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2 Chronicles 28:10
And now you purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for slaves and bondwomen to you: but are there not with you…


At a meeting of the Mission to Foreigners in London, Lord Shaftesbury said he remembered taking tea with a notorious German Socialist who propounded the most destructive theories about society. His lordship mentioned to this German a nobleman who was one of the richest men in the world. The Socialist boiled over with indignation, and said that the possession of such wealth was a degradation and a scandalous robbery. Perceiving that he wore a brilliant diamond breast-pin in his shirt-front, probably worth £50, his lordship said to him, "You have a diamond, I see; now if you will accompany me to-night to my ragged school, I will show you ragged, shoeless children, and if I were to say, 'Here is a diamond worth £50 that this gentleman wears in his shirt,' they too might boil over with indignation, and declare it was iniquitous, scandalous, and a crime." He replied, "Well, my lord, you have me this time."



Parallel Verses
KJV: And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?

WEB: Now you purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondservants and bondmaids for yourselves. Aren't there even with you trespasses of your own against Yahweh your God?




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