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See if I do not find me such a shepherd for this land of theirs, as will leave lost sheep uncounted, strayed sheep unsought, hurt sheep unhealed; and such as are left whole, feed he will not, but eat ever the fattest of them, tearing only the hoofs away. (Zechariah 11, 16)
the whole land in mourning, all its families apart. Here the men of David’s clan, yonder their women, (Zechariah 12, 12)
All over this land, the Lord says, two thirds of them are forfeit to destruction, only a third shall be left to dwell there; (Zechariah 13, 8)
What shall be the land’s frontiers? The desert, and Geba, and Remmon✻ that is south of Jerusalem. What of the city? It shall be built up high, and its true limits keep, from gate of Benjamin to main gate and corner gate, from tower of Hananeel to the king’s wine-press. (Zechariah 14, 10)
Ay, but, says Edom, what if we have fallen on evil days? Give us time to repair the ruins! Trust me, says the Lord of hosts, as fast as they build, I will pull down; land of rebellion men shall call it, brood the Lord hates, and for ever. (Malachi 1, 4)
Here is great wrong in Juda, here are foul deeds done by Israel and Jerusalem!✻ Juda, that was once content to be set apart for the Lord, has profaned that holy estate, has taken wives that worship a god he knew not. (Malachi 2, 11)
the envy of all nations you shall be, says the Lord of hosts, a land of content. (Malachi 3, 12)
And this was the manner of Christ’s birth. His mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, but they had not yet come together, when she was found to be with child, by the power of the Holy Ghost. (Matthew 1, 18)
But hardly had this thought come to his mind, when an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said, Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take thy wife Mary to thyself, for it is by the power of the Holy Ghost that she has conceived this child; (Matthew 1, 20)
And thou, Bethlehem, of the land of Juda, art far from the least among the princes of Juda, for out of thee will arise a leader who is to be the shepherd of my people Israel.✻ (Matthew 2, 6)
and said: Rise up, take with thee the child and his mother, and return to the land of Israel; for those who sought the child’s life are dead. (Matthew 2, 20)
So he arose, and took the child and his mother with him, and came into the land of Israel. (Matthew 2, 21)
