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When God gave the law there the mountain quaked, there was fire and a loud voice (Exodus 19:18 Deuteronomy 5:22) but now God is not in the earthquake, fire or loud voice. It is voice of 'gentle stillness' (RV mgn). This contrasts with the rage of Jezebel. The wonders of Sinai were to teach Israel holiness but such a show was not necessary for Elijah. He needed to know that God could work in quiet ways to deliver.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2003 Reply to Peter
DEPRESSION
Elijah was depressed. He had just done a great work for the LORD at Mt Carmel, he had made a huge dent in Israel's Baal worship, but in spite of all he had done, Jezebel was determined that he should not succeed. With more death threats on his life, Elijah fled from Jezebel. He went a days journey into the desert and prayed that he might die. But God fed him there and gave him rest so that he would have the strength to get to Horeb. When Elijah got to Horeb 40 days later, he was still depressed and feeling sorry for himself. Elijah voiced his complaints before God and was brought right into God's presence. There, in the presence of the LORD, God gave Elijah another mission - new work to do - now that the previous task had been completed. From this time on we hear no more of Elijah's depression.
There are lessons here for those of us who get depressed:
1.Take your problems to God. Talk them over in prayer. God will listen.
2.Come into God's presence. In the presence of the LORD we cannot fail to be awestruck by his majesty and power, dwarfing our own small problems.
3.Then get back to work. Find a task and set yourself to achieve it.
It worked for Elijah. Maybe it will work for us too.
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2002 Reply to Robert
I wonder if Elijah intended to go to Mt Sinai (also known as Mt Horeb), or whether he simply felt safer going down south into Judea? But God had decided to give Elijah a very similar experience to Moses, and so to Horeb he went. God told him that there were still 7,000 who had not bowed the knee to Baal, despite the fact that he thought he was the only one. Later Elijah was to find two more of these: Elisha, who he met, and Naboth, who he only heard of after that poor man's death.
David Simpson [Worcester (UK)] Comment added in 2004 Reply to David
Of the 3 tasks which God gives Elijah, he will do only the third - that of calling Elisha. The 1st two, Elisha will perform 2Kin 8&9
Wendy Johnsen [Nanaimo, BC, Canada] Comment added in 2006 Reply to Wendy
20:4 The king of Israel was not the property of the Syrian king, though he was willing to say he was. But he learnt to his cost that the king of Syria was not satisfied with a promise. He wanted more and more from the king. In like manner if we are servants to sin then there is no end to sin’s demands on us.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2007 Reply to Peter
Elijah had commanded there be no rain, he had called down the fire of God onto the sacrifices of Carmel but now under threat from Jezebel there was no mighty sign from God so Elijah feared and fled. We know Elijah was not a coward he had withstood against Ahab on the two previous occasions but know without the strong visible demonstration of God's power he probably felt alone. (I alone am left)
The demonstration on the mountain by God was to show Elijah that God works through great acts of wind, earthquake and fire but he also works through the subtle unseen ways of the still small wind but the point is that God is always working and the man of God is never alone.
Alex Browning [Kitchener-Waterloo] Comment added in 2008 Reply to Alex
1 Kings 19: 11,12 -
Why does the writer state explicitly that the LORD was not in the wind, nor the earthquake, nor the fire, when it seems very clear that these phenomena were caused by God? What is his point in making such a statement?
One brother wrote in with the following answer -
Aha! My favorite answer.
In the Bible, "not" very seldom means "not at all". It usually means "not so much this, as something else", or "not only, but also".
The Lord was not only in the wind, earthquake, and fire, but also and especially in the still small voice.
End of story :-)
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My comments - I agree with our brother's thought, but I'll continue the "story" just a bit. An example of what he was referring to is found in
Hos 6:6 (and quoted by Jesus in
Matt 9:13) - "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgement of God rather than burnt offerings." It's pretty obvious that under the Law of Moses, sacrifice and burnt offerings were required, but if the offerings were made without the quality of mercy being shown and/or without an acknowledgement of God, then their effect was null and void. So the meaning apparently was - don't ignore the one while doing the other, but do both while understanding that the ritual becomes meaningless unless the other qualities are there.
Now getting back to 1 Kn. 19 - another idea behind these statements about God and the earthquake, wind, and fire is that although God literally caused these things, He didn't reveal anything more about Himself by these actions other than His power (or possibly His power to create disaster - see
Isa 45:7 as one example of this). But the still small voice of God did reveal some wondrous truths to Elijah - most especially that He was not finished working through him to accomplish His purpose. He not only was not alone among worshipers of Yahweh (v. 18); he had other prophetical jobs to do - vv. 15-17.
