Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Why not, if there will be peace and security in my days?”
So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, “It is the Lord. Let him do what seems good to him.”
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.
“Thus says the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth month and the fast of the fifth and the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth shall be to the house of Judah seasons of joy and gladness and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace.
Why should a living man complain, a man, about the punishment of his sins?
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;
Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security.
I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it.
And he said, “Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”
Letters were sent to all the Jews, to the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, in words of peace and truth,
Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Among those who are near me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified.’” And Aaron held his peace.
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