fathers I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my {fathers}, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast [now] made known unto us the king's matter. fathers Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our {fathers}, and to all the people of the land. fathers O Lord, to us [belongeth] confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our {fathers}, because we have sinned against thee. fathers O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our {fathers}, Jerusalem and thy people [are become] a reproach to all [that are] about us. fathers He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do [that] which his fathers have not done, nor his {fathers}' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: [yea], and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. fathers He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do [that] which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' {fathers}; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: [yea], and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. fathers He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do [that] which his {fathers} have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: [yea], and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. fathers Neither shall he regard the God of his {fathers}, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. fathers But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his {fathers} knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. ~~~~~~