Alpet 2022
King James Version
1. When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal heirs. 2. But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were being murdered; and they hid him and his nurse in the bedroom, from Athaliah, so that he was not killed. 3. So he was hidden with her in the house of the LORD for six years, while Athaliah reigned over the land. 4. In the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought the captains of hundreds––of the bodyguards and the escorts––and brought them into the house of the LORD to him. And he made a covenant with them and took an oath from them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king’s son. 5. Then he commanded them, saying, "This is what you shall do: One–third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall be keeping watch over the king’s house, 6. "one–third shall be at the gate of Sur, and one–third at the gate behind the escorts. You shall keep the watch of the house, lest it be broken down. 7. "The two contingents of you who go off duty on the Sabbath shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD for the king. 8. "But you shall surround the king on all sides, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes within range, let him be put to death. You are to be with the king as he goes out and as he comes in." 9. So the captains of the hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. Each of them took his men who were to be on duty on the Sabbath, with those who were going off duty on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. 10. And the priest gave the captains of hundreds the spears and shields which had belonged to King David, that were in the temple of the LORD. 11. Then the escorts stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, all around the king, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, by the altar and the house. 12. And he brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, and gave him the Testimony; they made him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, "Long live the king!" 13. Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the escorts and the people, she came to the people in the temple of the LORD. 14. When she looked, there was the king standing by a pillar according to custom; and the leaders and the trumpeters were by the king. All the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. So Athaliah tore her clothes and cried out, "Treason! Treason!" 15. And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the army, and said to them, "Take her outside under guard, and slay with the sword whoever follows her." For the priest had said, "Do not let her be killed in the house of the LORD." 16. So they seized her; and she went by way of the horses’ entrance into the king’s house, and there she was killed. 17. Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD, the king, and the people, that they should be the LORD’S people, and also between the king and the people. 18. And all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal, and tore it down. They thoroughly broke in pieces its altars and images, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. 19. Then he took the captains of hundreds, the bodyguards, the escorts, and all the people of the land; and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD, and went by way of the gate of the escorts to the king’s house. Then he sat on the throne of the kings. 20. So all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet, for they had slain Athaliah with the sword in the king’s house. 21. Jehoash was seven years old when he became king.
1. And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2. "Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD to the shepherds: "Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks? 3. "You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you slaughter the fatlings, but you do not feed the flock. 4. "The weak you have not strengthened, nor have you healed those who were sick, nor bound up the broken, nor brought back what was driven away, nor sought what was lost; but with force and cruelty you have ruled them. 5. "So they were scattered because there was no shepherd; and they became food for all the beasts of the field when they were scattered. 6. "My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill; yes, My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and no one was seeking or searching for them ." 7. ‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD: 8. " as I live," says the Lord GOD, "surely because My flock became a prey, and My flock became food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did My shepherds search for My flock, but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock" –– 9. ‘therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of the LORD! 10. ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require My flock at their hand; I will cause them to cease feeding the sheep, and the shepherds shall feed themselves no more; for I will deliver My flock from their mouths, that they may no longer be food for them." 11. ‘For thus says the Lord GOD: "Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out. 12. "As a shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered sheep, so will I seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and dark day. 13. "And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land; I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the valleys and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14. "I will feed them in good pasture, and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Israel. There they shall lie down in a good fold and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15. "I will feed My flock, and I will make them lie down," says the Lord GOD. 16. "I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong, and feed them in judgment." 17. ‘And as for you, O My flock, thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I shall judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and goats. 18. " Is it too little for you to have eaten up the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture––and to have drunk of the clear waters, that you must foul the residue with your feet? 19. "And as for My flock, they eat what you have trampled with your feet, and they drink what you have fouled with your feet." 20. ‘Therefore thus says the Lord GOD to them: "Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat and the lean sheep. 21. "Because you have pushed with side and shoulder, butted all the weak ones with your horns, and scattered them abroad, 22. "therefore I will save My flock, and they shall no longer be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep. 23. "I will establish one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them––My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd. 24. "And I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David a prince among them; I, the LORD, have spoken. 25. "I will make a covenant of peace with them, and cause wild beasts to cease from the land; and they will dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. 26. "I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing; and I will cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing. 27. "Then the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase. They shall be safe in their land; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke and delivered them from the hand of those who enslaved them. 28. "And they shall no longer be a prey for the nations, nor shall beasts of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and no one shall make them afraid. 29. "I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they shall no longer be consumed with hunger in the land, nor bear the shame of the Gentiles anymore. 30. "Thus they shall know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and they, the house of Israel, are My people," says the Lord GOD.’" 31. "You are My flock, the flock of My pasture; you are men, and I am your God," says the Lord GOD.
1. But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. 2. And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. 3. By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber. 4. For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; 5. and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people , a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly; 6. and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; 7. and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked 8. (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds) –– 9. then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment, 10. and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self–willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries, 11. whereas angels, who are greater in power and might, do not bring a reviling accusation against them before the Lord. 12. But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption, 13. and will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, carousing in their own deceptions while they feast with you, 14. having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children. 15. They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16. but he was rebuked for his iniquity: a dumb donkey speaking with a man’s voice restrained the madness of the prophet. 17. These are wells without water, clouds carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever. 18. For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from those who live in error. 19. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. 20. For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. 21. For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it , to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22. But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: "A dog returns to his own vomit," and, "a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire."