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         <div class="label">120</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 120</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.120.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I call on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in my distress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.120.1"><span class="content">and he answers me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.120.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.120.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Save me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.120.2"><span class="content">from lying lips</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.120.2"><span class="content">and from deceitful tongues.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.120.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.120.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">What will he do to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.120.3"><span class="content">and what more besides,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.120.3"><span class="content">you deceitful tongue?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.120.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.120.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He will punish you with a warrior&#8217;s sharp arrows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.120.4"><span class="content">with burning coals of the broom bush.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.120.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.120.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.120.5"><span class="content">that I live among the tents of Kedar!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.120.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.120.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Too long have I lived</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.120.6"><span class="content">among those who hate peace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.120.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.120.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I am for peace;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.120.7"><span class="content">but when I speak, they are for war.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">121</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 121</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.121.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I lift up my eyes to the mountains&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.121.1"><span class="content">where does my help come from?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.121.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.121.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My help comes from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.121.2"><span class="content">the Maker of heaven and earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.121.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.121.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He will not let your foot slip&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.121.3"><span class="content">he who watches over you will not slumber;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.121.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.121.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">indeed, he who watches over Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.121.4"><span class="content">will neither slumber nor sleep.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.121.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.121.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> watches over you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.121.5"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is your shade at your right hand;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.121.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.121.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">the sun will not harm you by day,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.121.6"><span class="content">nor the moon by night.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.121.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.121.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will keep you from all harm&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.121.7"><span class="content">he will watch over your life;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.121.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.121.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will watch over your coming and going</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.121.8"><span class="content">both now and forevermore.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Faith in Action</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HEB.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HEB.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">This is what the ancients were commended for.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HEB.11.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HEB.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God&#8217;s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HEB.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HEB.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HEB.11.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: &#8220;He could not be found, because God had taken him away.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:5 </span><span class="ft">Gen. 5:24</span></span></span><span class="content"> For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.11.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">By faith Abraham, even though he was too old to have children&#8212;and Sarah herself was not able to conceive&#8212;was enabled to become a father because he</span></span></span><span class="content"> considered him faithful who had made the promise. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.11.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HEB.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HEB.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HEB.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Instead, they were longing for a better country&#8212;a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HEB.11.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HEB.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">even though God had said to him, &#8220;It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:18 </span><span class="ft">Gen. 21:12</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HEB.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HEB.11.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HEB.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HEB.11.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph&#8217;s sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.11.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HEB.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HEB.11.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HEB.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">By faith Moses&#8217; parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king&#8217;s edict.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HEB.11.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="HEB.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="HEB.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="HEB.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="HEB.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king&#8217;s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="HEB.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="HEB.11.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="HEB.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="HEB.11.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="HEB.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="HEB.11.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="HEB.11.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:31 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">unbelieving</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="HEB.11.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="HEB.11.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="HEB.11.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="HEB.11.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="HEB.11.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="HEB.11.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="HEB.11.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">They were put to death by stoning;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:37 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">stoning; they were put to the test;</span></span></span><span class="content"> they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="HEB.11.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="HEB.11.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="HEB.11.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="HEB.11.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HEB.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HEB.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HEB.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God Disciplines His Children</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HEB.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HEB.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.12.5"><span class="content">&#8220;My son, do not make light of the Lord&#8217;s discipline,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.12.5"><span class="content">and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.12.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.12.6"><span class="content">and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:5,6 </span><span class="ft">Prov. 3:11,12 (see Septuagint)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">If you are not disciplined&#8212;and everyone undergoes discipline&#8212;then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live! </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.12.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Make level paths for your feet,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:13 </span><span class="ft">Prov. 4:26</span></span></span><span class="content"> so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning and Encouragement</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HEB.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HEB.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HEB.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought the blessing with tears, he could not change what he had done.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Mountain of Fear and the Mountain of Joy</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.12.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HEB.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HEB.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HEB.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">because they could not bear what was commanded: &#8220;If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:20 </span><span class="ft">Exodus 19:12,13</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, &#8220;I am trembling with fear.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:21 </span><span class="ft">See Deut. 9:19.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.12.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HEB.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HEB.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="HEB.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="HEB.12.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="HEB.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven? </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="HEB.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, &#8220;Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:26 </span><span class="ft">Haggai 2:6</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="HEB.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The words &#8220;once more&#8221; indicate the removing of what can be shaken&#8212;that is, created things&#8212;so that what cannot be shaken may remain.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="HEB.12.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="HEB.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="HEB.12.