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         <div class="label">39</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 39</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 39:1-13 is numbered 39:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.39.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I said, &#8220;I will watch my ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.39.1"><span class="content">and keep my tongue from sin;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.39.1"><span class="content">I will put a muzzle on my mouth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.39.1"><span class="content">while in the presence of the wicked.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.39.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.39.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So I remained utterly silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.39.2"><span class="content">not even saying anything good.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.39.2"><span class="content">But my anguish increased;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.39.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.39.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">my heart grew hot within me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.39.3"><span class="content">While I meditated, the fire burned;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.39.3"><span class="content">then I spoke with my tongue:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.39.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.39.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Show me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my life&#8217;s end</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.39.4"><span class="content">and the number of my days;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.39.4"><span class="content">let me know how fleeting my life is.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.39.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.39.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You have made my days a mere handbreadth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.39.5"><span class="content">the span of my years is as nothing before you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.39.5"><span class="content">Everyone is but a breath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.39.5"><span class="content">even those who seem secure.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">39:5 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 11.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.39.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.39.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.39.6"><span class="content">in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.39.6"><span class="content">without knowing whose it will finally be.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.39.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.39.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;But now, Lord, what do I look for?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.39.7"><span class="content">My hope is in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.39.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.39.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Save me from all my transgressions;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.39.8"><span class="content">do not make me the scorn of fools.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.39.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.39.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I was silent; I would not open my mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.39.9"><span class="content">for you are the one who has done this.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.39.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.39.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Remove your scourge from me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.39.10"><span class="content">I am overcome by the blow of your hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.39.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.39.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When you rebuke and discipline anyone for their sin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.39.11"><span class="content">you consume their wealth like a moth&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.39.11"><span class="content">surely everyone is but a breath.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.39.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.39.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Hear my prayer, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.39.12"><span class="content">listen to my cry for help;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.39.12"><span class="content">do not be deaf to my weeping.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.39.12"><span class="content">I dwell with you as a foreigner,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.39.12"><span class="content">a stranger, as all my ancestors were.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.39.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.39.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.39.13"><span class="content">before I depart and am no more.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">40</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 40</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 40:1-17 is numbered 40:2-18.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.40.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I waited patiently for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.40.1"><span class="content">he turned to me and heard my cry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.40.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.40.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He lifted me out of the slimy pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.40.2"><span class="content">out of the mud and mire;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.40.2"><span class="content">he set my feet on a rock</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.40.2"><span class="content">and gave me a firm place to stand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.40.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.40.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He put a new song in my mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.40.3"><span class="content">a hymn of praise to our God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.40.3"><span class="content">Many will see and fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.40.3"><span class="content">and put their trust in him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.40.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.40.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.40.4"><span class="content">who trusts in 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="PSA.40.4"><span class="content">who does not look to the proud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.40.4"><span class="content">to those who turn aside to false gods.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">to lies</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.40.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Many, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">are the wonders you have done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">the things you planned for us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">None can compare with you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">were I to speak and tell of your deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">they would be too many to declare.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.40.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Sacrifice and offering you did not desire&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.40.6"><span class="content">but my ears you have opened</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:6 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">but a body you have prepared for me</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.40.6"><span class="content">burnt offerings and sin offerings</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">purification offerings</span></span></span><span class="content"> you did not require.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.40.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.40.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then I said, &#8220;Here I am, I have come&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.40.7"><span class="content">it is written about me in the scroll.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">come / with the scroll written for me</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.40.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.40.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I desire to do your will, my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.40.8"><span class="content">your law is within my heart.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.40.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.40.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.40.9"><span class="content">I do not seal my lips, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.40.9"><span class="content">as you know.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.40.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.40.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I do not hide your righteousness in my heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.40.10"><span class="content">I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.40.10"><span class="content">I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.40.10"><span class="content">from the great assembly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.40.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.40.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Do not withhold your mercy from me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.40.11"><span class="content">may your love and faithfulness always protect me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.40.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.40.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For troubles without number surround me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.40.12"><span class="content">my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.40.12"><span class="content">They are more than the hairs of my head,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.40.12"><span class="content">and my heart fails within me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.40.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.40.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Be pleased to save me, </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="PSA.40.13"><span class="content">come quickly, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, to help me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.40.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.40.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">May all who want to take my life</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.40.14"><span class="content">be put to shame and confusion;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.40.14"><span class="content">may all who desire my ruin</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.40.14"><span class="content">be turned back in disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.40.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.40.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">May those who say to me, &#8220;Aha! Aha!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.40.15"><span class="content">be appalled at their own shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.40.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.40.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But may all who seek you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.40.16"><span class="content">rejoice and be glad in you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.40.16"><span class="content">may those who long for your saving help always say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.40.16"><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is great!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.40.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.40.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But as for me, I am poor and needy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.40.17"><span class="content">may the Lord think of me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.40.17"><span class="content">You are my help and my deliverer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.40.17"><span class="content">you are my God, do not delay.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">41</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 41</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 41:1-13 is numbered 41:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.41.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Blessed are those who have regard for the weak;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.41.1"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> delivers them in times of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.41.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.41.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> protects and preserves them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.41.2"><span class="content">they are counted among the blessed in the land&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.41.2"><span class="content">he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.41.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.41.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sustains them on their sickbed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.41.3"><span class="content">and restores them from their bed of illness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.41.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.41.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I said, &#8220;Have mercy on me, </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="PSA.41.4"><span class="content">heal me, for I have sinned against you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.41.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.41.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">My enemies say of me in malice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.41.5"><span class="content">&#8220;When will he die and his name perish?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.41.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.41.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When one of them comes to see me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.41.6"><span class="content">he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.41.6"><span class="content">then he goes out and spreads it around.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.41.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.41.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All my enemies whisper together against me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.41.7"><span class="content">they imagine the worst for me, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.41.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.41.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;A vile disease has afflicted him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.41.8"><span class="content">he will never get up from the place where he lies.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.41.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.41.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Even my close friend,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.41.9"><span class="content">someone I trusted,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.41.9"><span class="content">one who shared my bread,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.41.9"><span class="content">has turned</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:9 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">has lifted up his heel</span></span></span><span class="content"> against me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.41.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.41.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But may you have mercy on me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.41.10"><span class="content">raise me up, that I may repay them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.41.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.41.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I know that you are pleased with me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.41.11"><span class="content">for my enemy does not triumph over me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.41.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.41.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Because of my integrity you uphold me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.41.12"><span class="content">and set me in your presence forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.41.