received him hospitably
and furthered him on his way, bM
ut even so he was not to reach home,
for to his great grief a hurricane carried him out to sea again; how
he went on to the Laestrygonian city Telepylos, where the people destroyed
all his ships with their crews, save himself and his own ship only.
Then he told of cunning Circe and her craft, and how he sailed to
the chill house of Hades, to consult the ghost of the Theban prophet
Teiresias, and how he saw his old comrades in arms, and his mother
who bore him and brought him up when he was a child; how he thM
the wondrous singing of the Sirens, and went on to the wandering rocks
and terrible Charybdis and to Scylla, whom no man had ever yet passed
in safety; how his men then ate the cattle of the sun-god, and how
Jove therefore struck the ship with his thunderbolts, so that all
his men perished together, himself alone being left alive; how at
last he reached the Ogygian island and the nymph Calypso, who kept
him there in a cave, and fed him, and wanted him to marry her, in
which case she intended makingM
him immortal so that he should never
grow old, but she could not persuade him to let her do so; and how
after much suffering he had found his way to the Phaeacians, who had
treated him as though he had been a god, and sent him back in a ship
to his own country after having given him gold, bronze, and raiment
in great abundance. This was the last thing about which he told her,
for here a deep sleep took hold upon him and eased the burden of his
Then Minerva bethought her of another matter. When M
Ulysses had had both of his wife and of repose, she bade gold-enthroned
Dawn rise out of Oceanus that she might shed light upon mankind. On
this, Ulysses rose from his comfortable bed and said to Penelope,
"Wife, we have both of us had our full share of troubles, you, here,
in lamenting my absence, and I in being prevented from getting home
though I was longing all the time to do so. Now, however, that we
have at last come together, take care of the property that is in the
sheep and goats which the wicked suitors have eaten,
I will take many myself by force from other people, and will compel
the Achaeans to make good the rest till they shall have filled all
my yards. I am now going to the wooded lands out in the country to
see my father who has so long been grieved on my account, and to yourself
I will give these instructions, though you have little need of them.
At sunrise it will at once get abroad that I have been killing the
suitors; go upstairs, therefore, and stay there M
with your women. See
nobody and ask no questions."
As he spoke he girded on his armour. Then he roused Telemachus, Philoetius,
and Eumaeus, and told them all to put on their armour also. This they
did, and armed themselves. When they had done so, they opened the
gates and sallied forth, Ulysses leading the way. It was now daylight,
but Minerva nevertheless concealed them in darkness and led them quickly
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Then Mercury of Cyllene summoned the ghosts of the suitors, and in
his hand he held the fair golden wand with which he seals men's eyes
in sleep or wakes them just as he pleases; with this he roused the
ghosts and led them, while they followed whining and gibbering behind
him. As bats fly squealing in the hollow of some great cave, when
one of them has fallen out of the cluster in which they hang, even
so did the ghosts whine and squeal as Mercury the healer of sorrow
led them down into the dark abode oM
f death. When they had passed the
waters of Oceanus and the rock Leucas, they came to the gates of the
sun and the land of dreams, whereon they reached the meadow of asphodel
where dwell the souls and shadows of them that can labour no more.
Here they found the ghost of Achilles son of Peleus, with those of
Patroclus, Antilochus, and Ajax, who was the finest and handsomest
man of all the Danaans after the son of Peleus himself.
They gathered round the ghost of the son of Peleus, and the ghost
non joined them, sorrowing bitterly. Round him were gathered
also the ghosts of those who had perished with him in the house of
Aeisthus; and the ghost of Achilles spoke first.
"Son of Atreus," it said, "we used to say that Jove had loved you
better from first to last than any other hero, for you were captain
over many and brave men, when we were all fighting together before
Troy; yet the hand of death, which no mortal can escape, was laid
upon you all too early. Better for you had you fallen at Troy in tM
hey-day of your renown, for the Achaeans would have built a mound
over your ashes, and your son would have been heir to your good name,
whereas it has now been your lot to come to a most miserable end."
"Happy son of Peleus," answered the ghost of Agamemnon, "for having
died at Troy far from Argos, while the bravest of the Trojans and
the Achaeans fell round you fighting for your body. There you lay
in the whirling clouds of dust, all huge and hugely, heedless now
of your chivalry. We fought the whole M
of the livelong day, nor should
we ever have left off if Jove had not sent a hurricane to stay us.
Then, when we had borne you to the ships out of the fray, we laid
you on your bed and cleansed your fair skin with warm water and with
ointments. The Danaans tore their hair and wept bitterly round about
you. Your mother, when she heard, came with her immortal nymphs from
out of the sea, and the sound of a great wailing went forth over the
waters so that the Achaeans quaked for fear. They would have fled
-stricken to their ships had not wise old Nestor whose counsel
was ever truest checked them saying, 'Hold, Argives, fly not sons
of the Achaeans, this is his mother coming from the sea with her immortal
nymphs to view the body of her son.'