Wes Booker [South Austin Texas USA] Comment added in 2012 Reply to Wes
The still, small voice (of Jezebel)
We can probably understand Elijah's depression in this chapter. Yesterday he had led a stunning victory against 400 prophets of Baal. Today, he received Jezebel's letter, and realised it had all been for nothing. Nothing had changed. No good had ultimately come of it. Jezebel held the power in Israel and could simply replace those four hundred men with another four hundred more depraved than the first.
God showed Elijah a lesson. "I didn't want a big show".
God showed Elijah how He would deal with the situation. He would destroy Jezebel and her whole household. This woman was so evil that her whole influence needed to be rooted out and destroyed. God would arrange the whole thing by Himself. Why? Because Jezebel wasn't the only one with power!
Power doesn't need a big show. Power just needs a message. With a message Jezebel had killed Naboth and solved Ahab's problems. With a message she dealt with Elijah. No doubt with a message she recruited another 400 prophets for Ahab. This "still, small voice" was something Jezebel understood.
God quietly explained to Elijah that He would take over from here. He would sort out the problem by someone who understood what power was. So when Jehu came to fulfil God's word in slaying the whole household of Ahab (which means Jezebel's legacy) it was by a message that he summoned all of the prophets of Baal. It was by a few words that he slew Jezebel. He understood the power of the "still, small voice".
So what about Elijah? Did he learn from the experience? He most certainly did. In 2Chron 21 we can read how the rot of Jezebel had spread to Judah. Her daughter had married the king of Judah with the result that he compelled all of Judah to worship the idols of Jezebel and Ahab. The cancer of Jezebel had spread further than even Jehu could reach to remove it. What did Elijah do this time? Some act of heroism? A big show of God's power? No. In 2Chron 21:12-15 we can read a letter written by Elijah. A still, small voice, removing the king and punishing him for his terrible deeds.
What about us? We need no big show. We just need to tell people what God says, and He will do the rest. To some it will be salvation. To others it will be eventual destruction. We have no use for pyrotechnics, TV evangelism, big marketing campaigns, outpourings of emotion or revivalist gatherings. Like Elijah, a man of power, we reveal what God has to say and leave the rest to Him.
Rob de Jongh [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2013 Reply to Rob
19:4 Elijah requests that God take his life in that he is no better than his fathers. It would appear that God answered this request of Elijah, for the only one of the 3 commissions given to Elijah that he did was to annoint his successor before he was taken away.
Alex Browning [Kitchener-Waterloo] Comment added in 2014 Reply to Alex
v1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
Notice the complete absence of references to God and God's miracles in Ahab's recounting of events to Jezebel. By removing God from the account, Ahab portrays Elijah as a murderous criminal intent on destroying Jezebel's power base. Hence Jezebel's anger. Ahab's cowardice in the presence of Jezebel deeply affected Elijah who then fled.
Elijah probably thought that after the miraculous events on Carmel and with Elijah running ahead of Ahab's chariot into Jezreel that there would be a Prophet (Elijah)/ King (Ahab) top-down reform within Israel beginning at the palace. Yet Ahab crumbled under Jezebel's withering presence. The reform was over, and Elijah lost his resolve.
Ahab did not give a balanced and complete account of events. He gave a similarly imbalanced and incomplete account of events when talking to Jezebel about Naboth's refusal to sell his vineyard (1 Kings 21:6). He was a weak leader.
Bruce Bates [Forbes Australia] Comment added in 2023 Reply to Bruce
vv 11,12 Having "failed" in reforming Israel (v3), Elijah felt that the next step was harsh, destructive punishment of Israel (wind, fire, earthquake). Yet God's reform lay in the voice of a gentle whisper - the calm, one-to-one exposition of the good news of the hope of Israel. Elijah missed this point (vv 13,14) and Elisha was chosen as a "prophet in your place" (v16) to perform this work. Fortunately, Elijah did see the point eventually and for the next ten years the voice of a gentle whisper was used by both Elijah and Elisha in reforming parts of Israel. This conciliatory message will be used by Elijah again to heal Israel and not destroy Israel (Malachi 4:5,6).
Bruce Bates [Forbes Australia] Comment added in 2023 Reply to Bruce
19:5-7 an angel touched him ... and the angel of the LORD came again a second time and touched him
Elijah seems to have been relatively unmoved by the angel's visit (twice) and the miraculous provision of food. His depression and sense of failure created a mental barrier to these angelic interpositions. And he was confused. He fled for his life (v3), then asked for death (v4), then sought refuge in a cave because he was fearful of being assassinated (v10). Yet God gently dealt with him - to coax him back to service (vv 9,13).
