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Ecclesiastes Chapter 2

1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2:2 Go and cry

3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his

4 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the

7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit

8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the

9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your

10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar,

11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my

12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be

13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the

14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?

15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his

16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of

17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast

20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and

21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how

23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after

25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst:

26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of

27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast

28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise,

29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against

30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no

31 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a

33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also

34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor

35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall

36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt

37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine