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Ecclesiastes Chapter 4

1 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and

2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and

3 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break

4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of

5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye

6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will

7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the

8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce

9 And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the

10 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this

11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A

13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as

14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest

16 Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against

17 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because

18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this

19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart

20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is

21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the

23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and

24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills

25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the

26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all

27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate;

28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black;

29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and

30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou

31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the