American Standard Version of 1901
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Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will {Or, return to}turn again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have compassion on his dwelling-places; and the city shall be builded upon its own {Or, mound Hebrew: tel.}hill, and the palace shall {Or, remain}be inhabited after its own manner.
And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me; and I will punish all that oppress them.
And their prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is he that {Hebrew: hath been surely for his heart.}hath had boldness to approach unto me? saith Jehovah.
And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.
thou shalt surely set him king over thee, whom Jehovah thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee; thou mayest not put a foreigner over thee, who is not thy brother.
For {Or, every boot of the booted warrior}all the armor of the armed man in the tumult, and the garments rolled in blood, shall be for burning, for fuel of fire.
Now shalt thou gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us; they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
even he shall build the temple of Jehovah; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and {Or, there shall be}he shall be a priest upon his throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent:Thou art a priest for everAfter the {Or, manner}order of Melchizedek.
And no man taketh the honor unto himself, but when he is called of God, even as was Aaron.
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now will the kingdom return to the house of David:
if this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, then will the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.
Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said unto them, {Or, Ye have gone up long enough}It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.
And this thing became a sin; for the people went to worship before {Or, each of them}the one, even unto Dan.
And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, that were not of the sons of Levi.
And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he {Or, offered upon}went up unto the altar; so did he in Beth-el, {Or, to sacrifice}sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places that he had made.
And he {Or, offered upon}went up unto the altar which he had made in Beth-el on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised {Another reading is, apart.}of his own heart: and he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and {Or, offered upon}went up unto the altar, to burn incense.
And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of Jehovah unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.
And he cried against the altar by the word of Jehovah, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a son shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall they burn upon thee.
And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which Jehovah hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.
And it came to pass, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Beth-el, that Jeroboam put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to him.
The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of Jehovah.
And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat now the favor of Jehovah thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God entreated Jehovah, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, {Or, to his destruction}so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Jehovah his God; for he went into the temple of Jehovah to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of Jehovah, that were valiant men:
and they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It pertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto Jehovah, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honor from Jehovah God.
Then Uzziah was wroth; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy {Hebrew: rose (as the sun).}brake forth in his forehead before the priests in the house of Jehovah, beside the altar of incense.
And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out quickly from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because Jehovah had smitten him.
Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath {Hebrew: made him sick.}put him to grief: {Or, when his soul shall make an offering}when thou shalt make his soul {Hebrew: a trespass-offering.}an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,Than a house full of {Hebrew: the sacrifices of strife.}feasting with strife.
A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that {Or, doeth shamefully}causeth shame,And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;But Jehovah trieth the hearts.
An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips;And {Hebrew: falsehood.}a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker;And he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
Children's children are the crown of old men;And the glory of children are their fathers.
{Or, Arrogant}Excellent speech becometh not a fool;Much less do lying lips a prince.
A bribe is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it;Whithersoever {Or, he}it turneth, {Or, he}it {Or, dealeth wisely}prospereth.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love;But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.
A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understandingThan a hundred stripes into a fool.
{Or, A rebellious man (Hebrew: Rebellion) seeketh only evil}An evil man seeketh only rebellion;Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,Rather than a fool in his folly.
Whoso rewardeth evil for good,Evil shall not depart from his house.
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water:Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous,Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,Seeing he hath no {Hebrew: heart.}understanding?
A friend loveth at all times;And {Or, is born as a brother}a brother is born for adversity.
A man void of {Hebrew: heart.}understanding striketh hands,And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.
{Or, He that loveth transgression loveth strife}He loveth transgression that loveth strife:He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.
He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good;And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into {Or, calamity}mischief.
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow;And the father of a fool hath no joy.
A cheerful heart {Hebrew: causeth good healing.}is a good medicine;But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom,To pervert the ways of justice.
Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding;But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
A foolish son is a grief to his father,And bitterness to her that bare him.
Also to {Or, fine}punish the righteous is not good,Nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.
He {Or, that hath knowledge spareth his words, And a man of understanding is of a cool spirit}that spareth his words hath knowledge;And he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; {Or, He that shutteth his lips is &c.}When he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.
A man void of {Hebrew: heart.}understanding striketh hands,And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.
Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy {Greek: the brother}our brother, to Philemon our beloved and fellow-worker,