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Judges 9:8‘The trees have diligently gone to anoint over them a king, and they say to the olive, Reign thou over us.Judges 9:9And the olive saith to them, Have I ceased from my fatness, by which they honour gods and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?Judges 9:10And the trees say to the fig, Come thou, reign over us.Judges 9:11And the fig saith to them, Have I ceased from my sweetness, and my good increase, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?Judges 9:12‘And the trees say to the vine, Come thou, reign over us.Judges 9:13And the vine saith to them, Have I ceased from my new wine, which is rejoicing gods and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?Judges 9:14And all the trees say unto the bramble, Come thou, reign over us.Judges 9:15And the bramble saith unto the trees, If in truth ye are anointing me for king over you, come, take refuge in my shadow; and if not—fire cometh out from the bramble, and devoureth the cedars of Lebanon.2 Samuel 12:1And Jehovah sendeth Nathan unto David, and he cometh unto him, and saith to him: ‘Two men have been in one city; One rich and one poor;2 Samuel 12:2The rich hath flocks and herds very many;2 Samuel 12:3And the poor one hath nothing, Except one little ewe-lamb, Which he hath bought, and keepeth alive, And it groweth up with him, And with his sons together; Of his morsel it eateth, And from his cup it drinketh, And in his bosom it lieth, And it is to him as a daughter;2 Samuel 12:4And there cometh a traveller to the rich man, And he spareth to take Of his own flock, and of his own herd, To prepare for the traveller Who hath come to him, And he taketh the ewe-lamb of the poor man, And prepareth it for the man Who hath come unto him.’2 Samuel 12:5And the anger of David burneth against the man exceedingly, and he saith unto Nathan, ‘Jehovah liveth, surely a son of death is the man who is doing this,2 Samuel 12:6and the ewe-lamb he doth repay fourfold, because that he hath done this thing, and because that he had no pity.’2 Samuel 14:5And the king saith to her, ‘What—to thee?’ and she saith, ‘Truly a widow woman am I, and my husband dieth,2 Samuel 14:6and thy maid-servant hath two sons; and they strive both of them in a field, and there is no deliverer between them, and the one smiteth the other, and putteth him to death;2 Samuel 14:7and lo, the whole family hath risen against thy maid-servant, and say, Give up him who smiteth his brother, and we put him to death for the life of his brother whom he hath slain, and we destroy also the heir; and they have quenched my coal which is left—so as not to set to my husband a name and remnant on the face of the ground.’2 Samuel 14:8And the king saith unto the woman, ‘Go to thine house, and I give charge concerning thee.’2 Samuel 14:9And the woman of Tekoah saith unto the king, ‘On me, my lord, O king, is the iniquity, and on the house of my father; and the king and his throne are innocent.’2 Samuel 14:10And the king saith, ‘He who speaketh aught unto thee, and thou hast brought him unto me, then he doth not add any more to come against thee.’2 Samuel 14:11And she saith, ‘Let, I pray thee, the king remember by Jehovah thy God, that the redeemer of blood add not to destroy, and they destroy not my son;’ and he saith, ‘Jehovah liveth; if there doth fall of the hair of thy son to the earth.’2 Samuel 14:12And the woman saith, ‘Let, I pray thee, thy maid-servant speak unto my lord the king a word;’ and he saith, ‘Speak.’1 Kings 11:30and Ahijah layeth hold on the new garment that is on him, and rendeth it—twelve pieces,1 Kings 11:31and saith to Jeroboam, ‘Take to thee ten pieces, for thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, lo, I am rending the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and have given to thee the ten tribes,1 Kings 11:32and the one tribe he hath for My servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have fixed on, out of all the tribes of Israel.1 Kings 20:39And it cometh to pass—the king is passing by—that he hath cried unto the king, and saith, ‘Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle, and lo, a man hath turned aside and bringeth in unto me a man, and saith, Keep this man; if he be at all missing, then hath thy life been for his life, or a talent of silver thou dost weigh out;1 Kings 20:40and it cometh to pass, thy servant is working hither and thither, and he is not!’ and the king of Israel saith unto him, Right is thy judgment; thou hast determined it.’1 Kings 20:41And he hasteth and turneth aside the ashes