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Let Your Light Shine by Vance K. Jackson

Politics for People Who Hate Politics

1 Samuel 1-7: The Call of a Prophet

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         <div class="label">4</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="MIC.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the last days</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.4.1"><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 v1" data-usfm="MIC.4.1"><span class="content">as the highest of the mountains;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.4.1"><span class="content">it will be exalted above the hills,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.4.1"><span class="content">and peoples will stream to it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Many nations will come and say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.4.2"><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 v2" data-usfm="MIC.4.2"><span class="content">to the temple of the God of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.4.2"><span class="content">He will teach us his ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.4.2"><span class="content">so that we may walk in his paths.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.4.2"><span class="content">The law will go out from Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.4.2"><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 v2" data-usfm="MIC.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He will judge between many peoples</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.4.3"><span class="content">and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.4.3"><span class="content">They will beat their swords into plowshares</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.4.3"><span class="content">and their spears into pruning hooks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.4.3"><span class="content">Nation will not take up sword against nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.4.3"><span class="content">nor will they train for war anymore.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Everyone will sit under their own vine</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.4.4"><span class="content">and under their own fig tree,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.4.4"><span class="content">and no one will make them afraid,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.4.4"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty has spoken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">All the nations may walk</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.4.5"><span class="content">in the name of their gods,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.4.5"><span class="content">but we will walk in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.4.5"><span class="content">our God for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Plan</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.4.6"><span class="label">6</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 v6" data-usfm="MIC.4.6"><span class="content">&#8220;I will gather the lame;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.4.6"><span class="content">I will assemble the exiles</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.4.6"><span class="content">and those I have brought to grief.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will make the lame my remnant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.4.7"><span class="content">those driven away a strong nation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.4.7"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will rule over them in Mount Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.4.7"><span class="content">from that day and forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">As for you, watchtower of the flock,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.4.8"><span class="content">stronghold</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">hill</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Daughter Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.4.8"><span class="content">the former dominion will be restored to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.4.8"><span class="content">kingship will come to Daughter Jerusalem.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Why do you now cry aloud&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.4.9"><span class="content">have you no king</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">King</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.4.9"><span class="content">Has your ruler</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Ruler</span></span></span><span class="content"> perished,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.4.9"><span class="content">that pain seizes you like that of a woman in labor?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Writhe in agony, Daughter Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.4.10"><span class="content">like a woman in labor,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.4.10"><span class="content">for now you must leave the city</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.4.10"><span class="content">to camp in the open field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.4.10"><span class="content">You will go to Babylon;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.4.10"><span class="content">there you will be rescued.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.4.10"><span class="content">There the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will redeem you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.4.10"><span class="content">out of the hand of your enemies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But now many nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.4.11"><span class="content">are gathered against you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.4.11"><span class="content">They say, &#8220;Let her be defiled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.4.11"><span class="content">let our eyes gloat over Zion!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But they do not know</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.4.12"><span class="content">the thoughts of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.4.12"><span class="content">they do not understand his plan,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.4.12"><span class="content">that he has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Rise and thresh, Daughter Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.4.13"><span class="content">for I will give you horns of iron;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.4.13"><span class="content">I will give you hooves of bronze,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.4.13"><span class="content">and you will break to pieces many nations.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.4.13"><span class="content">You will devote their ill-gotten gains to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.4.13"><span class="content">their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Promised Ruler From Bethlehem</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">5:0 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 5:1 is numbered 4:14, and 5:2-15 is numbered 5:1-14.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Marshal your troops now, city of troops,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.5.1"><span class="content">for a siege is laid against us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.5.1"><span class="content">They will strike Israel&#8217;s ruler</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.5.1"><span class="content">on the cheek with a rod.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.5.2"><span class="content">though you are small among the clans</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">rulers</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.5.2"><span class="content">out of you will come for me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.5.2"><span class="content">one who will be ruler over Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.5.2"><span class="content">whose origins are from of old,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.5.2"><span class="content">from ancient times.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Therefore Israel will be abandoned</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.5.3"><span class="content">until the time when she who is in labor bears a son,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.5.3"><span class="content">and the rest of his brothers return</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.5.3"><span class="content">to join the Israelites.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He will stand and shepherd his flock</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.5.4"><span class="content">in the strength of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.5.4"><span class="content">in the majesty of the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> his God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.5.4"><span class="content">And they will live securely, for then his greatness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.5.4"><span class="content">will reach to the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And he will be our peace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.5.5"><span class="content">when the Assyrians invade our land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.5.5"><span class="content">and march through our fortresses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.5.5"><span class="content">We will raise against them seven shepherds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.5.5"><span class="content">even eight commanders,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">who will rule</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">crush</span></span></span><span class="content"> the land of Assyria with the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.5.6"><span class="content">the land of Nimrod with drawn sword.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Nimrod in its gates</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.5.6"><span class="content">He will deliver us from the Assyrians</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.5.6"><span class="content">when they invade our land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.5.6"><span class="content">and march across our borders.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The remnant of Jacob will be</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.5.7"><span class="content">in the midst of many peoples</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.5.7"><span class="content">like dew from 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="MIC.5.7"><span class="content">like showers on the grass,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.5.7"><span class="content">which do not wait for anyone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.5.7"><span class="content">or depend on man.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.5.8"><span class="content">in the midst of many peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.5.8"><span class="content">like a lion among the beasts of the forest,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.5.8"><span class="content">like a young lion among flocks of sheep,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.5.8"><span class="content">which mauls and mangles as it goes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.5.8"><span class="content">and no one can rescue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Your hand will be lifted up in triumph over your enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.5.9"><span class="content">and all your foes will be destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.5.10"><span class="label">10</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="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.5.10"><span class="content">&#8220;I will destroy your horses from among you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.5.10"><span class="content">and demolish your chariots.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I will destroy the cities of your land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.5.11"><span class="content">and tear down all your strongholds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will destroy your witchcraft</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.5.12"><span class="content">and you will no longer cast spells.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I will destroy your idols</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.5.13"><span class="content">and your sacred stones from among you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.5.13"><span class="content">you will no longer bow down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.5.13"><span class="content">to the work of your hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I will uproot from among you your Asherah poles</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:14 </span><span class="ft">That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.5.14"><span class="content">when I demolish your cities.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I will take vengeance in anger and wrath</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.5.15"><span class="content">on the nations that have not obeyed me.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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