James tells us that "Elijah was a man of like passions as we are" (James 5:17). This suggests that, as with Elijah, God does not deal harshly with us for being depressed or confused, and that faithful people who suffer from depression will be in the Kingdom. This realisation should make our interactions with depressed or confused brothers and sisters more compassionate.
Bruce Bates [Forbes Australia] Comment added in 2023 Reply to Bruce
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1. And Ahab <256> told <5046>(8686) Jezebel <348> all that Elijah <452> had done <6213>(8804), and withal how he had slain <2026>(8804) all the prophets <5030> with the sword <2719>.
2. Then Jezebel <348> sent <7971>(8799) a messenger <4397> unto Elijah <452>, saying <559>(8800), So let the gods <430> do <6213>(8799) to me, and more <3254>(8686) also, if I make <7760>(8799) not thy life <5315> as the life <5315> of one <259> of them by to morrow <4279> about this time <6256>.
3. And when he saw <7200>(8799) that, he arose <6965>(8799), and went <3212>(8799) for his life <5315>, and came <935>(8799) to Beersheba <884>, which belongeth to Judah <3063>, and left <3240>(8686) his servant <5288> there.
4. But he himself went <1980>(8804) a day's <3117> journey <1870> into the wilderness <4057>, and came <935>(8799) and sat down <3427>(8799) under a <259> juniper tree <7574>: and he requested <7592>(8799) for himself <5315> that he might die <4191>(8800); and said <559>(8799), It is enough <7227>; now, O LORD <3068>, take away <3947>(8798) my life <5315>; for I am not better <2896> than my fathers <1>.
5. And as he lay <7901>(8799) and slept <3462>(8799) under a <259> juniper tree <7574>, behold, then an angel <4397> touched <5060>(8802) him, and said <559>(8799) unto him, Arise <6965>(8798) and eat <398>(8798).
6. And he looked <5027>(8686), and, behold, there was a cake <5692> baken on the coals <7529>, and a cruse <6835> of water <4325> at his head <4763>. And he did eat <398>(8799) and drink <8354>(8799), and laid him down <7901>(8799) again <7725>(8799).
7. And the angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> came again <7725>(8799) the second time <8145>, and touched <5060>(8799) him, and said <559>(8799), Arise <6965>(8798) and eat <398>(8798); because the journey <1870> is too great <7227> for thee.
8. And he arose <6965>(8799), and did eat <398>(8799) and drink <8354>(8799), and went <3212>(8799) in the strength <3581> of that meat <396> forty <705> days <3117> and forty <705> nights <3915> unto Horeb <2722> the mount <2022> of God <430>.
9. And he came <935>(8799) thither unto a cave <4631>, and lodged <3885>(8799) there; and, behold, the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came to him, and he said <559>(8799) unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah <452>?
10. And he said <559>(8799), I have been very <7065>(8763) jealous <7065>(8765) for the LORD <3068> God <430> of hosts <6635>: for the children <1121> of Israel <3478> have forsaken <5800>(8804) thy covenant <1285>, thrown down <2040>(8804) thine altars <4196>, and slain <2026>(8804) thy prophets <5030> with the sword <2719>; and I, even I only, am left <3498>(8735); and they seek <1245>(8762) my life <5315>, to take it away <3947>(8800).
11. And he said <559>(8799), Go forth <3318>(8798), and stand <5975>(8804) upon the mount <2022> before <6440> the LORD <3068>. And, behold, the LORD <3068> passed by <5674>(8802), and a great <1419> and strong <2389> wind <7307> rent <6561>(8764) the mountains <2022>, and brake in pieces <7665>(8764) the rocks <5553> before <6440> the LORD <3068>; but the LORD <3068> was not in the wind <7307>: and after <310> the wind <7307> an earthquake <7494>; but the LORD <3068> was not in the earthquake <7494>:
12. And after <310> the earthquake <7494> a fire <784>; but the LORD <3068> was not in the fire <784>: and after <310> the fire <784> a still <1827> small <1851> voice <6963>.
13. And it was so, when Elijah <452> heard <8085>(8800) it, that he wrapped <3874>(8686) his face <6440> in his mantle <155>, and went out <3318>(8799), and stood <5975>(8799) in the entering in <6607> of the cave <4631>. And, behold, there came a voice <6963> unto him, and said <559>(8799), What doest thou here, Elijah <452>?
14. And he said <559>(8799), I have been very <7065>(8763) jealous <7065>(8765) for the LORD <3068> God <430> of hosts <6635>: because the children <1121> of Israel <3478> have forsaken <5800>(8804) thy covenant <1285>, thrown down <2040>(8804) thine altars <4196>, and slain <2026>(8804) thy prophets <5030> with the sword <2719>; and I, even I only, am left <3498>(8735); and they seek <1245>(8762) my life <5315>, to take it away <3947>(8800).