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">for our &#8220;God is a consuming fire.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:29 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 4:24</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Concluding Exhortations</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HEB.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HEB.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HEB.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HEB.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HEB.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.13.5"><span class="content">&#8220;Never will I leave you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.13.5"><span class="content">never will I forsake you.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:5 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 31:6</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So we say with confidence,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.13.6"><span class="content">&#8220;The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.13.6"><span class="content">What can mere mortals do to me?&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:6 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 118:6,7</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.13.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which is of no benefit to those who do so. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HEB.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HEB.13.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HEB.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise&#8212;the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HEB.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HEB.13.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.13.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HEB.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Pray for us. We are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HEB.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I particularly urge you to pray so that I may be restored to you soon.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Benediction and Final Greetings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HEB.13.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HEB.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.13.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HEB.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Brothers and sisters, I urge you to bear with my word of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you quite briefly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HEB.13.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HEB.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I want you to know that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HEB.13.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="HEB.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Greet all your leaders and all the Lord&#8217;s people. Those from Italy send you their greetings.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="HEB.13.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="HEB.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Grace be with you all.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Command to Leave Horeb</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DEU.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan&#8212;that is, in the Arabah&#8212;opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and Dizahab. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DEU.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">(It takes eleven days to go from Horeb to Kadesh Barnea by the Mount Seir road.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DEU.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DEU.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had commanded him concerning them. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DEU.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, and at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DEU.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DEU.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">East of the Jordan in the territory of Moab, Moses began to expound this law, saying:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DEU.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DEU.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God said to us at Horeb, &#8220;You have stayed long enough at this mountain. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DEU.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the Euphrates. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DEU.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> swore he would give to your fathers&#8212;to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob&#8212;and to their descendants after them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Appointment of Leaders</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DEU.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DEU.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">At that time I said to you, &#8220;You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DEU.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God has increased your numbers so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DEU.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised! </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DEU.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But how can I bear your problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself? </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="DEU.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Choose some wise, understanding and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="DEU.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DEU.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You answered me, &#8220;What you propose to do is good.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DEU.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DEU.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So I took the leading men of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them to have authority over you&#8212;as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens and as tribal officials. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DEU.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And I charged your judges at that time, &#8220;Hear the disputes between your people and judge fairly, whether the case is between two Israelites or between an Israelite and a foreigner residing among you. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DEU.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Do not show partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard for you, and I will hear it.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DEU.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And at that time I told you everything you were to do.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Spies Sent Out</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DEU.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="DEU.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites through all that vast and dreadful wilderness that you have seen, and so we reached Kadesh Barnea. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DEU.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then I said to you, &#8220;You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God is giving us. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="DEU.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">See, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God has given you the land. Go up and take possession of it as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of your ancestors, told you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="DEU.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DEU.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then all of you came to me and said, &#8220;Let us send men ahead to spy out the land for us and bring back a report about the route we are to take and the towns we will come to.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DEU.1.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="DEU.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The idea seemed good to me; so I selected twelve of you, one man from each tribe. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DEU.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshkol and explored it. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DEU.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported, &#8220;It is a good land that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God is giving us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Rebellion Against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DEU.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DEU.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="DEU.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">You grumbled in your tents and said, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> hates us; so he brought us out of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="DEU.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt in fear. They say, &#8216;The people are stronger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites there.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="DEU.1.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="DEU.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then I said to you, &#8220;Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="DEU.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="DEU.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">and in the wilderness. There you saw how the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="DEU.1.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="DEU.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">In spite of this, you did not trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God, </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="DEU.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day, to search out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="DEU.1.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="DEU.1.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> heard what you said, he was angry and solemnly swore: </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="DEU.1.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">&#8220;No one from this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your ancestors, </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="DEU.1.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land he set his feet on, because he followed the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> wholeheartedly.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="DEU.1.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="DEU.1.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Because of you the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> became angry with me also and said, &#8220;You shall not enter it, either. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="DEU.1.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">But your assistant, Joshua son of Nun, will enter it. Encourage him, because he will lead Israel to inherit it. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="DEU.1.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">And the little ones that you said would be taken captive, your children who do not yet know good from bad&#8212;they will enter the land. I will give it to them and they will take possession of it. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="DEU.1.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">But as for you, turn around and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:40 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Sea of Reeds</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="DEU.1.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="DEU.1.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Then you replied, &#8220;We have sinned against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. We will go up and fight, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God commanded us.&#8221; So every one of you put on his weapons, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="DEU.1.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="DEU.1.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to me, &#8220;Tell them, &#8216;Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you. You will be defeated by your enemies.