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which God has given me: and they shall be [for] signs and
wonders in the house of Israel from the Lord of hosts, who
dwells in mount Sion.
19.
And if they should say to you,
Seek those who have in them a divining spirit, and them
that speak out of the earth, them that speak vain words,
who speak out of their belly: shall not a nation diligently
seek to their God? why do they seek to the dead
concerning the living?
20.
For he has given the law for a
help, that they should not speak according to this word,
concerning which there are no gifts to give for it.
21.
And
famine shall come sorely upon you, and it shall come to
pass, [that] when ye shall be hungry, ye shall be grieved,
and ye shall speak ill of the prince and your fathers'
ordinances: and they shall look up to heaven above,
22.
23.
and they shall look on the earth below, and behold severe
distress, and darkness, affliction, and anguish, and
darkness so that [one cannot] see and he that is in
anguish shall not be distresses only for a time.
1.
Drink this
first. Act quickly, O land of Zabulon, land of Nephthalim,
and the rest [inhabiting] the sea-coast, and [the land]
beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles.
2.
O people walking
in darkness, behold a great light: ye that dwell in the
region [and] shadow of death, a light shall shine upon you.
3.
The multitude of the people which thou hast brought
down in thy joy, they shall even rejoice before thee as
they that rejoice in harvest, and as they that divide the
spoil.
4.
Because the yoke that was laid upon them has
been taken away, and the rod that was on their neck: for
he has broken the rod of the exactors, as in the day of