* Luis Alberto Alves
Hezekiah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. and it was the name of his mother Abijah the daughter of Zechariah. And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done. He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them.
4. And he brought the priests, and the Levites, and gathered them into the east square. And he said unto them, Hearken unto me, O Levites, sanctify yourselves now, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and remove filthiness from the sanctuary. For our fathers transgressed, and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God, and forsook him, and turned their faces from the tabernacle of the LORD, and turned their backs upon him.
7. And they shut the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and burned no incense, neither offered burnt offerings in the sanctuary to the God of Israel. Therefore the great wrath of the Lord came upon Judah and Jerusalem, and delivered them into trouble, and desolation, and derision, as ye see it with your eyes. For, behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons, and our daughters, and our wives; therefore they were in captivity.
10. Now it cometh to my heart, that we may make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that the fierceness of his wrath may depart from us.11. Now, my children, do not be remiss; for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him to serve him, and to be his ministers and burners of incense.
* Luis Alberto Alves is a pastor
Nenhum comentário:
Postar um comentário