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="DEU.1.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="DEU.1.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">So I told you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s command and in your arrogance you marched up into the hill country. </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="DEU.1.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">The Amorites who lived in those hills came out against you; they chased you like a swarm of bees and beat you down from Seir all the way to Hormah. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="DEU.1.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">You came back and wept before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, but he paid no attention to your weeping and turned a deaf ear to you. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="DEU.1.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">And so you stayed in Kadesh many days&#8212;all the time you spent there.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Wanderings in the Wilderness</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DEU.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then we turned back and set out toward the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Sea of Reeds</span></span></span><span class="content"> as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had directed me. For a long time we made our way around the hill country of Seir.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DEU.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DEU.2.2"><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 me, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DEU.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;You have made your way around this hill country long enough; now turn north. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DEU.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Give the people these orders: &#8216;You are about to pass through the territory of your relatives the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, but be very careful. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DEU.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Do not provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, not even enough to put your foot on. I have given Esau the hill country of Seir as his own. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DEU.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DEU.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DEU.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. These forty years the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God has been with you, and you have not lacked anything.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DEU.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DEU.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So we went on past our relatives the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion Geber, and traveled along the desert road of Moab.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DEU.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DEU.2.9"><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;Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any part of their land. I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as a possession.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DEU.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DEU.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">(The Emites used to live there&#8212;a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DEU.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Like the Anakites, they too were considered Rephaites, but the Moabites called them Emites. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DEU.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave them as their possession.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DEU.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="DEU.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;Now get up and cross the Zered Valley.&#8221; So we crossed the valley.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="DEU.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DEU.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Thirty-eight years passed from the time we left Kadesh Barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley. By then, that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had sworn to them. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DEU.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s hand was against them until he had completely eliminated them from the camp.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DEU.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DEU.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Now when the last of these fighting men among the people had died, </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DEU.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to me, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DEU.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Today you are to pass by the region of Moab at Ar. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="DEU.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When you come to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them to war, for I will not give you possession of any land belonging to the Ammonites. I have given it as a possession to the descendants of Lot.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="DEU.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DEU.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">(That too was considered a land of the Rephaites, who used to live there; but the Ammonites called them Zamzummites. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="DEU.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They were a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DEU.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had done the same for the descendants of Esau, who lived in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="DEU.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And as for the Avvites who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorites coming out from Caphtor</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:23 </span><span class="ft">That is, Crete</span></span></span><span class="content"> destroyed them and settled in their place.)</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Defeat of Sihon King of Heshbon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="DEU.2.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DEU.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Set out now and cross the Arnon Gorge. See, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his country. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DEU.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">This very day I will begin to put the terror and fear of you on all the nations under heaven. They will hear reports of you and will tremble and be in anguish because of you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DEU.2.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DEU.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">From the Desert of Kedemoth I sent messengers to Sihon king of Heshbon offering peace and saying, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="DEU.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let us pass through your country. We will stay on the main road; we will not turn aside to the right or to the left. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="DEU.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Sell us food to eat and water to drink for their price in silver. Only let us pass through on foot&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="DEU.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">as the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir, and the Moabites, who live in Ar, did for us&#8212;until we cross the Jordan into the land the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God is giving us.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="DEU.2.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">But Sihon king of Heshbon refused to let us pass through. For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate in order to give him into your hands, as he has now done.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="DEU.2.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="DEU.2.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to me, &#8220;See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his country over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="DEU.2.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="DEU.2.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">When Sihon and all his army came out to meet us in battle at Jahaz, </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="DEU.2.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God delivered him over to us and we struck him down, together with his sons and his whole army. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="DEU.2.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">At that time we took all his towns and completely destroyed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:34 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, often by totally destroying them.</span></span></span><span class="content"> them&#8212;men, women and children. We left no survivors. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="DEU.2.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">But the livestock and the plunder from the towns we had captured we carried off for ourselves. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="DEU.2.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the gorge, even as far as Gilead, not one town was too strong for us. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God gave us all of them. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="DEU.2.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">But in accordance with the command of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God, you did not encroach on any of the land of the Ammonites, neither the land along the course of the Jabbok nor that around the towns in the hills.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Defeat of Og King of Bashan</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DEU.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Next we turned and went up along the road toward Bashan, and Og king of Bashan with his whole army marched out to meet us in battle at Edrei. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DEU.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to me, &#8220;Do not be afraid of him, for I have delivered him into your hands, along with his whole army and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DEU.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DEU.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God also gave into our hands Og king of Bashan and all his army. We struck them down, leaving no survivors. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DEU.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">At that time we took all his cities. There was not one of the sixty cities that we did not take from them&#8212;the whole region of Argob, Og&#8217;s kingdom in Bashan. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DEU.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">All these cities were fortified with high walls and with gates and bars, and there were also a great many unwalled villages. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DEU.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">We completely destroyed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:6 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, often by totally destroying them.</span></span></span><span class="content"> them, as we had done with Sihon king of Heshbon, destroying</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:6 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, often by totally destroying them.</span></span></span><span class="content"> every city&#8212;men, women and children. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DEU.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But all the livestock and the plunder from their cities we carried off for ourselves.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DEU.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DEU.