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            <div class="label">19</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Sentenced to Be Crucified</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and went up to him again and again, saying, &#8220;Hail, king of the Jews!&#8221; And they slapped him in the face.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.19.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews gathered there, &#8220;Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, &#8220;Here is the man!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.19.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, &#8220;Crucify! Crucify!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.19.6"><span class="content">But Pilate answered, &#8220;You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.19.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The Jewish leaders insisted, &#8220;We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.19.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">and he went back inside the palace. &#8220;Where do you come from?&#8221; he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you refuse to speak to me?&#8221; Pilate said. &#8220;Don&#8217;t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.19.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, &#8220;If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.19.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge&#8217;s seat at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic is Gabbatha). </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">It was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about noon.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.19.14"><span class="content">&#8220;Here is your king,&#8221; Pilate said to the Jews.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.19.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But they shouted, &#8220;Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.19.15"><span class="content">&#8220;Shall I crucify your king?&#8221; Pilate asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.19.15"><span class="content">&#8220;We have no king but Caesar,&#8221; the chief priests answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.19.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Crucifixion of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.19.16"><span class="content">So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">There they crucified him, and with him two others&#8212;one on each side and Jesus in the middle.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.19.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">jesus of nazareth, the king of the jews</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, &#8220;Do not write &#8216;The King of the Jews,&#8217; but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.19.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.19.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Pilate answered, &#8220;What I have written, I have written.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.19.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.19.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.19.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let&#8217;s not tear it,&#8221; they said to one another. &#8220;Let&#8217;s decide by lot who will get it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"><span class="content">This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"><span class="content">&#8220;They divided my clothes among them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"><span class="content">and cast lots for my garment.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:24 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 22:18</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"><span class="content">So this is what the soldiers did.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.19.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother&#8217;s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.19.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woman,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:26 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">Woman </span><span class="ft">does not denote any disrespect.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">here is your son,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.19.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">and to the disciple, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Here is your mother.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Death of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.19.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.19.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I am thirsty.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.19.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus&#8217; lips. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.19.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">When he had received the drink, Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It is finished.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.19.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.19.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.19.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.19.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.19.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus&#8217; side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.19.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.19.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: &#8220;Not one of his bones will be broken,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:36 </span><span class="ft">Exodus 12:46; Num. 9:12; Psalm 34:20</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.19.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">and, as another scripture says, &#8220;They will look on the one they have pierced.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:37 </span><span class="ft">Zech. 12:10</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Burial of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.19.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.19.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate&#8217;s permission, he came and took the body away. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.19.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:39 </span><span class="ft">Or about 34 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.19.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Taking Jesus&#8217; body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.19.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.19.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch20" data-usfm="JHN.20">
            <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Empty Tomb</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, &#8220;They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don&#8217;t know where they have put him!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.20.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus&#8217; head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">(They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.20.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus&#8217; body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.20.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They asked her, &#8220;Woman, why are you crying?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.20.13"><span class="content">&#8220;They have taken my Lord away,&#8221; she said, &#8220;and I don&#8217;t know where they have put him.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.20.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He asked her, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.20.15"><span class="content">Thinking he was the gardener, she said, &#8220;Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.20.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Jesus said to her, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Mary.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.20.16"><span class="content">She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, &#8220;Rabboni!&#8221; (which means &#8220;Teacher&#8221;).</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.20.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, &#8216;I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.20.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: &#8220;I have seen the Lord!&#8221; And she told them that he had said these things to her.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Appears to His Disciples</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.20.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Peace be with you!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.20.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Again Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">And with that he breathed on them and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Receive the Holy Spirit.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If you forgive anyone&#8217;s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Appears to Thomas</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.20.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Now Thomas (also known as Didymus</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:24 </span><span class="fq">Thomas </span><span class="ft">(Aramaic) and </span><span class="fq">Didymus </span><span class="ft">(Greek) both mean </span><span class="fqa">twin.</span></span></span><span class="content">), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">So the other disciples told him, &#8220;We have seen the Lord!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.20.25"><span class="content">But he said to them, &#8220;Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.20.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Peace be with you!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.20.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Then he said to Thomas, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.20.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.20.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Thomas said to him, &#8220;My Lord and my God!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.20.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.20.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then Jesus told him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Purpose of John&#8217;s Gospel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.20.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.20.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.20.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">But these are written that you may believe</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:31 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">may continue to believe</span></span></span><span class="content"> that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkJHN">
        <div class="chapter ch21" data-usfm="JHN.21">
