afore <2KI20 -4> And it came to pass, {afore} Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, afore Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops, which withereth {afore} it groweth up: afore For {afore} the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away [and] cut down the branches. afore Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, {afore} he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. afore Which he had promised {afore} by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) afore And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had {afore} prepared unto glory, afore How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; as I wrote {afore} in few words,