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So at that time we took from these two kings of the Amorites the territory east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge as far as Mount Hermon. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DEU.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">(Hermon is called Sirion by the Sidonians; the Amorites call it Senir.) </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DEU.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">We took all the towns on the plateau, and all Gilead, and all Bashan as far as Salekah and Edrei, towns of Og&#8217;s kingdom in Bashan. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DEU.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">(Og king of Bashan was the last of the Rephaites. His bed was decorated with iron and was more than nine cubits long and four cubits wide.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:11 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 14 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 4 meters long and 1.8 meters wide</span></span></span><span class="content"> It is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Division of the Land</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DEU.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DEU.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Of the land that we took over at that time, I gave the Reubenites and the Gadites the territory north of Aroer by the Arnon Gorge, including half the hill country of Gilead, together with its towns. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="DEU.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The rest of Gilead and also all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (The whole region of Argob in Bashan used to be known as a land of the Rephaites. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DEU.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maakathites; it was named after him, so that to this day Bashan is called Havvoth Jair.</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">called the settlements of Jair</span></span></span><span class="content">) </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DEU.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And I gave Gilead to Makir. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DEU.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But to the Reubenites and the Gadites I gave the territory extending from Gilead down to the Arnon Gorge (the middle of the gorge being the border) and out to the Jabbok River, which is the border of the Ammonites. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DEU.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Its western border was the Jordan in the Arabah, from Kinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea), below the slopes of Pisgah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DEU.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DEU.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I commanded you at that time: &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God has given you this land to take possession of it. But all your able-bodied men, armed for battle, must cross over ahead of the other Israelites. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="DEU.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">However, your wives, your children and your livestock (I know you have much livestock) may stay in the towns I have given you, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DEU.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">until the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gives rest to your fellow Israelites as he has to you, and they too have taken over the land that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God is giving them across the Jordan. After that, each of you may go back to the possession I have given you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DEU.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="DEU.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">At that time I commanded Joshua: &#8220;You have seen with your own eyes all that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God has done to these two kings. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will do the same to all the kingdoms over there where you are going. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DEU.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Do not be afraid of them; the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God himself will fight for you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DEU.3.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="DEU.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">At that time I pleaded with the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">: </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DEU.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you have begun to show to your servant your greatness and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do the deeds and mighty works you do? </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DEU.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan&#8212;that fine hill country and Lebanon.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DEU.3.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DEU.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">But because of you the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was angry with me and would not listen to me. &#8220;That is enough,&#8221; the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said. &#8220;Do not speak to me anymore about this matter. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="DEU.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Go up to the top of Pisgah and look west and north and south and east. Look at the land with your own eyes, since you are not going to cross this Jordan. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="DEU.3.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">But commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, for he will lead this people across and will cause them to inherit the land that you will see.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="DEU.3.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">So we stayed in the valley near Beth Peor.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">21</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Jehoshaphat rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. And Jehoram his son succeeded him as king. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Jehoram&#8217;s brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat, were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariahu, Michael and Shephatiah. All these were sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:2 </span><span class="ft">That is, Judah, as frequently in 2 Chronicles</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Their father had given them many gifts of silver and gold and articles of value, as well as fortified cities in Judah, but he had given the kingdom to Jehoram because he was his firstborn son.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jehoram King of Judah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.21.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When Jehoram established himself firmly over his father&#8217;s kingdom, he put all his brothers to the sword along with some of the officials of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter of Ahab. He did evil in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, because of the covenant the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had made with David, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was not willing to destroy the house of David. He had promised to maintain a lamp for him and his descendants forever.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.21.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In the time of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against Judah and set up its own king. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So Jehoram went there with his officers and all his chariots. The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he rose up and broke through by night. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">To this day Edom has been in rebellion against Judah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.21.10"><span class="content">Libnah revolted at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of his ancestors. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He had also built high places on the hills of Judah and had caused the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves and had led Judah astray.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.21.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Jehoram received a letter from Elijah the prophet, which said:</span></span></div><div class="pmo"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.21.12"><span class="content">&#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of your father David, says: &#8216;You have not followed the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But you have followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and you have led Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab did. You have also murdered your own brothers, members of your own family, men who were better than you. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So now the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives and everything that is yours, with a heavy blow. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You yourself will be very ill with a lingering disease of the bowels, until the disease causes your bowels to come out.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.21.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> aroused against Jehoram the hostility of the Philistines and of the Arabs who lived near the Cushites. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">They attacked Judah, invaded it and carried off all the goods found in the king&#8217;s palace, together with his sons and wives. Not a son was left to him except Ahaziah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:17 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jehoahaz, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Ahaziah</span></span></span><span class="content"> the youngest.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.21.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.21.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">After all this, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.21.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">In the course of time, at the end of the second year, his bowels came out because of the disease, and he died in great pain. His people made no funeral fire in his honor, as they had for his predecessors.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.21.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CH.21.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He passed away, to no one&#8217;s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">22</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ahaziah King of Judah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.22.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, Jehoram&#8217;s youngest son, king in his place, since the raiders, who came with the Arabs into the camp, had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.22.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.22.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Ahaziah was twenty-two</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22:2 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 8:26); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">forty-two</span></span></span><span class="content"> years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother&#8217;s name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.22.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.22.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He too followed the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother encouraged him to act wickedly. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.22.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He did evil in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, as the house of Ahab had done, for after his father&#8217;s death they became his advisers, to his undoing. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.22.