that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar.
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ClearBut there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD {is} not with Israel, {to wit, with} all the children of Ephraim.
But those who say sharp words to him will have delight, and a blessing of good will come on them.
Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:
And he, when he comes, will make the world conscious of sin, and of righteousness, and of being judged:
He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.
He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.
But what I am saying is true: my going is for your good: for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of {their} fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice {men, able} to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell?
These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.
But your hearts are full of sorrow because I have said these things.
For their downfall will come suddenly; and who has knowledge of the destruction of those in high positions?
But he slew not their children, but {did} as {it is} written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
But now I am going to him who sent me; and not one of you says to me, Where are you going?
Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. {established...: Heb. confirmed upon him}
My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:
Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.
I have said these things to you so that when the time comes, what I have said may come to your mind. I did not say them to you at the first, because then I was still with you.