15. And the LORD <3068> said <559>(8799) unto him, Go <3212>(8798), return <7725>(8798) on thy way <1870> to the wilderness <4057> of Damascus <1834>: and when thou comest <935>(8804), anoint <4886>(8804) Hazael <2371> to be king <4428> over Syria <758>:
16. And Jehu <3058> the son <1121> of Nimshi <5250> shalt thou anoint <4886>(8799) to be king <4428> over Israel <3478>: and Elisha <477> the son <1121> of Shaphat <8202> of Abelmeholah <65> shalt thou anoint <4886>(8799) to be prophet <5030> in thy room.
17. And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth <4422>(8737) the sword <2719> of Hazael <2371> shall Jehu <3058> slay <4191>(8686): and him that escapeth <4422>(8737) from the sword <2719> of Jehu <3058> shall Elisha <477> slay <4191>(8686).
18. Yet I have left <7604>(8689) me seven <7651> thousand <505> in Israel <3478>, all the knees <1290> which have not bowed <3766>(8804) unto Baal <1168>, and every mouth <6310> which hath not kissed <5401>(8804) him.
19. So he departed <3212>(8799) thence, and found <4672>(8799) Elisha <477> the son <1121> of Shaphat <8202>, who was plowing <2790>(8802) with twelve <8147> <6240> yoke <6776> of oxen before <6440> him, and he with the twelfth <8147> <6240>: and Elijah <452> passed <5674>(8799) by him, and cast <7993>(8686) his mantle <155> upon him.
20. And he left <5800>(8799) the oxen <1241>, and ran <7323>(8799) after <310> Elijah <452>, and said <559>(8799), Let me, I pray thee, kiss <5401>(8799) my father <1> and my mother <517>, and then I will follow <3212>(8799) <310> thee. And he said <559>(8799) unto him, Go back <3212>(8798) again <7725>(8798): for what have I done <6213>(8804) to thee?
21. And he returned back <7725>(8799) from him <310>, and took <3947>(8799) a yoke <6776> of oxen <1241>, and slew <2076>(8799) them, and boiled <1310>(8765) their flesh <1320> with the instruments <3627> of the oxen <1241>, and gave <5414>(8799) unto the people <5971>, and they did eat <398>(8799). Then he arose <6965>(8799), and went <3212>(8799) after <310> Elijah <452>, and ministered <8334>(8762) unto him.
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SEEKING GREAT THINGS
There are certain times in life that God brings about great levellers of mankind. When we are born we are all the same: naked and helpless. At death we all become levelled again, knowing nothing and owning nothing. Another time is in times of trouble, when war or disaster sweeps over all the people and all that we ever had is lost. And the other is at the judgement when we stand before the Lord Jesus Christ realizing that we are sinners and in desperate need of his mercy and grace.
Baruch seems to have wanted to enhance his position of wealth and status in Jerusalem. He was seeking great things for himself. But God's message to him was that he should not waste time on them. The great leveller of war was coming and all Baruch could gain would be lost. The only thing God said he would preserve was his life.
The message is still the same for us today. "Seek not great things." The judgement is coming that will level us all before Christ. The great thing we should seek before then instead of riches and status, is the kingdom of God and his righteousness. To have sought and obtained the kingdom and righteousness are the only things that will still remain after we have all been brought level through death, war or judgement. Seek the kingdom today
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2002 Reply to Robert
V.7 Using the example of "a flood" is appropriate in addressing the Egyptians, as the Nile yearly overspreads their lands with a turbid, mighty flood. So their army, swelling with arrogance, shall overspread the region south of the Euphrates, but like the Nile, shall retreat as fast as it advanced.
John Wilson [Toronto West (Can)] Comment added in 2005 Reply to John
46 Maybe the nations round about would be looking at the way in which Babylon had overthrown Jerusalem and had no concerns at all for the plight of Israel. We know – Psa 137:7 - on at least one occasion Edom had rejoiced over Israel’s fate. But the promise to Abraham had been clear. Those who cursed Israel would be cursed. Gen 12:3.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2006 Reply to Peter
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1. The word <1697> that Jeremiah <3414> the prophet <5030> spake <1696>(8765) unto Baruch <1263> the son <1121> of Neriah <5374>, when he had written <3789>(8800) these words <1697> in a book <5612> at the mouth <6310> of Jeremiah <3414>, in the fourth <7243> year <8141> of Jehoiakim <3079> the son <1121> of Josiah <2977> king <4428> of Judah <3063>, saying <559>(8800),
2. Thus saith <559>(8804) the LORD <3068>, the God <430> of Israel <3478>, unto thee, O Baruch <1263>;
3. Thou didst say <559>(8804), Woe <188> is me now! for the LORD <3068> hath added <3254>(8804) grief <3015> to my sorrow <4341>; I fainted <3021>(8804) in my sighing <585>, and I find <4672>(8804) no rest <4496>.