"Thus he spoke, and the Achaeans feared no more. The daughters of
the old man of the sea stood round you weeping bitterly, and clothed
you in immortal raiment. The nine muses also came and lifted up their
sweet voices in lament- calling and answering one another; there M
not an Argive but wept for pity of the dirge they chaunted. Days and
nights seven and ten we mourned you, mortals and immortals, but on
the eighteenth day we gave you to the flames, and many a fat sheep
with many an ox did we slay in sacrifice around you. You were burnt
in raiment of the gods, with rich resins and with honey, while heroes,
horse and foot, clashed their armour round the pile as you were burning,
with the tramp as of a great multitude. But when the flames of heaven
had done their work, weM
gathered your white bones at daybreak and
laid them in ointments and in pure wine. Your mother brought us a
golden vase to hold them- gift of Bacchus, and work of Vulcan himself;
in this we mingled your bleached bones with those of Patroclus who
had gone before you, and separate we enclosed also those of Antilochus,
who had been closer to you than any other of your comrades now that
Patroclus was no more.
"Over these the host of the Argives built a noble tomb, on a point
jutting out over the open HellesM
pont, that it might be seen from far
out upon the sea by those now living and by them that shall be born
hereafter. Your mother begged prizes from the gods, and offered them
to be contended for by the noblest of the Achaeans. You must have
been present at the funeral of many a hero, when the young men gird
themselves and make ready to contend for prizes on the death of some
great chieftain, but you never saw such prizes as silver-footed Thetis
offered in your honour; for the gods loved you well. Thus even inM
death your fame, Achilles, has not been lost, and your name lives
evermore among all mankind. But as for me, what solace had I when
the days of my fighting were done? For Jove willed my destruction
on my return, by the hands of Aegisthus and those of my wicked wife."
Thus did they converse, and presently Mercury came up to them with
the ghosts of the suitors who had been killed by Ulysses. The ghosts
of Agamemnon and Achilles were astonished at seeing them, and went
up to them at once. The ghost of AgameM
mnon recognized Amphimedon son
of Melaneus, who lived in Ithaca and had been his host, so it began
"Amphimedon," it said, "what has happened to all you fine young men-
all of an age too- that you are come down here under the ground? One
could pick no finer body of men from any city. Did Neptune raise his
winds and waves against you when you were at sea, or did your enemies
make an end of you on the mainland when you were cattle-lifting or
sheep-stealing, or while fighting in defence of thM
Answer my question, for I have been your guest. Do you not remember
how I came to your house with Menelaus, to persuade Ulysses to join
us with his ships against Troy? It was a whole month ere we could
resume our voyage, for we had hard work to persuade Ulysses to come
And the ghost of Amphimedon answered, "Agamemnon, son of Atreus, king
of men, I remember everything that you have said, and will tell you
fully and accurately about the way in which our end was brought about.
Ulysses had been long gone, and we were courting his wife, who did
not say point blank that she would not marry, nor yet bring matters
to an end, for she meant to compass our destruction: this, then, was
the trick she played us. She set up a great tambour frame in her room
and began to work on an enormous piece of fine needlework. 'Sweethearts,'
said she, 'Ulysses is indeed dead, still, do not press me to marry
again immediately; wait- for I would not have my skill in needlework
perish unrecorded- till I haM
ve completed a pall for the hero Laertes,
against the time when death shall take him. He is very rich, and the
women of the place will talk if he is laid out without a pall.' This
is what she said, and we assented; whereupon we could see her working
upon her great web all day long, but at night she would unpick the
stitches again by torchlight. She fooled us in this way for three
years without our finding it out, but as time wore on and she was
now in her fourth year, in the waning of moons and many days hadM
accomplished, one of her maids who knew what she was doing told us,
and we caught her in the act of undoing her work, so she had to finish
it whether she would or no; and when she showed us the robe she had
made, after she had had it washed, its splendour was as that of the
"Then some malicious god conveyed Ulysses to the upland farm where
his swineherd lives. Thither presently came also his son, returning
from a voyage to Pylos, and the two came to the town when they had
r plot for our destruction. Telemachus came first, and
then after him, accompanied by the swineherd, came Ulysses, clad in
rags and leaning on a staff as though he were some miserable old beggar.
He came so unexpectedly that none of us knew him, not even the older
ones among us, and we reviled him and threw things at him. He endured
both being struck and insulted without a word, though he was in his
own house; but when the will of Aegis-bearing Jove inspired him, he
and Telemachus took the armour and hid it M
in an inner chamber, bolting
the doors behind them. Then he cunningly made his wife offer his bow
and a quantity of iron to be contended for by us ill-fated suitors;
and this was the beginning of our end, for not one of us could string
the bow- nor nearly do so. When it was about to reach the hands of
Ulysses, we all of us shouted out that it should not be given him,
no matter what he might say, but Telemachus insisted on his having
it. When he had got it in his hands he strung it with ease and sent
ow through the iron. Then he stood on the floor of the cloister
and poured his arrows on the ground, glaring fiercely about him. First
he killed Antinous, and then, aiming straight before him, he let fly
his deadly darts and they fell thick on one another. It was plain
that some one of the gods was helping them, for they fell upon us
with might and main throughout the cloisters, and there was a hideous
sound of groaning as our brains were being battered in, and the ground
seethed with our blood. This, AgamemM
non, is how we came by our end,
and our bodies are lying still un-cared for in the house of Ulysses,
for our friends at home do not yet know what has happened, so that
they cannot lay us out and wash the black blood from our wounds, making
moan over us according to the offices due to the departed."
"Happy Ulysses, son of Laertes," replied the ghost of Agamemnon, "you
are indeed blessed in the possession of a wife endowed with such rare
excellence of understanding, and so faithful to her wedded lord as
elope the daughter of Icarius. The fame, therefore, of her virtue
shall never die, and the immortals shall compose a song that shall
be welcome to all mankind in honour of the constancy of Penelope.
How far otherwise was the wickedness of the daughter of Tyndareus
who killed her lawful husband; her song shall be hateful among men,
for she has brought disgrace on all womankind even on the good ones."
Thus did they converse in the house of Hades deep down within the
bowels of the earth. Meanwhile Ulysses andM
the others passed out of
the town and soon reached the fair and well-tilled farm of Laertes,
which he had reclaimed with infinite labour. Here was his house, with
a lean-to running all round it, where the slaves who worked for him
slept and sat and ate, while inside the house there was an old Sicel
woman, who looked after him in this his country-farm. When Ulysses
got there, he said to his son and to the other two:
"Go to the house, and kill the best pig that you can find for dinner.
Meanwhile I want toM
see whether my father will know me, or fail to
recognize me after so long an absence."
He then took off his armour and gave it to Eumaeus and Philoetius,
who went straight on to the house, while he turned off into the vineyard
to make trial of his father. As he went down into the great orchard,
he did not see Dolius, nor any of his sons nor of the other bondsmen,
for they were all gathering thorns to make a fence for the vineyard,
at the place where the old man had told them; he therefore found his
er alone, hoeing a vine. He had on a dirty old shirt, patched
and very shabby; his legs were bound round with thongs of oxhide to
save him from the brambles, and he also wore sleeves of leather; he
had a goat skin cap on his head, and was looking very woe-begone.
When Ulysses saw him so worn, so old and full of sorrow, he stood
still under a tall pear tree and began to weep. He doubted whether
to embrace him, kiss him, and tell him all about his having come home,
or whether he should first question him and sM
ee what he would say.
In the end he deemed it best to be crafty with him, so in this mind
he went up to his father, who was bending down and digging about a
"I see, sir," said Ulysses, "that you are an excellent gardener- what
pains you take with it, to be sure. There is not a single plant, not
a fig tree, vine, olive, pear, nor flower bed, but bears the trace
of your attention. I trust, however, that you will not be offended
if I say that you take better care of your garden than of yourself.
are old, unsavoury, and very meanly clad. It cannot be because
you are idle that your master takes such poor care of you, indeed
your face and figure have nothing of the slave about them, and proclaim
you of noble birth. I should have said that you were one of those
who should wash well, eat well, and lie soft at night as old men have
a right to do; but tell me, and tell me true, whose bondman are you,
and in whose garden are you working? Tell me also about another matter.
Is this place that I have come to M
really Ithaca? I met a man just
now who said so, but he was a dull fellow, and had not the patience
to hear my story out when I was asking him about an old friend of
mine, whether he was still living, or was already dead and in the
house of Hades. Believe me when I tell you that this man came to my
house once when I was in my own country and never yet did any stranger
come to me whom I liked better. He said that his family came from
Ithaca and that his father was Laertes, son of Arceisius. I received
spitably, making him welcome to all the abundance of my house,
and when he went away I gave him all customary presents. I gave him
seven talents of fine gold, and a cup of solid silver with flowers
chased upon it. I gave him twelve light cloaks, and as many pieces
of tapestry; I also gave him twelve cloaks of single fold, twelve
rugs, twelve fair mantles, and an equal number of shirts. To all this
I added four good looking women skilled in all useful arts, and I
let him take his choice."
tears and answered, "Sir, you have indeed come to
the country that you have named, but it is fallen into the hands of
wicked people. All this wealth of presents has been given to no purpose.
