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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="chapter ch105" data-usfm="PSA.105.1+PSA.105.2+PSA.105.3+PSA.105.4+PSA.105.5+PSA.105.6+PSA.105.7">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.105.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Give praise to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, proclaim his name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.105.1"><span class="content">make known among the nations what he has done.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.105.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.105.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Sing to him, sing praise to him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.105.2"><span class="content">tell of all his wonderful acts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.105.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.105.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Glory in his holy name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.105.3"><span class="content">let the hearts of those who seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.105.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.105.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Look to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and his strength;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.105.4"><span class="content">seek his face always.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.105.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.105.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Remember the wonders he has done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.105.5"><span class="content">his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.105.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.105.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.105.6"><span class="content">his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.105.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.105.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.105.7"><span class="content">his judgments are in all the earth.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">These also are sayings of the wise:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"><span class="content">To show partiality in judging is not good:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Whoever says to the guilty, &#8220;You are innocent,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"><span class="content">will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But it will go well with those who convict the guilty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"><span class="content">and rich blessing will come on them.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch14" data-usfm="1CO.14.26+1CO.14.27+1CO.14.28+1CO.14.29+1CO.14.30+1CO.14.31+1CO.14.32+1CO.14.33+1CO.14.34+1CO.14.35+1CO.14.36+1CO.14.37+1CO.14.38+1CO.14.39+1CO.14.40">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CO.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">If anyone speaks in a tongue, two&#8212;or at the most three&#8212;should speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CO.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and to God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CO.14.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CO.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CO.14.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">And if a revelation comes to someone who is sitting down, the first speaker should stop. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CO.14.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CO.14.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CO.14.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">For God is not a God of disorder but of peace&#8212;as in all the congregations of the Lord&#8217;s people.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CO.14.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CO.14.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Women</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:33,34 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">peace. As in all the congregations of the Lord&#8217;s people, </span><span class="fv">34 </span><span class="fqa">women</span></span></span><span class="content"> should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CO.14.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:34,35 </span><span class="ft">In a few manuscripts these verses come after verse 40.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CO.14.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CO.14.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Or did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached? </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CO.14.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">If anyone thinks they are a prophet or otherwise gifted by the Spirit, let them acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord&#8217;s command. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CO.14.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">But if anyone ignores this, they will themselves be ignored.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:38 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">But anyone who is ignorant of this will be ignorant</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CO.14.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1CO.14.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Therefore, my brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CO.14.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.</span></span></div>
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