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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Simeon</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The second lot came out for the tribe of Simeon according to its clans. Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">It included:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.19.2"><span class="content">Beersheba (or Sheba),</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">19:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Beersheba, Sheba</span><span class="ft">; <span class="ref" usfm="1CH.4.28">1 Chron. 4:28</span> does not have </span><span class="fq">Sheba</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> Moladah, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Ziklag, Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susah, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Beth Lebaoth and Sharuhen&#8212;thirteen towns and their villages;</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.19.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Ain, Rimmon, Ether and Ashan&#8212;four towns and their villages&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah in the Negev).</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.19.8"><span class="content">This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Simeonites, according to its clans. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the share of Judah, because Judah&#8217;s portion was more than they needed. So the Simeonites received their inheritance within the territory of Judah.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Zebulun</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.19.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The third lot came up for Zebulun according to its clans:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.19.10"><span class="content">The boundary of their inheritance went as far as Sarid. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Going west it ran to Maralah, touched Dabbesheth, and extended to the ravine near Jokneam. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">It turned east from Sarid toward the sunrise to the territory of Kisloth Tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then it continued eastward to Gath Hepher and Eth Kazin; it came out at Rimmon and turned toward Neah. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">There the boundary went around on the north to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah El. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Included were Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah and Bethlehem. There were twelve towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.19.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOS.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">These towns and their villages were the inheritance of Zebulun, according to its clans.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Issachar</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOS.19.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOS.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The fourth lot came out for Issachar according to its clans. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOS.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Their territory included:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOS.19.18"><span class="content">Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOS.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOS.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOS.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah and Beth Pazzez. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOS.19.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The boundary touched Tabor, Shahazumah and Beth Shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOS.19.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOS.19.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar, according to its clans.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Asher</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOS.19.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOS.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher according to its clans. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOS.19.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Their territory included:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOS.19.25"><span class="content">Helkath, Hali, Beten, Akshaph, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOS.19.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Allammelek, Amad and Mishal. On the west the boundary touched Carmel and Shihor Libnath. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOS.19.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">It then turned east toward Beth Dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah El, and went north to Beth Emek and Neiel, passing Kabul on the left. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOS.19.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">It went to Abdon,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">19:28 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts (see also 21:30); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Ebron</span></span></span><span class="content"> Rehob, Hammon and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOS.19.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The boundary then turned back toward Ramah and went to the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah and came out at the Mediterranean Sea in the region of Akzib, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOS.19.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Ummah, Aphek and Rehob. There were twenty-two towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOS.19.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOS.19.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Asher, according to its clans.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Naphtali</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOS.19.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOS.19.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The sixth lot came out for Naphtali according to its clans:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOS.19.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOS.19.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Their boundary went from Heleph and the large tree in Zaanannim, passing Adami Nekeb and Jabneel to Lakkum and ending at the Jordan. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOS.19.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">The boundary ran west through Aznoth Tabor and came out at Hukkok. It touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west and the Jordan</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">19:34 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">west, and Judah, the Jordan,</span></span></span><span class="content"> on the east. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOS.19.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The fortified towns were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth, </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOS.19.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOS.19.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor, </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOS.19.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath and Beth Shemesh. There were nineteen towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOS.19.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOS.19.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali, according to its clans.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Dan</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOS.19.39"></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOS.19.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan according to its clans. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOS.19.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">The territory of their inheritance included:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOS.19.41"><span class="content">Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh, </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JOS.19.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JOS.19.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Elon, Timnah, Ekron, </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JOS.19.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JOS.19.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon, </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JOS.19.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">Me Jarkon and Rakkon, with the area facing Joppa.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JOS.19.46"></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JOS.19.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">(When the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and attacked Leshem, took it, put it to the sword and occupied it. They settled in Leshem and named it Dan after their ancestor.)</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JOS.19.47"></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JOS.19.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, according to its clans.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Allotment for Joshua</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JOS.19.48"></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JOS.19.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">When they had finished dividing the land into its allotted portions, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them, </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="JOS.19.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had commanded. They gave him the town he asked for&#8212;Timnath Serah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">19:50 </span><span class="ft">Also known as </span><span class="fqa">Timnath Heres </span><span class="ft">(see <span class="ref" usfm="JDG.2.9">Judges 2:9</span>)</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the hill country of Ephraim. And he built up the town and settled there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="JOS.19.50"></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="JOS.19.