If you could have found your friend here alive in Ithaca, he would
have entertained you hospitably and would have required your presents
amply when you left him- as would have been only right considering
what you have already given him. But tell me, and tell me true, how
many years is it since you entertained this guest-M
as ever was? Alas! He has perished far from his own country; the fishes
of the sea have eaten him, or he has fallen a prey to the birds and
wild beasts of some continent. Neither his mother, nor I his father,
who were his parents, could throw our arms about him and wrap him
in his shroud, nor could his excellent and richly dowered wife Penelope
bewail her husband as was natural upon his death bed, and close his
eyes according to the offices due to the departed. But now, tell me
want to know. Who and whence are you- tell me of your
town and parents? Where is the ship lying that has brought you and
your men to Ithaca? Or were you a passenger on some other man's ship,
and those who brought you here have gone on their way and left you?"
"I will tell you everything," answered Ulysses, "quite truly. I come
from Alybas, where I have a fine house. I am son of king Apheidas,
who is the son of Polypemon. My own name is Eperitus; heaven drove
me off my course as I was leaving Sicania, and IM
here against my will. As for my ship it is lying over yonder, off
the open country outside the town, and this is the fifth year since
Ulysses left my country. Poor fellow, yet the omens were good for
him when he left me. The birds all flew on our right hands, and both
he and I rejoiced to see them as we parted, for we had every hope
that we should have another friendly meeting and exchange presents."
A dark cloud of sorrow fell upon Laertes as he listened. He filled
both hands with the M
dust from off the ground and poured it over his
grey head, groaning heavily as he did so. The heart of Ulysses was
touched, and his nostrils quivered as he looked upon his father; then
he sprang towards him, flung his arms about him and kissed him, saying,
"I am he, father, about whom you are asking- I have returned after
having been away for twenty years. But cease your sighing and lamentation-
we have no time to lose, for I should tell you that I have been killing
the suitors in my house, to punish them foM
r their insolence and crimes."
"If you really are my son Ulysses," replied Laertes, "and have come
back again, you must give me such manifest proof of your identity
as shall convince me."
"First observe this scar," answered Ulysses, "which I got from a boar's
tusk when I was hunting on Mount Parnassus. You and my mother had
sent me to Autolycus, my mother's father, to receive the presents
which when he was over here he had promised to give me. Furthermore
I will point out to you the trees in the vineyaM
rd which you gave me,
and I asked you all about them as I followed you round the garden.
We went over them all, and you told me their names and what they all
were. You gave me thirteen pear trees, ten apple trees, and forty
fig trees; you also said you would give me fifty rows of vines; there
was corn planted between each row, and they yield grapes of every
kind when the heat of heaven has been laid heavy upon them."
Laertes' strength failed him when he heard the convincing proofs which
him. He threw his arms about him, and Ulysses had
to support him, or he would have gone off into a swoon; but as soon
as he came to, and was beginning to recover his senses, he said, "O
father Jove, then you gods are still in Olympus after all, if the
suitors have really been punished for their insolence and folly. Nevertheless,
I am much afraid that I shall have all the townspeople of Ithaca up
here directly, and they will be sending messengers everywhere throughout
the cities of the Cephallenians."
sses answered, "Take heart and do not trouble yourself about that,
but let us go into the house hard by your garden. I have already told
Telemachus, Philoetius, and Eumaeus to go on there and get dinner
ready as soon as possible."
Thus conversing the two made their way towards the house. When they
got there they found Telemachus with the stockman and the swineherd
cutting up meat and mixing wine with water. Then the old Sicel woman
took Laertes inside and washed him and anointed him with oil. She
on a good cloak, and Minerva came up to him and gave him a
more imposing presence, making him taller and stouter than before.
When he came back his son was surprised to see him looking so like
an immortal, and said to him, "My dear father, some one of the gods
has been making you much taller and better-looking."
Laertes answered, "Would, by Father Jove, Minerva, and Apollo, that
I were the man I was when I ruled among the Cephallenians, and took
Nericum, that strong fortress on the foreland. If I were stM
I then was and had been in our house yesterday with my armour on,
I should have been able to stand by you and help you against the suitors.
I should have killed a great many of them, and you would have rejoiced
Thus did they converse; but the others, when they had finished their
work and the feast was ready, left off working, and took each his
proper place on the benches and seats. Then they began eating; by
and by old Dolius and his sons left their work and came up, for their
r, the Sicel woman who looked after Laertes now that he was growing
old, had been to fetch them. When they saw Ulysses and were certain
it was he, they stood there lost in astonishment; but Ulysses scolded
them good-naturedly and said, "Sit down to your dinner, old man, and
never mind about your surprise; we have been wanting to begin for
some time and have been waiting for you."
Then Dolius put out both his hands and went up to Ulysses. "Sir,"
said he, seizing his master's hand and kissing it at the wrisM
have long been wishing you home: and now heaven has restored you to
us after we had given up hoping. All hail, therefore, and may the
gods prosper you. But tell me, does Penelope already know of your
return, or shall we send some one to tell her?"
