saying. And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel, and concerning Judah.

Jer. xxxil, 1, 6, 26. 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. And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying.

Jer. xxxiii, 1, 19, 23. 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. And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying. Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying.

Jer. xxxiv, 12, 13. Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying. Thus saith the LORD, 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, ont of the house of bondmen, saying.

Jer. xxxv, 12. Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying.

Jer. xxxvi, 1. And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremial from the LORD, saying.

Jer. xxxvii, 6. Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying.

Jer. xl, 1. The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzar-adan 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.

Jer. xli, 8. Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tabpanhes, saying.

Jer. xliv, 1. The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Talpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying.

Jer. xlvi, 1, 2. The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles; 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 Josial king of Judah.

Jer. 1, 1. The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.

EZEKIEL.

Ezek. ii, 16. And it came to pass at the end of seven days,that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxvii, 1. The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying. Ezek. xxviii, 1, 11, 20. The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying. Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxix, 1, 17. In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the

Ezek. xii, 1, 8, 17, 21. The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying. Aud in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying. Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Ezek. xiii, 1. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Ezek xiv, 12. The word of the LORD came again to me, saying.

Ezek. xv, 1. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. the LORD came unto me, saying. Ezek. xvi, 1. Again the word of

Ezek. xvii, 1, 11. And the word Moreover, the word of the LORD of the LORD came unto me, saying. came unto me, saying.

LORD came unto me again, sayEzek. xviii, 1. The word of the ing.

Ezek. xx, 45. Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxi, 1, 8, 18. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying.

Ezek. xxii, 1, 17, 23. Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxiii, 1. The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxiv, 1, 15, 20. 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. Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxv, 1. The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxx, 1, 20. The word of saying. And it came to pass in the the LORD came again unto me, eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD CamS unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxxi, 1. 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 L came unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxxii, 1, 17. And it came twelfth month, in the first day et to pass in the twelfth year, in the the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. year, in the fifteenth day of the came to pass also in the twelth month, that the word of the Lo came unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxxiii,1, 23. Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxxiv, 1. And the word d the LORD came unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxxv, 1. Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxxvi, 16. Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me saying.

Ezek. xxxvii, 15. The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying.

Ezek. xxxvill, 1. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

AMOS.

Amos vii, 14, 15. Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I phet's son; but I was an herdman no prophet, neither as I a preand a gatherer of sycamore fra And the LORD took me as I fel lowed the flock, and the Lo said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

JONAH.

Jonah iii, 1. And the word of

HAGGAI.

Haggai ii, 1, 10, 20. In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying, In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying.

ZECHARIAH.

Zech. 1, 7. Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, (the son of Barachlah, the son of Iddo,) the prophet, saying.

Zech. iv, 8. Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Zech. vi, 9. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.

Zech. vii, 1, 4, 8. And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD cume unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu; Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying.

Zech. vill, 1, 18. Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying.

II.

house.

1 Sam. ix, 10. Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was. 2 Sam. xxiv, 11. For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying.

1 Kings xiii, 14. 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.

2 Kings iii, 12, 13. And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom, went down to him. 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.

2 Kings iv, 9. And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God which passeth by us continually.

2 Kings viii, 7, 8. And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither. And the king said unto Hazael, 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.

2 Chron. xx, 14, 15. Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jefel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat; Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid or dismayed by reason of this great multitude: for the battle is not yours, but God's.

Isa. xlviii, 16..... And now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

Isa. 1, 4. The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him he wakeneth that is weary: morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

Jer. i, 5-9, 17-19. Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth outof the womb I sanctified thee; and I

deliver thee.

Jer. xi, 18. And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings.

Jer. xv, 19, 21. 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 return unto mouth: let them

thee; but return not thou unto them. And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.

Ezek. ii, 6. 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.

Ezek. iii, 8, 24. Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine

house.

Amos ill, 7. Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Micah iii, 8. But truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

Luke 1, 67. And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying.

1 Sam. x, 6, 9-13. And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man. And it was 80, 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. 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. 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? 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? And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high

place.

1 Sam. xix, 20-23. 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. And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also. 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. 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.

1 Kings xiii, 18-22. He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, Saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat

bread and drink water. But he lied unto him. So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his

house, and drank water. 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: And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment, which the LORD thy

Jer. xx, 9, 10. 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. 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 shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

Ezek, il, 1, 2. And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet and I will speak unto thee. And the spirit entered into me, when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.

Ezek. iii, 22, 23, 27. 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.

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 But when I speak with thee, I Chebar: and I fell on my face. will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD, Ile that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbear eth, let him forbear: for they are

a rebellious house.

Ezek. xxiv, 27. 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 they shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezek. xxix, 21. 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.