4. Thus shalt thou say <559>(8799) unto him, The LORD <3068> saith <559>(8804) thus; Behold, that which I have built <1129>(8804) will I break down <2040>(8802), and that which I have planted <5193>(8804) I will pluck up <5428>(8802), even this whole land <776>.
5. And seekest <1245>(8762) thou great things <1419> for thyself? seek <1245>(8762) them not: for, behold, I will bring <935>(8688) evil <7451> upon all flesh <1320>, saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068>: but thy life <5315> will I give <5414>(8804) unto thee for a prey <7998> in all places <4725> whither thou goest <3212>(8799).
1. The word <1697> of the LORD <3068> which came to Jeremiah <3414> the prophet <5030> against the Gentiles <1471>;
2. Against Egypt <4714>, against the army <2428> of Pharaohnecho <6549> king <4428> of Egypt <4714>, which was by the river <5104> Euphrates <6578> in Carchemish <3751>, which Nebuchadrezzar <5019> king <4428> of Babylon <894> smote <5221>(8689) in the fourth <7243> year <8141> of Jehoiakim <3079> the son <1121> of Josiah <2977> king <4428> of Judah <3063>.
3. Order <6186>(8798) ye the buckler <4043> and shield <6793>, and draw near <5066>(8798) to battle <4421>.
4. Harness <631>(8798) the horses <5483>; and get up <5927>(8798), ye horsemen <6571>, and stand forth <3320>(8690) with your helmets <3553>; furbish <4838>(8798) the spears <7420>, and put on <3847>(8798) the brigandines <5630>.
5. Wherefore have I seen <7200>(8804) them dismayed <2844> and turned <5472>(8737) away back <268>? and their mighty ones <1368> are beaten down <3807>(8714), and are fled <5127>(8804) apace <4498>, and look not back <6437>(8689): for fear <4032> was round about <5439>, saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068>.
6. Let not the swift <7031> flee away <5127>(8799), nor the mighty man <1368> escape <4422>(8735); they shall stumble <3782>(8804), and fall <5307>(8804) toward the north <6828> by <3027> the river <5104> Euphrates <6578>.
7. Who is this that cometh up <5927>(8799) as a flood <2975>, whose waters <4325> are moved <1607>(8691) as the rivers <5104>?
8. Egypt <4714> riseth up <5927>(8799) like a flood <2975>, and his waters <4325> are moved <1607>(8704) like the rivers <5104>; and he saith <559>(8799), I will go up <5927>(8799), and will cover <3680>(8762) the earth <776>; I will destroy <6>(8686) the city <5892> and the inhabitants <3427>(8802) thereof.
9. Come up <5927>(8798), ye horses <5483>; and rage <1984>(8703), ye chariots <7393>; and let the mighty men <1368> come forth <3318>(8799); the Ethiopians <3568> and the Libyans <6316>, that handle <8610>(8802) the shield <4043>; and the Lydians <3866>, that handle <8610>(8802) and bend <1869>(8802) the bow <7198>.
10. For this is the day <3117> of the Lord <136> GOD <3069> of hosts <6635>, a day <3117> of vengeance <5360>, that he may avenge <5358>(8736) him of his adversaries <6862>: and the sword <2719> shall devour <398>(8804), and it shall be satiate <7646>(8804) and made drunk <7301>(8804) with their blood <1818>: for the Lord <136> GOD <3069> of hosts <6635> hath a sacrifice <2077> in the north <6828> country <776> by the river <5104> Euphrates <6578>.
11. Go up <5927>(8798) into Gilead <1568>, and take <3947>(8798) balm <6875>, O virgin <1330>, the daughter <1323> of Egypt <4714>: in vain <7723> shalt thou use many <7235>(8689) medicines <7499>; for thou shalt not be cured <8585>.
12. The nations <1471> have heard <8085>(8804) of thy shame <7036>, and thy cry <6682> hath filled <4390>(8804) the land <776>: for the mighty man <1368> hath stumbled <3782>(8804) against the mighty <1368>, and they are fallen <5307>(8804) both <8147> together <3162>.
13. The word <1697> that the LORD <3068> spake <1696>(8765) to Jeremiah <3414> the prophet <5030>, how Nebuchadrezzar <5019> king <4428> of Babylon <894> should come <935>(8800) and smite <5221>(8687) the land <776> of Egypt <4714>.
