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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="GEN.24.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Laban and Bethuel answered, &#8220;This is from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">; we can say nothing to you one way or the other. </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="GEN.24.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Here is Rebekah; take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master&#8217;s son, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has directed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="GEN.24.51"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="GEN.24.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">When Abraham&#8217;s servant heard what they said, he bowed down to the ground before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="GEN.24.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">Then the servant brought out gold and silver jewelry and articles of clothing and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave costly gifts to her brother and to her mother. </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="GEN.24.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="GEN.24.54"><span class="content">When they got up the next morning, he said, &#8220;Send me on my way to my master.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="GEN.24.54"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="GEN.24.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">But her brother and her mother replied, &#8220;Let the young woman remain with us ten days or so; then you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:55 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">she</span></span></span><span class="content"> may go.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="GEN.24.55"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="GEN.24.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">But he said to them, &#8220;Do not detain me, now that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has granted success to my journey. Send me on my way so I may go to my master.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="GEN.24.56"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="GEN.24.57"><span class="label">57</span><span class="content">Then they said, &#8220;Let&#8217;s call the young woman and ask her about it.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v58" data-usfm="GEN.24.58"><span class="label">58</span><span class="content">So they called Rebekah and asked her, &#8220;Will you go with this man?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v58" data-usfm="GEN.24.58"><span class="content">&#8220;I will go,&#8221; she said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v58" data-usfm="GEN.24.58"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v59" data-usfm="GEN.24.59"><span class="label">59</span><span class="content">So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham&#8217;s servant and his men. </span></span><span class="verse v60" data-usfm="GEN.24.60"><span class="label">60</span><span class="content">And they blessed Rebekah and said to her,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v60" data-usfm="GEN.24.60"><span class="content">&#8220;Our sister, may you increase</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v60" data-usfm="GEN.24.60"><span class="content">to thousands upon thousands;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v60" data-usfm="GEN.24.60"><span class="content">may your offspring possess</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v60" data-usfm="GEN.24.60"><span class="content">the cities of their enemies.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v60" data-usfm="GEN.24.60"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v61" data-usfm="GEN.24.61"><span class="label">61</span><span class="content">Then Rebekah and her attendants got ready and mounted the camels and went back with the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v61" data-usfm="GEN.24.61"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v62" data-usfm="GEN.24.62"><span class="label">62</span><span class="content">Now Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev. </span></span><span class="verse v63" data-usfm="GEN.24.63"><span class="label">63</span><span class="content">He went out to the field one evening to meditate,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:63 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and as he looked up, he saw camels approaching. </span></span><span class="verse v64" data-usfm="GEN.24.64"><span class="label">64</span><span class="content">Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel </span></span><span class="verse v65" data-usfm="GEN.24.65"><span class="label">65</span><span class="content">and asked the servant, &#8220;Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v65" data-usfm="GEN.24.65"><span class="content">&#8220;He is my master,&#8221; the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v65" data-usfm="GEN.24.65"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v66" data-usfm="GEN.24.66"><span class="label">66</span><span class="content">Then the servant told Isaac all he had done. </span></span><span class="verse v67" data-usfm="GEN.24.67"><span class="label">67</span><span class="content">Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother&#8217;s death.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">; they forgot the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The anger of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> burned against Israel so that he sold them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram Naharaim,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:8 </span><span class="ft">That is, Northwest Mesopotamia</span></span></span><span class="content"> to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But when they cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, he raised up for them a deliverer, Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb&#8217;s younger brother, who saved them. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The Spirit of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came on him, so that he became Israel&#8217;s judge</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">leader</span></span></span><span class="content"> and went to war. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram into the hands of Othniel, who overpowered him. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So the land had peace for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ehud</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and because they did this evil the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Getting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join him, Eglon came and attacked Israel, and they took possession of the City of Palms.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:13 </span><span class="ft">That is, Jericho</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The Israelites were subject to Eglon king of Moab for eighteen years.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Again the Israelites cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and he gave them a deliverer&#8212;Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera the Benjamite. The Israelites sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Now Ehud had made a double-edged sword about a cubit</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:16 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters</span></span></span><span class="content"> long, which he strapped to his right thigh under his clothing. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JDG.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was a very fat man. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JDG.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">After Ehud had presented the tribute, he sent on their way those who had carried it. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JDG.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But on reaching the stone images near Gilgal he himself went back to Eglon and said, &#8220;Your Majesty, I have a secret message for you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JDG.3.19"><span class="content">The king said to his attendants, &#8220;Leave us!&#8221; And they all left.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JDG.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JDG.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Ehud then approached him while he was sitting alone in the upper room of his palace</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:20 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verse 24.