Then they said to one another, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come; let us go and tell the king's household.”
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”
Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
“Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins? Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways.
Behold, upon the mountains, the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows, for never again shall the worthless pass through you; he is utterly cut off.
I was the first to say to Zion, “Behold, here they are!” and I give to Jerusalem a herald of good news.
Now there were four men who were lepers at the entrance to the gate. And they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die?
But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out.
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.
for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.
For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians hear the sound of chariots and of horses, the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to come against us.”
But he said to him, “Did not my heart go when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Was it a time to accept money and garments, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, male servants and female servants? Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever.” So he went out from his presence a leper, like snow.
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