            <div class="label">21</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus and the Miraculous Catch of Fish</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:1 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Tiberias</span></span></span><span class="content"> It happened this way: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:2 </span><span class="fq">Thomas </span><span class="ft">(Aramaic) and </span><span class="fq">Didymus </span><span class="ft">(Greek) both mean </span><span class="fqa">twin.</span></span></span><span class="content">), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;I&#8217;m going out to fish,&#8221; Simon Peter told them, and they said, &#8220;We&#8217;ll go with you.&#8221; So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.21.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.21.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He called out to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Friends, haven&#8217;t you any fish?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.21.5"><span class="content">&#8220;No,&#8221; they answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.21.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.21.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, &#8220;It is the Lord!&#8221; As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, &#8220;It is the Lord,&#8221; he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:8 </span><span class="ft">Or about 90 meters</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.21.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Bring some of the fish you have just caught.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Come and have breakfast.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> None of the disciples dared ask him, &#8220;Who are you?&#8221; They knew it was the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Reinstates Peter</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.21.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.21.15"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes, Lord,&#8221; he said, &#8220;you know that I love you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.21.15"><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Feed my lambs.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.21.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Again Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Simon son of John, do you love me?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.21.16"><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.21.16"><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Take care of my sheep.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.21.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The third time he said to him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Simon son of John, do you love me?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.21.17"><span class="content">Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you love me?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> He said, &#8220;Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.21.17"><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Feed my sheep.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.21.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.21.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Follow me!&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.21.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.21.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them. (This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, &#8220;Lord, who is going to betray you?&#8221;) </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.21.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When Peter saw him, he asked, &#8220;Lord, what about him?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.21.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.21.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.21.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Because of this, the rumor spread among the believers that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say that he would not die; he only said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.21.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.21.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.21.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.21.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkZEP">
        <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="ZEP.1">
            <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, during the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment on the Whole Earth in the Day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will sweep away everything</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.1.2"><span class="content">from the face of the earth,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.1.2"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will sweep away both man and beast;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="content">I will sweep away the birds in the sky</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="content">and the fish in the sea&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="content">and the idols that cause the wicked to stumble.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:3 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="content">&#8220;When I destroy all mankind</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="content">on the face of the earth,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will stretch out my hand against Judah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.1.4"><span class="content">and against all who live in Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.1.4"><span class="content">I will destroy every remnant of Baal worship in this place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.1.4"><span class="content">the very names of the idolatrous priests&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">those who bow down on the roofs</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.1.5"><span class="content">to worship the starry host,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.1.5"><span class="content">those who bow down and swear by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.1.5"><span class="content">and who also swear by Molek,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Malkam</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">those who turn back from following the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.1.6"><span class="content">and neither seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> nor inquire of him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Be silent before the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.1.7"><span class="content">for the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is near.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.1.7"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has prepared a sacrifice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.1.7"><span class="content">he has consecrated those he has invited.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s sacrifice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.1.8"><span class="content">I will punish the officials</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.1.8"><span class="content">and the king&#8217;s sons</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.1.8"><span class="content">and all those clad</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.1.8"><span class="content">in foreign clothes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">On that day I will punish</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.1.9"><span class="content">all who avoid stepping on the threshold,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:9 </span><span class="ft">See 1 Samuel 5:5.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.1.9"><span class="content">who fill the temple of their gods</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.1.9"><span class="content">with violence and deceit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;On that day,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.1.10"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.1.10"><span class="content">&#8220;a cry will go up from the Fish Gate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.1.10"><span class="content">wailing from the New Quarter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.1.10"><span class="content">and a loud crash from the hills.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Wail, you who live in the market district</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Mortar</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.1.11"><span class="content">all your merchants will be wiped out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.1.11"><span class="content">all who trade with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> silver will be destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.1.12"><span class="content">and punish those who are complacent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.1.12"><span class="content">who are like wine left on its dregs,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.1.12"><span class="content">who think, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will do nothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.1.12"><span class="content">either good or bad.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Their wealth will be plundered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.1.13"><span class="content">their houses demolished.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.1.13"><span class="content">Though they build houses,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.1.13"><span class="content">they will not live in them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.1.13"><span class="content">though they plant vineyards,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.1.13"><span class="content">they will not drink the wine.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The great day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is near&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.1.14"><span class="content">near and coming quickly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.1.14"><span class="content">The cry on the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is bitter;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.1.14"><span class="content">the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">That day will be a day of wrath&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.1.15"><span class="content">a day of distress and anguish,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.1.15"><span class="content">a day of trouble and ruin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.1.15"><span class="content">a day of darkness and gloom,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.1.15"><span class="content">a day of clouds and blackness&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">a day of trumpet and battle cry</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.1.16"><span class="content">against the fortified cities</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.1.16"><span class="content">and against the corner towers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will bring such distress on all people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.1.17"><span class="content">that they will grope about like those who are blind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.1.17"><span class="content">because they have sinned against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.1.17"><span class="content">Their blood will be poured out like dust</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.1.17"><span class="content">and their entrails like dung.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Neither their silver nor their gold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.1.18"><span class="content">will be able to save them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.1.18"><span class="content">on the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s wrath.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.1.18"><span class="content">In the fire of his jealousy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.1.18"><span class="content">the whole earth will be consumed,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.1.18"><span class="content">for he will make a sudden end</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.1.18"><span class="content">of all who live on the earth.</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch2" data-usfm="ZEP.2">