"Old man," answered Ulysses, "she knows already, so you need not trouble
about that." On this he took his seat, and the sons of Dolius gathered
round Ulysses to give him greeting and embrace him one after the other;
then they took their seats in due ordeM
r near Dolius their father.
While they were thus busy getting their dinner ready, Rumour went
round the town, and noised abroad the terrible fate that had befallen
the suitors; as soon, therefore, as the people heard of it they gathered
from every quarter, groaning and hooting before the house of Ulysses.
They took the dead away, buried every man his own, and put the bodies
of those who came from elsewhere on board the fishing vessels, for
the fishermen to take each of them to his own place. They then met
angrily in the place of assembly, and when they were got together
Eupeithes rose to speak. He was overwhelmed with grief for the death
of his son Antinous, who had been the first man killed by Ulysses,
so he said, weeping bitterly, "My friend, this man has done the Achaeans
great wrong. He took many of our best men away with him in his fleet,
and he has lost both ships and men; now, moreover, on his return he
has been killing all the foremost men among the Cephallenians. Let
us be up and doing before he canM
get away to Pylos or to Elis where
the Epeans rule, or we shall be ashamed of ourselves for ever afterwards.
It will be an everlasting disgrace to us if we do not avenge the murder
of our sons and brothers. For my own part I should have no mote pleasure
in life, but had rather die at once. Let us be up, then, and after
them, before they can cross over to the mainland."
He wept as he spoke and every one pitied him. But Medon and the bard
Phemius had now woke up, and came to them from the house of Ulysses.M
Every one was astonished at seeing them, but they stood in the middle
of the assembly, and Medon said, "Hear me, men of Ithaca. Ulysses
did not do these things against the will of heaven. I myself saw an
immortal god take the form of Mentor and stand beside him. This god
appeared, now in front of him encouraging him, and now going furiously
about the court and attacking the suitors whereon they fell thick
On this pale fear laid hold of them, and old Halitherses, son of Mastor,
speak, for he was the only man among them who knew both past
and future; so he spoke to them plainly and in all honesty, saying,
"Men of Ithaca, it is all your own fault that things have turned out
as they have; you would not listen to me, nor yet to Mentor, when
we bade you check the folly of your sons who were doing much wrong
in the wantonness of their hearts- wasting the substance and dishonouring
the wife of a chieftain who they thought would not return. Now, however,
let it be as I say, and do as I tM
ell you. Do not go out against Ulysses,
or you may find that you have been drawing down evil on your own heads."
This was what he said, and more than half raised a loud shout, and
at once left the assembly. But the rest stayed where they were, for
the speech of Halitherses displeased them, and they sided with Eupeithes;
they therefore hurried off for their armour, and when they had armed
themselves, they met together in front of the city, and Eupeithes
led them on in their folly. He thought he was going toM
murder of his son, whereas in truth he was never to return, but was
himself to perish in his attempt.
Then Minerva said to Jove, "Father, son of Saturn, king of kings,
answer me this question- What do you propose to do? Will you set them
fighting still further, or will you make peace between them?"
And Jove answered, "My child, why should you ask me? Was it not by
your own arrangement that Ulysses came home and took his revenge upon
the suitors? Do whatever you like, but I will tell you whaM
will be most reasonable arrangement. Now that Ulysses is revenged,
let them swear to a solemn covenant, in virtue of which he shall continue
to rule, while we cause the others to forgive and forget the massacre
of their sons and brothers. Let them then all become friends as heretofore,
and let peace and plenty reign."
This was what Minerva was already eager to bring about, so down she
darted from off the topmost summits of Olympus.
Now when Laertes and the others had done dinner, Ulysses begM
saying, "Some of you go out and see if they are not getting close
up to us." So one of Dolius's sons went as he was bid. Standing on
the threshold he could see them all quite near, and said to Ulysses,
"Here they are, let us put on our armour at once."
They put on their armour as fast as they could- that is to say Ulysses,
his three men, and the six sons of Dolius. Laertes also and Dolius
did the same- warriors by necessity in spite of their grey hair. When
they had all put on their armour, they opM
ened the gate and sallied
forth, Ulysses leading the way.
Then Jove's daughter Minerva came up to them, having assumed the form
and voice of Mentor. Ulysses was glad when he saw her, and said to
his son Telemachus, "Telemachus, now that are about to fight in an
engagement, which will show every man's mettle, be sure not to disgrace
your ancestors, who were eminent for their strength and courage all
"You say truly, my dear father," answered Telemachus, "and you shall
that I am in no mind to disgrace your family."
Laertes was delighted when he heard this. "Good heavens, he exclaimed,
"what a day I am enjoying: I do indeed rejoice at it. My son and grandson
are vying with one another in the matter of valour."