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and said, &#8220;I have a message from God for you.&#8221; As the king rose from his seat, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JDG.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Ehud reached with his left hand, drew the sword from his right thigh and plunged it into the king&#8217;s belly. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JDG.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Even the handle sank in after the blade, and his bowels discharged. Ehud did not pull the sword out, and the fat closed in over it. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JDG.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then Ehud went out to the porch</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:23 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content">; he shut the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JDG.3.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JDG.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">After he had gone, the servants came and found the doors of the upper room locked. They said, &#8220;He must be relieving himself in the inner room of the palace.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JDG.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">They waited to the point of embarrassment, but when he did not open the doors of the room, they took a key and unlocked them. There they saw their lord fallen to the floor, dead.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JDG.3.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JDG.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">While they waited, Ehud got away. He passed by the stone images and escaped to Seirah. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JDG.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">When he arrived there, he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went down with him from the hills, with him leading them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JDG.3.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JDG.3.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;Follow me,&#8221; he ordered, &#8220;for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has given Moab, your enemy, into your hands.&#8221; So they followed him down and took possession of the fords of the Jordan that led to Moab; they allowed no one to cross over. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JDG.3.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all vigorous and strong; not one escaped. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JDG.3.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">That day Moab was made subject to Israel, and the land had peace for eighty years.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Shamgar</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JDG.3.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JDG.3.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath, who struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He too saved Israel.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch35" data-usfm="PSA.35.1+PSA.35.2+PSA.35.3+PSA.35.4+PSA.35.5+PSA.35.6+PSA.35.7+PSA.35.8+PSA.35.9+PSA.35.10">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.35.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Contend, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, with those who contend with me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.35.1"><span class="content">fight against those who fight against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.35.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.35.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Take up shield and armor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.35.2"><span class="content">arise and come to my aid.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.35.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Brandish spear and javelin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and block the way</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="content">against those who pursue me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="content">Say to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="content">&#8220;I am your salvation.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">May those who seek my life</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="content">be disgraced and put to shame;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="content">may those who plot my ruin</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="content">be turned back in dismay.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.35.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">May they be like chaff before the wind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.35.5"><span class="content">with the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> driving them away;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.35.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.35.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">may their path be dark and slippery,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.35.6"><span class="content">with the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> pursuing them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.35.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.35.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Since they hid their net for me without cause</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.35.7"><span class="content">and without cause dug a pit for me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.35.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.35.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">may ruin overtake them by surprise&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.35.8"><span class="content">may the net they hid entangle them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.35.8"><span class="content">may they fall into the pit, to their ruin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.35.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.35.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then my soul will rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.35.9"><span class="content">and delight in his salvation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.35.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.35.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My whole being will exclaim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.35.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Who is like you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.35.10"><span class="content">You rescue the poor from those too strong for them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.35.10"><span class="content">the poor and needy from those who rob them.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.30.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the Holy One of Israel, says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.30.15"><span class="content">&#8220;In repentance and rest is your salvation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.30.15"><span class="content">in quietness and trust is your strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.30.15"><span class="content">but you would have none of it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.30.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.30.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">You said, &#8216;No, we will flee on horses.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.30.16"><span class="content">Therefore you will flee!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.30.16"><span class="content">You said, &#8216;We will ride off on swift horses.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.30.16"><span class="content">Therefore your pursuers will be swift!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.30.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.30.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A thousand will flee</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.30.17"><span class="content">at the threat of one;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.30.17"><span class="content">at the threat of five</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.30.17"><span class="content">you will all flee away,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.30.17"><span class="content">till you are left</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.30.17"><span class="content">like a flagstaff on a mountaintop,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.30.17"><span class="content">like a banner on a hill.