but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it; lest you even be found to fight against God.

Why do the nations rage, and the peoples devise a vain thing?

Let us break and tear away their bonds, and cast away their cords from us.

You watched until it happened that a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.

Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were together broken to pieces, and they became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors. And the wind carried them away so that they could not be found anywhere. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

But they have not all obeyed the gospel, for Isaiah says, Lord, who believes our report?

But I say, have they not heard? Yes indeed: Their sound has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

For I will not dare to speak of anything which Christ has not accomplished through me, unto the obedience of the Gentiles in word and deed;

And so I have striven to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, so that I should not build on another man's foundation,

For this reason I also have been much hindered from coming to you.

For from you the Word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we do not need to say anything.

So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way of punishing them, because of the people, since they all glorified God for what had been done.

And now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants to speak Your Word with all boldness,

by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Son Jesus.

Now when the high priest, the temple commander, and the chief priests heard these things, they were perplexed as to whatever would become of this.

saying, Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man's blood upon us.

And they agreed with him, and when they had summoned the apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

Therefore the anger of Jehovah burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet who said to him, Why have you sought the gods of the people, which could not rescue their own people from your hand?

So it was, as he spoke with him, that the king said to him, Have we made you the king's counselor? Stop! Why should you be killed? So the prophet stopped, and said, I know that God has given counsel to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my counsel.

Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and note it in a book, so that it may be for time to come forever and ever,

who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy deception;

Now Pashur, the son of Immer the priest (he was chief officer in the house of Jehovah), heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.

And it happened on the next day that Pashur brought Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, Jehovah has not called your name Pashur, but Magor- Missabib.

Thus says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because you have sent letters in your name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

Now therefore why have you not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, who prophesies to you?

And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

Send to all the captives, saying, Thus says Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I have not sent him, and he caused you to trust in a lie,

Therefore the rulers said to the king, Please let this man be put to death. For in this way he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man does not seek the welfare of this people, but their harm.

But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and you commanded the prophets, saying, Do not prophesy.

And Amaziah said to Amos, Seer, go! Flee into the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there.

Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, I was not a prophet, nor was I the son of a prophet, but I was a herdsman and one gathering sycamore fruit.

Now, therefore, hear the Word of Jehovah: You say, Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not drop words against the house of Isaac.

Do not prophesy as you prophesy, you say. So they shall not prophesy to you; they shall not take away reproaches.

You who are named House of Jacob, is the Spirit of Jehovah limited? Are these His doings? Do not My Words do good to the one who walks uprightly?

Therefore, command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, that His disciples not come by night and steal Him away, and say to the people, He has risen from the dead. So the last deception will be worse than the first.

Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, What shall we do? For this Man performs many signs.

If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe into Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation.

who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have driven us out; and they do not please God and are contrary to all men,

forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, so as always to fill up the measure of their sins; but wrath has come upon them to the end.