Heart Detox: The War for Your Soul by Vance K. Jackson

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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Unity and Maturity in the Body of Christ</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EPH.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EPH.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EPH.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EPH.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EPH.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">one Lord, one faith, one baptism; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EPH.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EPH.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EPH.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EPH.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">This is why it</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">God</span></span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EPH.4.8"><span class="content">&#8220;When he ascended on high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EPH.4.8"><span class="content">he took many captives</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EPH.4.8"><span class="content">and gave gifts to his people.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:8 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 68:18</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EPH.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EPH.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">(What does &#8220;he ascended&#8221; mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the depths of the earth</span></span></span><span class="content">? </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EPH.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EPH.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EPH.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EPH.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EPH.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EPH.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EPH.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EPH.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Instructions for Christian Living</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EPH.4.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EPH.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EPH.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EPH.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EPH.4.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EPH.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">That, however, is not the way of life you learned </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EPH.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EPH.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EPH.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">to be made new in the attitude of your minds; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EPH.4.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EPH.4.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EPH.4.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EPH.4.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;In your anger do not sin&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:26 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 4:4 (see Septuagint)</span></span></span><span class="content">: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EPH.4.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">and do not give the devil a foothold. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EPH.4.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EPH.4.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EPH.4.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EPH.4.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EPH.4.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EPH.4.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="nb"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EPH.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Follow God&#8217;s example, therefore, as dearly loved children </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EPH.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EPH.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EPH.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God&#8217;s holy people. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EPH.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EPH.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person&#8212;such a person is an idolater&#8212;has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">kingdom of the Messiah and God</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EPH.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God&#8217;s wrath comes on those who are disobedient. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EPH.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Therefore do not be partners with them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EPH.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EPH.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EPH.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">(for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EPH.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and find out what pleases the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EPH.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EPH.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EPH.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But everything exposed by the light becomes visible&#8212;and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EPH.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">This is why it is said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EPH.5.14"><span class="content">&#8220;Wake up, sleeper,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EPH.5.14"><span class="content">rise from the dead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EPH.5.14"><span class="content">and Christ will shine on you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EPH.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EPH.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Be very careful, then, how you live&#8212;not as unwise but as wise, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EPH.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EPH.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord&#8217;s will is. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EPH.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EPH.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EPH.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Instructions for Christian Households</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EPH.5.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EPH.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EPH.5.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EPH.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EPH.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EPH.5.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EPH.5.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EPH.5.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EPH.5.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">to make her holy, cleansing</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">having cleansed</span></span></span><span class="content"> her by the washing with water through the word, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EPH.5.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EPH.5.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EPH.5.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EPH.5.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">for we are members of his body. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EPH.5.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:31 </span><span class="ft">Gen. 2:24</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EPH.5.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">This is a profound mystery&#8212;but I am talking about Christ and the church. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EPH.5.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">6</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EPH.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EPH.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Honor your father and mother&#8221;&#8212;which is the first commandment with a promise&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EPH.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:3 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 5:16</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EPH.6.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EPH.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Fathers,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Parents</span></span></span><span class="content"> do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EPH.6.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EPH.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EPH.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EPH.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EPH.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EPH.6.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EPH.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Armor of God</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EPH.6.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EPH.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EPH.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil&#8217;s schemes. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EPH.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EPH.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EPH.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EPH.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EPH.6.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EPH.6.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EPH.6.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EPH.6.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord&#8217;s people. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EPH.6.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EPH.6.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Final Greetings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EPH.6.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EPH.6.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Tychicus, the dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you everything, so that you also may know how I am and what I am doing. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EPH.6.