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   <div class="book bkJOS">
      <div class="chapter ch14" data-usfm="JOS.14">
         <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Division of the Land West of the Jordan</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now these are the areas the Israelites received as an inheritance in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the tribal clans of Israel allotted to them. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Their inheritances were assigned by lot to the nine-and-a-half tribes, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had commanded through Moses. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Moses had granted the two-and-a-half tribes their inheritance east of the Jordan but had not granted the Levites an inheritance among the rest, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">for Joseph&#8217;s descendants had become two tribes&#8212;Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites received no share of the land but only towns to live in, with pasturelands for their flocks and herds. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So the Israelites divided the land, just as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Caleb</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Now the people of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, &#8220;You know what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh Barnea about you and me. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sent me from Kadesh Barnea to explore the land. And I brought him back a report according to my convictions, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">but my fellow Israelites who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt in fear. I, however, followed the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God wholeheartedly. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So on that day Moses swore to me, &#8216;The land on which your feet have walked will be your inheritance and that of your children forever, because you have followed the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God wholeheartedly.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:9 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 1:36</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.14.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now then, just as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> promised, he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old! </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I&#8217;m just as vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Now give me this hill country that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> promised me that day. You yourself heard then that the Anakites were there and their cities were large and fortified, but, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> helping me, I will drive them out just as he said.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.14.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So Hebron has belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite ever since, because he followed the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, wholeheartedly. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">(Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba after Arba, who was the greatest man among the Anakites.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.14.15"><span class="content">Then the land had rest from war.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkJOB">
      <div class="chapter ch8" data-usfm="JOB.8">
         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Bildad</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.8.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;How long will you say such things?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.8.2"><span class="content">Your words are a blustering wind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.8.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Does God pervert justice?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.8.3"><span class="content">Does the Almighty pervert what is right?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When your children sinned against him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.8.4"><span class="content">he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But if you will seek God earnestly</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.8.5"><span class="content">and plead with the Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">if you are pure and upright,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.8.6"><span class="content">even now he will rouse himself on your behalf</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.8.6"><span class="content">and restore you to your prosperous state.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Your beginnings will seem humble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.8.7"><span class="content">so prosperous will your future be.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Ask the former generation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.8.8"><span class="content">and find out what their ancestors learned,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.8.9"><span class="content">and our days on earth are but a shadow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Will they not instruct you and tell you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.8.10"><span class="content">Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.8.11"><span class="content">Can reeds thrive without water?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.8.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">While still growing and uncut,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.8.12"><span class="content">they wither more quickly than grass.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Such is the destiny of all who forget God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.8.13"><span class="content">so perishes the hope of the godless.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">What they trust in is fragile</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:14 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.8.14"><span class="content">what they rely on is a spider&#8217;s web.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.8.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">They lean on the web, but it gives way;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.8.15"><span class="content">they cling to it, but it does not hold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.8.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.8.16"><span class="content">spreading its shoots over the garden;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.8.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.8.17"><span class="content">and looks for a place among the stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.8.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But when it is torn from its spot,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.8.18"><span class="content">that place disowns it and says, &#8216;I never saw you.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.8.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Surely its life withers away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.8.19"><span class="content">and</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Surely all the joy it has / is that</span></span></span><span class="content"> from the soil other plants grow.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.8.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Surely God does not reject one who is blameless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.8.20"><span class="content">or strengthen the hands of evildoers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.8.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He will yet fill your mouth with laughter</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.8.21"><span class="content">and your lips with shouts of joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.8.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Your enemies will be clothed in shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.8.22"><span class="content">and the tents of the wicked will be no more.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkISA">
      <div class="chapter ch19" data-usfm="ISA.19">
         <div class="label">19</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against Egypt</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A prophecy against Egypt:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.19.1"><span class="content">See, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rides on a swift cloud</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.19.1"><span class="content">and is coming to Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.19.1"><span class="content">The idols of Egypt tremble before him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.19.1"><span class="content">and the hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.19.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.19.2"><span class="content">brother will fight against brother,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.19.2"><span class="content">neighbor against neighbor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.19.2"><span class="content">city against city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.19.2"><span class="content">kingdom against kingdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.19.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The Egyptians will lose heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.19.3"><span class="content">and I will bring their plans to nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.19.3"><span class="content">they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.19.3"><span class="content">the mediums and the spiritists.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.19.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will hand the Egyptians over</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.19.4"><span class="content">to the power of a cruel master,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.19.4"><span class="content">and a fierce king will rule over them,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.19.4"><span class="content">declares the Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.19.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The waters of the river will dry up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.19.5"><span class="content">and the riverbed will be parched and dry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.19.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The canals will stink;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.19.6"><span class="content">the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.19.6"><span class="content">The reeds and rushes will wither,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.19.