14. Declare <5046>(8685) ye in Egypt <4714>, and publish <8085>(8685) in Migdol <4024>, and publish <8085>(8685) in Noph <5297> and in Tahpanhes <8471>: say <559>(8798) ye, Stand fast <3320>(8690), and prepare <3559>(8685) thee; for the sword <2719> shall devour <398>(8804) round about <5439> thee.
15. Why are thy valiant <47> men swept away <5502>(8738)? they stood <5975>(8804) not, because the LORD <3068> did drive <1920>(8804) them.
16. He made many <7235>(8689) to fall <3782>(8802), yea, one <376> fell <5307>(8804) upon another <7453>: and they said <559>(8799), Arise <6965>(8798), and let us go again <7725>(8799) to our own people <5971>, and to the land <776> of our nativity <4138>, from <6440> the oppressing <3238>(8802) sword <2719>.
17. They did cry <7121>(8804) there, Pharaoh <6547> king <4428> of Egypt <4714> is but a noise <7588>; he hath passed <5674>(8689) the time appointed <4150>.
18. As I live <2416>, saith <5002>(8803) the King <4428>, whose name <8034> is the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, Surely as Tabor <8396> is among the mountains <2022>, and as Carmel <3760> by the sea <3220>, so shall he come <935>(8799).
19. O thou daughter <1323> dwelling <3427>(8802) in Egypt <4714>, furnish <6213>(8798) thyself to go into captivity <3627> <1473>: for Noph <5297> shall be waste <8047> and desolate <3341>(8738) without an inhabitant <3427>(8802).
20. Egypt <4714> is like a very fair <3304> heifer <5697>, but destruction <7171> cometh <935>(8804); it cometh out <935>(8804) of the north <6828>.
21. Also her hired men <7916> are in the midst <7130> of her like fatted <4770> bullocks <5695>; for they also are turned back <6437>(8689), and are fled away <5127>(8804) together <3162>: they did not stand <5975>(8804), because the day <3117> of their calamity <343> was come <935>(8804) upon them, and the time <6256> of their visitation <6486>.
22. The voice <6963> thereof shall go <3212>(8799) like a serpent <5175>; for they shall march <3212>(8799) with an army <2428>, and come <935>(8804) against her with axes <7134>, as hewers <2404>(8802) of wood <6086>.
23. They shall cut down <3772>(8804) her forest <3293>, saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068>, though it cannot be searched <2713>(8735); because they are more <7231>(8804) than the grasshoppers <697>, and are innumerable <369> <4557>.
24. The daughter <1323> of Egypt <4714> shall be confounded <3001>(8689); she shall be delivered <5414>(8738) into the hand <3027> of the people <5971> of the north <6828>.
25. The LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, the God <430> of Israel <3478>, saith <559>(8804); Behold, I will punish <6485>(8802) the multitude <527>(8676) <528> of No <4996>, and Pharaoh <6547>, and Egypt <4714>, with their gods <430>, and their kings <4428>; even Pharaoh <6547>, and all them that trust <982>(8802) in him:
26. And I will deliver <5414>(8804) them into the hand <3027> of those that seek <1245>(8764) their lives <5315>, and into the hand <3027> of Nebuchadrezzar <5019> king <4428> of Babylon <894>, and into the hand <3027> of his servants <5650>: and afterward <310> it shall be inhabited <7931>(8799), as in the days <3117> of old <6924>, saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068>.
27. But fear <3372>(8799) not thou, O my servant <5650> Jacob <3290>, and be not dismayed <2865>(8735), O Israel <3478>: for, behold, I will save <3467>(8688) thee from afar off <7350>, and thy seed <2233> from the land <776> of their captivity <7628>; and Jacob <3290> shall return <7725>(8804), and be in rest <8252>(8804) and at ease <7599>(8768), and none shall make him afraid <2729>(8688).
28. Fear <3372>(8799) thou not, O Jacob <3290> my servant <5650>, saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068>: for I am with thee; for I will make <6213>(8799) a full end <3617> of all the nations <1471> whither I have driven <5080>(8689) thee: but I will not make <6213>(8799) a full end <3617> of thee, but correct <3256>(8765) thee in measure <4941>; yet will I not leave thee wholly <5352>(8763) unpunished <5352>(8762).
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1. Let <3049> <0> a man <444> so <3779> account <3049>(5737) of us <2248>, as <5613> of the ministers <5257> of Christ <5547>, and <2532> stewards <3623> of the mysteries <3466> of God <2316>.
2. <1161> Moreover <3063> it is required <2212>(5743) in <1722> stewards <3623>, that <2443> a man <5100> be found <2147>(5686) faithful <4103>.