On this Minerva came close up to him and said, "Son of Arceisius-
best friend I have in the world- pray to the blue-eyed damsel, and
to Jove her father; then poise your spear and hurl it."
As she spoke she infused fresh vigour into him, and when he had prayedM
to her he poised his spear and hurled it. He hit Eupeithes' helmet,
and the spear went right through it, for the helmet stayed it not,
and his armour rang rattling round him as he fell heavily to the ground.
Meantime Ulysses and his son fell the front line of the foe and smote
them with their swords and spears; indeed, they would have killed
every one of them, and prevented them from ever getting home again,
only Minerva raised her voice aloud, and made every one pause. "Men
of Ithaca," she cried, cease thM
is dreadful war, and settle the matter
at once without further bloodshed."
On this pale fear seized every one; they were so frightened that their
arms dropped from their hands and fell upon the ground at the sound
of the goddess's voice, and they fled back to the city for their lives.
But Ulysses gave a great cry, and gathering himself together swooped
down like a soaring eagle. Then the son of Saturn sent a thunderbolt
of fire that fell just in front of Minerva, so she said to Ulysses,
on of Laertes, stop this warful strife, or Jove will
be angry with you."
Thus spoke Minerva, and Ulysses obeyed her gladly. Then Minerva assumed
the form and voice of Mentor, and presently made a covenant of peace
between the two contending parties.
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<h1>ZEPHANIAH</h1>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
<li><a href="#c1">1</a></li>
<li><a href="#c2">2</a></li>
<a href="#c3">3</a></li>
<h2 id="c1">Chapter 1</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. <span class="ver">2</span>I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">3</span>I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbliM
ngblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD. <span class="ver">4</span>I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; <span class="ver">5</span>And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; <span class="ver">6</span>And them that are turned baM
ck from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him. <span class="ver">7</span>Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests. <span class="ver">8</span>And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD
s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king
s children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. <span class="ver">9</span>In the same day also will I punish all tM
hose that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters
houses with violence and deceit. <span class="ver">10</span>And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills. <span class="ver">11</span>Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. <span class="ver">12</span>And it shall come to pass at that time, that I wM
ill search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil. <span class="ver">13</span>Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof. <span class="ver">14</span>The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mM
ighty man shall cry there bitterly. <span class="ver">15</span>That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, <span class="ver">16</span>A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. <span class="ver">17</span>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 M
as dust, and their flesh as the dung. <span class="ver">18</span>Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD
s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
<h2 id="c2">Chapter 2</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; <span class="ver">2</span>Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass aM
s the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD
s anger come upon you. <span class="ver">3</span>Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD
<p><span class="ver">4</span>For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. <span class="ver">5</span>Woe unto the iM
nhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. <span class="ver">6</span>And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. <span class="ver">7</span>And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visiM
t them, and turn away their captivity. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border. <span class="ver">9</span>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, andM
the remnant of my people shall possess them. <span class="ver">10</span>This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts. <span class="ver">11</span>The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. <span class="ver">13</span>AM
nd he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. <span class="ver">14</span>And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work. <span class="ver">15</span>This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in M
her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
<h2 id="c3">Chapter 3</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! <span class="ver">2</span>She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. <span class="ver">3</span>Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges arM
e evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. <span class="ver">4</span>Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. <span class="ver">5</span>The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. <span class="ver">6</span>I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none pM
asseth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant. <span class="ver">7</span>I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upoM
n them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. <span class="ver">9</span>For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. <span class="ver">10</span>From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. <span class="ver">11</span>In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast trM
ansgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain. <span class="ver">12</span>I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. <span class="ver">13</span>The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraM
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. <span class="ver">15</span>The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. <span class="ver">16</span>In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. <span class="ver">17</span>The LORD thy God in the mM
idst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. <span class="ver">18</span>I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. <span class="ver">19</span>Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shameMq
. <span class="ver">20</span>At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD. </p>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
<li><a href="#c1">1</a></li>
<li><a href="#c2">2</a></li>
ref="#c3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="#c4">4</a></li>
<h2 id="c1">Chapter 1</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. <span class="ver">2</span>I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob
s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, <span class="ver">3</span>And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. <span class="ver">4</span>Whereas M
Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever. <span class="ver">5</span>And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel. </p>
<p><span class="ver">6</span>A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mineM
honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? <span class="ver">7</span>Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. <span class="ver">8</span>And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thM
ee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts. <span class="ver">9</span>And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts. <span class="ver">10</span>Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. <span class="ver">11</span>For from the rising M
of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. <span class="ver">13</span>Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LM
ORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. <span class="ver">14</span>But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
<h2 id="c2">Chapter 2</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. <span classM
="ver">2</span>If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. <span class="ver">3</span>Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it. <span class="ver">4</span>And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, thatM
my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. <span class="ver">5</span>My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. <span class="ver">6</span>The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. <span class="ver">7</span>For the priest
s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he M
is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. <span class="ver">8</span>But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. <span class="ver">9</span>Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. <span class="ver">10</span>Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his bM
rother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? </p>
<p><span class="ver">11</span>Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. <span class="ver">12</span>The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts. <span class="ver">13</span>And thisM