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He also followed their counsel when he went with Joram</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22:5 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jehoram, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Joram</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 6 and 7</span></span></span><span class="content"> son of Ahab king of Israel to wage war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead. The Arameans wounded Joram; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.22.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramoth</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22:6 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Ramah, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Ramoth</span></span></span><span class="content"> in his battle with Hazael king of Aram.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.22.6"><span class="content">Then Ahaziah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22:6 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 8:29); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Azariah</span></span></span><span class="content"> son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab because he had been wounded.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.22.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.22.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Through Ahaziah&#8217;s visit to Joram, God brought about Ahaziah&#8217;s downfall. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.22.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">While Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah&#8217;s relatives, who had been attending Ahaziah, and he killed them. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.22.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He then went in search of Ahaziah, and his men captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. He was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, &#8220;He was a son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with all his heart.&#8221; So there was no one in the house of Ahaziah powerful enough to retain the kingdom.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Athaliah and Joash</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.22.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.22.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family of the house of Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.22.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But Jehosheba,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jehoshabeath, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehosheba</span></span></span><span class="content"> the daughter of King Jehoram, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes who were about to be murdered and put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehosheba,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jehoshabeath, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehosheba</span></span></span><span class="content"> the daughter of King Jehoram and wife of the priest Jehoiada, was Ahaziah&#8217;s sister, she hid the child from Athaliah so she could not kill him. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.22.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He remained hidden with them at the temple of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">23</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the seventh year Jehoiada showed his strength. He made a covenant with the commanders of units of a hundred: Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zikri. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites and the heads of Israelite families from all the towns. When they came to Jerusalem, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">the whole assembly made a covenant with the king at the temple of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.23.3"><span class="content">Jehoiada said to them, &#8220;The king&#8217;s son shall reign, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> promised concerning the descendants of David. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Now this is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who are going on duty on the Sabbath are to keep watch at the doors, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">a third of you at the royal palace and a third at the Foundation Gate, and all the others are to be in the courtyards of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">No one is to enter the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> except the priests and Levites on duty; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the others are to observe the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s command not to enter.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">are to stand guard where the <span class="nd">Lord</span> has assigned them</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.23.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The Levites are to station themselves around the king, each with weapon in hand. Anyone who enters the temple is to be put to death. Stay close to the king wherever he goes.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.23.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.23.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The Levites and all the men of Judah did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each one took his men&#8212;those who were going on duty on the Sabbath and those who were going off duty&#8212;for Jehoiada the priest had not released any of the divisions. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.23.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then he gave the commanders of units of a hundred the spears and the large and small shields that had belonged to King David and that were in the temple of God. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.23.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He stationed all the men, each with his weapon in his hand, around the king&#8212;near the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.23.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.23.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king&#8217;s son and put the crown on him; they presented him with a copy of the covenant and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, &#8220;Long live the king!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.23.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.23.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and cheering the king, she went to them at the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.23.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">She looked, and there was the king, standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and musicians with their instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her robes and shouted, &#8220;Treason! Treason!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.23.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.23.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Jehoiada the priest sent out the commanders of units of a hundred, who were in charge of the troops, and said to them: &#8220;Bring her out between the ranks</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">out from the precincts</span></span></span><span class="content"> and put to the sword anyone who follows her.&#8221; For the priest had said, &#8220;Do not put her to death at the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.23.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So they seized her as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate on the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.23.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.23.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Jehoiada then made a covenant that he, the people and the king</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">covenant between the <span class="nd">Lord</span> and the people and the king that they </span><span class="ft">(see 2 Kings 11:17)</span></span></span><span class="content"> would be the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s people. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.23.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">All the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.23.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.23.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then Jehoiada placed the oversight of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in the hands of the Levitical priests, to whom David had made assignments in the temple, to present the burnt offerings of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and singing, as David had ordered. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.23.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He also stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple so that no one who was in any way unclean might enter.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.23.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CH.23.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people and all the people of the land and brought the king down from the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. They went into the palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the royal throne. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.23.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was calm, because Athaliah had been slain with the sword.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">24</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Joash Repairs the Temple</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother&#8217;s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Joash did what was right in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> all the years of Jehoiada the priest. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jehoiada chose two wives for him, and he had sons and daughters.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.24.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Some time later Joash decided to restore the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He called together the priests and Levites and said to them, &#8220;Go to the towns of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the temple of your God. Do it now.&#8221; But the Levites did not act at once.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.24.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest and said to him, &#8220;Why haven&#8217;t you required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and by the assembly of Israel for the tent of the covenant law?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.24.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the temple of God and had used even its sacred objects for the Baals.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.24.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">At the king&#8217;s command, a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">A proclamation was then issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they should bring to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> the tax that Moses the servant of God had required of Israel in the wilderness. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">All the officials and all the people brought their contributions gladly, dropping them into the chest until it was full. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Whenever the chest was brought in by the Levites to the king&#8217;s officials and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal secretary and the officer of the chief priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this regularly and collected a great amount of money. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who carried out the work required for the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. They hired masons and carpenters to restore the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple, and also workers in iron and bronze to repair the temple.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.24.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The men in charge of the work were diligent, and the repairs progressed under them. They rebuilt the temple of God according to its original design and reinforced it. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made articles for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple: articles for the service and for the burnt offerings, and also dishes and other objects of gold and silver. As long as Jehoiada lived, burnt offerings were presented continually in the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.24.