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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="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Hosea&#8217;s Reconciliation With His Wife</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to me, &#8220;Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So I bought her for fifteen shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:2 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 6 ounces or about 170 grams</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver and about a homer and a lethek</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:2 </span><span class="ft">A homer and a lethek possibly weighed about 430 pounds or about 195 kilograms.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of barley. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then I told her, &#8220;You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way toward you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod or household gods. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and to his blessings in the last days.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Charge Against Israel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you Israelites,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.4.1"><span class="content">because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has a charge to bring</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.4.1"><span class="content">against you who live in the land:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.4.1"><span class="content">&#8220;There is no faithfulness, no love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.4.1"><span class="content">no acknowledgment of God in the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">There is only cursing,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:2 </span><span class="ft">That is, to pronounce a curse on</span></span></span><span class="content"> lying and murder,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.4.2"><span class="content">stealing and adultery;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.4.2"><span class="content">they break all bounds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.4.2"><span class="content">and bloodshed follows bloodshed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Because of this the land dries up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.4.3"><span class="content">and all who live in it waste away;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.4.3"><span class="content">the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.4.3"><span class="content">and the fish in the sea are swept away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;But let no one bring a charge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.4.4"><span class="content">let no one accuse another,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.4.4"><span class="content">for your people are like those</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.4.4"><span class="content">who bring charges against a priest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You stumble day and night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.4.5"><span class="content">and the prophets stumble with you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.4.5"><span class="content">So I will destroy your mother&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.4.6"><span class="content">&#8220;Because you have rejected knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.4.6"><span class="content">I also reject you as my priests;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.4.6"><span class="content">because you have ignored the law of your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.4.6"><span class="content">I also will ignore your children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The more priests there were,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.4.7"><span class="content">the more they sinned against me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.4.7"><span class="content">they exchanged their glorious God</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:7 </span><span class="ft">Syriac (see also an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition); Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">me; / I will exchange their glory</span></span></span><span class="content"> for something disgraceful.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They feed on the sins of my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.4.8"><span class="content">and relish their wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And it will be: Like people, like priests.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.4.9"><span class="content">I will punish both of them for their ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.4.9"><span class="content">and repay them for their deeds.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;They will eat but not have enough;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.4.10"><span class="content">they will engage in prostitution but not flourish,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.4.10"><span class="content">because they have deserted the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.4.10"><span class="content">to give themselves </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">to prostitution;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.4.11"><span class="content">old wine and new wine</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.4.11"><span class="content">take away their understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">My people consult a wooden idol,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.4.12"><span class="content">and a diviner&#8217;s rod speaks to them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.4.12"><span class="content">A spirit of prostitution leads them astray;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.4.12"><span class="content">they are unfaithful to their God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They sacrifice on the mountaintops</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="content">and burn offerings on the hills,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="content">under oak, poplar and terebinth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="content">where the shade is pleasant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="content">Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="content">and your daughters-in-law to adultery.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will not punish your daughters</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">when they turn to prostitution,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">nor your daughters-in-law</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">when they commit adultery,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">because the men themselves consort with harlots</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">a people without understanding will come to ruin!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Though you, Israel, commit adultery,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.4.15"><span class="content">do not let Judah become guilty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.4.15"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not go to Gilgal;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.4.15"><span class="content">do not go up to Beth Aven.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:15 </span><span class="fq">Beth Aven </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">house of wickedness </span><span class="ft">(a derogatory name for Bethel, which means </span><span class="fqa">house of God</span><span class="ft">).</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.4.15"><span class="content">And do not swear, &#8216;As surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lives!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The Israelites are stubborn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.4.16"><span class="content">like a stubborn heifer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.4.16"><span class="content">How then can the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> pasture them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.4.16"><span class="content">like lambs in a meadow?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.4.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Ephraim is joined to idols;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.4.17"><span class="content">leave him alone!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.4.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Even when their drinks are gone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.4.18"><span class="content">they continue their prostitution;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.4.18"><span class="content">their rulers dearly love shameful ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.4.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HOS.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A whirlwind will sweep them away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HOS.4.19"><span class="content">and their sacrifices will bring them shame.