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         <div class="label">15</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Judah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The allotment for the tribe of Judah, according to its clans, extended down to the territory of Edom, to the Desert of Zin in the extreme south.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.15.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Their southern boundary started from the bay at the southern end of the Dead Sea, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">crossed south of Scorpion Pass, continued on to Zin and went over to the south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it ran past Hezron up to Addar and curved around to Karka. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">It then passed along to Azmon and joined the Wadi of Egypt, ending at the Mediterranean Sea. This is their</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:4 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">your</span></span></span><span class="content"> southern boundary.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.15.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The eastern boundary is the Dead Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.15.5"><span class="content">The northern boundary started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">went up to Beth Hoglah and continued north of Beth Arabah to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The boundary then went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor and turned north to Gilgal, which faces the Pass of Adummim south of the gorge. It continued along to the waters of En Shemesh and came out at En Rogel. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then it ran up the Valley of Ben Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem). From there it climbed to the top of the hill west of the Hinnom Valley at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">From the hilltop the boundary headed toward the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, came out at the towns of Mount Ephron and went down toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim). </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then it curved westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Kesalon), continued down to Beth Shemesh and crossed to Timnah. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">It went to the northern slope of Ekron, turned toward Shikkeron, passed along to Mount Baalah and reached Jabneel. The boundary ended at the sea.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.15.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The western boundary is the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.15.12"><span class="content">These are the boundaries around the people of Judah by their clans.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.15.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">In accordance with the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s command to him, Joshua gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion in Judah&#8212;Kiriath Arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.) </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">From Hebron Caleb drove out the three Anakites&#8212;Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai, the sons of Anak. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">From there he marched against the people living in Debir (formerly called Kiriath Sepher). </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOS.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And Caleb said, &#8220;I will give my daughter Aksah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOS.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb&#8217;s brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Aksah to him in marriage.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOS.15.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOS.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">One day when she came to Othniel, she urged him</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:18 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew and some Septuagint manuscripts; other Septuagint manuscripts (see also note at Judges 1:14) </span><span class="fqa">Othniel, he urged her</span></span></span><span class="content"> to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, &#8220;What can I do for you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOS.15.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOS.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">She replied, &#8220;Do me a special favor. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me also springs of water.&#8221; So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOS.15.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOS.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">This is the inheritance of the tribe of Judah, according to its clans:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOS.15.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOS.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The southernmost towns of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the boundary of Edom were:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOS.15.21"><span class="content">Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOS.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOS.15.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOS.15.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOS.15.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth Hezron (that is, Hazor), </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOS.15.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Amam, Shema, Moladah, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOS.15.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Hazar Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth Pelet, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOS.15.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah, </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOS.15.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Baalah, Iyim, Ezem, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOS.15.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Eltolad, Kesil, Hormah, </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOS.15.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOS.15.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain and Rimmon&#8212;a total of twenty-nine towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOS.15.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOS.15.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">In the western foothills:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOS.15.33"><span class="content">Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOS.15.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam, </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOS.15.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Jarmuth, Adullam, Sokoh, Azekah, </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOS.15.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Shaaraim, Adithaim and Gederah (or Gederothaim)</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:36 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Gederah and Gederothaim</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;fourteen towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOS.15.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOS.15.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad, </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOS.15.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel, </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOS.15.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOS.15.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Kabbon, Lahmas, Kitlish, </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOS.15.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah and Makkedah&#8212;sixteen towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOS.15.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JOS.15.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Libnah, Ether, Ashan, </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JOS.15.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JOS.15.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Keilah, Akzib and Mareshah&#8212;nine towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JOS.15.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JOS.15.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Ekron, with its surrounding settlements and villages; </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JOS.15.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">west of Ekron, all that were in the vicinity of Ashdod, together with their villages; </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JOS.15.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">Ashdod, its surrounding settlements and villages; and Gaza, its settlements and villages, as far as the Wadi of Egypt and the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JOS.15.47"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JOS.15.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">In the hill country:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JOS.15.48"><span class="content">Shamir, Jattir, Sokoh, </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JOS.15.