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.41.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Praise be to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.41.13"><span class="content">from everlasting to everlasting.</span></span></div><div class="qc"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.41.13"><span class="content">Amen and Amen.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="nb"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">On Covering the Head in Worship</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.11.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the traditions just as I passed them on to you. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of the wife is her husband</span></span></span><span class="content"> and the head of Christ is God. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head&#8212;it is the same as having her head shaved. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">A man ought not to cover his head,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:4-7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fv">4 </span><span class="fqa">Every man who prays or prophesies with long hair dishonors his head. </span><span class="fv">5 </span><span class="fqa">But every woman who prays or prophesies with no covering of hair dishonors her head&#8212;she is just like one of the &#8220;shorn women.&#8221; </span><span class="fv">6 </span><span class="fqa">If a woman has no covering, let her be for now with short hair; but since it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair shorn or shaved, she should grow it again. </span><span class="fv">7 </span><span class="fqa">A man ought not to have long hair</span></span></span><span class="content"> since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">It is for this reason that a woman ought to have authority over her own</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">have a sign of authority on her</span></span></span><span class="content"> head, because of the angels. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.11.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice&#8212;nor do the churches of God.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Correcting an Abuse of the Lord&#8217;s Supper</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.11.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God&#8217;s approval. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">So then, when you come together, it is not the Lord&#8217;s Supper you eat, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers. As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? Certainly not in this matter!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.11.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CO.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord&#8217;s death until he comes.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.11.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CO.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CO.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CO.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CO.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CO.11.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CO.11.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CO.11.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CO.11.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">So then, my brothers and sisters, when you gather to eat, you should all eat together. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CO.11.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Anyone who is hungry should eat something at home, so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CO.11.34"><span class="content">And when I come I will give further directions.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Concerning Spiritual Gifts</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, &#8220;Jesus be cursed,&#8221; and no one can say, &#8220;Jesus is Lord,&#8221; except by the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">languages</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 28</span></span></span><span class="content"> and to still another the interpretation of tongues.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">languages</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 28</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Unity and Diversity in the Body</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.12.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For we were all baptized by</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">with</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> one Spirit so as to form one body&#8212;whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free&#8212;and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.12.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Now if the foot should say, &#8220;Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,&#8221; it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And if the ear should say, &#8220;Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,&#8221; it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">If they were all one part, where would the body be? </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">As it is, there are many parts, but one body.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.12.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The eye cannot say to the hand, &#8220;I don&#8217;t need you!&#8221; And the head cannot say to the feet, &#8220;I don&#8217;t need you!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CO.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.12.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CO.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CO.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CO.12.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CO.12.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:30 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">other languages</span></span></span><span class="content">? Do all interpret? </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CO.12.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Now eagerly desire the greater gifts.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Love Is Indispensable</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CO.12.31"><span class="content">And yet I will show you the most excellent way.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Israelites Oppressed</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text (see also Gen. 46:27); Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint (see also Acts 7:14 and note at Gen. 46:27) </span><span class="fqa">seventy-five</span></span></span><span class="content"> in all; Joseph was already in Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Look,&#8221; he said to his people, &#8220;the Israelites have become far too numerous for us. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">and worked them ruthlessly. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;When you are helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool, if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, &#8220;Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The midwives answered Pharaoh, &#8220;Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: &#8220;Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Birth of Moses</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew can also mean </span><span class="fqa">ark</span><span class="ft">, as in Gen. 6:14.</span></span></span><span class="content"> for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. &#8220;This is one of the Hebrew babies,&#8221; she said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then his sister asked Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter, &#8220;Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yes, go,&#8221; she answered. So the girl went and got the baby&#8217;s mother. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter said to her, &#8220;Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.&#8221; So the woman took the baby and nursed him. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:10 </span><span class="fq">Moses </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fqa">draw out.</span></span></span><span class="content"> saying, &#8220;I drew him out of the water.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Moses Flees to Midian</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Looking this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, &#8220;Why are you hitting your fellow Hebrew?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The man said, &#8220;Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?&#8221; Then Moses was afraid and thought, &#8220;What I did must have become known.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian, where he sat down by a well. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father&#8217;s flock. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Some shepherds came along and drove them away, but Moses got up and came to their rescue and watered their flock.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When the girls returned to Reuel their father, he asked them, &#8220;Why have you returned so early today?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They answered, &#8220;An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;And where is he?&#8221; Reuel asked his daughters. &#8220;Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to eat.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:22 </span><span class="fq">Gershom </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">a foreigner </span><span class="fqa">there.</span></span></span><span class="content"> saying, &#8220;I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.2.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Moses and the Burning Bush</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">There the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So Moses thought, &#8220;I will go over and see this strange sight&#8212;why the bush does not burn up.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, &#8220;Moses! Moses!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.3.4"><span class="content">And Moses said, &#8220;Here I am.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not come any closer,&#8221; God said. &#8220;Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then he said, &#8220;I am the God of your father,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:6 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (see Acts 7:32) </span><span class="fqa">fathers</span></span></span><span class="content"> the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.&#8221; At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey&#8212;the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But Moses said to God, &#8220;Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:12 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content"> will worship God on this mountain.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Moses said to God, &#8220;Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, &#8216;The God of your fathers has sent me to you,&#8217; and they ask me, &#8216;What is his name?&#8217; Then what shall I tell them?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">God said to Moses, &#8220;</span><span class="nd"><span class="content">I am who I am</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa"><span class="nd">I will be what I will be</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> This is what you are to say to the Israelites: &#8216;</span><span class="nd"><span class="content">I am</span></span><span class="content"> has sent me to you.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">God also said to Moses, &#8220;Say to the Israelites, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:15 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew for </span><span class="fq"><span class="nd">Lord</span>  </span><span class="ft">sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq"><span class="nd">I am</span>  </span><span class="ft">in verse 14.</span></span></span><span class="content"> the God of your fathers&#8212;the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob&#8212;has sent me to you.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.3.15"><span class="content">&#8220;This is my name forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.3.15"><span class="content">the name you shall call me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.3.15"><span class="content">from generation to generation.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of your fathers&#8212;the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob&#8212;appeared to me and said: I have watched over you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites&#8212;a land flowing with milk and honey.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;The elders of Israel will listen to you. Then you and the elders are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand compels him. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">So I will stretch out my hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders that I will perform among them. After that, he will let you go.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;And I will make the Egyptians favorably disposed toward this people, so that when you leave you will not go empty-handed. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman living in her house for articles of silver and gold and for clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters. And so you will plunder the Egyptians.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Signs for Moses</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Moses answered, &#8220;What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> did not appear to you&#8217;?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to him, &#8220;What is that in your hand?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.4.2"><span class="content">&#8220;A staff,&#8221; he replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;Throw it on the ground.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.4.3"><span class="content">Moses threw it on the ground and it became a snake, and he ran from it. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.4.4"><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 him, &#8220;Reach out your hand and take it by the tail.&#8221; So Moses reached out and took hold of the snake and it turned back into a staff in his hand. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;This,&#8221; said the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;is so that they may believe that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of their fathers&#8212;the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob&#8212;has appeared to you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;Put your hand inside your cloak.&#8221; So Moses put his hand into his cloak, and when he took it out, the skin was leprous</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:6 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew word for </span><span class="fq">leprous </span><span class="ft">was used for various diseases affecting the skin.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;it had become as white as snow.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now put it back into your cloak,&#8221; he said. So Moses put his hand back into his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his flesh.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;If they do not believe you or pay attention to the first sign, they may believe the second. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But if they do not believe these two signs or listen to you, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. The water you take from the river will become blood on the ground.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Moses said to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to him, &#8220;Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">? </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But Moses said, &#8220;Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anger burned against Moses and he said, &#8220;What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet you, and he will be glad to see you. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But take this staff in your hand so you can perform the signs with it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Moses Returns to Egypt</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.4.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, &#8220;Let me return to my own people in Egypt to see if any of them are still alive.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.4.18"><span class="content">Jethro said, &#8220;Go, and I wish you well.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.4.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Now the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had said to Moses in Midian, &#8220;Go back to Egypt, for all those who wanted to kill you are dead.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey and started back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.4.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, &#8220;When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then say to Pharaoh, &#8216;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: Israel is my firstborn son, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">and I told you, &#8220;Let my son go, so he may worship me.