"For manydaysIsraelwas withoutthe true Godand withouta teachingpriestand withoutlaw.
Then Nehemiah,whowas the governor,and Ezrathe priest[and] scribe,and the Leviteswho taughtthe peoplesaidto allthe people,"Thisdayis holyto the LORDyour God;do not mournor weep."For allthe peoplewere weepingwhen they heardthe wordsof the law.
and so as to teachthe sonsof Israelallthe statuteswhichthe LORDhas spokento them throughMoses."
"For the lipsof a priestshould preserveknowledge,and men should seekinstructionfrom his mouth;for he is the messengerof the LORDof hosts.
Her leaderspronouncejudgmentfor a bribe,Her priestsinstructfor a priceAnd her prophetsdivinefor money.Yet they leanon the LORDsaying,"Is not the LORDin our midst?Calamitywill not comeupon us."
For the sonsof Israelwill remainfor manydayswithoutkingor prince,withoutsacrificeor [sacred] pillarand withoutephodor householdidols.
But the LORDis the true God;He is the livingGodand the everlastingKing.At His wraththe earthquakes,And the nationscannotendureHis indignation.
For allwhohave sinnedwithoutthe Lawwill alsoperishwithout the Law,and all whohave sinnedunderthe Lawwill be judgedby the Law;
"They shall teachYour ordinancesto Jacob,And Your lawto Israel.They shall putincensebeforeYou, And wholeburntofferingson Your altar.
And we knowthat the Sonof Godhas come,and has givenus understandingsothat we may knowHim whois true;and we are in Him who is true,in His SonJesusChrist.Thisis the true Godand eternallife.
An overseer,then,mustbe above reproach,the husbandof onewife,temperate,prudent,respectable,hospitable,able to teach,
For they themselvesreportaboutus what kindof a receptionwe hadwith you, and howyou turnedto Godfrom idolsto servea livingand true God,
to thosewho are withoutlaw,as withoutlaw,though not beingwithout the lawof Godbut under the lawof Christ,sothat I might winthosewho are without law.
"Thisis eternallife,that they may knowYou, the onlytrue God,and JesusChristwhomYou have sent.
The LORDthen spoketo Aaron,saying,
Then in the thirdyearof his reignhe senthis officials,Ben-hail,Obadiah,Zechariah,Nethaneland Micaiah,to teachin the citiesof Judah;
"Behold,daysare coming,"declaresthe LordGOD,"When I will senda famineon the land,Not a faminefor breador a thirstfor water,But ratherfor hearingthe wordsof the LORD.
Her gateshave sunkinto the ground,He has destroyedand brokenher bars.Her kingand her princesare among the nations;The lawis nomore.Also,her prophetsfindNovisionfrom the LORD.
