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         <div class="label">29</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Festival of Trumpets</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.29.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the first day of the seventh month hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. It is a day for you to sound the trumpets. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.29.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">As an aroma pleasing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, offer a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.29.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">With the bull offer a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">29:3 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 11 pounds or about 5 kilograms; also in verses 9 and 14</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the finest flour mixed with olive oil; with the ram, two-tenths</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">29:3 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 7 pounds or about 3.2 kilograms; also in verses 9 and 14</span></span></span><span class="content">; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.29.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">29:4 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms; also in verses 10 and 15</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.29.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Include one male goat as a sin offering</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">29:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">purification offering</span><span class="ft">; also elsewhere in this chapter</span></span></span><span class="content"> to make atonement for you. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.29.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">These are in addition to the monthly and daily burnt offerings with their grain offerings and drink offerings as specified. They are food offerings presented to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, a pleasing aroma.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Day of Atonement</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.29.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.29.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the tenth day of this seventh month hold a sacred assembly. You must deny yourselves</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">29:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">must fast</span></span></span><span class="content"> and do no work. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.29.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Present as an aroma pleasing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.29.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">With the bull offer a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil; with the ram, two-tenths; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.29.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.29.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the sin offering for atonement and the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Festival of Tabernacles</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.29.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.29.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. Celebrate a festival to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for seven days. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.29.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Present as an aroma pleasing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> a food offering consisting of a burnt offering of thirteen young bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.29.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">With each of the thirteen bulls offer a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil; with each of the two rams, two-tenths; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.29.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and with each of the fourteen lambs, one-tenth. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.29.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.29.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.29.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the second day offer twelve young bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.29.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.29.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.29.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.29.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the third day offer eleven bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.29.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.29.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.29.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.29.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the fourth day offer ten bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.29.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.29.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.29.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.29.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the fifth day offer nine bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.29.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.29.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.29.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.29.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the sixth day offer eight bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.29.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.29.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.29.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.29.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the seventh day offer seven bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.29.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.29.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.29.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.29.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the eighth day hold a closing special assembly and do no regular work. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NUM.29.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Present as an aroma pleasing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> a food offering consisting of a burnt offering of one bull, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.29.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">With the bull, the ram and the lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.29.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.29.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.29.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;In addition to what you vow and your freewill offerings, offer these to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> at your appointed festivals: your burnt offerings, grain offerings, drink offerings and fellowship offerings.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.29.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.29.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Moses told the Israelites all that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded him.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">29:40 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts this verse (29:40) is numbered 30:1.</span></span></span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkISA">
      <div class="chapter ch21" data-usfm="ISA.21">
         <div class="label">21</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against Babylon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A prophecy against the Desert by the Sea:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.21.1"><span class="content">Like whirlwinds sweeping through the southland,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.21.1"><span class="content">an invader comes from the desert,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.21.1"><span class="content">from a land of terror.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.21.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A dire vision has been shown to me:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.21.2"><span class="content">The traitor betrays, the looter takes loot.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.21.2"><span class="content">Elam, attack! Media, lay siege!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.21.2"><span class="content">I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.21.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">At this my body is racked with pain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.21.3"><span class="content">pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.21.3"><span class="content">I am staggered by what I hear,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.21.3"><span class="content">I am bewildered by what I see.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.21.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">My heart falters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.21.4"><span class="content">fear makes me tremble;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.21.4"><span class="content">the twilight I longed for</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.21.4"><span class="content">has become a horror to me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.21.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They set the tables,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.21.5"><span class="content">they spread the rugs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.21.5"><span class="content">they eat, they drink!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.21.5"><span class="content">Get up, you officers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.21.5"><span class="content">oil the shields!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.21.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">This is what the Lord says to me:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.21.6"><span class="content">&#8220;Go, post a lookout</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.21.6"><span class="content">and have him report what he sees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.21.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When he sees chariots</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.21.7"><span class="content">with teams of horses,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.21.7"><span class="content">riders on donkeys</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.21.7"><span class="content">or riders on camels,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.21.7"><span class="content">let him be alert,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.21.7"><span class="content">fully alert.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.21.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And the lookout</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:8 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">A lion</span></span></span><span class="content"> shouted,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.21.8"><span class="content">&#8220;Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.21.8"><span class="content">every night I stay at my post.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.21.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Look, here comes a man in a chariot</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.21.9"><span class="content">with a team of horses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.21.9"><span class="content">And he gives back the answer:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.21.9"><span class="content">&#8216;Babylon has fallen, has fallen!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.21.9"><span class="content">All the images of its gods</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.21.9"><span class="content">lie shattered on the ground!&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.21.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My people who are crushed on the threshing floor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.21.10"><span class="content">I tell you what I have heard</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.21.10"><span class="content">from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.21.10"><span class="content">from the God of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against Edom</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.21.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">A prophecy against Dumah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:11 </span><span class="fq">Dumah</span><span class="ft">, a wordplay on </span><span class="fq">Edom</span><span class="ft">, means silence or stillness.</span></span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.21.11"><span class="content">Someone calls to me from Seir,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.21.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Watchman, what is left of the night?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.21.11"><span class="content">Watchman, what is left of the night?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.21.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The watchman replies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.21.12"><span class="content">&#8220;Morning is coming, but also the night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.21.12"><span class="content">If you would ask, then ask;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.21.12"><span class="content">and come back yet again.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against Arabia</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.21.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A prophecy against Arabia:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.21.13"><span class="content">You caravans of Dedanites,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.21.13"><span class="content">who camp in the thickets of Arabia,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.21.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">bring water for the thirsty;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.21.14"><span class="content">you who live in Tema,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.21.14"><span class="content">bring food for the fugitives.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.21.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">They flee from the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.21.15"><span class="content">from the drawn sword,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.21.15"><span class="content">from the bent bow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.21.15"><span class="content">and from the heat of battle.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.21.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">This is what the Lord says to me: &#8220;Within one year, as a servant bound by contract would count it, all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The survivors of the archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.&#8221; The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, has spoken.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkPSA">
      <div class="chapter ch73" data-usfm="PSA.73">
         <div class="label">73</div><div class="ms"><span class="heading">BOOK III</span></div><div class="mr"><span class="heading">  </span><span class="heading">Psalms 73&#8211;89</span></div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 73</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of Asaph.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.73.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Surely God is good to Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.73.1"><span class="content">to those who are pure in heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.73.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.73.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But as for me, my feet had almost slipped;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.73.2"><span class="content">I had nearly lost my foothold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.73.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.73.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For I envied the arrogant</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.73.3"><span class="content">when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.73.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.73.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They have no struggles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.73.4"><span class="content">their bodies are healthy and strong.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">73:4 </span><span class="ft">With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">struggles at their death; / their bodies are healthy</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.73.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.73.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They are free from common human burdens;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.73.5"><span class="content">they are not plagued by human ills.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.73.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.73.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore pride is their necklace;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.73.6"><span class="content">they clothe themselves with violence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.73.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.73.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">From their callous hearts comes iniquity</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">73:7 </span><span class="ft">Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Their eyes bulge with fat</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.73.7"><span class="content">their evil imaginations have no limits.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.73.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.73.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They scoff, and speak with malice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.73.8"><span class="content">with arrogance they threaten oppression.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.73.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.73.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Their mouths lay claim to heaven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.73.9"><span class="content">and their tongues take possession of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.73.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.73.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Therefore their people turn to them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.73.10"><span class="content">and drink up waters in abundance.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">73:10 </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="PSA.73.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.73.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They say, &#8220;How would God know?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.73.11"><span class="content">Does the Most High know anything?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.73.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.73.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This is what the wicked are like&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.73.12"><span class="content">always free of care, they go on amassing wealth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.73.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.73.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.73.13"><span class="content">and have washed my hands in innocence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.73.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.73.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">All day long I have been afflicted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.73.14"><span class="content">and every morning brings new punishments.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.73.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.73.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">If I had spoken out like that,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.73.15"><span class="content">I would have betrayed your children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.73.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.73.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When I tried to understand all this,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.73.16"><span class="content">it troubled me deeply</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.73.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.73.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">till I entered the sanctuary of God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.73.17"><span class="content">then I understood their final destiny.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.73.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.73.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Surely you place them on slippery ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.73.18"><span class="content">you cast them down to ruin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.73.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.73.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">How suddenly are they destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.73.19"><span class="content">completely swept away by terrors!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.73.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.73.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They are like a dream when one awakes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.73.20"><span class="content">when you arise, Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.73.20"><span class="content">you will despise them as fantasies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.73.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.73.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When my heart was grieved</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.73.21"><span class="content">and my spirit embittered,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.73.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.73.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I was senseless and ignorant;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.73.22"><span class="content">I was a brute beast before you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.73.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.73.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Yet I am always with you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.73.23"><span class="content">you hold me by my right hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.73.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.73.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">You guide me with your counsel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.73.24"><span class="content">and afterward you will take me into glory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.73.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.73.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Whom have I in heaven but you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.73.25"><span class="content">And earth has nothing I desire besides you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.73.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.73.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">My flesh and my heart may fail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.73.26"><span class="content">but God is the strength of my heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.73.26"><span class="content">and my portion forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.73.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.73.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Those who are far from you will perish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.73.27"><span class="content">you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.73.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.73.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">But as for me, it is good to be near God.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.73.28"><span class="content">I have made the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my refuge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.73.28"><span class="content">I will tell of all your deeds.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">False Teachers and Their Destruction</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2PE.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them&#8212;bringing swift destruction on themselves. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2PE.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2PE.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2PE.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2PE.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:4 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Tartarus</span></span></span><span class="content"> putting them in chains of darkness</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:4 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">in gloomy dungeons</span></span></span><span class="content"> to be held for judgment; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2PE.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2PE.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2PE.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2PE.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2PE.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2PE.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:10 </span><span class="ft">In contexts like this, the Greek word for </span><span class="fq">flesh </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">sarx</span>) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verse 18.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and despise authority.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2PE.2.10"><span class="content">Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2PE.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not heap abuse on such beings when bringing judgment on them from</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:11 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">beings in the presence of</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2PE.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like animals they too will perish.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2PE.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2PE.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:13 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">in their love feasts</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2PE.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed&#8212;an accursed brood! </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2PE.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Bezer,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Bosor</span></span></span><span class="content"> who loved the wages of wickedness. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2PE.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey&#8212;an animal without speech&#8212;who spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet&#8217;s madness.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2PE.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2PE.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2PE.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2PE.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity&#8212;for &#8220;people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2PE.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2PE.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2PE.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Of them the proverbs are true: &#8220;A dog returns to its vomit,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:22 </span><span class="ft">Prov. 26:11</span></span></span><span class="content"> and, &#8220;A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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