Ezek. xxxiii, 22. Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped until he came to me in the morn came, and had opened my mouth, ing; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

Amos iii, 8. The lion hath roar ed, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?

times, and in divers manners, Heb. i, 1. God, who at sundry spake in fathers by the prophets. time past unto the

Heb. iv, 1. After this I looked and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first Vale which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me, which said, Come up hither, and I wil show thee things which must be hereafter.

IV.

FIDELITY ON THE PART OF

THE PROPHETS. said unto them, Lodge here this Num. xxii, 8, 18-20, 38. And he night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me. And the princes & Moab abode with Balaam. And Balaam answered and said un the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full silver and gold, I cannot go be yond the word of the LORD BY God, to do less or more. Now therefore, I pray you, tarry also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will s unto me more. And God came unto Balaam at night, and said call thee, rise up, and go with unto him, If the men come to them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. And Balaam said unte 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 shail I speak.

Num. xxiii, 5, 11-13, 16-18, 27. And the Lonn put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Returt unto Balak, and thus thou shall speak.

And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mise enemies, and, behold, thon hast blessed them altogether. And he answered and said, Must I DO take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth? AD Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayess see them; thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all; and curse me them from thence. And the LORD met

Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. 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? And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, all that the LORD speaketh,

Isc. xxi, 10. 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 unto you.

the LORD, Stand in the court of Jer. xxvi, 2, 12, 13. Thus saith 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 that I must do? And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, not a word. Then spake JereI will bring thee unto anothermiah unto all the princes, and to all the people, saying, The LORD place; peradventure it will please sent me to prophesy against this God that thou mayest curse me house, and against this city, all the words that ye have heard. 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.

them from thence.

Num. xxiv, 12, 18. And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers, which thou sentest unto me, saying, 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?

Num. xxix, 40. And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded

Moses.

1 Sam. iii, 15-18. And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD.

And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision. Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I. 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. And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD; let him do what seemeth him good.

1 Sam. xv, 16. Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.

2 Sam. vii, 17. According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

1 Kings xxil, 13, 14. And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiali 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

Jer. xlii, 4. 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 from you.

Ezek. iii, 10, 11. 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. And 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.

Ezek. xi, 25. Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed

me.

V.

CERTAINTY OF FULFIL

MENT.

2 Kings ii, 10. 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.

Jer. xxviii, 5, 6. Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah. in the presence of the priests, and in presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD, Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD 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.

Ezek. vii, 2, 5-7. 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. Thus saith the Lord GoD, An evil, an only An end is evil, behold, is' come. come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come. 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.

Ezek. xii, 22-28. Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? 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. For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. 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. Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 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. Therefore 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.

Ezek. xxxiii, 33. And when this

LORD liveth, what the LORD saith

unto me, that will I speak.

1 Chron. xvii, 15. According to all these words, and according to

Dan. ix, 2. In the first year of his reign, I Daniel understood by books the number of the years,

Matth. xlii, 16, 17. But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

Acts xi, 27--30. And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. And there

stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of ClaudiusCesar. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea: Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabus and Saul.

Acts xxi, 4, 10, 11. And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days; who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. And as we tarried there many days, there

came down from Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus. And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the

hands of the Gentiles.

1 Kings il. 27. 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.

1 Kings xiii, 1, 2. 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. 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.

1 Kings xv, 29, 30. 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: 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 anger.

1 Kings xvi, 12, 18. 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; For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they LORD God of Israel to anger with made Israel to sin,inprovoking the their vanities.

1 Kings xxli, 37, 38. So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria. And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood,

2 Kings ix, 25, 26. Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take 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 aid this burden upon him; Sarely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD, and I 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.

2 Kings xiv, 25. He restored the coast of Israel, from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which be spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittal, the prophet, which was of Gath hepher.

2 Kings xv, 12. This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unte the fourth generation. And so i came to pass.

2 Kings xxiii, 16. 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 preclaimed

these words.

LESSONS.

Josh. xxiii, 15. Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised ye so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have de

me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

INSTANCES.

Joshua vi, 26. And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.

1 Kings xvi, 34. In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his first-born, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest

according unto the word of the LORD which he spake.

2 Kings vii, 16, 17, 19, 20. And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. 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. 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

land which the LORD your God hath given you.

Isa. xlviii, 6, 7. Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye de clare it? I have showed thee new things from this time, even hilden things, and thou didst not know them. They are created now, and not from the beginning, even before the day when thou bear est them not; lest thou shouldes say, Behold, I knew them.

LORD, Like as I have brought a Jer. xxxii, 42. For thus saith the this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised the

Zech. 1, 6. But my words and my statutes, which I commanded