            <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judah and Jerusalem Judged Along With the Nations</span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Judah Summoned to Repent</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Gather together, gather yourselves together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.2.1"><span class="content">you shameful nation,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">before the decree takes effect</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">and that day passes like windblown chaff,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s fierce anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">comes upon you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">before the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s wrath</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">comes upon you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all you humble of the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">you who do what he commands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">Seek righteousness, seek humility;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">perhaps you will be sheltered</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">on the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anger.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Philistia</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Gaza will be abandoned</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="content">and Ashkelon left in ruins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="content">At midday Ashdod will be emptied</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="content">and Ekron uprooted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Woe to you who live by the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">you Kerethite people;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is against you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">Canaan, land of the Philistines.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">He says, &#8220;I will destroy you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">and none will be left.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The land by the sea will become pastures</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"><span class="content">having wells for shepherds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"><span class="content">and pens for flocks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">That land will belong</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">to the remnant of the people of Judah;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">there they will find pasture.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">In the evening they will lie down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">in the houses of Ashkelon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God will care for them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">he will restore their fortunes.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will bring back their captives</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Moab and Ammon</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have heard the insults of Moab</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="content">and the taunts of the Ammonites,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="content">who insulted my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="content">and made threats against their land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Therefore, as surely as I live,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">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 v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">&#8220;surely Moab will become like Sodom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">the Ammonites like Gomorrah&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">a place of weeds and salt pits,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">a wasteland forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">The remnant of my people will plunder them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">the survivors of my nation will inherit their land.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This is what they will get in return for their pride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"><span class="content">for insulting and mocking</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"><span class="content">the people of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be awesome to them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="content">when he destroys all the gods of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="content">Distant nations will bow down to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="content">all of them in their own lands.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Cush</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;You Cushites,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:12 </span><span class="ft">That is, people from the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> too,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.2.12"><span class="content">will be slain by my sword.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Assyria</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He will stretch out his hand against the north</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="content">and destroy Assyria,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="content">leaving Nineveh utterly desolate</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="content">and dry as the desert.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Flocks and herds will lie down there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">creatures of every kind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">The desert owl and the screech owl</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">will roost on her columns.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">Their hooting will echo through the windows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">rubble will fill the doorways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">the beams of cedar will be exposed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">This is the city of revelry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">that lived in safety.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">She said to herself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">&#8220;I am the one! And there is none besides me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">What a ruin she has become,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">a lair for wild beasts!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">All who pass by her scoff</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">and shake their fists.</span></span></div>
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    <div class="book bkZEP">
        <div class="chapter ch3" data-usfm="ZEP.3">
            <div class="label">3</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Jerusalem</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Woe to the city of oppressors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.3.1"><span class="content">rebellious and defiled!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">She obeys no one,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.3.2"><span class="content">she accepts no correction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.3.2"><span class="content">She does not trust in 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="ZEP.3.2"><span class="content">she does not draw near to her God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Her officials within her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.3.3"><span class="content">are roaring lions;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.3.3"><span class="content">her rulers are evening wolves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.3.3"><span class="content">who leave nothing for the morning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Her prophets are unprincipled;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.3.4"><span class="content">they are treacherous people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.3.4"><span class="content">Her priests profane the sanctuary</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.3.4"><span class="content">and do violence to the law.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> within her is righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="content">he does no wrong.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="content">Morning by morning he dispenses his justice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="content">and every new day he does not fail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="content">yet the unrighteous know no shame.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Jerusalem Remains Unrepentant</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have destroyed nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">their strongholds are demolished.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">I have left their streets deserted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">with no one passing through.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">Their cities are laid waste;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">they are deserted and empty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Of Jerusalem I thought,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">&#8216;Surely you will fear me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">and accept correction!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">Then her place of refuge</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">her sanctuary</span></span></span><span class="content"> would not be destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">nor all my punishments come upon</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">all those I appointed over</span></span></span><span class="content"> her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">But they were still eager</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">to act corruptly in all they did.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Therefore wait for me,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">&#8220;for the day I will stand up to testify.