- 2 Samuel 13
  
  1 It happened after this, that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
  
  2 Amnon was so troubled that he fell sick because of his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her.
  
  3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.
  
  4 He said to him, "Why, son of the king, are you so sad from day to day? Won't you tell me?" Amnon said to him, "I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister."
  
  5 Jonadab said to him, "Lay down on your bed, and pretend to be sick. When your father comes to see you, tell him, 'Please let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.'"
  
  6 So Amnon lay down and faked being sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, "Please let my sister Tamar come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand."
  
  7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, "Go now to your brother Amnon's house, and prepare food for him."
  
  8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. She took dough, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.
  
  9 She took the pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. Amnon said, "Have all men leave me." Every man went out from him.
  
  10 Amnon said to Tamar, "Bring the food into the room, that I may eat from your hand." Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the room to Amnon her brother.
  
  11 When she had brought them near to him to eat, he took hold of her, and said to her, "Come, lie with me, my sister!"
  
  12 She answered him, "No, my brother, do not force me! For no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Don't you do this folly.
  
  13 I, where would I carry my shame? And as for you, you will be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from you."
  
  14 However he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.
  
  15 Then Amnon hated her with exceeding great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. Amnon said to her, "Arise, be gone!"
  
  16 She said to him, "Not so, because this great wrong in sending me away is worse than the other that you did to me!" But he would not listen to her.
  
  17 Then he called his servant who ministered to him, and said, "Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her."
  
  18 She had a garment of various colors on her; for with such robes were the king's daughters who were virgins dressed. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
  
  19 Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her garment of various colors that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head, and went her way, crying aloud as she went.
  
  20 Absalom her brother said to her, "Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother. Don't take this thing to heart." So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.
  
  21 But when king David heard of all these things, he was very angry.
  
  22 Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
  
  23 It happened after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.
  
  24 Absalom came to the king, and said, "See now, your servant has sheepshearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant."
  
  25 The king said to Absalom, "No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you." He pressed him; however he would not go, but blessed him.
  
  26 Then Absalom said, "If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us." The king said to him, "Why should he go with you?"
  
  27 But Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.
  
  28 Absalom commanded his servants, saying, "Mark now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I tell you, 'Strike Amnon,' then kill him. Don't be afraid. Haven't I commanded you? Be courageous, and be valiant!"
  
  29 The servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man got up on his mule, and fled.
  
  30 It happened, while they were in the way, that the news came to David, saying, "Absalom has slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left!"
  
  31 Then the king arose, and tore his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.
  
  32 Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, answered, "Don't let my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead; for by the appointment of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
  
  33 Now therefore don't let my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead; for Amnon only is dead."
  
  34 But Absalom fled. The young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, many people were coming by way of the hillside behind him.
  
  35 Jonadab said to the king, "Behold, the king's sons are coming! It is as your servant said."
  
  36 It happened, as soon as he had finished speaking, that behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice, and wept. The king also and all his servants wept bitterly.
  
  37 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of Ammihur, king of Geshur. David mourned for his son every day.
  
  38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
  
  39 King David longed to go forth to Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead.
  
  Ezéchiel 20
  
  1 It happened in the seventh year, in the fifth [month], the tenth [day] of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of Yahweh, and sat before me.
  
  2 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
  
  3 Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Is it to inquire of me that you have come? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired of by you.
  
  4 Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers;
  
  5 and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the day when I chose Israel, and swore to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, I am Yahweh your God;
  
  6 in that day I swore to them, to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.
  
  7 I said to them, Cast away every man the abominations of his eyes, and don't defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.
  
  8 But they rebelled against me, and would not listen to me; they each didn't throw away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
  
  9 But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, among which they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
  
  10 So I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
  
  11 I gave them my statutes, and showed them my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them.
  
  12 Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.
  
  13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they didn't walk in my statutes, and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them.
  
  14 But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
  
  15 Moreover also I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
  
  16 because they rejected my ordinances, and didn't walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
  
  17 Nevertheless my eye spared them, and I didn't destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.
  
  18 I said to their children in the wilderness, Don't walk in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
  
  19 I am Yahweh your God: walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them;
  
  20 and make my Sabbaths holy; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am Yahweh your God.
  
  21 But the children rebelled against me; they didn't walk in my statutes, neither kept my ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live in them; they profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
  
  22 Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them forth.
  
  23 Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
  
  24 because they had not executed my ordinances, but had rejected my statutes, and had profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.
  
  25 Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances in which they should not live;
  
  26 and I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through [the fire] all that opens the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am Yahweh.
  
  27 Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In this moreover have your fathers blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.
  
  28 For when I had brought them into the land, which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering; there also they made their pleasant aroma, and they poured out there their drink offerings.
  
  29 Then I said to them, What does the high place where you go mean? So its name is called Bamah to this day.
  
  30 Therefore tell the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Do you pollute yourselves in the way of your fathers? and do you play the prostitute after their abominations?
  
  31 and when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through the fire, do you pollute yourselves with all your idols to this day? and shall I be inquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired of by you;
  
  32 and that which comes into your mind shall not be at all, in that you say, We will be as the nations, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
  
  33 As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out, will I be king over you:
  
  34 and I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries in which you are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out;
  
  35 and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there will I enter into judgment with you face to face.
  
  36 Like as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I enter into judgment with you, says the Lord Yahweh.
  
  37 I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant;
  
  38 and I will purge out from among you the rebels, and those who disobey against me; I will bring them forth out of the land where they live, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
  
  39 As for you, house of Israel, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Go, serve everyone his idols, and hereafter also, if you will not listen to me; but my holy name you shall no more profane with your gifts, and with your idols.
  
  40 For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them, serve me in the land: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first fruits of your offerings, with all your holy things.
  
  41 As a pleasant aroma will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries in which you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.
  
  42 You shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country which I swore to give to your fathers.
  
  43 There you shall remember your ways, and all your doings, in which you have polluted yourselves; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that you have committed.
  
  44 You shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have dealt with you for my name's sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, you house of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh.
  
  45 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
  
  46 Son of man, set your face toward the south, and drop [your word] toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;
  
  47 and tell the forest of the South, Hear the word of Yahweh: Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt thereby.
  
  48 All flesh shall see that I, Yahweh, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.
  
  49 Then I said, Ah Lord Yahweh! they say of me, Isn't he a speaker of parables?
  
  2 Corinthiens 6
  
  1 Working together, we entreat also that you not receive the grace of God in vain,
  
  2 for he says, "At an acceptable time I listened to you, in a day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.
  
  3 We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,
  
  4 but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,
  
  5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
  
  6 in pureness, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,
  
  7 in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
  
  8 by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;
  
  9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not killed;
  
  10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
  
  11 Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians. Our heart is enlarged.
  
  12 You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.
  
  13 Now in return, I speak as to my children, you also be open wide.
  
  14 Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
  
  15 What agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what portion has a believer with an unbeliever?
  
  16 What agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, "I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people."
  
  17 Therefore "'Come out from among them, and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
  
  18 I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty."

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