5And Eliachim the priest wrote to all that were over against Esdrelon, which faceth the great plain near Dothain, and to all by whom there might be a passage of way, that they should take possession of the ascents of the mountains, by which there might be any way to Jerusalem, and should keep watch where the way was narrow between the mountains.

6And the children of Israel did as the priest of the Lord Eliachim had appointed them,

7And all the people cried to the Lord with great earnestness, and they humbled their souls in fastings, and prayers, both they and their wives.

8And the priests put on haircloths, and they caused the little children to lie prostrate before the temple of the Lord, and the altar of the Lord they covered with haircloth.

9And they cried to the Lord the God of Israel with one accord, that their children might not be made a prey, and their wives carried off, and their cities destroyed, and their holy things profaned, and that they might not be made a shame to the Gentiles.

10Then Eliachim the high priest of the Lord went about all Israel and spoke to them,

11Saying: Know you that the Lord will hear your prayers, if you continue with perseverance in fastings and prayers before the Lord.

12Remember Moses the servant of the Lord, who overcame Amalec that trusted in his own strength, and in his power, and in his army, and in his shields, and in his chariots, and in his horsemen, not by fighting with the sword, but by holy prayers:

33Let the poor see and rejoice: seek you God, and your soul shall live.

34For the Lord has heard the poor: and has not despised his prisoners.

35Let the heavens and the earth praise him; the sea, and every thing that creepeth in it.

36For God will save Sion, and the cities of Juda shall be built up. And they shall dwell there, and acquire it by gift.

37And the offspring of his servants shall have it; and those who love his name shall dwell in it.

17And the seventy-two returned with joy, saying: Lord, the devils also are subject to us in your name.

18And he said to them: I saw Satan like lightening falling from heaven.

19Look, I have given you power to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and upon all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall hurt you.

20But yet rejoice not in this, that spirits are subject to you; but rejoice in this, that your names are written in heaven.

21In that same hour, he rejoiced in the Holy Ghost, and said: I confess to you, OH Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to little ones. Yea, Father, for so it has seemed good in your sight.

22All things are rescued to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and to whom the Son will reveal him.

23And turning to his disciples, he said: Blessed are the eyes that see the things which you see.

24For I say to you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things that you see, and have not seen them; and to hear the things that you hear, and have not heard them.