have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. <span class="ver">15</span>And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spiriM
t. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. <span class="ver">16</span>For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. </p>
<p><span class="ver">17</span>Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, EM
very one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
<h2 id="c3">Chapter 3</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. <span class="ver">2</span>But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he apM
peareth? for he is like a refiner
s fire, and like fullers
soap: <span class="ver">3</span>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. <span class="ver">4</span>Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years. <span class="ver">5</span>And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swiM
ft witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts. <span class="ver">6</span>For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto M
me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return? </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. <span class="ver">9</span>Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. <span class="ver">10</span>Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not opeM
n you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. <span class="ver">11</span>And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts. <span class="ver">12</span>And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Your words have been stoutM
against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? <span class="ver">14</span>Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts? <span class="ver">15</span>And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORM
D hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name. <span class="ver">17</span>And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. <span class="ver">18</span>Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
<h2 id="c4">Chapter 4</h2>
an class="ver">1</span>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. </p>
<p><span class="ver">2</span>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. <span class="ver">3</span>And ye shall tread down the wicked; fM
or they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. </p>
<p><span class="ver">5</span>Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: <span class="ver">6</span>And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the cL
hildren to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. </p>
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<h2 id="c1">Chapter 1</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. <span class="ver">2</span>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? <span class="ver">3</span>Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. <span class="ver">4</span>That which the palmerworm hath left hathM
the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten. <span class="ver">5</span>Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. <span class="ver">6</span>For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion. <span class="ver">7</span>He hath laid my viM
ne waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. <span class="ver">9</span>The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD
s ministers, mourn. <span class="ver">10</span>The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. <span M
class="ver">11</span>Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. <span class="ver">12</span>The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men. <span class="ver">13</span>Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night inM
sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">14</span>Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD, <span class="ver">15</span>Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. <span class="ver">16</span>Is not the meat cut off before our eyes,M
yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? <span class="ver">17</span>The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. <span class="ver">18</span>How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. <span class="ver">19</span>O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of theM
field. <span class="ver">20</span>The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
<h2 id="c2">Chapter 2</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; <span class="ver">2</span>A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the moM
rning 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. <span class="ver">3</span>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. <span class="ver">4</span>The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. <span class="ver">5<M
/span>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. <span class="ver">6</span>Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. <span class="ver">7</span>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: <span class="ver">8</span>Neither shall one thrusM
t another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded. <span class="ver">9</span>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. <span class="ver">10</span>The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: <span class="ver">11</span>And the LORD shall utter his voM
ice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it? </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: <span class="ver">13</span>And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentetM
h him of the evil. <span class="ver">14</span>Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? </p>
<p><span class="ver">15</span>Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: <span class="ver">16</span>Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. <spaM
n class="ver">17</span>Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. <span class="ver">19</span>Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oiM
l, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen: <span class="ver">20</span>But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things. </p>
<p><span class="ver">21</span>Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things. <sM
pan class="ver">22</span>Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. <span class="ver">23</span>Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. <span class="ver">24</span>And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fM
ats shall overflow with wine and oil. <span class="ver">25</span>And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. <span class="ver">26</span>And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. <span class="ver">27</span>And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD yourM
God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed. </p>
<p><span class="ver">28</span>And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: <span class="ver">29</span>And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. <span class="ver">30</span>And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pM
illars of smoke. <span class="ver">31</span>The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. <span class="ver">32</span>And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
<h2 id="c3">Chapter 3</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>For, behold, in those days, and in that time,M
when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, <span class="ver">2</span>I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. <span class="ver">3</span>And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. <span class="ver">4</span>Yea, and what have ye to do M
with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head; <span class="ver">5</span>Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: <span class="ver">6</span>The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. <span class="ver">7</span>Behold, M
I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head: <span class="ver">8</span>And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: <span class="ver">10</span>Beat your plowsM
hares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. <span class="ver">11</span>Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD. <span class="ver">12</span>Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. <span class="ver">13</span>Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press iM
s full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. <span class="ver">14</span>Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. <span class="ver">15</span>The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. <span class="ver">16</span>The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the chM
ildren of Israel. <span class="ver">17</span>So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. <sM
pan class="ver">19</span>Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. <span class="ver">20</span>But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. <span class="ver">21</span>For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion. </p>
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<h1>ECCLESIASTES</h1>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
<li><a href="#c1">1</a></li>
<li><a href="#c2">2</a></li>
<li><a href="#c3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="#c4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="#c5">5</a></li>
<li><a href="#c6">6</a></li>
<li><a href="#c7">7</a></li>
<li><a href="#c8">8</a></li>
<li><a href="#c9">9</a></li>
<li><a href="#c10">10</a></li>
<li><a href="#c11">11</a></li>
<li><a href="#c12">12</a></li>
<h2 id="c1">Chapter 1</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. <span class="ver">2</span>VanitM
