Luke 14

WEEK 14                                                   Luke 14  

THURSDAY  Reflections

Jesus is well known today for confronting the religious leaders of his day. So much so that some seem to take pride in maligning those in the church, as if Jesus' actions give them permission to be self-righteous and vengeful.

 

When we really look at Jesus, he did say things that were upsetting to the Jewish leaders of his day, but there is another side to Jesus relationship to the religious leaders and an example is here in Luke 14.

 

The religious leaders are watching him. This isn’t strange, as the religious leaders were supposed to be on the watch for false teachers. Jesus doesn’t come off as arrogant but teaches them as strange as it may be from the very things in their midst. He taught them just like he did everyone else.

 

Some may say that Jesus' words were tough but considering what he taught everyone else(give up everything to follow me, take up your cross, hate is equal to murder, etc.), I don’t think so.

 

Jesus did what every pastor should do, preach what they need.

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Luk 14:1-35
(1)  And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
(2)  And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.
(3)  And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
(4)  And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;
(5)  And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
(6)  And they could not answer him again to these things.
(7)  And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
(8)  When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
(9)  And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
(10)  But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
(11)  For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
(12)  Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
(13)  But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
(14)  And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
(15)  And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
(16)  Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
(17)  And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
(18)  And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
(19)  And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
(20)  And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
(21)  So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
(22)  And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
(23)  And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
(24)  For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
(25)  And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
(26)  If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
(27)  And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
(28)  For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
(29)  Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
(30)  Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
(31)  Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
(32)  Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
(33)  So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
(34)  Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
(35)  It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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Psalm 12

WEEK 14                                                  Psalm 12  

WEDNESDAY  Reflections

This psalm agrees with many places in scripture that say God will protect the weak and needy. To think of it this way God looks out for the underdog. He will arise against those who take advantage of the needy. One thing I will warn against, before pointing our fingers at others, we should make sure we aren’t participating in abusing the needy.

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Psa 12:1-8
(1)  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.
(2)  They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
(3)  The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
(4)  Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
(5)  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.
(6)  The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
(7)  Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
(8)  The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

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Genesis 31

WEEK 14                                                 Genesis 31  

TUESDAY  Reflections

 "The LORD watch between me and thee,

when we are absent one from another." 

I don't know if you have seen the Mizpah Jewelry. It is a round charm in two parts which have the Scripture Genesis 31:49 on it. The idea is to give each half to friends or to a love.

 

The problem with it is the Mizpah was a covenant between enemies. Jacob is fleeing from Laban and Laban wanted to kill Jacob. However, God intervened. The solution to their disagreements was simple, they would stay away from one another, yet pray God would bless them as they would remain apart.

 

It would be nice if we could all get along, but the truth is we can’t. In the world to come, we will, for then we will know even as we are known (1 Corinthians 13:12), but right now that isn’t the case. There has to be forgiveness, but trust is not the same. There are times when disagreement calls for separation. It would be best if this didn’t have to happen but in this world it does. Even Paul and Barnabas in Acts found themselves separating because Paul could not trust John Mark who had left them before.

 

There are other places in the Bible (the apostate, abusive spouse, unrepentant Christians) where we are called to keep away. The idea isn’t for revenge but always for the benefit of everyone. This could be an extensive study, but for today’s writings, I wanted to tell you that sometimes the best thing you can do for yourself and others is to stay away.

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Gen 31:1-55

(1)  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.

(2)  And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

(3)  And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

(4)  And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

(5)  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.

(6)  And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

(7)  And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

(8)  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.

(9)  Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

(10)  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 grisled.

(11)  And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.

(12)  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.

(13)  I am the God of Bethel, 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 kindred.

(14)  And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

(15)  Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.

(16)  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.

(17)  Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;

(18)  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 Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

(19)  And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.

(20)  And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

(21)  So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.

(22)  And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.

(23)  And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.

(24)  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.

(25)  Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.

(26)  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?

(27)  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 tabret, and with harp?

(28)  And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

(29)  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.

(30)  And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

(31)  And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

(32)  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.

(33)  And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

(34)  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.

(35)  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.

(36)  And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?

(37)  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.

(38)  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.

(39)  That which was 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.

(40)  Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

(41)  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.

(42)  Except the God of 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.

(43)  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?

(44)  Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

(45)  And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

(46)  And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

(47)  And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

(48)  And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

(49)  And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

(50)  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.

(51)  And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;

(52)  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.

(53)  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.

(54)  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.

(55)  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.

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Genesis 30

WEEK 14                                                Genesis 30  

MONDAY  Reflections

 Genesis chapter 30 comes to a very interesting story. Jacob uses an old wives tale to get ahead in his wages (placing rods in front of the stronger). God had promised Jacob that he would be blessed and here as in the past, Jacob is trying to do the work himself rather than trusting God. Some may wonder if Jacob managed to take advantage of Laban but what happened is what Laban had already seen, God blessed Jacob’s work. One could get caught up in Jacob’s actions but what we see is not Jacob’s plan working but God.

 

The lesson we learn here is an example of what not to do. It is also an example of God’s faithfulness to His covenant even when a man(Jacob) is not showing trust in Him. 

 

Trying to make things right yourself is nothing new. You see it in Jacob's past and you can see that at the beginning of this chapter when Jacob’s wives try to manipulate Jacob’s love by giving him, children. We need to trust God, not manipulate circumstances.

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Gen 30:1-43
(1)  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.
(2)  And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
(3)  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.
(4)  And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
(5)  And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
(6)  And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
(7)  And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
(8)  And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
(9)  When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
(10)  And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
(11)  And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
(12)  And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
(13)  And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
(14)  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.
(15)  And she said 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.
(16)  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.
(17)  And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
(18)  And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
(19)  And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
(20)  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.
(21)  And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
(22)  And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
(23)  And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
(24)  And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
(25)  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.
(26)  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.
(27)  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.
(28)  And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
(29)  And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
(30)  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?
(31)  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:
(32)  I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the 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.
(33)  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.
(34)  And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
(35)  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.
(36)  And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
(37)  And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
(38)  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.
(39)  And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
(40)  And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
(41)  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.
(42)  But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
(43)  And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

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Isaiah 14

Sometimes a star isn't a star.

WEEK 13                                                  Isaiah 14  

SATURDAY  Reflections

In the middle of this prophecy about God having mercy on Jacob and judgment on Babylon comes to a strange prophecy about the fall of the morning star. This Morning Star also translated as Lucifer and is a prophecy about what has happened and what is going to happen again.

 

Lucifer/Satan fell from heaven because of his pride. The star in the sky which was a symbol of the Babylonians and could have also been called by that name. This is a picture of what pride had cost Satan in the past and what it was going to do to Babylon.

 

What stands out here is that Lucifer's comments were full of pride and self-promotion. Yet as powerful as he was, he was thrown down as will anyone who follows him. This is also a reminder for those who think of themselves too highly and become full of pride. As it says in Proverbs 16:18 “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”

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Isa 14:1-32
(1)  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.
(2)  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 their oppressors.
(3)  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,
(4)  That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
(5)  The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
(6)  He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
(7)  The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
(8)  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.
(9)  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 of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
(10)  All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
(11)  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.
(12)  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!
(13)  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:
(14)  I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
(15)  Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
(16)  They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
(17)  That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
(18)  All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
(19)  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 the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
(20)  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.
(21)  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.
(22)  For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.
(23)  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.
(24)  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:
(25)  That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
(26)  This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
(27)  For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
(28)  In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
(29)  Rejoice not thou, whole 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.
(30)  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.
(31)  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 appointed times.
(32)  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.

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