68. Thus saith the Lord, _What iniquity have your fathers found in me_,
that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are
become vain? Jeremiah ii. 5.
69. Then saith the Lord unto Moses, Behold I will rain bread from heaven
for you, and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every
day, _that I may prove them whether they will walk in my law or no_.
Exodus xvi. 4.
70. When _therefore the Lord knew_ how the Pharisees had heard that
Jesus made and baptised more disciples than John. John iv. 1.
71. Because _the foolishness_ of God is wiser than men, and the weakness
of God is stronger than men. 1 Corinthians i. 25.
72. Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another, and the
Lord hearkened and heard it, and _a book of remembrance_ was written
before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his
name. Malachi iii. 16.
73. And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set
before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein. But
have walked after the _imagination_ of their own _heart_, and after
Baalim, which their fathers taught them. Jeremiah ix. 13, 14.
74. And ye have done worse than your fathers; (for behold ye walk every
one after the imagination of his _evil heart_, that ye may not hearken
unto me.) Jeremiah xvi. 12.
75. Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall
speak unto thee, _receive into thine heart_, and hear with thine ears.
Ezek. iii. 10.
76. They shall walk after the Lord; he shall _roar like a lion_: when he
shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west. Hosea xi. 10.
77. The Lord your God, which goeth before you, he shall _fight_ for you,
according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes. Deut. i.
30.
78. The great God that formed all things, both _rewardeth the fool_, and
rewardeth transgressors. Prov. xx vi. 10.
79. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the
children of men builded. And the Lord said, behold the people is one,
and they have all one language; and this they begin to do. Go to, let
us go down, and there _confound their language, that they may not
understand one another's speech_. Genesis xi. 5. 6, 7.
Also notes, 63, 121, 144, 147, 152, 153.