And the man cried against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, "O altar, altar, thus says the LORD: `Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josi'ah by name; and he shall sacrifice upon you the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and men's bones shall be burned upon you.'"
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A child shall be born ... Josiah by name - Divine predictions so seldom include such specific details that doubts are raised, even by orthod…

Thus says the Lord. —This is one of those rather infrequent prophecies found in Holy Scripture, which, not content to foreshadow t…

And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord
By his order and command:
and said, O altar, altar…

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