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">These are the territories that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the tribal clans of Israel assigned by lot at Shiloh in the presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> at the entrance to the tent of meeting. And so they finished dividing the land.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;My eyes have seen all this,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.13.1"><span class="content">my ears have heard and understood it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.13.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">What you know, I also know;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.13.2"><span class="content">I am not inferior to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.13.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But I desire to speak to the Almighty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.13.3"><span class="content">and to argue my case with God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.13.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You, however, smear me with lies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.13.4"><span class="content">you are worthless physicians, all of you!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.13.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If only you would be altogether silent!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.13.5"><span class="content">For you, that would be wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.13.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Hear now my argument;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.13.6"><span class="content">listen to the pleas of my lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.13.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Will you speak wickedly on God&#8217;s behalf?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.13.7"><span class="content">Will you speak deceitfully for him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.13.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Will you show him partiality?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.13.8"><span class="content">Will you argue the case for God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.13.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Would it turn out well if he examined you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.13.9"><span class="content">Could you deceive him as you might deceive a mortal?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.13.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He would surely call you to account</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.13.10"><span class="content">if you secretly showed partiality.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.13.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Would not his splendor terrify you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.13.11"><span class="content">Would not the dread of him fall on you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.13.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Your maxims are proverbs of ashes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.13.12"><span class="content">your defenses are defenses of clay.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.13.12"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.13.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Keep silent and let me speak;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.13.13"><span class="content">then let come to me what may.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.13.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Why do I put myself in jeopardy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.13.14"><span class="content">and take my life in my hands?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.13.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.13.15"><span class="content">I will surely</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">13:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">He will surely slay me; I have no hope&#8212; / yet I will</span></span></span><span class="content"> defend my ways to his face.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.13.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.13.16"><span class="content">for no godless person would dare come before him!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.13.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Listen carefully to what I say;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.13.17"><span class="content">let my words ring in your ears.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.13.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Now that I have prepared my case,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.13.18"><span class="content">I know I will be vindicated.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.13.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Can anyone bring charges against me?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.13.19"><span class="content">If so, I will be silent and die.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.13.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.13.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Only grant me these two things, God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.13.20"><span class="content">and then I will not hide from you:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.13.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Withdraw your hand far from me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.13.21"><span class="content">and stop frightening me with your terrors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.13.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then summon me and I will answer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.13.22"><span class="content">or let me speak, and you reply to me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.13.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">How many wrongs and sins have I committed?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.13.23"><span class="content">Show me my offense and my sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.13.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Why do you hide your face</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.13.24"><span class="content">and consider me your enemy?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.13.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Will you torment a windblown leaf?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.13.25"><span class="content">Will you chase after dry chaff?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.13.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.13.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">For you write down bitter things against me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.13.26"><span class="content">and make me reap the sins of my youth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.13.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.13.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">You fasten my feet in shackles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.13.27"><span class="content">you keep close watch on all my paths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.13.27"><span class="content">by putting marks on the soles of my feet.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.13.27"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.13.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.13.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;So man wastes away like something rotten,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.13.28"><span class="content">like a garment eaten by moths.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.13.28"></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkISA">
      <div class="chapter ch24" data-usfm="ISA.24">
         <div class="label">24</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Devastation of the Earth</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">See, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is going to lay waste the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.24.1"><span class="content">and devastate it;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.24.1"><span class="content">he will ruin its face</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.24.1"><span class="content">and scatter its inhabitants&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.24.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">it will be the same</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">for priest as for people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">for the master as for his servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">for the mistress as for her servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">for seller as for buyer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">for borrower as for lender,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">for debtor as for creditor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The earth will be completely laid waste</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.24.3"><span class="content">and totally plundered.</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.24.3"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken this word.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.24.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.24.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The earth dries up and withers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.24.4"><span class="content">the world languishes and withers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.24.4"><span class="content">the heavens languish with the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.24.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The earth is defiled by its people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.24.5"><span class="content">they have disobeyed the laws,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.24.5"><span class="content">violated the statutes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.24.5"><span class="content">and broken the everlasting covenant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.24.