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Now Jehoiada was old and full of years, and he died at the age of a hundred and thirty. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He was buried with the kings in the City of David, because of the good he had done in Israel for God and his temple.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Wickedness of Joash</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.24.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They abandoned the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of their ancestors, and worshiped Asherah poles and idols. Because of their guilt, God&#8217;s anger came on Judah and Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Although the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sent prophets to the people to bring them back to him, and though they testified against them, they would not listen.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.24.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CH.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then the Spirit of God came on Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and said, &#8220;This is what God says: &#8216;Why do you disobey the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s commands? You will not prosper. Because you have forsaken the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, he has forsaken you.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CH.24.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But they plotted against him, and by order of the king they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2CH.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">King Joash did not remember the kindness Zechariah&#8217;s father Jehoiada had shown him but killed his son, who said as he lay dying, &#8220;May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> see this and call you to account.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2CH.24.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2CH.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">At the turn of the year,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:23 </span><span class="ft">Probably in the spring</span></span></span><span class="content"> the army of Aram marched against Joash; it invaded Judah and Jerusalem and killed all the leaders of the people. They sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2CH.24.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> delivered into their hands a much larger army. Because Judah had forsaken the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of their ancestors, judgment was executed on Joash. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2CH.24.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When the Arameans withdrew, they left Joash severely wounded. His officials conspired against him for murdering the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him in his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2CH.24.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2CH.24.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Those who conspired against him were Zabad,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:26 </span><span class="ft">A variant of </span><span class="fqa">Jozabad</span></span></span><span class="content"> son of Shimeath an Ammonite woman, and Jehozabad, son of Shimrith</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:26 </span><span class="ft">A variant of </span><span class="fqa">Shomer</span></span></span><span class="content"> a Moabite woman. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2CH.24.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The account of his sons, the many prophecies about him, and the record of the restoration of the temple of God are written in the annotations on the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son succeeded him as king.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch25" data-usfm="PRO.25">
         <div class="label">25</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">More Proverbs of Solomon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">These are more proverbs of Solomon, compiled by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.25.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">It is the glory of God to conceal a matter;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.25.2"><span class="content">to search out a matter is the glory of kings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.25.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">As the heavens are high and the earth is deep,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.25.3"><span class="content">so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.25.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Remove the dross from the silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.25.4"><span class="content">and a silversmith can produce a vessel;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.25.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">remove wicked officials from the king&#8217;s presence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.25.5"><span class="content">and his throne will be established through righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.25.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not exalt yourself in the king&#8217;s presence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.25.6"><span class="content">and do not claim a place among his great men;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.25.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">it is better for him to say to you, &#8220;Come up here,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"><span class="content">than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"><span class="content">What you have seen with your eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">do not bring</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:7,8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">nobles / on whom you had set your eyes. / </span><span class="fv">8 </span><span class="fqa">Do not go</span></span></span><span class="content"> hastily to court,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"><span class="content">for what will you do in the end</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"><span class="content">if your neighbor puts you to shame?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.25.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If you take your neighbor to court,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.25.9"><span class="content">do not betray another&#8217;s confidence,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.25.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.25.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">or the one who hears it may shame you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.25.10"><span class="content">and the charge against you will stand.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.25.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.25.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Like apples</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:11 </span><span class="ft">Or possibly </span><span class="fqa">apricots</span></span></span><span class="content"> of gold in settings of silver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.25.11"><span class="content">is a ruling rightly given.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.25.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.25.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.25.12"><span class="content">is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.25.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Like a snow-cooled drink at harvest time</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"><span class="content">is a trustworthy messenger to the one who sends him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"><span class="content">he refreshes the spirit of his master.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.25.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Like clouds and wind without rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.25.14"><span class="content">is one who boasts of gifts never given.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.25.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.25.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Through patience a ruler can be persuaded,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.25.15"><span class="content">and a gentle tongue can break a bone.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.25.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.25.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">If you find honey, eat just enough&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.25.16"><span class="content">too much of it, and you will vomit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.25.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.25.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Seldom set foot in your neighbor&#8217;s house&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.25.17"><span class="content">too much of you, and they will hate you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.25.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.25.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.25.18"><span class="content">is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.25.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.25.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Like a broken tooth or a lame foot</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.25.19"><span class="content">is reliance on the unfaithful in a time of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.25.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Like one who takes away a garment on a cold day,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"><span class="content">or like vinegar poured on a wound,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"><span class="content">is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.25.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.25.21"><span class="content">if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.25.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.25.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.25.22"><span class="content">and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will reward you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.25.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.25.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.25.23"><span class="content">is a sly tongue&#8212;which provokes a horrified look.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.25.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.25.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Better to live on a corner of the roof</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.25.24"><span class="content">than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.25.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.25.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Like cold water to a weary soul</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.25.25"><span class="content">is good news from a distant land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.25.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.25.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Like a muddied spring or a polluted well</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.25.26"><span class="content">are the righteous who give way to the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.25.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.25.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">It is not good to eat too much honey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.25.27"><span class="content">nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.25.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.25.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Like a city whose walls are broken through</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.25.28"><span class="content">is a person who lacks self-control.