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.30.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.30.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Yet the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> longs to be gracious to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.30.18"><span class="content">therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.30.18"><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a God of justice.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.30.18"><span class="content">Blessed are all who wait for him!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.30.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.30.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">People of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. How gracious he will be when you cry for help! As soon as he hears, he will answer you. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.30.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Although the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers will be hidden no more; with your own eyes you will see them. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.30.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, &#8220;This is the way; walk in it.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.30.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then you will desecrate your idols overlaid with silver and your images covered with gold; you will throw them away like a menstrual cloth and say to them, &#8220;Away with you!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.30.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.30.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He will also send you rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich and plentiful. In that day your cattle will graze in broad meadows. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.30.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The oxen and donkeys that work the soil will eat fodder and mash, spread out with fork and shovel. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.30.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall, streams of water will flow on every high mountain and every lofty hill. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.30.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The moon will shine like the sun, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> binds up the bruises of his people and heals the wounds he inflicted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.30.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.30.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">See, the Name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> comes from afar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.30.27"><span class="content">with burning anger and dense clouds of smoke;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.30.27"><span class="content">his lips are full of wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.30.27"><span class="content">and his tongue is a consuming fire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.30.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.30.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">His breath is like a rushing torrent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.30.28"><span class="content">rising up to the neck.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.30.28"><span class="content">He shakes the nations in the sieve of destruction;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.30.28"><span class="content">he places in the jaws of the peoples</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.30.28"><span class="content">a bit that leads them astray.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.30.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.30.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">And you will sing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.30.29"><span class="content">as on the night you celebrate a holy festival;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.30.29"><span class="content">your hearts will rejoice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.30.29"><span class="content">as when people playing pipes go up</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.30.29"><span class="content">to the mountain of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.30.29"><span class="content">to the Rock of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.30.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.30.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will cause people to hear his majestic voice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.30.30"><span class="content">and will make them see his arm coming down</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.30.30"><span class="content">with raging anger and consuming fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.30.30"><span class="content">with cloudburst, thunderstorm and hail.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.30.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.30.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The voice of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will shatter Assyria;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.30.31"><span class="content">with his rod he will strike them down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.30.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ISA.30.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Every stroke the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lays on them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ISA.30.32"><span class="content">with his punishing club</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ISA.30.32"><span class="content">will be to the music of timbrels and harps,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ISA.30.32"><span class="content">as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ISA.30.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ISA.30.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Topheth has long been prepared;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ISA.30.33"><span class="content">it has been made ready for the king.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ISA.30.33"><span class="content">Its fire pit has been made deep and wide,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ISA.30.33"><span class="content">with an abundance of fire and wood;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ISA.30.33"><span class="content">the breath of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ISA.30.33"><span class="content">like a stream of burning sulfur,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ISA.30.33"><span class="content">sets it ablaze.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.13.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, &#8220;Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.13.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.13.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">He answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MAT.13.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.13.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.13.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MAT.13.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MAT.13.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.13.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MAT.13.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MAT.13.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.13.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.13.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MAT.13.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MAT.13.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.</span></span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch12" data-usfm="ROM.12.1+ROM.12.2+ROM.12.3+ROM.12.4+ROM.12.5+ROM.12.6+ROM.12.7+ROM.12.8">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God&#8217;s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God&#8212;this is your true and proper worship. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God&#8217;s will is&#8212;his good, pleasing and perfect will.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Humble Service in the Body of Christ</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the</span></span></span><span class="content"> faith; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">to provide for others</span></span></span><span class="content"> do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.</span></span></div>
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