GRACE UPON GRACE

 EZEKIEL 39:25-29 THEREFORE THUS SAITH    THE LORD GOD; NOW WILL  I BRING AGAIN  THE CAPTIVITY OF JACOB,  AND HAVE MERCY UPON  THE WHOLE HOUSE OF ISRAEL,  AND WILL BE JEALOUS  FOR MY HOLY NAME;  AFTER THAT THEY HAVE  BORNE THEIR SHAME,  AND ALL THEIR TRESPASSES WHEREBY THEY HAVE  TRESPASSED AGAINST ME,  WHEN THEY  DWELT SAFELY IN THEIR LAND,  AND NONE MADE THEM AFRAID.  WHEN I HAVE BROUGHT THEM  AGAIN FROM THE PEOPLE,  AND GATHERED THEM OUT  OF THEIR ENEMIES' LANDS,  AND AM SANCTIFIED IN  THEM IN THE SIGHT OF MANY  NATIONS; THEN SHALL THEY KNOW  THAT I AM THE LORD THEIR GOD,  WHICH CAUSED THEM TO  BE LED INTO CAPTIVITY  AMONG THE HEATHEN:  BUT I HAVE GATHERED  THEM UNTO THEIR OWN LAND,  AND  HAVE LEFT NONE OF THEM  ANY MORE THERE.    NEITHER WILL I HIDE  MY FACE ANY MORE  FROM THEM:  FOR I HAVE POURED OUT...

HOSEA 2:1-10 SAY YE UNTO YOUR BRETHREN,  AMMI;  AND TO YOUR SISTERS,  RUHAMAH. PLEAD WITH YOUR MOTHER,  PLEAD: FOR SHE IS NOT MY WIFE,  NEITHER AM I HER HUSBAND:  LET HER THEREFORE PUT AWAY  HER WHOREDOMS OUT OF HER SIGHT,  AND HER ADULTERIES FROM  BETWEEN HER BREASTS;  LEST I STRIP HER NAKED,  AND SET HER AS IN THE DAY  THAT SHE WAS BORN,  AND MAKE HER AS A WILDERNESS,  AND SET HER LIKE A DRY LAND,  AND SLAY HER WITH THIRST.   AND I WILL NOT HAVE MERCY  UPON HER CHILDREN;  FOR THEY BE THE CHILDREN  OF WHOREDOMS.  FOR THEIR MOTHER HATH  PLAYED THE HARLOT:  SHE THAT CONCEIVED  THEM HATH DONE SHAMEFULLY:  FOR SHE SAID,  I WILL GO AFTER MY LOVERS,  THAT GIVE ME MY BREAD  AND MY WATER,  MY WOOL AND MY FLAX,  MINE OIL AND MY DRINK.  THEREFORE, BEHOLD,  I WILL HEDGE UP THY WAY  WITH THORNS, AND MAKE A WALL,  THAT SHE SHALL NO...

ECCLESIASTES 3:17-22   I SAID IN MINE HEART,  GOD SHALL JUDGE  THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED:  FOR  THERE IS A TIME  THERE FOR EVERY PURPOSE  AND FOR EVERY WORK. I SAID IN MINE HEART  CONCERNING THE ESTATE  OF THE SONS OF MEN,  THAT GOD MIGHT MANIFEST THEM,  AND THAT THEY MIGHT  SEE THAT THEY  THEMSELVES ARE BEASTS.  FOR THAT WHICH BEFALLETH  THE SONS OF MEN BEFALLETH BEASTS; EVEN ONE THING BEFALLETH THEM:  AS THE ONE DIETH,  SO DIETH THE OTHER;  YEA, THEY HAVE ALL ONE BREATH;  SO THAT  A MAN HATH  NO PREEMINENCE  ABOVE A BEAST:  FOR ALL IS VANITY.  ALL GO UNTO ONE PLACE;  ALL ARE OF THE DUST,  AND ALL TURN TO DUST AGAIN.    WHO KNOWETH THE SPIRIT  OF MAN THAT GOETH UPWARD,  AND THE SPIRIT OF THE BEAST  THAT GOETH DOWNWARD  TO THE EARTH?  WHEREFORE I PERCEIVE  THAT THERE IS NOTHING BETTER,  THAN THAT A MAN SHOULD...