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:8 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">will rise up to plunder</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">I have decided to assemble the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">to gather the kingdoms</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">and to pour out my wrath on them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">all my fierce anger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">The whole world will be consumed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">by the fire of my jealous anger.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Restoration of Israel&#8217;s Remnant</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then I will purify the lips of the peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.3.9"><span class="content">that all of them may call on the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.3.9"><span class="content">and serve him shoulder to shoulder.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">From beyond the rivers of Cush</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:10 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.3.10"><span class="content">my worshipers, my scattered people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.3.10"><span class="content">will bring me offerings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">On that day you, Jerusalem, will not be put to shame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.3.11"><span class="content">for all the wrongs you have done to me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.3.11"><span class="content">because I will remove from you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.3.11"><span class="content">your arrogant boasters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.3.11"><span class="content">Never again will you be haughty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.3.11"><span class="content">on my holy hill.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But I will leave within you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.3.12"><span class="content">the meek and humble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.3.12"><span class="content">The remnant of Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.3.12"><span class="content">will trust in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They will do no wrong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.3.13"><span class="content">they will tell no lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.3.13"><span class="content">A deceitful tongue</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.3.13"><span class="content">will not be found in their mouths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.3.13"><span class="content">They will eat and lie down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.3.13"><span class="content">and no one will make them afraid.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Sing, Daughter Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.3.14"><span class="content">shout aloud, Israel!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.3.14"><span class="content">Be glad and rejoice with all your heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.3.14"><span class="content">Daughter Jerusalem!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has taken away your punishment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.3.15"><span class="content">he has turned back your enemy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.3.15"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the King of Israel, is with you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.3.15"><span class="content">never again will you fear any harm.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">On that day</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.3.16"><span class="content">they will say to Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.3.16"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not fear, Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.3.16"><span class="content">do not let your hands hang limp.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God is with you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.3.17"><span class="content">the Mighty Warrior who saves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.3.17"><span class="content">He will take great delight in you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.3.17"><span class="content">in his love he will no longer rebuke you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.3.17"><span class="content">but will rejoice over you with singing.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will remove from you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.3.18"><span class="content">all who mourn over the loss of your appointed festivals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.3.18"><span class="content">which is a burden and reproach for you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEP.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">At that time I will deal</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEP.3.19"><span class="content">with all who oppressed you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEP.3.19"><span class="content">I will rescue the lame;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEP.3.19"><span class="content">I will gather the exiles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEP.3.19"><span class="content">I will give them praise and honor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEP.3.19"><span class="content">in every land where they have suffered shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEP.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEP.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">At that time I will gather you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEP.3.20"><span class="content">at that time I will bring you home.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEP.3.20"><span class="content">I will give you honor and praise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEP.3.20"><span class="content">among all the peoples of the earth</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEP.3.20"><span class="content">when I restore your fortunes</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">I bring back your captives</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEP.3.20"><span class="content">before your very eyes,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEP.3.20"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">143</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 143</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.143.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, hear my prayer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.143.1"><span class="content">listen to my cry for mercy;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.143.1"><span class="content">in your faithfulness and righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.143.1"><span class="content">come to my relief.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.143.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.143.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Do not bring your servant into judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.143.2"><span class="content">for no one living is righteous before you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.143.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.143.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The enemy pursues me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.143.3"><span class="content">he crushes me to the ground;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.143.3"><span class="content">he makes me dwell in the darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.143.3"><span class="content">like those long dead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.143.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.143.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So my spirit grows faint within me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.143.4"><span class="content">my heart within me is dismayed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.143.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.143.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I remember the days of long ago;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.143.5"><span class="content">I meditate on all your works</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.143.5"><span class="content">and consider what your hands have done.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.143.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.143.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I spread out my hands to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.143.6"><span class="content">I thirst for you like a parched land.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">143:6 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.143.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.143.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Answer me quickly, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.143.7"><span class="content">my spirit fails.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.143.7"><span class="content">Do not hide your face from me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.143.7"><span class="content">or I will be like those who go down to the pit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.143.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.143.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.143.8"><span class="content">for I have put my trust in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.143.8"><span class="content">Show me the way I should go,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.143.8"><span class="content">for to you I entrust my life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.143.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.143.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Rescue me from my enemies, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.143.9"><span class="content">for I hide myself in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.143.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.143.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Teach me to do your will,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.143.10"><span class="content">for you are my God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.143.10"><span class="content">may your good Spirit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.143.10"><span class="content">lead me on level ground.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.143.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.143.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For your name&#8217;s sake, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, preserve my life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.143.11"><span class="content">in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.143.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.143.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">In your unfailing love, silence my enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.143.12"><span class="content">destroy all my foes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.143.12"><span class="content">for I am your servant.</span></span></div>
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