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment Against Israel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Hear this, you priests!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.5.1"><span class="content">Pay attention, you Israelites!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.5.1"><span class="content">Listen, royal house!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.5.1"><span class="content">This judgment is against you:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.5.1"><span class="content">You have been a snare at Mizpah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.5.1"><span class="content">a net spread out on Tabor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The rebels are knee-deep in slaughter.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.5.2"><span class="content">I will discipline all of them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I know all about Ephraim;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.5.3"><span class="content">Israel is not hidden from me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.5.3"><span class="content">Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.5.3"><span class="content">Israel is corrupt.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Their deeds do not permit them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.5.4"><span class="content">to return to their God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.5.4"><span class="content">A spirit of prostitution is in their heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.5.4"><span class="content">they do not acknowledge the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Israel&#8217;s arrogance testifies against them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.5.5"><span class="content">the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble in their sin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.5.5"><span class="content">Judah also stumbles with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When they go with their flocks and herds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.5.6"><span class="content">to seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.5.6"><span class="content">they will not find him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.5.6"><span class="content">he has withdrawn himself from them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They are unfaithful to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.5.7"><span class="content">they give birth to illegitimate children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.5.7"><span class="content">When they celebrate their New Moon feasts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.5.7"><span class="content">he will devour</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Now their New Moon feasts / will devour them and</span></span></span><span class="content"> their fields.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Sound the trumpet in Gibeah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.5.8"><span class="content">the horn in Ramah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.5.8"><span class="content">Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:8 </span><span class="fq">Beth Aven </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">house of wickedness </span><span class="ft">(a derogatory name for Bethel, which means </span><span class="fqa">house of God</span><span class="ft">).</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.5.8"><span class="content">lead on, Benjamin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Ephraim will be laid waste</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.5.9"><span class="content">on the day of reckoning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.5.9"><span class="content">Among the tribes of Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.5.9"><span class="content">I proclaim what is certain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Judah&#8217;s leaders are like those</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.5.10"><span class="content">who move boundary stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.5.10"><span class="content">I will pour out my wrath on them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.5.10"><span class="content">like a flood of water.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Ephraim is oppressed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.5.11"><span class="content">trampled in judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.5.11"><span class="content">intent on pursuing idols.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:11 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I am like a moth to Ephraim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.5.12"><span class="content">like rot to the people of Judah.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;When Ephraim saw his sickness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.5.13"><span class="content">and Judah his sores,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.5.13"><span class="content">then Ephraim turned to Assyria,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.5.13"><span class="content">and sent to the great king for help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.5.13"><span class="content">But he is not able to cure you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.5.13"><span class="content">not able to heal your sores.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For I will be like a lion to Ephraim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.5.14"><span class="content">like a great lion to Judah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.5.14"><span class="content">I will tear them to pieces and go away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.5.14"><span class="content">I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then I will return to my lair</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.5.15"><span class="content">until they have borne their guilt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.5.15"><span class="content">and seek my face&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.5.15"><span class="content">in their misery</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.5.15"><span class="content">they will earnestly seek me.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">122</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 122</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.122.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I rejoiced with those who said to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.122.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Let us go to the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.122.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.122.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Our feet are standing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.122.2"><span class="content">in your gates, Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.122.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.122.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jerusalem is built like a city</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.122.3"><span class="content">that is closely compacted together.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.122.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">That is where the tribes go up&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="content">the tribes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="content">to praise the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="content">according to the statute given to Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.122.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">There stand the thrones for judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.122.5"><span class="content">the thrones of the house of David.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.122.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.122.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.122.6"><span class="content">&#8220;May those who love you be secure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.122.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.122.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">May there be peace within your walls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.122.7"><span class="content">and security within your citadels.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.122.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.122.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For the sake of my family and friends,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.122.8"><span class="content">I will say, &#8220;Peace be within you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.122.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.122.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For the sake of the house of 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 v9" data-usfm="PSA.122.9"><span class="content">I will seek your prosperity.</span></span></div>
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