y of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. <span class="ver">3</span>What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? <span class="ver">4</span>One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. <span class="ver">5</span>The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. <span class="ver">6</span>The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continuallM
y, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. <span class="ver">7</span>All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. <span class="ver">8</span>All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. <span class="ver">9</span>The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing M
under the sun. <span class="ver">10</span>Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. <span class="ver">11</span>There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. <span class="ver">13</span>And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things thatM
are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. <span class="ver">14</span>I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. <span class="ver">15</span>That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. <span class="ver">16</span>I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before meM
in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. <span class="ver">17</span>And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. <span class="ver">18</span>For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
<h2 id="c2">Chapter 2</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. <spM
an class="ver">2</span>I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? <span class="ver">3</span>I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. <span class="ver">4</span>I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: <span class="ver">5</span>I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees iM
n them of all kind of fruits: <span class="ver">6</span>I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: <span class="ver">7</span>I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me: <span class="ver">8</span>I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of mM
en, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts. <span class="ver">9</span>So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. <span class="ver">10</span>And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. <span class="ver">11</span>Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: M
and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. </p>
<p><span class="ver">12</span>And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done. <span class="ver">13</span>Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. <span class="ver">14</span>The wise man
s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that onM
e event happeneth to them all. <span class="ver">15</span>Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity. <span class="ver">16</span>For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool. <span class="ver">17</span>Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under M
the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. <span class="ver">19</span>And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. <span class="ver">20</span>Therefore I went about to cause my hM
eart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. <span class="ver">21</span>For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. <span class="ver">22</span>For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? <span class="ver">23</span>For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taM
keth not rest in the night. This is also vanity. </p>
<p><span class="ver">24</span>There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. <span class="ver">25</span>For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I? <span class="ver">26</span>For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to hM
eap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
<h2 id="c3">Chapter 3</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: <span class="ver">2</span>A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; <span class="ver">3</span>A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; <span class="ver">4</span>A time to weep, M
and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; <span class="ver">5</span>A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; <span class="ver">6</span>A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; <span class="ver">7</span>A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; <span class="ver">8</span>A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. <span M
class="ver">9</span>What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? <span class="ver">10</span>I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. <span class="ver">11</span>He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. <span class="ver">12</span>I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. <M
span class="ver">13</span>And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. <span class="ver">14</span>I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. <span class="ver">15</span>That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. </p>
<p><span class="ver">16</span>And moreover I saw undeM
r the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. <span class="ver">17</span>I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. <span class="ver">18</span>I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. <span class="ver">19</span>For that which befalleth the sons of menM
befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. <span class="ver">20</span>All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. <span class="ver">21</span>Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? <span class="ver">22</span>Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man shM
ould rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
<h2 id="c4">Chapter 4</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. <span class="ver">2</span>Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yetM
alive. <span class="ver">3</span>Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. </p>
<p><span class="ver">4</span>Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. <span class="ver">5</span>The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. <span class="ver">6</span>Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with trM
avail and vexation of spirit. </p>
<p><span class="ver">7</span>Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. <span class="ver">8</span>There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Two are better than one; because they have a good reward fM
or their labour. <span class="ver">10</span>For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. <span class="ver">11</span>Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? <span class="ver">12</span>And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. </p>
<p><span class="ver">13</span>Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, whoM
will no more be admonished. <span class="ver">14</span>For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor. <span class="ver">15</span>I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead. <span class="ver">16</span>There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
<h2 id="c5">Chapter 5<M
<p><span class="ver">1</span>Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. <span class="ver">2</span>Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. <span class="ver">3</span>For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool
s voice is known by multitude of words. <M
span class="ver">4</span>When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. <span class="ver">5</span>Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. <span class="ver">6</span>Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? <span class="ver">7</span>For in the multitude of dreM
ams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God. </p>
<p><span class="ver">8</span>If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they. </p>
<p><span class="ver">9</span>Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. <span class="ver">10</span>He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silvM
er; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. <span class="ver">11</span>When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? <span class="ver">12</span>The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. <span class="ver">13</span>There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners therM
eof to their hurt. <span class="ver">14</span>But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand. <span class="ver">15</span>As he came forth of his mother
s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand. <span class="ver">16</span>And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind? <span class="ver">17</span>All M
his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness. </p>
<p><span class="ver">18</span>Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion. <span class="ver">19</span>Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in hisM
labour; this is the gift of God. <span class="ver">20</span>For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
<h2 id="c6">Chapter 6</h2>
<p><span class="ver">1</span>There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: <span class="ver">2</span>A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth M
it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. </p>
<p><span class="ver">3</span>If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth