| 1:1 |
The word of Jehovahthe Lord that came to Micah theof MorashtiteMo′resheth in the days of Jotham Ahaz and HezekiahHezeki′ah kings of Judah which he saw concerning SamariaSamar′ia and Jerusalem |
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Hear yeyou peoples all of you; hearken O earth and all that therein is: in it; and let the Lord JehovahGod be a witness against you the Lord from his holy temple |
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For behold Jehovahthe comethLord is coming forth out of his place and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth |
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And the mountains shallwill bemelt melted under him and the valleys shallwill be cleft aslike wax before the fire aslike waters that are poured down a steep place |
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ForAll this is for the transgression of Jacob is all this and for the sins of the house of Israel What is the transgression of Jacob isIs it not SamariaSamar′ia andAnd what areis the highsin placesof the house of Judah areIs theyit not Jerusalem |
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Therefore I will make SamariaSamar′ia as a heap ofin the fieldopen andcountry asa placesplace for planting vineyards; and I will pour down theher stones thereof into the valley and I will uncover theher foundations thereof |
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AndAll all her graven images shall be beaten to pieces and all her hires shall be burned with fire and all her idols I will I lay desolatewaste; for offrom the hire of a harlot hath she gathered them and untoto the hire of a harlot they shall they return |
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For this I will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make alamentation wailing like the jackals and amourning lamentation like the ostriches |
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For her woundswound areis incurable; forand it ishas come evento unto Judah; it reachethhas untoreached to the gate of my people even to Jerusalem |
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Tell it not in Gath weep not at all:; atin Beth le aphrahaph′rah haveroll Iyourselves rolled myself in the dust |
| 1:11 |
Pass awayon Oyour inhabitantway inhabitants of Shaphir in nakedness and shame:; the inhabitantinhabitants of ZaananZa′anan isdo not come forth; the wailing of Beth ezele′zel shall take away from you theits staystanding thereof place |
| 1:12 |
For the inhabitantinhabitants of Maroth waitethwait anxiously for good because evil ishas come down from Jehovahthe untoLord to the gate of Jerusalem |
| 1:13 |
BindHarness the chariotsteeds to the swiftchariots steedinhabitants O inhabitant of Lachish:; sheyou waswere the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for thein transgressionsyou of Israel were found inthe theetransgressions of Israel |
| 1:14 |
Therefore shaltyou thoushall give a parting giftgifts to MoreshethMo′resheth gath:; the houses of Achzib shall be a deceitful thing untoto the kings of Israel |
| 1:15 |
I will yetagain bring untoa theeconqueror Oupon inhabitantyou inhabitants of MareshahMare′shah; him that shall possess thee: the glory of Israel shall come evento unto Adullam |
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Make theeyourselves bald and cut off thyyour hair for the children of thyyour delight:; enlargemake thyyourselves baldnessas bald as the eagle; for they areshall gonego intofrom captivityyou frominto theeexile |
| 2:1 |
Woe to themthose thatwho devise iniquitywickedness and work evil upon their beds whenWhen the morning isdawns light they practiseperform it because it is in the power of their hand |
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AndThey they covet fields and seize them; and houses and take them away:; and they oppress a man and his house even a man and his heritage inheritance |
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Therefore thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord: Behold against this family do I deviseam andevising evil from which yeyou shallcannot not remove your necks; neitherand you shall yenot walk haughtily; for it iswill be an evil time |
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In that day they shall they take up a parabletaunt song against you and lamentwail with abitter doleful lamentation and say We are utterly ruined:; he changethchanges the portion of my people:; how doth he removeremoves it from me toAmong theour rebelliouscaptors he dividethdivides our fields |
| 2:5 |
Therefore thouyou shaltwill have none thatto shall cast the line by lot in the assembly of Jehovahthe Lord |
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ProphesyDo ye not preach—thus they prophesypreach— Theyone shallshould not prophesypreach toof these:such reproachesthings; shalldisgrace will not departovertake us |
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ShallShould itthis be said O house of Jacob Is the Spirit of Jehovahthe straitenedLord areimpatient Are these his doings Do not my words do good to him thatwho walkethwalks uprightly |
| 2:8 |
But ofyou laterise against my people is risen up as an enemy:; yeyou strip the robe from off the garmentpeaceful from themthose thatwho pass by securelytrustingly aswith menno aversethought fromof war |
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The women of my people yeyou castdrive out from their pleasant houses; from their young children yeyou take away my glory for ever |
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Arise ye and depart;go for this is notno yourplace restingto placerest; because of uncleanness that destroyethdestroys even with a grievous destruction |
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If a man walkingshould ingo aabout spiritand ofutter falsehoodwind doand lielies saying I will prophesypreach untoto theeyou of wine and of strong drink; he shallwould even be the prophetpreacher offor this people |
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I will surely assemblegather O Jacob all of thee;you O Jacob I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will putset them together aslike the sheep ofin Bozraha asfold like a flock in theits midst of their pasture; theya shallnoisy make great noise by reason of the multitude of men |
| 2:13 |
TheHe breakerwho isopens gonethe breach will go up before them:; they havewill brokenbreak forththrough and passedpass on to the gate andgoing are gone out thereat;by andit theirTheir king iswill passedpass on before them andthe JehovahLord at thetheir head of them |
| 3:1 |
And I said: Hear I pray you ye heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel: isIs it not for you to know justice — |
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ye you who hate the good and love the evil; who plucktear offthe their skin from off themmy people and their flesh from off their bones; |
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who also eat the flesh of my people and flay their skin from off them and break their bones in pieces and chop them inup pieceslike asmeat forin thea potkettle andlike as flesh withinin thea caldron |
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Then shall they will cry untoto Jehovahthe Lord but he will not answer them; yea he will hide his face from them at that time accordingbecause as they have wroughtmade eviltheir indeeds their doingsevil |
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Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord concerning the prophets thatwho makelead my people toastray err;who thatcry bitePeace withwhen theirthey teethhave andsomething cryto Peace;eat andbut whosodeclare puttethwar notagainst intohim theirwho mouthsputs theynothing eveninto preparetheir war against him: mouths |
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Therefore it shall be night untoto you thatwithout ye shall have no vision; and itdarkness shallto be dark unto you thatwithout yedivination shallThe not divine; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets and the day shall be black over them ; |
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And the seers shall be putdisgraced to shame and the diviners confoundedput to shame; yea they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer offrom God |
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But as for me I am fullfilled ofwith power bywith the Spirit of Jehovahthe Lord and ofwith judgmentjustice and of might to declare untoto Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin |
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Hear this I pray you ye heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel thatwho abhor justice and pervert all equity |
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Theywho build up Zion with blood and Jerusalem with iniquity wrong |
| 3:11 |
TheIts heads thereofgive judgejudgment for rewarda andbribe theits priests thereof teach for hire andits the prophets thereof divine for money:; yet they lean upon Jehovahthe Lord and say Is not Jehovahthe Lord in the midst of us noNo evil shall come upon us |
| 3:12 |
Therefore shallbecause Zionof foryou yourZion sakeshall be plowed as a field; and Jerusalem shall become heapsa heap of ruins and the mountain of the house asa thewooded high places of a forestheight |
| 4:1 |
ButIt shall come to pass in the latter days it shall come to pass that the mountain of Jehovahsthe house of the Lord shall be established onas the tophighest of the mountains and it shall be exaltedraised up above the hills; and peoples shall flow untoto it |
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And and many nations shall gocome and say: Come ye and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovahthe andLord to the house of the God of Jacob; andthat he willmay teach us of his ways and we willmay walk in his paths For out of Zion shall go forth the law and the word of Jehovahthe Lord from Jerusalem; |
| 4:3 |
andHe heshall will judge between many peoples and willshall decide concerningfor strong nations afar off:; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation neither shall they learn war any more ; |
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Butbut they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid:; for the mouth of Jehovahthe Lord of hosts hathhas spoken it |
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For all the peoples walk everyeach one in the name of hisits god; andbut we will walk in the name of Jehovahthe Lord our God for ever and ever |
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In that day saithsays Jehovahthe willLord I will assemble thatthe which is lame and Igather willthose gatherwho thathave whichbeen is driven away and thatthose whichwhom I have afflicted; |
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and the lame I will make thatthe which was lame a remnant; and thatthose whichwho waswere cast far off a strong nation:; and Jehovahthe Lord will reign over them in mountMount Zion from henceforththis eventime forth and for ever evermore |
| 4:8 |
And thouyou O tower of the flock the hill of the daughter of Zion untoto theeyou shall it come yea the former dominion shall come the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem |
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Now why dostdo thouyou cry out aloud Is there no king in theeyou isHas thyyour counsellorcounselor perished that pangs have takenseized holdyou oflike thee as of a woman in travail |