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EPH.6.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EPH.6.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Peace to the brothers and sisters,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:23 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EPH.6.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:24 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Grace and immortality to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Mountain of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In the last days</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="content">the mountain of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple will be established</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="content">as the highest of the mountains;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="content">it will be exalted above the hills,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="content">and all nations will stream to it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Many peoples will come and say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Come, let us go up to the mountain of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">to the temple of the God of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">He will teach us his ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">so that we may walk in his paths.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">The law will go out from Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He will judge between the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">and will settle disputes for many peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">They will beat their swords into plowshares</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">and their spears into pruning hooks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">Nation will not take up sword against nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">nor will they train for war anymore.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Come, descendants of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.2.5"><span class="content">let us walk in the light of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have abandoned your people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="content">the descendants of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="content">They are full of superstitions from the East;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="content">they practice divination like the Philistines</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="content">and embrace pagan customs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Their land is full of silver and gold;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.2.7"><span class="content">there is no end to their treasures.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.2.7"><span class="content">Their land is full of horses;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.2.7"><span class="content">there is no end to their chariots.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Their land is full of idols;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.2.8"><span class="content">they bow down to the work of their hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.2.8"><span class="content">to what their fingers have made.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So people will be brought low</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.2.9"><span class="content">and everyone humbled&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.2.9"><span class="content">do not forgive them.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">not raise them up</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Go into the rocks, hide in the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.2.10"><span class="content">from the fearful presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.2.10"><span class="content">and the splendor of his majesty!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.2.11"><span class="content">and human pride brought low;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.2.11"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> alone will be exalted in that day.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty has a day in store</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.2.12"><span class="content">for all the proud and lofty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.2.12"><span class="content">for all that is exalted</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.2.12"><span class="content">(and they will be humbled),</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">for all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.2.13"><span class="content">and all the oaks of Bashan,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">for all the towering mountains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.2.14"><span class="content">and all the high hills,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">for every lofty tower</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.2.15"><span class="content">and every fortified wall,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for every trading ship</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:16 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">every ship of Tarshish</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.2.16"><span class="content">and every stately vessel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The arrogance of man will be brought low</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.2.17"><span class="content">and human pride humbled;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.2.17"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> alone will be exalted in that day,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and the idols will totally disappear.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">People will flee to caves in the rocks</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.2.19"><span class="content">and to holes in the ground</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.2.19"><span class="content">from the fearful presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.2.19"><span class="content">and the splendor of his majesty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.2.19"><span class="content">when he rises to shake the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">In that day people will throw away</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.2.20"><span class="content">to the moles and bats</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.2.20"><span class="content">their idols of silver and idols of gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.2.20"><span class="content">which they made to worship.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They will flee to caverns in the rocks</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.2.21"><span class="content">and to the overhanging crags</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.2.21"><span class="content">from the fearful presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.2.21"><span class="content">and the splendor of his majesty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.2.21"><span class="content">when he rises to shake the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.2.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Stop trusting in mere humans,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.2.22"><span class="content">who have but a breath in their nostrils.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.2.22"><span class="content">Why hold them in esteem?</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">53</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 53</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 53:1-6 is numbered 53:2-7.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">mahalath.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">maskil</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.53.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The fool says in his heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.53.1"><span class="content">&#8220;There is no God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.53.1"><span class="content">They are corrupt, and their ways are vile;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.53.1"><span class="content">there is no one who does good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.53.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.53.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">God looks down from heaven</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.53.2"><span class="content">on all mankind</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.53.2"><span class="content">to see if there are any who understand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.53.2"><span class="content">any who seek God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.53.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.53.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.53.3"><span class="content">there is no one who does good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.53.3"><span class="content">not even one.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.53.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.53.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do all these evildoers know nothing?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.53.4"><span class="content">They devour my people as though eating bread;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.53.4"><span class="content">they never call on God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.53.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.53.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.53.5"><span class="content">where there was nothing to dread.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.53.5"><span class="content">God scattered the bones of those who attacked you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.53.5"><span class="content">you put them to shame, for God despised them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.53.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.53.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.53.6"><span class="content">When God restores his people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.53.6"><span class="content">let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!</span></span></div>
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