&#8221; But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.4.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.4.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">At a lodging place on the way, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> met Moses</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:24 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">him</span></span></span><span class="content"> and was about to kill him. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.4.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son&#8217;s foreskin and touched Moses&#8217; feet with it.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:25 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> &#8220;Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,&#8221; she said. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EXO.4.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> let him alone. (At that time she said &#8220;bridegroom of blood,&#8221; referring to circumcision.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EXO.4.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EXO.4.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Aaron, &#8220;Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.&#8221; So he met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EXO.4.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then Moses told Aaron everything the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had sent him to say, and also about all the signs he had commanded him to perform.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EXO.4.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EXO.4.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Moses and Aaron brought together all the elders of the Israelites, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EXO.4.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">and Aaron told them everything the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had said to Moses. He also performed the signs before the people, </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EXO.4.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">and they believed. And when they heard that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Samuel Anoints David</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Samuel, &#8220;How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.16.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But Samuel said, &#8220;How can I go? If Saul hears about it, he will kill me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.16.2"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;Take a heifer with you and say, &#8216;I have come to sacrifice to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what to do. You are to anoint for me the one I indicate.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.16.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Samuel did what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said. When he arrived at Bethlehem, the elders of the town trembled when they met him. They asked, &#8220;Do you come in peace?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.16.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Samuel replied, &#8220;Yes, in peace; I have come to sacrifice to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. Consecrate yourselves and come to the sacrifice with me.&#8221; Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.16.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, &#8220;Surely the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anointed stands here before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.16.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Samuel, &#8220;Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> looks at the heart.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.16.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then Jesse called Abinadab and had him pass in front of Samuel. But Samuel said, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has not chosen this one either.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Jesse then had Shammah pass by, but Samuel said, &#8220;Nor has the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> chosen this one.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Jesse had seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to him, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has not chosen these.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So he asked Jesse, &#8220;Are these all the sons you have?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.16.11"><span class="content">&#8220;There is still the youngest,&#8221; Jesse answered. &#8220;He is tending the sheep.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.16.11"><span class="content">Samuel said, &#8220;Send for him; we will not sit down until he arrives.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.16.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So he sent for him and had him brought in. He was glowing with health and had a fine appearance and handsome features.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.16.12"><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;Rise and anoint him; this is the one.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.16.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came powerfully upon David. Samuel then went to Ramah.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David in Saul&#8217;s Service</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.16.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Now the Spirit of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had departed from Saul, and an evil</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and a harmful</span><span class="ft">; similarly in verses 15, 16 and 23</span></span></span><span class="content"> spirit from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> tormented him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.16.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Saul&#8217;s attendants said to him, &#8220;See, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Let our lord command his servants here to search for someone who can play the lyre. He will play when the evil spirit from God comes on you, and you will feel better.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.16.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">So Saul said to his attendants, &#8220;Find someone who plays well and bring him to me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.16.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">One of the servants answered, &#8220;I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave man and a warrior. He speaks well and is a fine-looking man. And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is with him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.16.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, &#8220;Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">So Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them with his son David to Saul.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.16.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">David came to Saul and entered his service. Saul liked him very much, and David became one of his armor-bearers. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, &#8220;Allow David to remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.16.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.16.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Whenever the spirit from God came on Saul, David would take up his lyre and play. Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">18</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Saul&#8217;s Growing Fear of David</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.18.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.18.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">From that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return home to his family. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.18.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.18.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, and even his sword, his bow and his belt.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.18.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.18.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Whatever mission Saul sent him on, David was so successful that Saul gave him a high rank in the army. This pleased all the troops, and Saul&#8217;s officers as well.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.18.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.18.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with timbrels and lyres. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.18.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">As they danced, they sang:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.18.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Saul has slain his thousands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.18.7"><span class="content">and David his tens of thousands.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.18.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.18.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Saul was very angry; this refrain displeased him greatly. &#8220;They have credited David with tens of thousands,&#8221; he thought, &#8220;but me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And from that time on Saul kept a close eye on David.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.18.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.18.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The next day an evil</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">a harmful</span></span></span><span class="content"> spirit from God came forcefully on Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the lyre, as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.18.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and he hurled it, saying to himself, &#8220;I&#8217;ll pin David to the wall.&#8221; But David eluded him twice.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.18.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.18.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Saul was afraid of David, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was with David but had departed from Saul. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.18.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So he sent David away from him and gave him command over a thousand men, and David led the troops in their campaigns. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">In everything he did he had great success, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was with him. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When Saul saw how successful he was, he was afraid of him. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he led them in their campaigns.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.18.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Saul said to David, &#8220;Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage; only serve me bravely and fight the battles of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221; For Saul said to himself, &#8220;I will not raise a hand against him. Let the Philistines do that!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.18.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But David said to Saul, &#8220;Who am I, and what is my family or my clan in Israel, that I should become the king&#8217;s son-in-law?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">However,</span></span></span><span class="content"> when the time came for Merab, Saul&#8217;s daughter, to be given to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.18.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.18.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Now Saul&#8217;s daughter Michal was in love with David, and when they told Saul about it, he was pleased. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.18.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will give her to him,&#8221; he thought, &#8220;so that she may be a snare to him and so that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.&#8221; So Saul said to David, &#8220;Now you have a second opportunity to become my son-in-law.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.18.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.18.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then Saul ordered his attendants: &#8220;Speak to David privately and say, &#8216;Look, the king likes you, and his attendants all love you; now become his son-in-law.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.18.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.18.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">They repeated these words to David. But David said, &#8220;Do you think it is a small matter to become the king&#8217;s son-in-law? I&#8217;m only a poor man and little known.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.18.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1SA.18.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When Saul&#8217;s servants told him what David had said, </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1SA.18.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Saul replied, &#8220;Say to David, &#8216;The king wants no other price for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; Saul&#8217;s plan was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1SA.18.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1SA.18.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">When the attendants told David these things, he was pleased to become the king&#8217;s son-in-law. So before the allotted time elapsed, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1SA.18.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">David took his men with him and went out and killed two hundred Philistines and brought back their foreskins. They counted out the full number to the king so that David might become the king&#8217;s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1SA.18.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1SA.18.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When Saul realized that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David, </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1SA.18.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Saul became still more afraid of him, and he remained his enemy the rest of his days.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1SA.18.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1SA.18.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The Philistine commanders continued to go out to battle, and as often as they did, David met with more success than the rest of Saul&#8217;s officers, and his name became well known.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Saul Tries to Kill David</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Saul told his son Jonathan and all the attendants to kill David. But Jonathan had taken a great liking to David </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and warned him, &#8220;My father Saul is looking for a chance to kill you. Be on your guard tomorrow morning; go into hiding and stay there. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I will go out and stand with my father in the field where you are. I&#8217;ll speak to him about you and will tell you what I find out.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.19.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, &#8220;Let not the king do wrong to his servant David; he has not wronged you, and what he has done has benefited you greatly. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He took his life in his hands when he killed the Philistine. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> won a great victory for all Israel, and you saw it and were glad. Why then would you do wrong to an innocent man like David by killing him for no reason?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.19.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Saul listened to Jonathan and took this oath: &#8220;As surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lives, David will not be put to death.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.19.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So Jonathan called David and told him the whole conversation. He brought him to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.19.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Once more war broke out, and David went out and fought the Philistines. He struck them with such force that they fled before him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.19.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But an evil</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">But a harmful</span></span></span><span class="content"> spirit from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came on Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. While David was playing the lyre, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear, but David eluded him as Saul drove the spear into the wall. That night David made good his escape.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Saul sent men to David&#8217;s house to watch it and to kill him in the morning. But Michal, David&#8217;s wife, warned him, &#8220;If you don&#8217;t run for your life tonight, tomorrow you&#8217;ll be killed.