If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.

If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. {sure: or, steady}

Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, {There is} an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and {then} to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

Then said he unto me, This {is} the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off {as} on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off {as} on that side according to it. {every one that stealeth...: or, every one of this people that stealeth holdeth himself guiltless, as it doth}

And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal {it}: and they shall return {even} to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; {righteously: Heb. in righteousnesses} {uprightly: Heb. uprightnesses} {oppressions: or, deceits} {blood: Heb. bloods}

Turn ye unto {him from} whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. {tabrets: or, timbrels}

Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because {it is} none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. {up: Heb. upon}

If iniquity {be} in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

If they obey and serve {him}, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

If thou {wert} pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, {they that} tempt God are even delivered. {are set up: Heb. are built}

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that {is} by it: {even: or, and}

This is the sum of the tabernacle, {even} of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, {for} the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.

And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he {was} God.