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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Other Clans of Judah</span></div><div class="li1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The descendants of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.4.1"><span class="content">Perez, Hezron, Karmi, Hur and Shobal.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">These were the sons</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:3 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Vulgate); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">father</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Etam:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.4.3"><span class="content">Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash. Their sister was named Hazzelelponi. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.4.4"><span class="content">These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and father</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:4 </span><span class="fq">Father </span><span class="ft">may mean </span><span class="fqa">civic leader </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">military leader</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 12, 14, 17, 18 and possibly elsewhere.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Bethlehem.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni and Haahashtari. These were the descendants of Naarah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The sons of Helah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.4.7"><span class="content">Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">and Koz, who was the father of Anub and Hazzobebah and of the clans of Aharhel son of Harum.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:9 </span><span class="fq">Jabez </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">pain</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> saying, &#8220;I gave birth to him in pain.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, &#8220;Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.&#8221; And God granted his request.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Kelub, Shuhah&#8217;s brother, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Eshton was the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah and Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of the city of Nahash</span></span></span><span class="content"> These were the men of Rekah.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The sons of Kenaz:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.4.13"><span class="content">Othniel and Seraiah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.4.13"><span class="content">The sons of Othniel:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.4.13"><span class="content">Hathath and Meonothai.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:13 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate; Hebrew does not have </span><span class="fq">and Meonothai</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Meonothai was the father of Ophrah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.4.14"><span class="content">Seraiah was the father of Joab,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.4.14"><span class="content">the father of Ge Harashim.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:14 </span><span class="fq">Ge Harashim </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">valley of skilled workers.</span></span></span><span class="content"> It was called this because its people were skilled workers.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.4.15"><span class="content">Iru, Elah and Naam.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.4.15"><span class="content">The son of Elah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.4.15"><span class="content">Kenaz.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The sons of Jehallelel:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.4.16"><span class="content">Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.4.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The sons of Ezrah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.4.17"><span class="content">Jether, Mered, Epher and Jalon. One of Mered&#8217;s wives gave birth to Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">(His wife from the tribe of Judah gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soko, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the children of Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter Bithiah, whom Mered had married.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.4.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The sons of Hodiah&#8217;s wife, the sister of Naham:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.4.19"><span class="content">the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maakathite.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.4.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The sons of Shimon:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.4.20"><span class="content">Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan and Tilon.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.4.20"><span class="content">The descendants of Ishi:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.4.20"><span class="content">Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.4.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The sons of Shelah son of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.4.21"><span class="content">Er the father of Lekah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth Ashbea, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Jokim, the men of Kozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jashubi Lehem. (These records are from ancient times.) </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">They were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah; they stayed there and worked for the king.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Simeon</span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.4.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.4.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The descendants of Simeon:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.4.24"><span class="content">Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah and Shaul;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.4.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CH.4.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Shallum was Shaul&#8217;s son, Mibsam his son and Mishma his son.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CH.4.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.4.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The descendants of Mishma:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.4.26"><span class="content">Hammuel his son, Zakkur his son and Shimei his son.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.4.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.4.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children; so their entire clan did not become as numerous as the people of Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.4.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual, </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.4.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.4.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CH.4.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri and Shaaraim. These were their towns until the reign of David. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.4.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Their surrounding villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token and Ashan&#8212;five towns&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.4.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:33 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Joshua 19:8); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Baal</span></span></span><span class="content"> These were their settlements. And they kept a genealogical record.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="mi"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.4.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.4.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.4.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.4.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">also Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CH.4.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">and Ziza son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CH.4.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CH.4.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">The men listed above by name were leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly, </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1CH.4.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">and they went to the outskirts of Gedor to the east of the valley in search of pasture for their flocks. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CH.4.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">They found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful and quiet. Some Hamites had lived there formerly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CH.4.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1CH.4.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">The men whose names were listed came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings and also the Meunites who were there and completely destroyed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:41 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, often by totally destroying them.</span></span></span><span class="content"> them, as is evident to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="1CH.4.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">And five hundred of these Simeonites, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, invaded the hill country of Seir. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1CH.4.