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So Michal let David down through a window, and he fled and escaped. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Michal took an idol and laid it on the bed, covering it with a garment and putting some goats&#8217; hair at the head.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.19.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When Saul sent the men to capture David, Michal said, &#8220;He is ill.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.19.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then Saul sent the men back to see David and told them, &#8220;Bring him up to me in his bed so that I may kill him.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But when the men entered, there was the idol in the bed, and at the head was some goats&#8217; hair.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.19.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Saul said to Michal, &#8220;Why did you deceive me like this and send my enemy away so that he escaped?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.19.17"><span class="content">Michal told him, &#8220;He said to me, &#8216;Let me get away. Why should I kill you?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.19.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When David had fled and made his escape, he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Word came to Saul: &#8220;David is in Naioth at Ramah&#8221;; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">so he sent men to capture him. But when they saw a group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel standing there as their leader, the Spirit of God came on Saul&#8217;s men, and they also prophesied. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Saul was told about it, and he sent more men, and they prophesied too. Saul sent men a third time, and they also prophesied. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.19.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Finally, he himself left for Ramah and went to the great cistern at Seku. And he asked, &#8220;Where are Samuel and David?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.19.22"><span class="content">&#8220;Over in Naioth at Ramah,&#8221; they said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.19.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.19.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">So Saul went to Naioth at Ramah. But the Spirit of God came even on him, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1SA.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He stripped off his garments, and he too prophesied in Samuel&#8217;s presence. He lay naked all that day and all that night. This is why people say, &#8220;Is Saul also among the prophets?&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David and Jonathan</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then David fled from Naioth at Ramah and went to Jonathan and asked, &#8220;What have I done? What is my crime? How have I wronged your father, that he is trying to kill me?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.20.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Never!&#8221; Jonathan replied. &#8220;You are not going to die! Look, my father doesn&#8217;t do anything, great or small, without letting me know. Why would he hide this from me? It isn&#8217;t so!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.20.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But David took an oath and said, &#8220;Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said to himself, &#8216;Jonathan must not know this or he will be grieved.&#8217; Yet as surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lives and as you live, there is only a step between me and death.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.20.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Jonathan said to David, &#8220;Whatever you want me to do, I&#8217;ll do for you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.20.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So David said, &#8220;Look, tomorrow is the New Moon feast, and I am supposed to dine with the king; but let me go and hide in the field until the evening of the day after tomorrow. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">If your father misses me at all, tell him, &#8216;David earnestly asked my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because an annual sacrifice is being made there for his whole clan.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">If he says, &#8216;Very well,&#8217; then your servant is safe. But if he loses his temper, you can be sure that he is determined to harm me. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">As for you, show kindness to your servant, for you have brought him into a covenant with you before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. If I am guilty, then kill me yourself! Why hand me over to your father?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.20.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Never!&#8221; Jonathan said. &#8220;If I had the least inkling that my father was determined to harm you, wouldn&#8217;t I tell you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.20.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">David asked, &#8220;Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.20.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come,&#8221; Jonathan said, &#8220;let&#8217;s go out into the field.&#8221; So they went there together.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.20.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then Jonathan said to David, &#8220;I swear by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, that I will surely sound out my father by this time the day after tomorrow! If he is favorably disposed toward you, will I not send you word and let you know? </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But if my father intends to harm you, may the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> deal with Jonathan, be it ever so severely, if I do not let you know and send you away in peace. May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be with you as he has been with my father. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But show me unfailing kindness like the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s kindness as long as I live, so that I may not be killed, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and do not ever cut off your kindness from my family&#8212;not even when the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has cut off every one of David&#8217;s enemies from the face of the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.20.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, &#8220;May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> call David&#8217;s enemies to account.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And Jonathan had David reaffirm his oath out of love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.20.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then Jonathan said to David, &#8220;Tomorrow is the New Moon feast. You will be missed, because your seat will be empty. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The day after tomorrow, toward evening, go to the place where you hid when this trouble began, and wait by the stone Ezel. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as though I were shooting at a target. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then I will send a boy and say, &#8216;Go, find the arrows.&#8217; If I say to him, &#8216;Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them here,&#8217; then come, because, as surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lives, you are safe; there is no danger. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But if I say to the boy, &#8216;Look, the arrows are beyond you,&#8217; then you must go, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has sent you away. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And about the matter you and I discussed&#8212;remember, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is witness between you and me forever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.20.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1SA.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon feast came, the king sat down to eat. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1SA.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He sat in his customary place by the wall, opposite Jonathan,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:25 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">wall. Jonathan arose</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Abner sat next to Saul, but David&#8217;s place was empty. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1SA.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Saul said nothing that day, for he thought, &#8220;Something must have happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean&#8212;surely he is unclean.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1SA.20.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But the next day, the second day of the month, David&#8217;s place was empty again. Then Saul said to his son Jonathan, &#8220;Why hasn&#8217;t the son of Jesse come to the meal, either yesterday or today?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1SA.20.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1SA.20.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Jonathan answered, &#8220;David earnestly asked me for permission to go to Bethlehem. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1SA.20.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He said, &#8216;Let me go, because our family is observing a sacrifice in the town and my brother has ordered me to be there. If I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away to see my brothers.&#8217; That is why he has not come to the king&#8217;s table.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1SA.20.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1SA.20.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Saul&#8217;s anger flared up at Jonathan and he said to him, &#8220;You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don&#8217;t I know that you have sided with the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you? </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1SA.20.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">As long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Now send someone to bring him to me, for he must die!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1SA.20.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1SA.20.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;Why should he be put to death? What has he done?&#8221; Jonathan asked his father. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1SA.20.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">But Saul hurled his spear at him to kill him. Then Jonathan knew that his father intended to kill David.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1SA.20.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1SA.20.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger; on that second day of the feast he did not eat, because he was grieved at his father&#8217;s shameful treatment of David.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1SA.20.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1SA.20.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for his meeting with David. He had a small boy with him, </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1SA.20.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">and he said to the boy, &#8220;Run and find the arrows I shoot.&#8221; As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1SA.20.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">When the boy came to the place where Jonathan&#8217;s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called out after him, &#8220;Isn&#8217;t the arrow beyond you?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1SA.20.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Then he shouted, &#8220;Hurry! Go quickly! Don&#8217;t stop!&#8221; The boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1SA.20.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">(The boy knew nothing about all this; only Jonathan and David knew.) </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1SA.20.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Then Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy and said, &#8220;Go, carry them back to town.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1SA.20.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1SA.20.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">After the boy had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone and bowed down before Jonathan three times, with his face to the ground. Then they kissed each other and wept together&#8212;but David wept the most.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1SA.20.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="1SA.20.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Jonathan said to David, &#8220;Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, saying, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is witness between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; Then David left, and Jonathan went back to the town.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:42 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts this sentence (20:42b) is numbered 21:1.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">27</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Job&#8217;s Final Word to His Friends</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.27.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">And Job continued his discourse:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.27.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.27.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.27.2"><span class="content">the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.27.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.27.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">as long as I have life within me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.27.3"><span class="content">the breath of God in my nostrils,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.27.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.27.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">my lips will not say anything wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.27.4"><span class="content">and my tongue will not utter lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.27.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I will never admit you are in the right;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.27.5"><span class="content">till I die, I will not deny my integrity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.27.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.27.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will maintain my innocence and never let go of it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.27.6"><span class="content">my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.27.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.27.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;May my enemy be like the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.27.7"><span class="content">my adversary like the unjust!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.27.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.27.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For what hope have the godless when they are cut off,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.27.8"><span class="content">when God takes away their life?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.27.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.27.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Does God listen to their cry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.27.9"><span class="content">when distress comes upon them?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.27.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.27.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Will they find delight in the Almighty?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.27.10"><span class="content">Will they call on God at all times?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.27.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.27.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will teach you about the power of God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.27.11"><span class="content">the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.27.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.27.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You have all seen this yourselves.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.27.12"><span class="content">Why then this meaningless talk?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.27.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.27.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Here is the fate God allots to the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.27.13"><span class="content">the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.27.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.27.