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A prophecy concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Anger Against Nineveh</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a jealous and avenging God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.1.2"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> takes vengeance and is filled with wrath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.1.2"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> takes vengeance on his foes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.1.2"><span class="content">and vents his wrath against his enemies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is slow to anger but great in power;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.1.3"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will not leave the guilty unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.1.3"><span class="content">His way is in the whirlwind and the storm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.1.3"><span class="content">and clouds are the dust of his feet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He rebukes the sea and dries it up;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.1.4"><span class="content">he makes all the rivers run dry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.1.4"><span class="content">Bashan and Carmel wither</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.1.4"><span class="content">and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The mountains quake before him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.1.5"><span class="content">and the hills melt away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.1.5"><span class="content">The earth trembles at his presence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.1.5"><span class="content">the world and all who live in it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Who can withstand his indignation?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.1.6"><span class="content">Who can endure his fierce anger?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.1.6"><span class="content">His wrath is poured out like fire;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.1.6"><span class="content">the rocks are shattered before him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.1.7"><span class="content">a refuge in times of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.1.7"><span class="content">He cares for those who trust in him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">but with an overwhelming flood</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.1.8"><span class="content">he will make an end of Nineveh;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.1.8"><span class="content">he will pursue his foes into the realm of darkness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Whatever they plot against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.1.9"><span class="content">he will bring</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">What do you foes plot against the <span class="nd">Lord</span>? / He will bring it</span></span></span><span class="content"> to an end;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.1.9"><span class="content">trouble will not come a second time.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They will be entangled among thorns</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.1.10"><span class="content">and drunk from their wine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.1.10"><span class="content">they will be consumed like dry stubble.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:10 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">From you, Nineveh, has one come forth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.1.11"><span class="content">who plots evil against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.1.11"><span class="content">and devises wicked plans.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.1.12"><span class="label">12</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 v12" data-usfm="NAM.1.12"><span class="content">&#8220;Although they have allies and are numerous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.1.12"><span class="content">they will be destroyed and pass away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.1.12"><span class="content">Although I have afflicted you, Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.1.12"><span class="content">I will afflict you no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Now I will break their yoke from your neck</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.1.13"><span class="content">and tear your shackles away.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has given a command concerning you, Nineveh:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.1.14"><span class="content">&#8220;You will have no descendants to bear your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.1.14"><span class="content">I will destroy the images and idols</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.1.14"><span class="content">that are in the temple of your gods.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.1.14"><span class="content">I will prepare your grave,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.1.14"><span class="content">for you are vile.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Look, there on the mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.1.15"><span class="content">the feet of one who brings good news,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.1.15"><span class="content">who proclaims peace!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.1.15"><span class="content">Celebrate your festivals, Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.1.15"><span class="content">and fulfill your vows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.1.15"><span class="content">No more will the wicked invade you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.1.15"><span class="content">they will be completely destroyed.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:15 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts this verse (1:15) is numbered 2:1.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Nineveh to Fall</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 2:1-13 is numbered 2:2-14.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">An attacker advances against you, Nineveh.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.2.1"><span class="content">Guard the fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.2.1"><span class="content">watch the road,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.2.1"><span class="content">brace yourselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.2.1"><span class="content">marshal all your strength!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will restore the splendor of Jacob</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.2.2"><span class="content">like the splendor of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.2.2"><span class="content">though destroyers have laid them waste</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.2.2"><span class="content">and have ruined their vines.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The shields of the soldiers are red;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.2.3"><span class="content">the warriors are clad in scarlet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.2.3"><span class="content">The metal on the chariots flashes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.2.3"><span class="content">on the day they are made ready;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.2.3"><span class="content">the spears of juniper are brandished.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac </span><span class="fqa">ready; / the horsemen rush to and fro.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The chariots storm through the streets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.2.4"><span class="content">rushing back and forth through the squares.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.2.4"><span class="content">They look like flaming torches;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.2.4"><span class="content">they dart about like lightning.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Nineveh summons her picked troops,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.2.5"><span class="content">yet they stumble on their way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.2.5"><span class="content">They dash to the city wall;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.2.5"><span class="content">the protective shield is put in place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The river gates are thrown open</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.2.6"><span class="content">and the palace collapses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It is decreed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> that Nineveh</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.2.7"><span class="content">be exiled and carried away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.2.7"><span class="content">Her female slaves moan like doves</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.2.7"><span class="content">and beat on their breasts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Nineveh is like a pool</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.2.8"><span class="content">whose water is draining away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.2.8"><span class="content">&#8220;Stop! Stop!&#8221; they cry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.2.8"><span class="content">but no one turns back.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Plunder the silver!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.2.9"><span class="content">Plunder the gold!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.2.9"><span class="content">The supply is endless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.2.9"><span class="content">the wealth from all its treasures!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">She is pillaged, plundered, stripped!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.2.10"><span class="content">Hearts melt, knees give way,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.2.10"><span class="content">bodies tremble, every face grows pale.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Where now is the lions&#8217; den,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.2.11"><span class="content">the place where they fed their young,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.2.11"><span class="content">where the lion and lioness went,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.2.11"><span class="content">and the cubs, with nothing to fear?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The lion killed enough for his cubs</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.2.12"><span class="content">and strangled the prey for his mate,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.2.12"><span class="content">filling his lairs with the kill</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.2.12"><span class="content">and his dens with the prey.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am against you,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.2.13"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.2.13"><span class="content">&#8220;I will burn up your chariots in smoke,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.2.13"><span class="content">and the sword will devour your young lions.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.2.13"><span class="content">I will leave you no prey on the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.2.13"><span class="content">The voices of your messengers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.2.13"><span class="content">will no longer be heard.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Woe to Nineveh</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Woe to the city of blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.3.1"><span class="content">full of lies,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.3.1"><span class="content">full of plunder,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.3.1"><span class="content">never without victims!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The crack of whips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.3.2"><span class="content">the clatter of wheels,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.3.2"><span class="content">galloping horses</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.3.2"><span class="content">and jolting chariots!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Charging cavalry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="content">flashing swords</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="content">and glittering spears!