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Then were the kings scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first moneth, and there was written, according to all that Haman had commanded, vnto the kings Lieutenants, and to the gouernours, that were ouer euery prouince, and to the rulers of euery people of euery prouince, according to the writing thereof, and to euery people, after their language, in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the kings ring.

1611 marginal noteOr, secretaries.

Art thou the first man that was borne? or wast thou made before the hilles?

And he called the name of the first, Iemima, and the name of the second, Kezia, and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.

He that is first in his owne cause, seemeth iust; but his neighbour commeth and searcheth him.

And I will restore thy iudges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called the citie of righteousnesse, the faithfull citie.

¶ Neuerthelesse the dimnesse shall not be such as was in her vexation; when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grieuously afflict her by the way of the Sea, beyond Iordan in Galile of the nations.

1611 marginal noteOr, populous.

Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD the first, and with the last, I am he.

1611 marginal noteChap.43.10. and 44.6. and 48.12. reu.1.17. and 22.13.

The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them, and I will giue to Ierusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers haue transgressed against mee.

1611 marginal noteHeb. interpreters.

Thus saith the LORD the king of Israel and his redeemer the LORD of hostes, I am the first, and I am the last, and besides me there is no God.

1611 marginal noteCha.41.4. and 48.12. reuel.1.8, 17 and 22.13.