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">They killed the remaining Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that came to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the reign of Jeroboam son of Jehoash</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Joash, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehoash</span></span></span><span class="content"> king of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Hosea&#8217;s Wife and Children</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> began to speak through Hosea, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to him, &#8220;Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So he married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Hosea, &#8220;Call him Jezreel, because I will soon punish the house of Jehu for the massacre at Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In that day I will break Israel&#8217;s bow in the Valley of Jezreel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Hosea, &#8220;Call her Lo-Ruhamah (which means &#8220;not loved&#8221;), for I will no longer show love to Israel, that I should at all forgive them. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Yet I will show love to Judah; and I will save them&#8212;not by bow, sword or battle, or by horses and horsemen, but I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God, will save them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">After she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, Gomer had another son. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;Call him Lo-Ammi (which means &#8220;not my people&#8221;), for you are not my people, and I am not your God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">your <span class="nd">I am</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, &#8216;You are not my people,&#8217; they will be called &#8216;children of the living God.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The people of Judah and the people of Israel will come together; they will appoint one leader and will come up out of the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:11 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 1:10,11 is numbered 2:1,2.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 2:1-23 is numbered 2:3-25.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Say of your brothers, &#8216;My people,&#8217; and of your sisters, &#8216;My loved one.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel Punished and Restored</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Rebuke your mother, rebuke her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.2.2"><span class="content">for she is not my wife,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.2.2"><span class="content">and I am not her husband.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.2.2"><span class="content">Let her remove the adulterous look from her face</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.2.2"><span class="content">and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Otherwise I will strip her naked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.2.3"><span class="content">and make her as bare as on the day she was born;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.2.3"><span class="content">I will make her like a desert,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.2.3"><span class="content">turn her into a parched land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.2.3"><span class="content">and slay her with thirst.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will not show my love to her children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.2.4"><span class="content">because they are the children of adultery.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Their mother has been unfaithful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.2.5"><span class="content">and has conceived them in disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.2.5"><span class="content">She said, &#8216;I will go after my lovers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.2.5"><span class="content">who give me my food and my water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.2.5"><span class="content">my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.2.6"><span class="content">I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">She will chase after her lovers but not catch them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.2.7"><span class="content">she will look for them but not find them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.2.7"><span class="content">Then she will say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.2.7"><span class="content">&#8216;I will go back to my husband as at first,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.2.7"><span class="content">for then I was better off than now.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">She has not acknowledged that I was the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.2.8"><span class="content">who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.2.8"><span class="content">who lavished on her the silver and gold&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.2.8"><span class="content">which they used for Baal.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore I will take away my grain when it ripens,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.2.9"><span class="content">and my new wine when it is ready.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.2.9"><span class="content">I will take back my wool and my linen,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.2.9"><span class="content">intended to cover her naked body.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">So now I will expose her lewdness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.2.10"><span class="content">before the eyes of her lovers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.2.10"><span class="content">no one will take her out of my hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I will stop all her celebrations:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.2.11"><span class="content">her yearly festivals, her New Moons,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.2.11"><span class="content">her Sabbath days&#8212;all her appointed festivals.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will ruin her vines and her fig trees,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.2.12"><span class="content">which she said were her pay from her lovers;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.2.12"><span class="content">I will make them a thicket,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.2.12"><span class="content">and wild animals will devour them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I will punish her for the days</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.2.13"><span class="content">she burned incense to the Baals;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.2.13"><span class="content">she decked herself with rings and jewelry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.2.13"><span class="content">and went after her lovers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.2.13"><span class="content">but me she forgot,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.2.13"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore I am now going to allure her;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.2.14"><span class="content">I will lead her into the wilderness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.2.14"><span class="content">and speak tenderly to her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">There I will give her back her vineyards,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.2.15"><span class="content">and will make the Valley of Achor</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="fq">Achor </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">trouble.</span></span></span><span class="content"> a door of hope.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.2.15"><span class="content">There she will respond</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sing</span></span></span><span class="content"> as in the days of her youth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.2.15"><span class="content">as in the day she came up out of Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.2.16"><span class="content">&#8220;you will call me &#8216;my husband&#8217;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.2.16"><span class="content">you will no longer call me &#8216;my master.</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">baal</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.2.17"><span class="content">no longer will their names be invoked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">In that day I will make a covenant for them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.2.18"><span class="content">with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.2.18"><span class="content">and the creatures that move along the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.2.18"><span class="content">Bow and sword and battle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.2.18"><span class="content">I will abolish from the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.2.18"><span class="content">so that all may lie down in safety.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HOS.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I will betroth you to me forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HOS.2.19"><span class="content">I will betroth you in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">with</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 20</span></span></span><span class="content"> righteousness and justice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HOS.2.19"><span class="content">in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">with</span></span></span><span class="content"> love and compassion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HOS.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HOS.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I will betroth you in faithfulness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HOS.2.20"><span class="content">and you will acknowledge the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HOS.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HOS.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day I will respond,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HOS.2.21"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HOS.2.21"><span class="content">&#8220;I will respond to the skies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HOS.2.21"><span class="content">and they will respond to the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HOS.2.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HOS.