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thus_o say_v the_o lord_n consider_v your_o own_o way_n in_o your_o heart_n you_o have_v sow_v much_o and_o bring_v in_o little_a you_o eat_v but_o you_o have_v not_o enough_o you_o drink_v but_o you_o be_v not_o fill_v etc._n etc._n verse_n 9_o you_o look_v for_o much_o and_z lo_o it_o come_v to_o little_a and_o when_o you_o bring_v it_o home_o i_o do_v blow_v upon_o it_o and_o why_o say_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n because_o of_o my_o house_n that_o be_v waste_v and_o you_o run_v every_o man_n to_o his_o own_o house_n therefore_o the_o heaven_n over_o you_o stay_v itself_o from_o dew_n and_o the_o earth_n stay_v her_o fruit_n etc._n etc._n 3_o perjury_n and_o oppression_n of_o the_o poor_a oppression_n be_v this_o way_n also_o visit_v as_o that_o excellent_a example_n 2._o sam._n 21._o show_v when_o the_o famine_n have_v be_v in_o the_o land_n three_o year_n david_n ask_v of_o the_o lord_n where_o and_o what_o the_o cause_n be_v of_o this_o so_o heavy_a a_o judgement_n answer_n be_v make_v that_o it_o be_v for_o saul_n and_o his_o bloody_a house_n because_o he_o slay_v the_o gibeonite_n contrary_a to_o the_o oath_n of_o josuah_n and_o the_o elder_n doubtless_o saul_n have_v a_o excuse_n and_o defence_n for_o himself_o in_o this_o fact_n which_o may_v carry_v a_o pretence_n before_o the_o people_n of_o law_n and_o justice_n yet_o god_n assure_v david_n till_o his_o cruelty_n be_v revenge_v the_o famine_n shall_v not_o be_v remove_v therefore_o david_n ask_v the_o gibeonite_n how_o they_o will_v be_v satisfy_v they_o require_v seven_o of_o saul_n his_o son_n have_v they_o hang_v they_o up_o to_o the_o lord_n and_o so_o the_o famine_n cease_v covetousness_n 4_o this_o plague_n also_o follow_v that_o inexpleble_a and_o devour_a gulf_n of_o greedy_a desire_n esay_n cap._n 5._o complain_v that_o in_o the_o lord_n vineyard_n wild_a grape_n only_o and_o sour_a be_v find_v among_o the_o rest_n he_o say_v woe_n unto_o they_o that_o join_v house_n to_o house_n and_o lay_v field_n to_o field_n till_o there_o be_v no_o place_n that_o you_o may_v be_v place_v by_o yourselves_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o earth_n this_o be_v in_o my_o ear_n say_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n sure_o many_o house_n shall_v be_v desolate_a even_o great_a and_o fair_a without_o inhabitant_n for_o ten_o acre_n of_o vine_n shall_v yield_v one_o bath_n and_o the_o seed_n of_o a_o homer_n shall_v yield_v one_o ephah_n now_o if_o there_o be_v but_o small_a yield_v there_o must_v needs_o be_v great_a scarcity_n 5_o in_o the_o 34._o of_o jeremie_n cruelty_n we_o read_v that_o the_o king_n and_o the_o people_n as_o it_o be_v conspire_v together_o do_v according_a to_o the_o law_n manumit_v or_o set_v free_a their_o man_n &_o maid_n servant_n but_o afterward_o revoke_v their_o former_a fact_n they_o bring_v they_o back_o again_o to_o their_o old_a slavery_n even_o for_o this_o cruelty_n the_o lord_n threaten_v this_o plague_n of_o famine_n poor_a folk_n and_o servant_n be_v not_o to_o 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