3. But <1161> with me <1698> it is <2076>(5748) a very small thing <1519> <1646> that <2443> I should be judged <350>(5686) of <5259> you <5216>, or <2228> of <5259> man's <442> judgment <2250>: yea <235>, I judge <350>(5719) not <3761> mine own self <1683>.
4. For <1063> I know <4894>(5758) nothing <3762> by myself <1683>; yet <235> am I <1344> <0> not <3756> hereby <1722> <5129> justified <1344>(5769): but <1161> he that judgeth <350>(5723) me <3165> is <2076>(5748) the Lord <2962>.
5. Therefore <5620> judge <2919>(5720) nothing <3361> <5100> before <4253> the time <2540>, until <2193> <302> the Lord <2962> come <2064>(5632), who <3739> both <2532> will bring to light <5461>(5692) the hidden things <2927> of darkness <4655>, and <2532> will make manifest <5319>(5692) the counsels <1012> of the hearts <2588>: and <2532> then <5119> shall every man <1538> have <1096>(5695) praise <1868> of <575> God <2316>.
6. And <1161> these things <5023>, brethren <80>, I have in a figure transferred <3345>(5656) to <1519> myself <1683> and <2532> to Apollos <625> for <1223> your sakes <5209>; that <2443> ye might learn <3129>(5632) in <1722> us <2254> not <3361> to think <5426>(5721) of men above <5228> that <2443> which <3739> is written <1125>(5769), that no <3363> one <1520> of you be puffed up <5448>(5747) for <5228> one <1520> against <2596> another <2087>.
7. For <1063> who <5101> maketh <1252> <0> thee <4571> to differ <1252>(5719) from another? and <1161> what <5101> hast thou <2192>(5719) that <3739> thou didst <2983> <0> not <3756> receive <2983>(5627)? <1161> now <2532> if <1499> thou didst receive <2983>(5627) it, why <5101> dost thou glory <2744>(5736), as <5613> if thou hadst <2983> <0> not <3361> received <2983>(5631) it?
8. Now <2235> ye are <2075>(5748) full <2880>(5772), now <2235> ye are rich <4147>(5656), ye have reigned as kings <936>(5656) without <5565> us <2257>: and <2532> I would to God <3785> <1065> ye did reign <936>(5656), that <2443> we <2249> also <2532> might reign with <4821>(5661) you <5213>.
9. For <1063> I think <1380>(5719) that <3754> God <2316> hath set forth <584>(5656) us <2248> the apostles <652> last <2078>, as <5613> it were appointed to death <1935>: for <3754> we are made <1096>(5675) a spectacle <2302> unto the world <2889>, and <2532> to angels <32>, and <2532> to men <444>.
10. We <2249> are fools <3474> for <1223> <0> Christ's <5547> sake <1223>, but <1161> ye <5210> are wise <5429> in <1722> Christ <5547>; we <2249> are weak <772>, but <1161> ye <5210> are strong <2478>; ye <5210> are honourable <1741>, but <1161> we <2249> are despised <820>.
11. Even <891> unto this present <737> hour <5610> we <3983> <0> both <2532> hunger <3983>(5719), and <2532> thirst <1372>(5725), and <2532> are naked <1130>(5719), and <2532> are buffeted <2852>(5743), and <2532> have no certain dwellingplace <790>(5719);
12. And <2532> labour <2872>(5719), working <2038>(5740) with our own <2398> hands <5495>: being reviled <3058>(5746), we bless <2127>(5719); being persecuted <1377>(5746), we suffer it <430>(5736):
13. Being defamed <987>(5746), we intreat <3870>(5719): we are made <1096>(5675) as <5613> the filth <4027> of the world <2889>, and are the offscouring <4067> of all things <3956> unto <2193> this day <737>.
14. I write <1125>(5719) not <3756> these things <5023> to shame <1788>(5723) you <5209>, but <235> as <5613> my <3450> beloved <27> sons <5043> I warn <3560>(5719) you.
15. For <1063> though <1437> ye have <2192>(5725) ten thousand <3463> instructors <3807> in <1722> Christ <5547>, yet <235> have ye not <3756> many <4183> fathers <3962>: for <1063> in <1722> Christ <5547> Jesus <2424> I <1473> have begotten <1080>(5656) you <5209> through <1223> the gospel <2098>.
16. Wherefore <3767> I beseech <3870>(5719) you <5209>, be ye <1096>(5737) followers <3402> of me <3450>.
17. For <1223> <0> this <5124> cause <1223> have I sent <3992>(5656) unto you <5213> Timotheus <5095>, who <3739> is <2076>(5748) my <3450> beloved <27> son <5043>, and <2532> faithful <4103> in <1722> the Lord <2962>, who <3739> shall bring <363> <0> you <5209> into remembrance <363>(5692) of my <3450> ways <3598> which <3588> be in <1722> Christ <5547>, as <2531> I teach <1321>(5719) every where <3837> in <1722> every <3956> church <1577>.
