Alpet 2022
King James Version
1. Now it came to pass when the king was dwelling in his house, and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies all around, 2. that the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells inside tent curtains." 3. Then Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you." 4. But it happened that night that the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying, 5. "Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD: "Would you build a house for Me to dwell in? 6. "For I have not dwelt in a house since the time that I brought the children of Israel up from Egypt, even to this day, but have moved about in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7. "Wherever I have moved about with all the children of Israel, have I ever spoken a word to anyone from the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’"’ 8. "Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts: "I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel. 9. "And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a great name, like the name of the great men who are on the earth. 10. "Moreover I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own and move no more; nor shall the sons of wickedness oppress them anymore, as previously, 11. "since the time that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. Also the LORD tells you that He will make you a house. 12. "When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13. "He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14. "I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. 15. "But My mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16. "And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever."’" 17. According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David. 18. Then King David went in and sat before the LORD; and he said: "Who am I, O Lord GOD? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far? 19. "And yet this was a small thing in Your sight, O Lord GOD; and You have also spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come. Is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? 20. "Now what more can David say to You? For You, Lord GOD, know Your servant. 21. "For Your word’s sake, and according to Your own heart, You have done all these great things, to make Your servant know them . 22. "Therefore You are great, O LORD GOD. For there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 23. "And who is like Your people, like Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make for Himself a name––and to do for Yourself great and awesome deeds for Your land––before Your people whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, the nations, and their gods? 24. "For You have made Your people Israel Your very own people forever; and You, LORD, have become their God. 25. "Now, O LORD God, the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house, establish it forever and do as You have said. 26. "So let Your name be magnified forever, saying, ‘The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel.’ And let the house of Your servant David be established before You. 27. "For You, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house.’ Therefore Your servant has found it in his heart to pray this prayer to You. 28. "And now, O Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant. 29. "Now therefore, let it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You; for You, O Lord GOD, have spoken it , and with Your blessing let the house of Your servant be blessed forever."
1. The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army, all the kingdoms of the earth under his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem and all its cities, saying, 2. "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: ‘Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him, "Thus says the LORD: ‘Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. 3. ‘And you shall not escape from his hand, but shall surely be taken and delivered into his hand; your eyes shall see the eyes of the king of Babylon, he shall speak with you face to face, and you shall go to Babylon.’"’ 4. "Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah! Thus says the LORD concerning you: ‘You shall not die by the sword. 5. ‘You shall die in peace; as in the ceremonies of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so they shall burn incense for you and lament for you, saying , "Alas, lord!" For I have pronounced the word, says the LORD.’" 6. Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, 7. when the king of Babylon’s army fought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and Azekah; for only these fortified cities remained of the cities of Judah. 8. This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem to proclaim liberty to them: 9. that every man should set free his male and female slave––a Hebrew man or woman––that no one should keep a Jewish brother in bondage. 10. Now when all the princes and all the people, who had entered into the covenant, heard that everyone should set free his male and female slaves, that no one should keep them in bondage anymore, they obeyed and let them go. 11. But afterward they changed their minds and made the male and female slaves return, whom they had set free, and brought them into subjection as male and female slaves. 12. Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 13. "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: ‘I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying, 14. "At the end of seven years let every man set free his Hebrew brother, who has been sold to him; and when he has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you." But your fathers did not obey Me nor incline their ear. 15. ‘Then you recently turned and did what was right in My sight––every man proclaiming liberty to his neighbor; and you made a covenant before Me in the house which is called by My name. 16. ‘Then you turned around and profaned My name, and every one of you brought back his male and female slaves, whom you had set at liberty, at their pleasure, and brought them back into subjection, to be your male and female slaves.’ 17. "Therefore thus says the LORD: ‘You have not obeyed Me in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and every one to his neighbor. Behold, I proclaim liberty to you,’ says the LORD––‘to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine! And I will deliver you to trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth. 18. ‘And I will give the men who have transgressed My covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before Me, when they cut the calf in two and passed between the parts of it–– 19. ‘the princes of Judah, the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf–– 20. ‘I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life. Their dead bodies shall be for meat for the birds of the heaven and the beasts of the earth. 21. ‘And I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes into the hand of their enemies, into the hand of those who seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army which has gone back from you. 22. ‘Behold, I will command,’ says the LORD, ‘and cause them to return to this city. They will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.’"
1. Now it happened, as He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they watched Him closely. 2. And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy. 3. And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" 4. But they kept silent. And He took him and healed him, and let him go. 5. Then He answered them, saying, "Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?" 6. And they could not answer Him regarding these things. 7. So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the best places, saying to them: 8. "When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place, lest one more honorable than you be invited by him; 9. "and he who invited you and him come and say to you, ‘Give place to this man,’ and then you begin with shame to take the lowest place. 10. "But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher.’ Then you will have glory in the presence of those who sit at the table with you. 11. "For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." 12. Then He also said to him who invited Him, "When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid. 13. "But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. 14. "And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just." 15. Now when one of those who sat at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, "Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!" 16. Then He said to him, "A certain man gave a great supper and invited many, 17. "and sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, ‘Come, for all things are now ready.’ 18. "But they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it. I ask you to have me excused.’ 19. "And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.’ 20. "Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’ 21. "So that servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind.’ 22. "And the servant said, ‘Master, it is done as you commanded, and still there is room.’ 23. "Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. 24. ‘For I say to you that none of those men who were invited shall taste my supper.’"