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">Dannah, Kiriath Sannah (that is, Debir), </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="JOS.15.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="JOS.15.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Goshen, Holon and Giloh&#8212;eleven towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="JOS.15.51"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="JOS.15.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">Arab, Dumah, Eshan, </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="JOS.15.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">Janim, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah, </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="JOS.15.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">Humtah, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) and Zior&#8212;nine towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="JOS.15.54"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="JOS.15.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="JOS.15.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, </span></span><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="JOS.15.57"><span class="label">57</span><span class="content">Kain, Gibeah and Timnah&#8212;ten towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="JOS.15.57"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v58" data-usfm="JOS.15.58"><span class="label">58</span><span class="content">Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor, </span></span><span class="verse v59" data-usfm="JOS.15.59"><span class="label">59</span><span class="content">Maarath, Beth Anoth and Eltekon&#8212;six towns and their villages.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:59 </span><span class="ft">The Septuagint adds another district of eleven towns, including Tekoa and Ephrathah (Bethlehem).</span></span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v59" data-usfm="JOS.15.59"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v60" data-usfm="JOS.15.60"><span class="label">60</span><span class="content">Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim) and Rabbah&#8212;two towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v60" data-usfm="JOS.15.60"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v61" data-usfm="JOS.15.61"><span class="label">61</span><span class="content">In the wilderness:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v61" data-usfm="JOS.15.61"><span class="content">Beth Arabah, Middin, Sekakah, </span></span><span class="verse v62" data-usfm="JOS.15.62"><span class="label">62</span><span class="content">Nibshan, the City of Salt and En Gedi&#8212;six towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v62" data-usfm="JOS.15.62"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v63" data-usfm="JOS.15.63"><span class="label">63</span><span class="content">Judah could not dislodge the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem; to this day the Jebusites live there with the people of Judah.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch9" data-usfm="JOB.9">
         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Job</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Job replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.9.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Indeed, I know that this is true.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.9.2"><span class="content">But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Though they wished to dispute with him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.9.3"><span class="content">they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">His wisdom is profound, his power is vast.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.9.4"><span class="content">Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.9.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He moves mountains without their knowing it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.9.5"><span class="content">and overturns them in his anger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He shakes the earth from its place</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.9.6"><span class="content">and makes its pillars tremble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He speaks to the sun and it does not shine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.9.7"><span class="content">he seals off the light of the stars.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He alone stretches out the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.9.8"><span class="content">and treads on the waves of the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He is the Maker of the Bear</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of Leo</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Orion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.9.9"><span class="content">the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.9.10"><span class="content">miracles that cannot be counted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When he passes me, I cannot see him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.9.11"><span class="content">when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If he snatches away, who can stop him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.9.12"><span class="content">Who can say to him, &#8216;What are you doing?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">God does not restrain his anger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.9.13"><span class="content">even the cohorts of Rahab cowered at his feet.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;How then can I dispute with him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.9.14"><span class="content">How can I find words to argue with him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Though I were innocent, I could not answer him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.9.15"><span class="content">I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Even if I summoned him and he responded,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.9.16"><span class="content">I do not believe he would give me a hearing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He would crush me with a storm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.9.17"><span class="content">and multiply my wounds for no reason.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.9.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He would not let me catch my breath</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.9.18"><span class="content">but would overwhelm me with misery.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.9.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.9.19"><span class="content">And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:19 </span><span class="ft">See Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">me.</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.9.20"><span class="content">if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.9.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Although I am blameless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.9.21"><span class="content">I have no concern for myself;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.9.21"><span class="content">I despise my own life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.9.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">It is all the same; that is why I say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.9.22"><span class="content">&#8216;He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.9.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When a scourge brings sudden death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.9.23"><span class="content">he mocks the despair of the innocent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.9.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.9.24"><span class="content">he blindfolds its judges.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.9.24"><span class="content">If it is not he, then who is it?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.9.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;My days are swifter than a runner;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.9.25"><span class="content">they fly away without a glimpse of joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.9.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They skim past like boats of papyrus,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.9.26"><span class="content">like eagles swooping down on their prey.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.9.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">If I say, &#8216;I will forget my complaint,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.9.27"><span class="content">I will change my expression, and smile,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.9.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.9.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">I still dread all my sufferings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.9.28"><span class="content">for I know you will not hold me innocent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.9.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.9.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Since I am already found guilty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.9.29"><span class="content">why should I struggle in vain?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.9.