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">also the plants along the Nile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.19.7"><span class="content">at the mouth of the river.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.19.7"><span class="content">Every sown field along the Nile</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.19.7"><span class="content">will become parched, will blow away and be no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.19.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The fishermen will groan and lament,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.19.8"><span class="content">all who cast hooks into the Nile;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.19.8"><span class="content">those who throw nets on the water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.19.8"><span class="content">will pine away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.19.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Those who work with combed flax will despair,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.19.9"><span class="content">the weavers of fine linen will lose hope.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.19.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The workers in cloth will be dejected,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.19.10"><span class="content">and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.19.11"><span class="content">the wise counselors of Pharaoh give senseless advice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.19.11"><span class="content">How can you say to Pharaoh,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.19.11"><span class="content">&#8220;I am one of the wise men,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.19.11"><span class="content">a disciple of the ancient kings&#8221;?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.19.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Where are your wise men now?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.19.12"><span class="content">Let them show you and make known</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.19.12"><span class="content">what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.19.12"><span class="content">has planned against Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.19.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The officials of Zoan have become fools,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.19.13"><span class="content">the leaders of Memphis are deceived;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.19.13"><span class="content">the cornerstones of her peoples</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.19.13"><span class="content">have led Egypt astray.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.19.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has poured into them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.19.14"><span class="content">a spirit of dizziness;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.19.14"><span class="content">they make Egypt stagger in all that she does,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.19.14"><span class="content">as a drunkard staggers around in his vomit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.19.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">There is nothing Egypt can do&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.19.15"><span class="content">head or tail, palm branch or reed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.19.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">In that day the Egyptians will become weaklings. They will shudder with fear at the uplifted hand that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty raises against them. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And the land of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be terrified, because of what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is planning against them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.19.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">In that day five cities in Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:18 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Symmachus and Vulgate; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">City of Destruction</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.19.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">In that day there will be an altar to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in the heart of Egypt, and a monument to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> at its border. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">It will be a sign and witness to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and he will rescue them. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will make himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day they will acknowledge the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. They will worship with sacrifices and grain offerings; they will make vows to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and keep them. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.19.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will strike Egypt with a plague; he will strike them and heal them. They will turn to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and he will respond to their pleas and heal them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.19.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.19.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:24 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Assyria, whose names will be used in blessings </span><span class="ft">(see Gen. 48:20); or </span><span class="fqa">Assyria, who will be seen by others as blessed</span></span></span><span class="content"> on the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.19.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty will bless them, saying, &#8220;Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">24</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Trial Before Felix</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Five days later the high priest Ananias went down to Caesarea with some of the elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, and they brought their charges against Paul before the governor. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When Paul was called in, Tertullus presented his case before Felix: &#8220;We have enjoyed a long period of peace under you, and your foresight has brought about reforms in this nation. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Everywhere and in every way, most excellent Felix, we acknowledge this with profound gratitude. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But in order not to weary you further, I would request that you be kind enough to hear us briefly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.24.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;We have found this man to be a troublemaker, stirring up riots among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the Nazarene sect </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.24.7"><span class="label">[7]</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:6-7 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts include here </span><span class="fqa">him, and we would have judged him in accordance with our law. </span><span class="fv">7 </span><span class="fqa">But the commander Lysias came and took him from us with much violence, </span><span class="fv">8 </span><span class="fqa">ordering his accusers to come before you.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">By examining him yourself you will be able to learn the truth about all these charges we are bringing against him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.24.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The other Jews joined in the accusation, asserting that these things were true.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.24.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When the governor motioned for him to speak, Paul replied: &#8220;I know that for a number of years you have been a judge over this nation; so I gladly make my defense. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You can easily verify that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">My accusers did not find me arguing with anyone at the temple, or stirring up a crowd in the synagogues or anywhere else in the city. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And they cannot prove to you the charges they are now making against me. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">However, I admit that I worship the God of our ancestors as a follower of the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and I have the same hope in God as these men themselves have, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.24.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;After an absence of several years, I came to Jerusalem to bring my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I was ceremonially clean when they found me in the temple courts doing this. There was no crowd with me, nor was I involved in any disturbance. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But there are some Jews from the province of Asia, who ought to be here before you and bring charges if they have anything against me. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Or these who are here should state what crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">unless it was this one thing I shouted as I stood in their presence: &#8216;It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.24.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then Felix, who was well acquainted with the Way, adjourned the proceedings. &#8220;When Lysias the commander comes,&#8221; he said, &#8220;I will decide your case.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard but to give him some freedom and permit his friends to take care of his needs.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.24.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.24.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Several days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish. He sent for Paul and listened to him as he spoke about faith in Christ Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.24.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">As Paul talked about righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and said, &#8220;That&#8217;s enough for now! You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send for you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.24.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">At the same time he was hoping that Paul would offer him a bribe, so he sent for him frequently and talked with him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.24.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.24.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">When two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, but because Felix wanted to grant a favor to the Jews, he left Paul in prison.</span></span></div>
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