 Psalm 139:1-10 OH LORD, THOU HAST SEARCHED ME, AND KNOWN ME. THOU KNOWEST MY DOWNSITTING AND MINE UPRISING, THOU UNDERSTANDEST  MY THOUGHT AFAR OFF.  THOU COMPASSEST MY PATH AND MY LYING DOWN,  AND ART ACQUAINTED  WITH ALL MY WAYS. FOR THERE IS NOT A WORD  IN MY TONGUE, BUT, LO, O LORD, THOU KNOWEST IT ALTOGETHER. THOU HAST BESET ME BEHIND  AND  BEFORE, LAID THY HAND UPON ME.  SUCH KNOWLEDGE IS TOO  WONDERFUL FOR ME.  IT IS HIGH,  I CANNOT ATTAIN UNTO IT.  WHITHER SHALL I GO  FROM THY SPIRIT?  OR WHITHER I SHALL FLEE  FROM THY PRESENCE?  IF I ASCEND UP INTO HEAVEN, THOU ART THERE: IF I MAKE MY BED IN HELL, BEHOLD,THOU ART THERE. IF I TAKE THE WINGS  OF THE MORNING, AND  DWELL IN THE UTTERMOST  PARTS OF THE SEA;  EVEN THERE SHALL  THY HAND LEAD ME, AND  THY RIGHT HAND SHALL HOLD ME. LOVE

EZEKIEL 33:25-33 WHEREFORE SAY UNTO THEM,  THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD;  YE EAT WITH THE BLOOD,  AND LIFT UP YOUR EYES  TOWARD YOUR IDOLS,  AND SHED BLOOD: AND SHALL  YE POSSESS THE LAND?  YE STAND UPON YOUR SWORD,  YE WORK ABOMINATION,  AND YE DEFILE EVERY ONE  HIS NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE:  AND SHALL YE POSSESS THE LAND?  SAY THOU THUS UNTO THEM,  THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD;  AS I LIVE, SURELY THEY  THAT ARE IN THE WASTES  SHALL FALL BY THE SWORD,  AND HIM THAT IS IN THE  OPEN FIELD WILL I GIVE  TO THE BEASTS TO BE DEVOURED,  AND THEY THAT BE IN  THE FORTS AND IN THE CAVES  SHALL DIE OF THE PESTILENCE.  FOR  I WILL LAY  THE LAND MOST DESOLATE,  AND  THE POMP OF HER  STRENGTH SHALL CEASE;  AND  THE MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL  SHALL BE DESOLATE,  THAT NONE SHALL PASS THROUGH.  THEN SHALL THEY KNOW THAT  I AM THE LORD,  WHEN I HAVE LAID ...

 JOB 9:13-22 IF GOD WILL NOT  WITHDRAW HIS ANGER,  THE PROUD HELPERS  DO STOOP UNDER HIM.  HOW MUCH LESS SHALL  I ANSWER HIM, AND CHOOSE  OUT MY WORDS TO  REASON WITH HIM?   WHOM, THOUGH I WERE RIGHTEOUS,  YET WOULD I NOT ANSWER,  BUT I WOULD MAKE SUPPLICATION  TO MY JUDGE.  IF I HAD CALLED,  AND HE HAD ANSWERED ME;  YET WOULD I NOT BELIEVE  THAT HE HAD HEARKENED  UNTO MY VOICE.    FOR HE BREAKETH ME  WITH A TEMPEST, AND MULTIPLIETH  MY WOUNDS WITHOUT CAUSE.  HE WILL NOT SUFFER ME  TO TAKE MY BREATH,  BUT FILLETH ME WITH BITTERNESS.  IF I SPEAK OF STRENGTH,  LO, HE IS STRONG:  AND IF OF JUDGMENT,  WHO SHALL SET ME A TIME TO PLEAD?   IF I JUSTIFY MYSELF,  MINE OWN MOUTH SHALL  CONDEMN ME: IF I SAY,  I AM PERFECT, IT SHALL  ALSO PROVE ME PERVERSE.  THOUGH I WERE PERFECT,  YET WOULD I NOT KNOW MY SOUL: ...