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.9.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Even if I washed myself with soap</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.9.30"><span class="content">and my hands with cleansing powder,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.9.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.9.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">you would plunge me into a slime pit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.9.31"><span class="content">so that even my clothes would detest me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.9.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.9.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;He is not a mere mortal like me that I might answer him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.9.32"><span class="content">that we might confront each other in court.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.9.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.9.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">If only there were someone to mediate between us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.9.33"><span class="content">someone to bring us together,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.9.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.9.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">someone to remove God&#8217;s rod from me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.9.34"><span class="content">so that his terror would frighten me no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.9.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.9.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Then I would speak up without fear of him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.9.35"><span class="content">but as it now stands with me, I cannot.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against Egypt and Cush</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the year that the supreme commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">at that time the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz. He said to him, &#8220;Take off the sackcloth from your body and the sandals from your feet.&#8221; And he did so, going around stripped and barefoot.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.20.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;Just as my servant Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for three years, as a sign and portent against Egypt and Cush,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:3 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region; also in verse 5</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">so the king of Assyria will lead away stripped and barefoot the Egyptian captives and Cushite exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared&#8212;to Egypt&#8217;s shame. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who trusted in Cush and boasted in Egypt will be dismayed and put to shame. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">In that day the people who live on this coast will say, &#8216;See what has happened to those we relied on, those we fled to for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">25</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Trial Before Festus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">where the chief priests and the Jewish leaders appeared before him and presented the charges against Paul. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They requested Festus, as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Festus answered, &#8220;Paul is being held at Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Let some of your leaders come with me, and if the man has done anything wrong, they can press charges against him there.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.25.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">After spending eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he convened the court and ordered that Paul be brought before him. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.25.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When Paul came in, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him. They brought many serious charges against him, but they could not prove them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.25.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.25.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then Paul made his defense: &#8220;I have done nothing wrong against the Jewish law or against the temple or against Caesar.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.25.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.25.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, &#8220;Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial before me there on these charges?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.25.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.25.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Paul answered: &#8220;I am now standing before Caesar&#8217;s court, where I ought to be tried. I have not done any wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.25.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If, however, I am guilty of doing anything deserving death, I do not refuse to die. But if the charges brought against me by these Jews are not true, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.25.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.25.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">After Festus had conferred with his council, he declared: &#8220;You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Festus Consults King Agrippa</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.25.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.25.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A few days later King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.25.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Since they were spending many days there, Festus discussed Paul&#8217;s case with the king. He said: &#8220;There is a man here whom Felix left as a prisoner. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.25.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When I went to Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him and asked that he be condemned.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.25.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.25.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand over anyone before they have faced their accusers and have had an opportunity to defend themselves against the charges. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.25.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When they came here with me, I did not delay the case, but convened the court the next day and ordered the man to be brought in. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.25.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When his accusers got up to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.25.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Instead, they had some points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a dead man named Jesus who Paul claimed was alive. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.25.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I was at a loss how to investigate such matters; so I asked if he would be willing to go to Jerusalem and stand trial there on these charges. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.25.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But when Paul made his appeal to be held over for the Emperor&#8217;s decision, I ordered him held until I could send him to Caesar.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.25.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.25.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then Agrippa said to Festus, &#8220;I would like to hear this man myself.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.25.22"><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;Tomorrow you will hear him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul Before Agrippa</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.25.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.25.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience room with the high-ranking military officers and the prominent men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.25.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Festus said: &#8220;King Agrippa, and all who are present with us, you see this man! The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him in Jerusalem and here in Caesarea, shouting that he ought not to live any longer. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.25.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">I found he had done nothing deserving of death, but because he made his appeal to the Emperor I decided to send him to Rome. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.25.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">But I have nothing definite to write to His Majesty about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that as a result of this investigation I may have something to write. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.25.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">For I think it is unreasonable to send a prisoner on to Rome without specifying the charges against him.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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