from off his eyes, and the king of Israel discerneth him, that he is of the prophets,2 Kings 14:9And Jehoash king of Israel sendeth unto Amaziah king of Judah, saying, ‘The thorn that is in Lebanon hath sent unto the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son for a wife; and pass by doth a beast of the field that is in Lebanon, and treadeth down the thorn.Psalm 80:8A vine out of Egypt Thou dost bring, Thou dost cast out nations, and plantest it.Psalm 80:9Thou hast looked before it, and dost root it, And it filleth the land,Psalm 80:10Covered have been hills with its shadow, And its boughs are cedars of God.Psalm 80:11It sendeth forth its branches unto the sea, And unto the river its sucklings.Psalm 80:12Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it?Psalm 80:13A boar out of the forest doth waste it, And a wild beast of the fields consumeth it.Psalm 80:14God of Hosts, turn back, we beseech Thee, Look from heaven, and see, and inspect this vine,Psalm 80:15And the root that Thy right hand planted, And the branch Thou madest strong for Thee,Psalm 80:16Burnt with fire—cut down, From the rebuke of Thy face they perish.Isaiah 5:1Let me sing, I pray you, for my beloved, A song of my beloved as to his vineyard: My beloved hath a vineyard in a fruitful hill,Isaiah 5:2And he fenceth it, and casteth out its stones, And planteth it with a choice vine, And buildeth a tower in its midst, And also a wine press hath hewn out in it, And he waiteth for the yielding of grapes, And it yieldeth bad ones!Isaiah 5:3And now, O inhabitant of Jerusalem, and man of Judah, Judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.Isaiah 5:4What—to do still to my vineyard, That I have not done in it! Wherefore, I waited to the yielding of grapes, And it yieldeth bad ones!Isaiah 5:5And now, pray, let me cause you to know, That which I am doing to my vineyard, To turn aside its hedge, And it hath been for consumption, To break down its wall, And it hath been for a treading-place.Isaiah 5:6And I make it a waste, It is not pruned, nor arranged, And gone up have brier and thorn, And on the thick clouds I lay a charge, From raining upon it rain.Isaiah 5:7Because the vineyard of Jehovah of Hosts Is the house of Israel, And the man of Judah His pleasant plant, And He waiteth for judgment, and lo, oppression, For righteousness, and lo, a cry.Isaiah 27:2In that day, ‘A desirable vineyard,’ respond ye to her,Isaiah 27:3I, Jehovah, am its keeper, every moment I water it, Lest any lay a charge against it, Night and day I keep it!Isaiah 28:23Give ear, and hear my voice, Attend, and hear my saying:Isaiah 28:24The whole day plougheth the ploughman to sow? He openeth and harroweth his ground!Isaiah 28:25Hath he not, if he have made level its face, Then scattered fitches, and cummin sprinkle, And hath placed the principal wheat, And the appointed barley, And the rie in its own border?Isaiah 28:26And instruct him for judgment doth his God, He doth direct him.Isaiah 28:27For not with a sharp-pointed thing threshed are fitches, And the wheel of a cart on cummin turned round, For with a staff beaten out are fitches, And cummin with a rod.Isaiah 28:28Bread -corn is beaten small, For not for ever doth he sorely thresh it, Nor crushed it hath a wheel of his cart, Nor do his hoofs beat it small.Isaiah 28:29Even this from Jehovah of Hosts hath gone out, He hath made counsel wonderful, He hath made wisdom great!Jeremiah 13:12And thou hast said unto them this word, Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, ‘Every bottle is full of wine,’ And they have said unto thee: ‘Do we not certainly know that every bottle is full of wine?’Jeremiah 13:13And thou hast said unto them, ‘Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am filling all the inhabitants of this land, And the kings who sit for David on his throne, And the priests, and the prophets, And all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, With drunkenness,Jeremiah 13:14And have dashed them one against another, And the fathers and the sons together, An affirmation of Jehovah, I do not pity, nor spare, nor have I mercy, So as not to destroy them.Jeremiah 17:5Thus said Jehovah: Cursed is the man who doth trust in man, And hath made flesh his arm, And from Jehovah whose heart turneth.Jeremiah 17:6And he hath been as a naked thing in a desert, And doth not see when good cometh, And hath inhabited parched places in a wilderness, A salt land, and not inhabited.Jeremiah 17:7Blessed is the man who trusteth in Jehovah, And whose confidence hath been Jehovah.
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