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">However many his children, their fate is the sword;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.27.14"><span class="content">his offspring will never have enough to eat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.27.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.27.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The plague will bury those who survive him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.27.15"><span class="content">and their widows will not weep for them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.27.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.27.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Though he heaps up silver like dust</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.27.16"><span class="content">and clothes like piles of clay,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.27.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.27.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">what he lays up the righteous will wear,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.27.17"><span class="content">and the innocent will divide his silver.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.27.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.27.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The house he builds is like a moth&#8217;s cocoon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.27.18"><span class="content">like a hut made by a watchman.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.27.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.27.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.27.19"><span class="content">when he opens his eyes, all is gone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.27.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.27.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Terrors overtake him like a flood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.27.20"><span class="content">a tempest snatches him away in the night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.27.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.27.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The east wind carries him off, and he is gone;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.27.21"><span class="content">it sweeps him out of his place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.27.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.27.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">It hurls itself against him without mercy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.27.22"><span class="content">as he flees headlong from its power.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.27.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.27.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">It claps its hands in derision</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.27.23"><span class="content">and hisses him out of his place.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">28</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Interlude: Where Wisdom Is Found</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.28.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">There is a mine for silver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.28.1"><span class="content">and a place where gold is refined.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.28.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.28.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Iron is taken from the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.28.2"><span class="content">and copper is smelted from ore.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.28.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.28.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Mortals put an end to the darkness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.28.3"><span class="content">they search out the farthest recesses</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.28.3"><span class="content">for ore in the blackest darkness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.28.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.28.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Far from human dwellings they cut a shaft,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.28.4"><span class="content">in places untouched by human feet;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.28.4"><span class="content">far from other people they dangle and sway.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.28.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.28.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The earth, from which food comes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.28.5"><span class="content">is transformed below as by fire;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.28.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.28.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">lapis lazuli comes from its rocks,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.28.6"><span class="content">and its dust contains nuggets of gold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.28.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.28.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">No bird of prey knows that hidden path,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.28.7"><span class="content">no falcon&#8217;s eye has seen it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.28.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.28.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Proud beasts do not set foot on it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.28.8"><span class="content">and no lion prowls there.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.28.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.28.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">People assault the flinty rock with their hands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.28.9"><span class="content">and lay bare the roots of the mountains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.28.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.28.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They tunnel through the rock;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.28.10"><span class="content">their eyes see all its treasures.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.28.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.28.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They search</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:11 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint, Aquila and Vulgate; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">They dam up</span></span></span><span class="content"> the sources of the rivers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.28.11"><span class="content">and bring hidden things to light.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.28.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.28.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But where can wisdom be found?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.28.12"><span class="content">Where does understanding dwell?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.28.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.28.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">No mortal comprehends its worth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.28.13"><span class="content">it cannot be found in the land of the living.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.28.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.28.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The deep says, &#8220;It is not in me&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.28.14"><span class="content">the sea says, &#8220;It is not with me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.28.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.28.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">It cannot be bought with the finest gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.28.15"><span class="content">nor can its price be weighed out in silver.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.28.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.28.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.28.16"><span class="content">with precious onyx or lapis lazuli.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.28.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.28.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.28.17"><span class="content">nor can it be had for jewels of gold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.28.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.28.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Coral and jasper are not worthy of mention;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.28.18"><span class="content">the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.28.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.28.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The topaz of Cush cannot compare with it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.28.19"><span class="content">it cannot be bought with pure gold.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.28.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.28.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Where then does wisdom come from?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.28.20"><span class="content">Where does understanding dwell?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.28.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.28.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.28.21"><span class="content">concealed even from the birds in the sky.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.28.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.28.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Destruction</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:22 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Abaddon</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Death say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.28.22"><span class="content">&#8220;Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.28.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.28.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">God understands the way to it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.28.23"><span class="content">and he alone knows where it dwells,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.28.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.28.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">for he views the ends of the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.28.24"><span class="content">and sees everything under the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.28.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.28.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When he established the force of the wind</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.28.25"><span class="content">and measured out the waters,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.28.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.28.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">when he made a decree for the rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.28.26"><span class="content">and a path for the thunderstorm,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.28.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.28.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">then he looked at wisdom and appraised it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.28.27"><span class="content">he confirmed it and tested it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.28.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.28.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">And he said to the human race,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.28.28"><span class="content">&#8220;The fear of the Lord&#8212;that is wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.28.28"><span class="content">and to shun evil is understanding.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkJER">
      <div class="chapter ch7" data-usfm="JER.7">
         <div class="label">7</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">False Religion Worthless</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Stand at the gate of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s house and there proclaim this message:</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.7.2"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Reform your ways and your actions, and I will let you live in this place. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do not trust in deceptive words and say, &#8220;This is the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your ancestors for ever and ever. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.7.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and swear by false gods</span></span></span><span class="content"> burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my Name, and say, &#8220;We are safe&#8221;&#8212;safe to do all these detestable things? </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.7.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for my Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">While you were doing all these things, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I spoke to you again and again, but you did not listen; I called you, but you did not answer. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Therefore, what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears my Name, the temple you trust in, the place I gave to you and your ancestors. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I will thrust you from my presence, just as I did all your fellow Israelites, the people of Ephraim.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.7.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;So do not pray for this people nor offer any plea or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen to you. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Do you not see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.7.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven. They pour out drink offerings to other gods to arouse my anger. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.7.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But am I the one they are provoking? declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. Are they not rather harming themselves, to their own shame?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.7.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.7.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Therefore this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: My anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place&#8212;on man and beast, on the trees of the field and on the crops of your land&#8212;and it will burn and not be quenched.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.7.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.7.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go ahead, add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves! </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.7.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For when I brought your ancestors out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.7.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">but I gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in obedience to all I command you, that it may go well with you. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.7.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts. They went backward and not forward. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.7.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">From the time your ancestors left Egypt until now, day after day, again and again I sent you my servants the prophets. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JER.7.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">But they did not listen to me or pay attention. They were stiff-necked and did more evil than their ancestors.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JER.7.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JER.7.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you; when you call to them, they will not answer. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.7.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Therefore say to them, &#8216;This is the nation that has not obeyed the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> its God or responded to correction. Truth has perished; it has vanished from their lips.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.7.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JER.7.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Cut off your hair and throw it away; take up a lament on the barren heights, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has rejected and abandoned this generation that is under his wrath.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Valley of Slaughter</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JER.7.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JER.7.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The people of Judah have done evil in my eyes, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. They have set up their detestable idols in the house that bears my Name and have defiled it. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JER.7.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire&#8212;something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JER.7.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">So beware, the days are coming, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, when people will no longer call it Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter, for they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JER.7.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Then the carcasses of this people will become food for the birds and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JER.7.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, for the land will become desolate.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkJER">