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore a curse consumes the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.24.6"><span class="content">its people must bear their guilt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.24.6"><span class="content">Therefore earth&#8217;s inhabitants are burned up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.24.6"><span class="content">and very few are left.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.24.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The new wine dries up and the vine withers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.24.7"><span class="content">all the merrymakers groan.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.24.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The joyful timbrels are stilled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.24.8"><span class="content">the noise of the revelers has stopped,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.24.8"><span class="content">the joyful harp is silent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.24.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">No longer do they drink wine with a song;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.24.9"><span class="content">the beer is bitter to its drinkers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.24.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The ruined city lies desolate;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.24.10"><span class="content">the entrance to every house is barred.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.24.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">In the streets they cry out for wine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.24.11"><span class="content">all joy turns to gloom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.24.11"><span class="content">all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.24.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The city is left in ruins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.24.12"><span class="content">its gate is battered to pieces.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.24.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So will it be on the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.24.13"><span class="content">and among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.24.13"><span class="content">as when an olive tree is beaten,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.24.13"><span class="content">or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.24.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.24.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They raise their voices, they shout for joy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.24.14"><span class="content">from the west they acclaim the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s majesty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.24.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Therefore in the east give glory to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.24.15"><span class="content">exalt the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.24.15"><span class="content">in the islands of the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.24.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">From the ends of the earth we hear singing:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="content">&#8220;Glory to the Righteous One.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="content">But I said, &#8220;I waste away, I waste away!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="content">Woe to me!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="content">The treacherous betray!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="content">With treachery the treacherous betray!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Terror and pit and snare await you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.24.17"><span class="content">people of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.24.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Whoever flees at the sound of terror</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="content">will fall into a pit;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="content">whoever climbs out of the pit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="content">will be caught in a snare.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="content">The floodgates of the heavens are opened,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="content">the foundations of the earth shake.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The earth is broken up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.24.19"><span class="content">the earth is split asunder,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.24.19"><span class="content">the earth is violently shaken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.24.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The earth reels like a drunkard,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.24.20"><span class="content">it sways like a hut in the wind;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.24.20"><span class="content">so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.24.20"><span class="content">that it falls&#8212;never to rise again.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.24.20"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.24.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">In that day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will punish</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.24.21"><span class="content">the powers in the heavens above</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.24.21"><span class="content">and the kings on the earth below.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.24.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">They will be herded together</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.24.22"><span class="content">like prisoners bound in a dungeon;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.24.22"><span class="content">they will be shut up in prison</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.24.22"><span class="content">and be punished</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">24:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">released</span></span></span><span class="content"> after many days.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.24.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The moon will be dismayed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.24.23"><span class="content">the sun ashamed;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.24.23"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty will reign</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.24.23"><span class="content">on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.24.23"><span class="content">and before its elders&#8212;with great glory.</span></span></div>
      </div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkROM">
      <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="ROM.1">
         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">who according to the flesh</span></span></span><span class="content"> was a descendant of David, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">was declared with power to be the Son of God</span></span></span><span class="content"> by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">that is</span></span></span><span class="content"> faith for his name&#8217;s sake. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.1.6"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.1.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people:</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.1.7"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.1.7"><span class="content">Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Longing to Visit Rome</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.1.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God&#8217;s will the way may be opened for me to come to you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.1.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other&#8217;s faith. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:13 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in 7:1, 4; 8:12, 29; 10:1; 11:25; 12:1; 15:14, 30; 16:14, 17.</span></span></span><span class="content"> that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.1.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.1.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed&#8212;a righteousness that is by faith from first to last,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">is from faith to faith</span></span></span><span class="content"> just as it is written: &#8220;The righteous will live by faith.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="HAB.2.4">Hab. 2:4</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Wrath Against Sinful Humanity</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.1.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">For since the creation of the world God&#8217;s invisible qualities&#8212;his eternal power and divine nature&#8212;have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.1.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.1.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator&#8212;who is forever praised. Amen.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.1.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.1.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ROM.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ROM.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ROM.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ROM.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ROM.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Although they know God&#8217;s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.</span></span></div>
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