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And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
I have published righteousness in the great congregation; Lo, I will not refrain my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
Give her of the fruit of her hands; And let her works praise her in the gates.
Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher; laying one thing to another, to find out the account:
The spirit of the Lord GODis upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;