18. Now <1161> some <5100> are puffed up <5448>(5681), as though <5613> I <3450> would <2064> <0> not <3361> come <2064>(5740) to <4314> you <5209>.
19. But <1161> I will come <2064>(5695) to <4314> you <5209> shortly <5030>, if <1437> the Lord <2962> will <2309>(5661), and <2532> will know <1097>(5695), not <3756> the speech <3056> of them which are puffed up <5448>(5772), but <235> the power <1411>.
20. For <1063> the kingdom <932> of God <2316> is not <3756> in <1722> word <3056>, but <235> in <1722> power <1411>.
21. What <5101> will ye <2309>(5719)? shall I come <2064>(5632) unto <4314> you <5209> with <1722> a rod <4464>, or <2228> in <1722> love <26>, and <5037> in the spirit <4151> of meekness <4236>?
1. It is reported <191>(5743) commonly <3654> that there is fornication <4202> among <1722> you <5213>, and <2532> such <5108> fornication <4202> as <3748> is <3687> <0> not so much <3761> as named <3687>(5743) among <1722> the Gentiles <1484>, that <5620> one <5100> should have <2192>(5721) his father's <3962> wife <1135>.
2. And <2532> ye <5210> are <2075>(5748) puffed up <5448>(5772), and <2532> have <3996> <0> not <3780> rather <3123> mourned <3996>(5656), that <2443> he that hath done <4160>(5660) this <5124> deed <2041> might be taken away <1808>(5686) from <1537> among <3319> you <5216>.
3. For <1063> I <1473> verily <3303>, as <5613> absent <548>(5752) in body <4983>, but <1161> present <3918>(5752) in spirit <4151>, have judged <2919>(5758) already <2235>, as <5613> though I were present <3918>(5752), concerning him that hath <2716> <0> so <3779> done <2716>(5666) this deed <5124>,
4. In <1722> the name <3686> of our <2257> Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>, when ye <5216> are gathered together <4863>(5685), and <2532> my <1699> spirit <4151>, with <4862> the power <1411> of our <2257> Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>,
5. To deliver <3860>(5629) such an one <5108> unto Satan <4567> for <1519> the destruction <3639> of the flesh <4561>, that <2443> the spirit <4151> may be saved <4982>(5686) in <1722> the day <2250> of the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424>.
6. Your <5216> glorying <2745> is not <3756> good <2570>. Know ye <1492>(5758) not <3756> that <3754> a little <3398> leaven <2219> leaveneth <2220>(5719) the whole <3650> lump <5445>?
7. Purge out <1571>(5657) therefore <3767> the old <3820> leaven <2219>, that <2443> ye may be <5600>(5753) a new <3501> lump <5445>, as <2531> ye are <2075>(5748) unleavened <106>. For <1063> even <2532> Christ <5547> our <2257> passover <3957> is sacrificed <2380>(5681) for <5228> us <2257>:
8. Therefore <5620> let us keep the feast <1858>(5725), not <3361> with <1722> old <3820> leaven <2219>, neither <3366> with <1722> the leaven <2219> of malice <2549> and <2532> wickedness <4189>; but <235> with <1722> the unleavened <106> bread of sincerity <1505> and <2532> truth <225>.
9. I wrote <1125>(5656) unto you <5213> in <1722> an epistle <1992> not <3361> to company <4874>(5733) with fornicators <4205>:
10. Yet <2532> not <3756> altogether <3843> with the fornicators <4205> of this <5127> world <2889>, or <2228> with the covetous <4123>, or <2228> extortioners <727>, or <2228> with idolaters <1496>; for <1893> then <686> must ye needs <3784>(5719) go <1831>(5629) out of <1537> the world <2889>.
11. But <1161> now <3570> I have written <1125>(5656) unto you <5213> not <3361> to keep company <4874>(5733), if <1437> any man <5100> that is called <3687>(5746) a brother <80> be <2228> a fornicator <4205>, or <2228> covetous <4123>, or <2228> an idolater <1496>, or <2228> a railer <3060>, or <2228> a drunkard <3183>, or <2228> an extortioner <727>; with such an one <5108> no not <3366> to eat <4906>(5721).
12. For <1063> what <5101> have I <3427> to do to judge <2919>(5721) them also <2532> that are without <1854>? do <2919> <0> not <3780> ye <5210> judge <2919>(5719) them that are within <2080>?
13. But <1161> them that are without <1854> God <2316> judgeth <2919>(5692)(5719). Therefore <2532> put away <1808>(5692) from <1537> among yourselves <5216> that <846> wicked person <4190>.