chapter xxiii

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18. And those who were clear of this, were deeply covetous. _Who is there among you, that would shut the doors for nought? Neither do ye kindle fire on my altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts_, (Malachi vi. 10.) _The priests of_ Zion _preach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money. Yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, is not the Lord among us?_ (Micah iii. 11.) _Thus, saith the Lord, the prophets bite with their teeth, and cry peace: and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him_, (