Israel Giving Up Gaza

And Jehovah saith unto Abram, `Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee. — read the full passage →

Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon <FI>you<Fi> ; — read the full passage →

I say, then, Did God cast away His people? let it not be! for I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin: — read the full passage →

Then I have gathered all the nations, And caused them to go down unto the valley of Jehoshaphat, And I have been judged with them there, Concerning My people and Mine inheritance--Israel, Whom they scattered among nations, And My land they have apportioned.

And the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth them into the hand of Midian seven years,

And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him--righteousness. — read the full passage →

After these things I saw, and lo, a great multitude, which to number no one was able, out of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands, — read the full passage →

The Elder to the choice Kyria, and to her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only, but also all those having known the truth,

Do not wonder, my brethren, if the world doth hate you; — read the full passage →

and the world doth pass away, and the desire of it, and he who is doing the will of God, he doth remain--to the age. — read the full passage →

for where zeal and rivalry <FI>are<Fi> , there is insurrection and every evil matter; — read the full passage →

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world. — read the full passage →

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge. — read the full passage →

peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord, — read the full passage →

for to me to live <FI>is<Fi> Christ, and to die gain. — read the full passage →

a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven; — read the full passage →

for sin over you shall not have lordship, for ye are not under law, but under grace. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass in Iconium, that they did enter together into the synagogue of the Jews, and spake, so that there believed both of Jews and Greeks a great multitude; — read the full passage →

and I, if I may be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself.'

Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, did groan in the spirit, and troubled himself, and he said, — read the full passage →

and before all these, they shall lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake; — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, in his being in a certain place praying, as he ceased, a certain one of his disciples said unto him, `Sir, teach us to pray, as also John taught his disciples.' — read the full passage →

and he, having left all, having arisen, did follow him. — read the full passage →

And he answering said to them, `A generation, evil and adulterous, doth seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet; — read the full passage →

and before governors and kings ye shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations. — read the full passage →

`Happy the clean in heart--because they shall see God. — read the full passage →

For I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, I have not changed, And ye, the sons of Jacob, Ye have not been consumed. — read the full passage →

Come up hath a scatterer to thy face, Keep the bulwark, watch the way, Strengthen the loins, strengthen power mightily. — read the full passage →

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God? — read the full passage →

And now, gathered against thee have been many nations, who are saying: `Let her be defiled, and our eyes look on Zion.' — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah concerning the prophets Who are causing My people to err, Who are biting with their teeth, And have cried `Peace,' And he who doth not give unto their mouth, They have sanctified against him war. — read the full passage →

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is--to God. — read the full passage →

And I have turned back <FI>to<Fi> the captivity of My people Israel, And they have built desolate cities, and inhabited, And have planted vineyards, and drunk their wine, And made gardens, and eaten their fruit. — read the full passage →

There hath been upon me a hand of Jehovah, and He taketh me forth in the Spirit of Jehovah, and doth place me in the midst of the valley, and it is full of bones, — read the full passage →

And I have taken you out of the nations, And have gathered you out of all the lands, And I have brought you in unto your land, — read the full passage →

Her adversaries have become chief, Her enemies have been at ease, For Jehovah hath afflicted her, For the abundance of her transgressions, Her infants have gone captive before the adversary. — read the full passage →

Concerning Moab: `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Woe unto Nebo, for it is spoiled, Put to shame, captured hath been Kiriathaim, Put to shame hath been the high tower, Yea, it hath been broken down. — read the full passage →

Build ye houses, and abide; and plant ye gardens, and eat their fruit; — read the full passage →

Doth a Cushite change his skin? and a leopard his spots? Ye also are able to do good, who are accustomed to do evil. — read the full passage →

And we are as unclean--all of us, And as a garment passing away, all our righteous acts; And we fade as a leaf--all of us. And our iniquities as wind do take us away. — read the full passage →

Call with the throat, restrain not, As a trumpet lift up thy voice, And declare to My people their transgression, And to the house of Jacob their sins; — read the full passage →

Lo, I have refined thee, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a furnace of affliction. — read the full passage →

Lo, nations as a drop from a bucket, And as small dust of the balance, have been reckoned, Lo, isles as a small thing He taketh up. — read the full passage →

For Thou didst make of a city a heap, Of a fenced city a ruin, A high place of strangers from <FI>being<Fi> a city, To the age it is not built. — read the full passage →

The burden of Damascus. Lo, Damascus is taken away from <FI>being<Fi> a city, And it hath been a heap--a ruin. — read the full passage →

for before the youth doth know to cry, My father, and My mother, one taketh away the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria, before the king of Asshur.' — read the full passage →

If ye are willing, and have hearkened, The good of the land ye consume, — read the full passage →

A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing. — read the full passage →

A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him. — read the full passage →

By the transgression of a land many <FI>are<Fi> its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right--it is prolonged. — read the full passage →

If <FI>from<Fi> delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter--thou keepest back. — read the full passage →

Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not. — read the full passage →

Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out. — read the full passage →

When the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise, And in giving understanding to the wise He receiveth knowledge. — read the full passage →

A fool delighteth not in understanding, But--in uncovering his heart. — read the full passage →

Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth. — read the full passage →

The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it--shame, And a reprover of the wicked--his blemish. — read the full passage →

Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee. — read the full passage →

For giving to simple ones--prudence, To a youth--knowledge and discretion. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. --A Psalm of Asaph. My voice <FI>is<Fi> to God, and I cry, my voice <FI>is<Fi> to God, And He hath given ear unto me. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. --A Psalm of David. Only--toward God <FI>is<Fi> my soul silent, From Him <FI>is<Fi> my salvation. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --`On the Dumb Dove far off.' --A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines' taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me, — read the full passage →

Look unto Jehovah--be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah! — read the full passage →

He hath said in his heart, `I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil. — read the full passage →

Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity? — read the full passage →

Dost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down--his tongue? — read the full passage →

That--I have known my Redeemer, The Living and the Last, For the dust he doth rise. — read the full passage →

Only--his flesh for him is pained, And his soul for him doth mourn.'

Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,

And it cometh to pass, at the establishing of the kingdom of Rehoboam, and at his strengthening himself, he hath forsaken the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him. — read the full passage →

And the king hath not hearkened unto the people, for the revolution hath been from God, for the sake of Jehovah's establishing His word that He spake by the hand of Abijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam son of Nebat.

And of the sons of Issachar, having understanding for the times, to know what Israel should do; their heads <FI>are<Fi> two hundred, and all their brethren <FI>are<Fi> at their command. — read the full passage →

he hath smitten the Philistines unto Gaza, and its borders, from a tower of watchers unto the fenced city.

And they sit still three years, there is no war between Aram and Israel, — read the full passage →

surely there hath none been like Ahab, who sold himself to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, whom Jezebel his wife hath moved,

And he saith, `What have I sinned, that thou art giving thy servant into the hand of Ahab--to put me to death? — read the full passage →

`And Jehovah hath raised up for Him a king over Israel who cutteth off the house of Jeroboam this day--and what? --even now!

Then said Solomon, `Jehovah hath said to dwell in thick darkness; — read the full passage →

and God saith unto him, `Because that thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thee many days, nor asked for thee riches, nor asked the life of thine enemies, and hast asked for thee discernment to understand judgment,

And Nahash the Ammonite cometh up, and encampeth against Jabesh-Gilead, and all the men of Jabesh say unto Nahash, `Make with us a covenant, and we serve thee.' — read the full passage →

And Jehovah giveth to Israel the whole of the land which He hath sworn to give to their fathers, and they possess it, and dwell in it; — read the full passage →

Ashdod, its towns and its villages, Gaza, its towns and its villages, unto the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and <FI>its<Fi> border.

for forty years have the sons of Israel gone in the wilderness, till all the nation of the men of war who are coming out of Egypt, who hearkened not to the voice of Jehovah, to whom Jehovah hath sworn not to show them the land which Jehovah sware to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey, are consumed;

and they say unto Joshua, `Surely Jehovah hath given into our hand all the land; and also, all the inhabitants of the land have melted at our presence.'

From this wilderness and Lebanon, and unto the great river, the river Phrath, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great Sea--the going in of the sun--is your border. — read the full passage →

`See, I have set before thee to-day life and good, and death and evil, — read the full passage →

`When thou drawest near unto a city to fight against it, then thou hast called unto it for Peace, — read the full passage →

and ye have kept and done <FI>them<Fi> (for it <FI>is<Fi> your wisdom and your understanding) before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these statutes, and they have said, Only, a people wise and understanding <FI>is<Fi> this great nation. — read the full passage →

And I command your judges at that time, saying, Hearkening between your brethren--then ye have judged righteousness between a man, and his brother, and his sojourner; — read the full passage →

`And if ye do not dispossess the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it hath been, those whom ye let remain of them, <FI>are<Fi> for pricks in your eyes, and for thorns in your sides, and they have distressed you on the land in which ye are dwelling, — read the full passage →

And Balaam saith unto Balak, `Build for me in this <FI>place<Fi> seven altars, and make ready for me in this <FI>place<Fi> seven bullocks and seven rams.' — read the full passage →

`And lo, I <FI>am<Fi> with thee, and have kept thee whithersoever thou goest, and have caused thee to turn back unto this ground; for I leave thee not till that I have surely done that which I have spoken to thee.'

and by thy sword dost thou live, and thy brother dost thou serve; and it hath come to pass when thou rulest, that thou hast broken his yoke from off thy neck.'

As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he <FI>is<Fi> thy seed.'

Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work in their days, In the days of old. — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, at Jehovah's taking up Elijah in a whirlwind to the heavens, that Elijah goeth, and Elisha, from Gilgal, — read the full passage →

`And that prophet, or that dreamer of the dream, is put to death, for he hath spoken apostasy against Jehovah your God (who is bringing you out of the land of Egypt, and hath ransomed you out of a house of servants), to drive you out of the way in which Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee to walk, and thou hast put away the evil thing from thy midst. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

`And against all the sons of Israel a dog sharpeneth not its tongue, from man even unto beast, so that ye know that Jehovah doth make a separation between the Egyptians and Israel; — read the full passage →