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="content">Many casualties,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="content">piles of dead,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="content">bodies without number,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="content">people stumbling over the corpses&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">all because of the wanton lust of a prostitute,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.3.4"><span class="content">alluring, the mistress of sorceries,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.3.4"><span class="content">who enslaved nations by her prostitution</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.3.4"><span class="content">and peoples by her witchcraft.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am against you,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.3.5"><span class="content">&#8220;I will lift your skirts over your face.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.3.5"><span class="content">I will show the nations your nakedness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.3.5"><span class="content">and the kingdoms your shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will pelt you with filth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.3.6"><span class="content">I will treat you with contempt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.3.6"><span class="content">and make you a spectacle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All who see you will flee from you and say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.3.7"><span class="content">&#8216;Nineveh is in ruins&#8212;who will mourn for her?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.3.7"><span class="content">Where can I find anyone to comfort you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Are you better than Thebes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"><span class="content">situated on the Nile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"><span class="content">with water around her?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"><span class="content">The river was her defense,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"><span class="content">the waters her wall.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Cush</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Egypt were her boundless strength;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.3.9"><span class="content">Put and Libya were among her allies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Yet she was taken captive</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="content">and went into exile.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="content">Her infants were dashed to pieces</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="content">at every street corner.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="content">Lots were cast for her nobles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="content">and all her great men were put in chains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You too will become drunk;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.3.11"><span class="content">you will go into hiding</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.3.11"><span class="content">and seek refuge from the enemy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">All your fortresses are like fig trees</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.3.12"><span class="content">with their first ripe fruit;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.3.12"><span class="content">when they are shaken,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.3.12"><span class="content">the figs fall into the mouth of the eater.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Look at your troops&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"><span class="content">they are all weaklings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"><span class="content">The gates of your land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"><span class="content">are wide open to your enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"><span class="content">fire has consumed the bars of your gates.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Draw water for the siege,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"><span class="content">strengthen your defenses!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"><span class="content">Work the clay,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"><span class="content">tread the mortar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"><span class="content">repair the brickwork!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">There the fire will consume you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"><span class="content">the sword will cut you down&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"><span class="content">they will devour you like a swarm of locusts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"><span class="content">Multiply like grasshoppers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"><span class="content">multiply like locusts!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NAM.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">You have increased the number of your merchants</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NAM.3.16"><span class="content">till they are more numerous than the stars in the sky,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NAM.3.16"><span class="content">but like locusts they strip the land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NAM.3.16"><span class="content">and then fly away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NAM.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Your guards are like locusts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"><span class="content">your officials like swarms of locusts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"><span class="content">that settle in the walls on a cold day&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"><span class="content">but when the sun appears they fly away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"><span class="content">and no one knows where.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NAM.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">King of Assyria, your shepherds</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:18 </span><span class="ft">That is, rulers</span></span></span><span class="content"> slumber;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NAM.3.18"><span class="content">your nobles lie down to rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NAM.3.18"><span class="content">Your people are scattered on the mountains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NAM.3.18"><span class="content">with no one to gather them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NAM.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Nothing can heal you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="content">your wound is fatal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="content">All who hear the news about you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="content">clap their hands at your fall,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="content">for who has not felt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="content">your endless cruelty?</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkACT">
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">And Saul approved of their killing him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Church Persecuted and Scattered</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.8.1"><span class="content">On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Philip in Samaria</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close attention to what he said. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For with shrieks, impure spirits came out of many, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So there was great joy in that city.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Simon the Sorcerer</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, &#8220;This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles he saw.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.8.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles&#8217; hands, he offered them money </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">and said, &#8220;Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.8.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Peter answered: &#8220;May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money! </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Repent of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.8.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.8.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.8.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then Simon answered, &#8220;Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.8.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.8.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">After they had further proclaimed the word of the Lord and testified about Jesus, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Philip and the Ethiopian</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.8.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.8.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, &#8220;Go south to the road&#8212;the desert road&#8212;that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.8.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:27 </span><span class="ft">That is, from the southern Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means &#8220;queen of the Ethiopians&#8221;). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.8.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ACT.8.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The Spirit told Philip, &#8220;Go to that chariot and stay near it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ACT.8.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ACT.8.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. &#8220;Do you understand what you are reading?&#8221; Philip asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ACT.8.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ACT.8.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;How can I,&#8221; he said, &#8220;unless someone explains it to me?&#8221; So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ACT.8.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.8.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.8.32"><span class="content">&#8220;He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.8.32"><span class="content">and as a lamb before its shearer is silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.8.32"><span class="content">so he did not open his mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.8.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.8.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">In his humiliation he was deprived of justice.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.8.33"><span class="content">Who can speak of his descendants?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.8.33"><span class="content">For his life was taken from the earth.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:33 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 53:7,8 (see Septuagint)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.8.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.8.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">The eunuch asked Philip, &#8220;Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.8.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.8.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ACT.8.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, &#8220;Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ACT.8.37"><span class="label">[37]</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:37 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts include here </span><span class="fqa">Philip said, &#8220;If you believe with all your heart, you may.&#8221; The eunuch answered, &#8220;I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="ACT.8.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="ACT.8.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="ACT.8.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he reached Caesarea.</span></span></div>
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