      <div class="chapter ch8" data-usfm="JER.8">
         <div class="label">8</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;At that time, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the bones of the kings and officials of Judah, the bones of the priests and prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served and which they have followed and consulted and worshiped. They will not be gathered up or buried, but will be like dung lying on the ground. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Wherever I banish them, all the survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Sin and Punishment</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Say to them, &#8216;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.8.4"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;When people fall down, do they not get up?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.8.4"><span class="content">When someone turns away, do they not return?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Why then have these people turned away?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.8.5"><span class="content">Why does Jerusalem always turn away?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.8.5"><span class="content">They cling to deceit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.8.5"><span class="content">they refuse to return.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I have listened attentively,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.8.6"><span class="content">but they do not say what is right.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.8.6"><span class="content">None of them repent of their wickedness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.8.6"><span class="content">saying, &#8220;What have I done?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.8.6"><span class="content">Each pursues their own course</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.8.6"><span class="content">like a horse charging into battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Even the stork in the sky</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.8.7"><span class="content">knows her appointed seasons,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.8.7"><span class="content">and the dove, the swift and the thrush</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.8.7"><span class="content">observe the time of their migration.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.8.7"><span class="content">But my people do not know</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.8.7"><span class="content">the requirements of 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 v7" data-usfm="JER.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;How can you say, &#8220;We are wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.8.8"><span class="content">for we have the law 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 v8" data-usfm="JER.8.8"><span class="content">when actually the lying pen of the scribes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.8.8"><span class="content">has handled it falsely?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The wise will be put to shame;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.8.9"><span class="content">they will be dismayed and trapped.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.8.9"><span class="content">Since they have rejected the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.8.9"><span class="content">what kind of wisdom do they have?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Therefore I will give their wives to other men</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.8.10"><span class="content">and their fields to new owners.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.8.10"><span class="content">From the least to the greatest,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.8.10"><span class="content">all are greedy for gain;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.8.10"><span class="content">prophets and priests alike,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.8.10"><span class="content">all practice deceit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They dress the wound of my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.8.11"><span class="content">as though it were not serious.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.8.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Peace, peace,&#8221; they say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.8.11"><span class="content">when there is no peace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.8.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.8.12"><span class="content">No, they have no shame at all;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.8.12"><span class="content">they do not even know how to blush.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.8.12"><span class="content">So they will fall among the fallen;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.8.12"><span class="content">they will be brought down when they are punished,</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.8.12"><span class="content">says 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 v12" data-usfm="JER.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;I will take away their harvest,</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.8.13"><span class="content">declares 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="JER.8.13"><span class="content">There will be no grapes on the vine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.8.13"><span class="content">There will be no figs on the tree,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.8.13"><span class="content">and their leaves will wither.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.8.13"><span class="content">What I have given them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.8.13"><span class="content">will be taken from them.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:13 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Why are we sitting here?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.8.14"><span class="content">Gather together!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.8.14"><span class="content">Let us flee to the fortified cities</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.8.14"><span class="content">and perish there!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.8.14"><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God has doomed us to perish</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.8.14"><span class="content">and given us poisoned water to drink,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.8.14"><span class="content">because we have sinned against him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.8.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">We hoped for peace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.8.15"><span class="content">but no good has come,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.8.15"><span class="content">for a time of healing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.8.15"><span class="content">but there is only terror.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.8.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The snorting of the enemy&#8217;s horses</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.8.16"><span class="content">is heard from Dan;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.8.16"><span class="content">at the neighing of their stallions</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.8.16"><span class="content">the whole land trembles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.8.16"><span class="content">They have come to devour</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.8.16"><span class="content">the land and everything in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.8.16"><span class="content">the city and all who live there.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.8.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, I will send venomous snakes among you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.8.17"><span class="content">vipers that cannot be charmed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.8.17"><span class="content">and they will bite you,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.8.17"><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 v17" data-usfm="JER.8.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">You who are my Comforter</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:18 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> in sorrow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.8.18"><span class="content">my heart is faint within me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.8.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Listen to the cry of my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.8.19"><span class="content">from a land far away:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.8.19"><span class="content">&#8220;Is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> not in Zion?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.8.19"><span class="content">Is her King no longer there?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.8.19"><span class="content">&#8220;Why have they aroused my anger with their images,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.8.19"><span class="content">with their worthless foreign idols?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.8.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;The harvest is past,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.8.20"><span class="content">the summer has ended,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.8.20"><span class="content">and we are not saved.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.8.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Since my people are crushed, I am crushed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.8.21"><span class="content">I mourn, and horror grips me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.8.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Is there no balm in Gilead?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.8.22"><span class="content">Is there no physician there?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.8.22"><span class="content">Why then is there no healing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.8.22"><span class="content">for the wound of my people?</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">9</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="ft">In Hebrew texts 9:1 is numbered 8:23, and 9:2-26 is numbered 9:1-25.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Oh, that my head were a spring of water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.9.1"><span class="content">and my eyes a fountain of tears!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.9.1"><span class="content">I would weep day and night</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.9.1"><span class="content">for the slain of my people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.9.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Oh, that I had in the desert</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.9.2"><span class="content">a lodging place for travelers,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.9.2"><span class="content">so that I might leave my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.9.2"><span class="content">and go away from them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.9.2"><span class="content">for they are all adulterers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.9.2"><span class="content">a crowd of unfaithful people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;They make ready their tongue</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.9.3"><span class="content">like a bow, to shoot lies;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.9.3"><span class="content">it is not by truth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.9.3"><span class="content">that they triumph</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">lies; / they are not valiant for truth</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.9.3"><span class="content">They go from one sin to another;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.9.3"><span class="content">they do not acknowledge me,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.9.3"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Beware of your friends;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.9.4"><span class="content">do not trust anyone in your clan.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.9.4"><span class="content">For every one of them is a deceiver,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">a deceiving Jacob</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.9.4"><span class="content">and every friend a slanderer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.9.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Friend deceives friend,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.9.5"><span class="content">and no one speaks the truth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.9.5"><span class="content">They have taught their tongues to lie;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.9.5"><span class="content">they weary themselves with sinning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:6 </span><span class="ft">That is, Jeremiah (the Hebrew is singular)</span></span></span><span class="content"> live in the midst of deception;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.9.6"><span class="content">in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.9.6"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Therefore this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.9.7"><span class="content">&#8220;See, I will refine and test them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.9.7"><span class="content">for what else can I do</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.9.7"><span class="content">because of the sin of my people?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Their tongue is a deadly arrow;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.9.8"><span class="content">it speaks deceitfully.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.9.8"><span class="content">With their mouths they all speak cordially to their neighbors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.9.8"><span class="content">but in their hearts they set traps for them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Should I not punish them for this?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.9.9"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.9.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Should I not avenge myself</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.9.9"><span class="content">on such a nation as this?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I will weep and wail for the mountains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.9.10"><span class="content">and take up a lament concerning the wilderness grasslands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.9.10"><span class="content">They are desolate and untraveled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.9.10"><span class="content">and the lowing of cattle is not heard.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.9.10"><span class="content">The birds have all fled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.9.10"><span class="content">and the animals are gone.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.9.11"><span class="content">a haunt of jackals;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.9.11"><span class="content">and I will lay waste the towns of Judah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.9.11"><span class="content">so no one can live there.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Who is wise enough to understand this? Who has been instructed by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and can explain it? Why has the land been ruined and laid waste like a desert that no one can cross?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;It is because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them; they have not obeyed me or followed my law. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts; they have followed the Baals, as their ancestors taught them.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Therefore this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, the God of Israel, says: &#8220;See, I will make this people eat bitter food and drink poisoned water. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known, and I will pursue them with the sword until I have made an end of them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.9.17"><span class="content">&#8220;Consider now! Call for the wailing women to come;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.9.17"><span class="content">send for the most skillful of them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.9.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Let them come quickly</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.9.18"><span class="content">and wail over us</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.9.18"><span class="content">till our eyes overflow with tears</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.9.18"><span class="content">and water streams from our eyelids.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.9.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The sound of wailing is heard from Zion:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.9.19"><span class="content">&#8216;How ruined we are!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.9.19"><span class="content">How great is our shame!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.9.19"><span class="content">We must leave our land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.9.19"><span class="content">because our houses are in ruins.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Now, you women, hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.9.20"><span class="content">open your ears to the words of his mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.9.20"><span class="content">Teach your daughters how to wail;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.9.20"><span class="content">teach one another a lament.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.9.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Death has climbed in through our windows</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.9.21"><span class="content">and has entered our fortresses;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.9.21"><span class="content">it has removed the children from the streets</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.9.21"><span class="content">and the young men from the public squares.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.9.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Say, &#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> declares:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.9.22"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Dead bodies will lie</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.9.22"><span class="content">like dung on the open field,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.9.22"><span class="content">like cut grain behind the reaper,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.9.22"><span class="content">with no one to gather them.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.9.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.9.23"><span class="content">&#8220;Let not the wise boast of their wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.9.23"><span class="content">or the strong boast of their strength</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.9.23"><span class="content">or the rich boast of their riches,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.9.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">but let the one who boasts boast about this:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.9.24"><span class="content">that they have the understanding to know me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.9.24"><span class="content">that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who exercises kindness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.9.24"><span class="content">justice and righteousness on earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.9.24"><span class="content">for in these I delight,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.9.24"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.9.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;The days are coming,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JER.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab and all who live in the wilderness in distant places.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">wilderness and who clip the hair by their foreheads</span></span></span><span class="content"> For all these nations are really uncircumcised, and even the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God and Idols</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says to you, people of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.10.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not learn the ways of the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.10.2"><span class="content">or be terrified by signs in the heavens,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.10.2"><span class="content">though the nations are terrified by them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.10.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For the practices of the peoples are worthless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.10.3"><span class="content">they cut a tree out of the forest,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.10.3"><span class="content">and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.10.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They adorn it with silver and gold;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.10.4"><span class="content">they fasten it with hammer and nails</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.10.4"><span class="content">so it will not totter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.10.5"><span class="content">their idols cannot speak;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.10.5"><span class="content">they must be carried</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.10.5"><span class="content">because they cannot walk.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.10.5"><span class="content">Do not fear them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.10.5"><span class="content">they can do no harm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.10.5"><span class="content">nor can they do any good.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">No one is like you, </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="JER.10.6"><span class="content">you are great,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.10.6"><span class="content">and your name is mighty in power.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Who should not fear you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.10.7"><span class="content">King of the nations?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.10.7"><span class="content">This is your due.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.10.7"><span class="content">Among all the wise leaders of the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.10.7"><span class="content">and in all their kingdoms,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.10.7"><span class="content">there is no one like you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They are all senseless and foolish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.10.8"><span class="content">they are taught by worthless wooden idols.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.10.9"><span class="content">and gold from Uphaz.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.10.9"><span class="content">What the craftsman and goldsmith have made</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.10.9"><span class="content">is then dressed in blue and purple&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.10.9"><span class="content">all made by skilled workers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.10.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the true God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.10.10"><span class="content">he is the living God, the eternal King.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.10.10"><span class="content">When he is angry, the earth trembles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.10.10"><span class="content">the nations cannot endure his wrath.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Tell them this: &#8216;These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:11 </span><span class="ft">The text of this verse is in Aramaic.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.10.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But God made the earth by his power;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.10.12"><span class="content">he founded the world by his wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.10.12"><span class="content">and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.10.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.10.13"><span class="content">he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.10.13"><span class="content">He sends lightning with the rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.10.13"><span class="content">and brings out the wind from his storehouses.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.10.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.10.14"><span class="content">every goldsmith is shamed by his idols.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.10.14"><span class="content">The images he makes are a fraud;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.10.14"><span class="content">they have no breath in them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.10.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">They are worthless, the objects of mockery;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.10.15"><span class="content">when their judgment comes, they will perish.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.10.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.10.16"><span class="content">for he is the Maker of all things,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.10.16"><span class="content">including Israel, the people of his inheritance&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.10.16"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is his name.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Coming Destruction</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.10.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Gather up your belongings to leave the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.10.17"><span class="content">you who live under siege.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.10.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.10.18"><span class="content">&#8220;At this time I will hurl out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.10.18"><span class="content">those who live in this land;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.10.18"><span class="content">I will bring distress on them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.10.18"><span class="content">so that they may be captured.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.10.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Woe to me because of my injury!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.10.19"><span class="content">My wound is incurable!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.10.19"><span class="content">Yet I said to myself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.10.19"><span class="content">&#8220;This is my sickness, and I must endure it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.10.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">My tent is destroyed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.10.20"><span class="content">all its ropes are snapped.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.10.20"><span class="content">My children are gone from me and are no more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.10.20"><span class="content">no one is left now to pitch my tent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.10.20"><span class="content">or to set up my shelter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.10.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The shepherds are senseless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.10.21"><span class="content">and do not inquire of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.10.21"><span class="content">so they do not prosper</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.10.21"><span class="content">and all their flock is scattered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.10.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.10.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Listen! The report is coming&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.10.22"><span class="content">a great commotion from the land of the north!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.10.22"><span class="content">It will make the towns of Judah desolate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.10.22"><span class="content">a haunt of jackals.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jeremiah&#8217;s Prayer</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.10.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.10.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I know that people&#8217;s lives are not their own;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.10.23"><span class="content">it is not for them to direct their steps.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.10.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.10.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Discipline me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, but only in due measure&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.10.24"><span class="content">not in your anger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.10.24"><span class="content">or you will reduce me to nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.10.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.10.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Pour out your wrath on the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.10.25"><span class="content">that do not acknowledge you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.10.25"><span class="content">on the peoples who do not call on your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.10.25"><span class="content">For they have devoured Jacob;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.10.25"><span class="content">they have devoured him completely</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.10.25"><span class="content">and destroyed his homeland.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkJER">
      <div class="chapter ch11" data-usfm="JER.11">
