1 O Lord, hear my prayer ♦︎
and let my crying come before you.
2 Hide not your face from me ♦︎
in the day of my distress.
3 Incline your ear to me; ♦︎
when I call, make haste to answer me,
4 For my days are consumed in smoke ♦︎
and my bones burn away as in a furnace.
5 My heart is smitten down and withered like grass, ♦︎
so that I forget to eat my bread.
6 From the sound of my groaning ♦︎
my bones cleave fast to my skin.
7 I am become like a vulture in the wilderness, ♦︎
like an owl that haunts the ruins.
8 I keep watch and am become like a sparrow ♦︎
solitary upon the housetop.
9 My enemies revile me all the day long, ♦︎
and those who rage at me have sworn together against me.
10 I have eaten ashes for bread ♦︎
and mingled my drink with weeping,
11 Because of your indignation and wrath, ♦︎
for you have taken me up and cast me down.
12 My days fade away like a shadow, ♦︎
and I am withered like grass.
13 But you, O Lord, shall endure for ever ♦︎
and your name through all generations.
14 You will arise and have pity on Zion; ♦︎
it is time to have mercy upon her;
surely the time has come.
15 For your servants love her very stones ♦︎
and feel compassion for her dust.
16 Then shall the nations fear your name, O Lord, ♦︎
and all the kings of the earth your glory,
17 When the Lord has built up Zion ♦︎
and shown himself in glory;
18 When he has turned to the prayer of the destitute ♦︎
and has not despised their plea.
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8For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let the prophets and the diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that they dream,* 9for it is a lie that they are prophesying to you in my name; I did not send them, says the Lord.
10 For thus says the Lord: Only when Babylons seventy years are completed will I visit you, and I will fulfil to you my promise and bring you back to this place. 11For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. 12Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you. 13When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart, 14I will let you find me, says the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.
15 Because you have said, The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon 16thus says the Lord concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who live in this city, your kinsfolk who did not go out with you into exile: 17Thus says the Lord of hosts, I am going to let loose on them sword, famine, and pestilence, and I will make them like rotten figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten. 18I will pursue them with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, and will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object of cursing, and horror, and hissing, and a derision among all the nations where I have driven them, 19because they did not heed my words, says the Lord, when I persistently sent to you my servants the prophets, but they* would not listen, says the Lord. 20But now, all you exiles whom I sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon, hear the word of the Lord: 21Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying a lie to you in my name: I am going to deliver them into the hand of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, and he shall kill them before your eyes. 22And on account of them this curse shall be used by all the exiles from Judah in Babylon: The Lord make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire, 23because they have perpetrated outrage in Israel and have committed adultery with their neighbours wives, and have spoken in my name lying words that I did not command them; I am the one who knows and bears witness, says the Lord.
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24 While he was making this defence, Festus exclaimed, You are out of your mind, Paul! Too much learning is driving you insane! 25But Paul said, I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I am speaking the sober truth. 26Indeed the king knows about these things, and to him I speak freely; for I am certain that none of these things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner. 27King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe. 28Agrippa said to Paul, Are you so quickly persuading me to become a Christian?* 29Paul replied, Whether quickly or not, I pray to God that not only you but also all who are listening to me today might become such as I amexcept for these chains.
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