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BeWrithe in pain and laborgroan to bring forth O daughter of Zion like a woman in travail; for now shaltyou thoushall go forth outfrom of the city and shalt dwell in the fieldopen andcountry; shaltyou comeshall evengo untoto Babylon: thereThere shaltyou thoushall be rescued; there the Lord will Jehovah redeem theeyou from the hand of thineyour enemies |
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AndNow now many nations are assembled against theeyou thatsaying say Let her be defiledprofaned and let our eyeeyes seegaze our desire upon Zion |
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But they knowdo not know the thoughts of Jehovahthe neitherLord they do not understand they his counsel;plan forthat he hathhas gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing floor |
| 4:13 |
Arise and thresh O daughter of Zion; for I will make thyyour horn iron and Iyour will make thy hoofs brassbronze; andyou thoushall shalt beat in pieces many peoples: and Ishall will devote their gain untoto Jehovahthe andLord their substancewealth untoto the Lord of the whole earth |
| 5:1 |
Now shaltyou thouare gatherwalled thyselfabout inwith troopsa Owall; daughtersiege ofis troops: he hath laid siege against us; theywith shalla smiterod thethey judgestrike ofupon Israelthe withcheek athe rodruler uponof the cheekIsrael |
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But thouyou BethO lehemBethlehem EphrathahEph′rathah whichwho artare little to be among the thousandsclans of Judah outfrom ofyou thee shall one come forth untofor me thatone who is to be ruler in Israel; whose goingsorigin forthis are from of old from everlastingancient days |
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Therefore will he shall give them up until the time thatwhen she who travailethis hathin travail has brought forth:; then the residuerest of his brethren shall return untoto the childrenpeople of Israel |
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And he shall stand and shall feed his flock in the strength of Jehovahthe Lord in the majesty of the name of Jehovahthe Lord his God: andAnd they shall abide;dwell secure for now he shall he be great untoto the ends of the earth |
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And this man shall be our peace Whenwhen the Assyrian shallcomes come into our land and whentreads heupon shall tread in our palacessoil thenthat shall we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight principalprinces of men ; |
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And they shall wasterule the land of Assyria with the sword and the land of Nimrod inwith the entrancesdrawn thereof:sword; and hethey shall deliver us from the Assyrian when he comethcomes into our land and whentreads he treadeth within our border |
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AndThen the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples aslike dew from Jehovahthe asLord like showers upon the grass thatwhich tarry not for manmen nor wait for the sons of men |
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And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations in the midst of many peoples aslike a lion among the beasts of the forest aslike a young lion among the flocks of sheep; whowhich ifwhen heit gogoes through treadethtreads down and tearethtears in pieces and there is none to deliver |
| 5:9 |
LetYour thy hand shall be lifted up aboveover thineyour adversaries and let all thineyour enemies shall be cut off |
| 5:10 |
And it shall come to pass in that day saithsays Jehovahthe thatLord I will cut off thyyour horses outfrom ofamong theyou midst of thee and will destroy thyyour chariots: ; |
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and I will cut off the cities of thyyour land and will throw down all thyyour strongholds ; |
| 5:12 |
Andand I will cut off witchcraftssorceries outfrom ofyour thy hand; and thouyou shaltshall have no more soothsayers: ; |
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and I will cut off thyyour graven images and thyyour pillars outfrom ofamong theyou midstand ofyou thee;shall andbow thoudown shalt no more worshipto the work of thyyour hands; |
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and I will pluckroot up thine Asherim out ofyour theAshe′rim midstfrom ofamong thee;you and I will destroy thyyour cities |
| 5:15 |
And in anger and wrath I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations whichthat hearkeneddid not obey |
| 6:1 |
Hear yewhat nowthe whatLord Jehovah saithsays: Arise contendplead thouyour case before the mountains and let the hills hear thyyour voice |
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Hear Oyou ye mountains Jehovahsthe controversy of the Lord and yeyou enduring foundations of the earth; for Jehovahthe hathLord has a controversy with his people and he will contend with Israel |
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O my people what have I done untoto theeyou andIn whereinwhat have I wearied theeyou testifyAnswer against me |
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For I brought theeyou up outfrom of the land of Egypt and redeemed theeyou outfrom of the house of bondage; and I sent before theeyou Moses Aaron and Miriam |
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O my people remember now what Balak king of Moab devised and what Balaam the son of BeorBe′or answered him; rememberand what happened from Shittim untoto Gilgal that yeyou may know the righteoussaving acts of Jehovahthe Lord |
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WherewithWith what shall I come before Jehovahthe Lord and bow myself before theGod on high GodShall shall I come before him with burnt offerings with calves a year old |
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willWill Jehovahthe Lord be pleased with thousands of rams or with ten thousands of rivers of oil shallShall I give my first born for my transgression the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul |
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He hathhas showed theeyou O man what is good; and what dothdoes Jehovahthe Lord require of theeyou but to do justlyjustice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with thyyour God |
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The voice of Jehovahthe criethLord untocries to the city— and theit manis ofsound wisdom willto seefear thy name: hearHear yeO thetribe rod and whoassembly hathof appointedthe it city |
| 6:10 |
Are thereCan yetI forget the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked and athe scant measure that is abominable accursed |
| 6:11 |
Shall I beacquit purethe man with wicked balancesscales and with a bag of deceitful weights |
| 6:12 |
ForYour the rich men thereof are full of violence; andyour the inhabitants thereofspeak have spoken lies and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth |
| 6:13 |
Therefore I also have smittenbegun theeto withsmite ayou grievousmaking wound;you I have made thee desolate because of thyyour sins |
| 6:14 |
ThouYou shaltshall eat but not be satisfied; and thythere humiliation shall be hunger in theyour midstinward ofparts; thee:you andshall thou shalt put away but shalt not save; and thatwhat whichyou thousave savestI will I give up to the sword |
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ThouYou shaltshall sow but shalt not reap; thouyou shaltshall tread the olives but shalt not anoint theeyourselves with oil; andyou theshall vintagetread grapes but shalt not drink the wine |
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For you have kept the statutes of Omri are kept and all the works of the house of Ahab; and yeyou walkhave walked in their counsels; that I may make theeyou a desolation and theyour inhabitants thereof a hissing:; andso yeyou shall bear the reproachscorn of mythe peoplepeoples |
| 7:1 |
Woe is me forFor I amhave become as when theythe havesummer gatheredfruit thehas summerbeen fruitsgathered as when the grapevintage gleaningshas ofbeen the vintagegleaned: there is no cluster to eat; myno soul desireth the first ripe fig which my soul desires |
| 7:2 |
The godly man ishas perished outfrom of the earth and there is none upright among men:; they all lie in wait for blood; theyand hunteach everyhunts man his brother with a net |
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Their hands are upon thatwhat which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh and the judge isask ready for a reward;bribe and the great man heutters uttereth the evil desire of his soul:; thus they weave it together |
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The best of them is aslike a brier; the most upright isof worsethem than a thorn hedge: theThe day of thytheir watchmen evenof thytheir visitationpunishment ishas come; now shalltheir beconfusion theiris perplexityat hand |
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TrustPut yeno nottrust in a neighbor; puthave yeno not confidence in a friend; keepguard the doors of thyyour mouth from her thatwho liethlies in thyyour bosom ; |
| 7:6 |
Forfor the son dishonorethtreats the father with contempt the daughter risethrises up against her mother the daughter in law against her mother in law; a mans enemies are the men of his own house |
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But as for me I will look untoto Jehovah;the Lord I will wait for the God of my salvation:; my God will hear me |
| 7:8 |
Rejoice not againstover me O minemy enemy:; when I fall I shall ariserise; when I sit in darkness Jehovahthe Lord will be a light untoto me |
| 7:9 |
I will bear the indignation of Jehovahthe Lord because I have sinned against him until he pleadpleads my cause and executeexecutes judgment for me: heHe will bring me forth to the light; and I shall behold his righteousness deliverance |
| 7:10 |
Then minemy enemy shallwill see it and shame shallwill cover her who said untoto me Where is Jehovahthe thyLord your God MineMy eyes shallwill seegloat myover desire upon her; now shall she will be trodden down aslike the mire of the streets |
| 7:11 |
A day for the building thyof your walls inIn that day shall the decreeboundary shall be far removed extended |
| 7:12 |
In that day shall they will come untoto theeyou from Assyria andto the cities of Egypt and from Egypt even to the River and from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain |
| 7:13 |
YetBut shall the landearth will be desolate because of themits thatinhabitants dwell therein for the fruit of their doings |
| 7:14 |
FeedShepherd thy people with thy rodstaff the flock of thy heritageinheritance whichwho dwell solitarilyalone in thea forest in the midst of Carmel:a garden land; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old |
| 7:15 |
As in the days ofwhen thyyou comingcame forth out of the land of Egypt I will I show unto them marvellousmarvelous things |
| 7:16 |
The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their handhands uponon their mouthmouths; their ears shall be deaf ; |
| 7:17 |
Theythey shall lick the dust like a serpent; like the crawling things of the earth; they shall come trembling out of their closestrongholds places; they shall cometurn within feardread untoto Jehovahthe Lord our God and they shall befear afraid because of thee |
| 7:18 |
Who is a God like unto thee thatpardoning pardoneth iniquity and passethpassing over the transgression offor the remnant of his heritageinheritance heHe retainethdoes not retain his anger for ever because he delightethdelights in lovingkindnesssteadfast love |
| 7:19 |
He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; andThou thou wilt cast all theirour sins into the depths of the sea |
| 7:20 |
Thou wilt performshow thefaithfulness truth to Jacob and thesteadfast lovingkindnesslove to Abraham whichas thou hast sworn untoto our fathers from the days of old |