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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="q1"><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 12:1-14 is numbered 12:2-15.</span><span class="ft"> </span></span></span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Ephraim feeds on the wind;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.12.1"><span class="content">he pursues the east wind all day</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.12.1"><span class="content">and multiplies lies and violence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.12.1"><span class="content">He makes a treaty with Assyria</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.12.1"><span class="content">and sends olive oil to Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.12.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has a charge to bring against Judah;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.12.2"><span class="content">he will punish Jacob</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:2 </span><span class="fq">Jacob </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">he grasps the heel, </span><span class="ft">a Hebrew idiom for </span><span class="fqa">he takes advantage of </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">he deceives.</span></span></span><span class="content"> according to his ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.12.2"><span class="content">and repay him according to his deeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.12.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">In the womb he grasped his brother&#8217;s heel;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.12.3"><span class="content">as a man he struggled with God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.12.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He struggled with the angel and overcame him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.12.4"><span class="content">he wept and begged for his favor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.12.4"><span class="content">He found him at Bethel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.12.4"><span class="content">and talked with him there&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.12.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.12.5"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is his name!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.12.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But you must return to your God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.12.6"><span class="content">maintain love and justice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.12.6"><span class="content">and wait for your God always.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.12.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.12.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The merchant uses dishonest scales</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.12.7"><span class="content">and loves to defraud.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.12.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Ephraim boasts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.12.8"><span class="content">&#8220;I am very rich; I have become wealthy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.12.8"><span class="content">With all my wealth they will not find in me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.12.8"><span class="content">any iniquity or sin.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.12.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.12.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have been the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.12.9"><span class="content">ever since you came out of Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.12.9"><span class="content">I will make you live in tents again,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.12.9"><span class="content">as in the days of your appointed festivals.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.12.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I spoke to the prophets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.12.10"><span class="content">gave them many visions</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.12.10"><span class="content">and told parables through them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.12.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.12.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Is Gilead wicked?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.12.11"><span class="content">Its people are worthless!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.12.11"><span class="content">Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.12.11"><span class="content">Their altars will be like piles of stones</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.12.11"><span class="content">on a plowed field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.12.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Jacob fled to the country of Aram</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:12 </span><span class="ft">That is, Northwest Mesopotamia</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.12.12"><span class="content">Israel served to get a wife,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.12.12"><span class="content">and to pay for her he tended sheep.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.12.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.12.13"><span class="content">by a prophet he cared for him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.12.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But Ephraim has aroused his bitter anger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.12.14"><span class="content">his Lord will leave on him the guilt of his bloodshed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.12.14"><span class="content">and will repay him for his contempt.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.135.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Your name, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, endures forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.135.13"><span class="content">your renown, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, through all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.135.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.135.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will vindicate his people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.135.14"><span class="content">and have compassion on his servants.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.135.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.135.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.135.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The idols of the nations are silver and gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.135.15"><span class="content">made by human hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.135.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.135.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">They have mouths, but cannot speak,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.135.16"><span class="content">eyes, but cannot see.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.135.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.135.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">They have ears, but cannot hear,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.135.17"><span class="content">nor is there breath in their mouths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.135.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.135.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Those who make them will be like them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.135.18"><span class="content">and so will all who trust in them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.135.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.135.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.135.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">All you Israelites, praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.135.19"><span class="content">house of Aaron, praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.135.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.135.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">house of Levi, praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.135.20"><span class="content">you who fear him, praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.135.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.135.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Praise be to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.135.21"><span class="content">to him who dwells in Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.135.21"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.135.21"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. &#8220;He will rule them with an iron scepter.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">19:15 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.2.9">Psalm 2:9</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:</span></span></div><div class="pc"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.19.16"><span class="content">king of kings and lord of lords.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.19.16"></span></div>
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