Sermon on the Mountain : XXI

Surely

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eat-est there-of thou shalt surely die.

And the serpent said unto the work-man, Ye shall not surely die:

And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of - every b-east - will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every-  man's brother will - I require the life of man.

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, - and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; - and - man became a - living soul.

And it came to pass, when she was in - hard lab-our, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

And it came to pass, as her - soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's - grave unto this day.

And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

Where-fore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the - bitter in soul; Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for  it - more than for hid treasures; - Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when - they can find the grave?

As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! - how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

For thou hast said in thine he-art, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities there-of; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.

But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.

Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast - destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and cut off - from Babylon the name, Jesus- and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord ISamuelyea.

I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.

The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as 

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have purposed, so shall it stand:

For where your trea-sure is there will your he-art be al-so.