         <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Covenant Is Broken</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Listen to the terms of this covenant and tell them to the people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Tell them that this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, says: &#8216;Cursed is the one who does not obey the terms of this covenant&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">the terms I commanded your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt, out of the iron-smelting furnace.&#8217; I said, &#8216;Obey me and do everything I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then I will fulfill the oath I swore to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey&#8217;&#8212;the land you possess today.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.11.5"><span class="content">I answered, &#8220;Amen, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.11.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to me, &#8220;Proclaim all these words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: &#8216;Listen to the terms of this covenant and follow them. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">From the time I brought your ancestors up from Egypt until today, I warned them again and again, saying, &#8220;Obey me.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubbornness of their evil hearts. So I brought on them all the curses of the covenant I had commanded them to follow but that they did not keep.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.11.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to me, &#8220;There is a conspiracy among the people of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They have returned to the sins of their ancestors, who refused to listen to my words. They have followed other gods to serve them. Both Israel and Judah have broken the covenant I made with their ancestors. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Therefore this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: &#8216;I will bring on them a disaster they cannot escape. Although they cry out to me, I will not listen to them. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The towns of Judah and the people of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they will not help them at all when disaster strikes. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You, Judah, have as many gods as you have towns; and the altars you have set up to burn incense to that shameful god Baal are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.11.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not pray for this people or offer any plea or petition for them, because I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.11.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;What is my beloved doing in my temple</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.11.15"><span class="content">as she, with many others, works out her evil schemes?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.11.15"><span class="content">Can consecrated meat avert your punishment?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.11.15"><span class="content">When you engage in your wickedness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.11.15"><span class="content">then you rejoice.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Could consecrated meat avert your punishment? / Then you would rejoice</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.11.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> called you a thriving olive tree</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.11.16"><span class="content">with fruit beautiful in form.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.11.16"><span class="content">But with the roar of a mighty storm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.11.16"><span class="content">he will set it on fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.11.16"><span class="content">and its branches will be broken.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.11.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, who planted you, has decreed disaster for you, because the people of both Israel and Judah have done evil and aroused my anger by burning incense to Baal.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Plot Against Jeremiah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.11.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> revealed their plot to me, I knew it, for at that time he showed me what they were doing. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter; I did not realize that they had plotted against me, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.11.19"><span class="content">&#8220;Let us destroy the tree and its fruit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.11.19"><span class="content">let us cut him off from the land of the living,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.11.19"><span class="content">that his name be remembered no more.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.11.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, who judge righteously</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.11.20"><span class="content">and test the heart and mind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.11.20"><span class="content">let me see your vengeance on them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.11.20"><span class="content">for to you I have committed my cause.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.11.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Therefore this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says about the people of Anathoth who are threatening to kill you, saying, &#8220;Do not prophesy in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> or you will die by our hands&#8221;&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">therefore this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8220;I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Not even a remnant will be left to them, because I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkMAT">
      <div class="chapter ch14" data-usfm="MAT.14">
         <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John the Baptist Beheaded</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and he said to his attendants, &#8220;This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.14.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip&#8217;s wife, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">for John had been saying to him: &#8220;It is not lawful for you to have her.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered John a prophet.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On Herod&#8217;s birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for the guests and pleased Herod so much </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Prompted by her mother, she said, &#8220;Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he ordered that her request be granted </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and had John beheaded in the prison. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">His head was brought in on a platter and given to the girl, who carried it to her mother. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">John&#8217;s disciples came and took his body and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.14.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.14.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, &#8220;This is a remote place, and it&#8217;s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.14.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.14.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,&#8221; they answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.14.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Bring them here to me,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he said. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Walks on the Water</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.14.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.14.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. &#8220;It&#8217;s a ghost,&#8221; they said, and cried out in fear.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.14.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But Jesus immediately said to them: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Take courage! It is I. Don&#8217;t be afraid.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.14.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;Lord, if it&#8217;s you,&#8221; Peter replied, &#8220;tell me to come to you on the water.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.14.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Come,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.14.29"><span class="content">Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.14.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, &#8220;Lord, save me!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.14.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.14.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You of little faith,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;why did you doubt?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.14.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.14.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.14.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, &#8220;Truly you are the Son of God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.14.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.14.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.14.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding country. People brought all their sick to him </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.14.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">and begged him to let the sick just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">15</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">That Which Defiles</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don&#8217;t wash their hands before they eat!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.15.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For God said, &#8216;Honor your father and mother&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:4 </span><span class="ft">Exodus 20:12; Deut. 5:16</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and &#8216;Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:4 </span><span class="ft">Exodus 21:17; Lev. 20:9</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is &#8216;devoted to God,&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">they are not to &#8216;honor their father or mother&#8217; with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.15.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;These people honor me with their lips,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.15.8"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">but their hearts are far from me.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.15.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">They worship me in vain;</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.15.9"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">their teachings are merely human rules.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">15:9 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">  
          Isaiah 29:13
          </span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.15.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Jesus called the crowd to him and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Listen and understand.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">What goes into someone&#8217;s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.15.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then the disciples came to him and asked, &#8220;Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.15.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Leave them; they are blind guides.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:14 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">blind guides of the blind</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.15.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Peter said, &#8220;Explain the parable to us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.15.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Are you still so dull?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus asked them. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But the things that come out of a person&#8217;s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For out of the heart come evil thoughts&#8212;murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Faith of a Canaanite Woman</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.15.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, &#8220;Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.15.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.15.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, &#8220;Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.15.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.15.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.15.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.15.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The woman came and knelt before him. &#8220;Lord, help me!&#8221; she said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.15.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.15.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It is not right to take the children&#8217;s bread and toss it to the dogs.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.15.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.15.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yes it is, Lord,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master&#8217;s table.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.15.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.15.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said to her, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> And her daughter was healed at that moment.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.15.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.15.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.15.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.15.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.15.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.15.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Jesus called his disciples to him and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.15.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.15.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">His disciples answered, &#8220;Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.15.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.15.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;How many loaves do you have?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.15.34"><span class="content">&#8220;Seven,&#8221; they replied, &#8220;and a few small fish.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.15.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.15.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.15.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.15.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">They all ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MAT.15.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">The number of those who ate was four thousand men, besides women and children. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.15.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Demand for a Sign</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.16.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When evening comes, you say, &#8216;It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and in the morning, &#8216;Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.&#8217; You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:2,3 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts do not have </span><span class="fqa">When evening comes&#8230; of the times.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus then left them and went away.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.16.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When they went across the lake, the disciples forgot to take bread. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Be careful,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus said to them. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.16.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They discussed this among themselves and said, &#8220;It is because we didn&#8217;t bring any bread.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.16.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You of little faith, why are you talking among yourselves about having no bread?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Do you still not understand? Don&#8217;t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">How is it you don&#8217;t understand that I was not talking to you about bread? But be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then they understood that he was not telling them to guard against the yeast used in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.16.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Who do people say the Son of Man is?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.16.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They replied, &#8220;Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.16.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But what about you?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Who do you say I am?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.16.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Simon Peter answered, &#8220;You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.16.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And I tell you that you are Peter,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:18 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">Peter </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fq">rock</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:18 </span><span class="ft">That is, the realm of the dead</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">will not overcome it.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will have been</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will have been</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">loosed in heaven.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Predicts His Death</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.16.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.16.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. &#8220;Never, Lord!&#8221; he said. &#8220;This shall never happen to you!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.16.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.16.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Jesus turned and said to Peter, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.16.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.16.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said to his disciples, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.16.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For whoever wants to save their life</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:25 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word means either </span><span class="fqa">life </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">soul</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 26.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.16.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.16.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father&#8217;s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.16.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.16.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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