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">and the earth will respond to the grain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HOS.2.22"><span class="content">the new wine and the olive oil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HOS.2.22"><span class="content">and they will respond to Jezreel.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:22 </span><span class="fq">Jezreel </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">God plants.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HOS.2.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HOS.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I will plant her for myself in the land;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HOS.2.23"><span class="content">I will show my love to the one I called &#8216;Not my loved one.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:23 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Lo-Ruhamah </span><span class="ft">(see 1:6)</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HOS.2.23"><span class="content">I will say to those called &#8216;Not my people,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:23 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Lo-Ammi </span><span class="ft">(see 1:9)</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8217; &#8216;You are my people&#8217;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HOS.2.23"><span class="content">and they will say, &#8216;You are my God.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="LUK.1.57"><span class="label">57</span><span class="content">When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. </span></span><span class="verse v58" data-usfm="LUK.1.58"><span class="label">58</span><span class="content">Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v58" data-usfm="LUK.1.58"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v59" data-usfm="LUK.1.59"><span class="label">59</span><span class="content">On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah, </span></span><span class="verse v60" data-usfm="LUK.1.60"><span class="label">60</span><span class="content">but his mother spoke up and said, &#8220;No! He is to be called John.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v60" data-usfm="LUK.1.60"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v61" data-usfm="LUK.1.61"><span class="label">61</span><span class="content">They said to her, &#8220;There is no one among your relatives who has that name.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v61" data-usfm="LUK.1.61"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v62" data-usfm="LUK.1.62"><span class="label">62</span><span class="content">Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child. </span></span><span class="verse v63" data-usfm="LUK.1.63"><span class="label">63</span><span class="content">He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone&#8217;s astonishment he wrote, &#8220;His name is John.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v64" data-usfm="LUK.1.64"><span class="label">64</span><span class="content">Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God. </span></span><span class="verse v65" data-usfm="LUK.1.65"><span class="label">65</span><span class="content">All the neighbors were filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about all these things. </span></span><span class="verse v66" data-usfm="LUK.1.66"><span class="label">66</span><span class="content">Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, &#8220;What then is this child going to be?&#8221; For the Lord&#8217;s hand was with him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Zechariah&#8217;s Song</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v66" data-usfm="LUK.1.66"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v67" data-usfm="LUK.1.67"><span class="label">67</span><span class="content">His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v67" data-usfm="LUK.1.67"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v68" data-usfm="LUK.1.68"><span class="label">68</span><span class="content">&#8220;Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v68" data-usfm="LUK.1.68"><span class="content">because he has come to his people and redeemed them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v68" data-usfm="LUK.1.68"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v69" data-usfm="LUK.1.69"><span class="label">69</span><span class="content">He has raised up a horn</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:69 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes a strong king.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of salvation for us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v69" data-usfm="LUK.1.69"><span class="content">in the house of his servant David</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v69" data-usfm="LUK.1.69"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v70" data-usfm="LUK.1.70"><span class="label">70</span><span class="content">(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v70" data-usfm="LUK.1.70"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v71" data-usfm="LUK.1.71"><span class="label">71</span><span class="content">salvation from our enemies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v71" data-usfm="LUK.1.71"><span class="content">and from the hand of all who hate us&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v71" data-usfm="LUK.1.71"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v72" data-usfm="LUK.1.72"><span class="label">72</span><span class="content">to show mercy to our ancestors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v72" data-usfm="LUK.1.72"><span class="content">and to remember his holy covenant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v72" data-usfm="LUK.1.72"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v73" data-usfm="LUK.1.73"><span class="label">73</span><span class="content">the oath he swore to our father Abraham:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v73" data-usfm="LUK.1.73"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v74" data-usfm="LUK.1.74"><span class="label">74</span><span class="content">to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v74" data-usfm="LUK.1.74"><span class="content">and to enable us to serve him without fear</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v74" data-usfm="LUK.1.74"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v75" data-usfm="LUK.1.75"><span class="label">75</span><span class="content">in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v75" data-usfm="LUK.1.75"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v76" data-usfm="LUK.1.76"><span class="label">76</span><span class="content">And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v76" data-usfm="LUK.1.76"><span class="content">for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v76" data-usfm="LUK.1.76"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v77" data-usfm="LUK.1.77"><span class="label">77</span><span class="content">to give his people the knowledge of salvation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v77" data-usfm="LUK.1.77"><span class="content">through the forgiveness of their sins,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v77" data-usfm="LUK.1.77"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v78" data-usfm="LUK.1.78"><span class="label">78</span><span class="content">because of the tender mercy of our God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v78" data-usfm="LUK.1.78"><span class="content">by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v78" data-usfm="LUK.1.78"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v79" data-usfm="LUK.1.79"><span class="label">79</span><span class="content">to shine on those living in darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v79" data-usfm="LUK.1.79"><span class="content">and in the shadow of death,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v79" data-usfm="LUK.1.79"><span class="content">to guide our feet into the path of peace.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v79" data-usfm="LUK.1.79"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v80" data-usfm="LUK.1.80"><span class="label">80</span><span class="content">And the child grew and became strong in spirit</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:80 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in the Spirit</span></span></span><span class="content">; and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TH.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">You know, brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not without results. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TH.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">We had previously suffered and been treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, but with the help of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in the face of strong opposition. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1TH.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1TH.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1TH.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed&#8212;God is our witness. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1TH.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">We were not looking for praise from people, not from you or anyone else, even though as apostles of Christ we could have asserted our authority. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TH.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Instead, we were like young children</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">were gentle</span></span></span><span class="content"> among you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TH.2.7"><span class="content">Just as a nursing mother cares for her children, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1TH.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">so we cared for you. Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1TH.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our toil and hardship; we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone while we preached the gospel of God to you. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TH.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous and blameless we were among you who believed. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1TH.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1TH.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1TH.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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