Sermon on the Mountain XXXIII

Judgement

And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, - after the name of his son, Enoch.

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And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,

And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, - but for the Lord, who is with you in the judgment.

Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

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Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: - they judge not the fatherless, - neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:

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And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: - afterward thou shalt be called, - The city of righteousness, - the faithful city.

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And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

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Zi-on shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.

And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

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And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them - under the oak which was by Shechem.

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For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

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Judge not, - that - ye be not judged.

For with what judgment ye judge, - ye shall be judged: and with what measure - ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

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He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

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And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, . . .

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And surely your blood of your lives will I require; - at the hand of every beast 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.

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. . .Thou wilt not require it.

Thou hast seen it: for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness - till thou find none.

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And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

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