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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is the written account of Adam&#8217;s family line.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.5.1"><span class="content">When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them &#8220;Mankind&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:2 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">adam</span></span></span><span class="content"> when they were created.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Altogether, Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:6 </span><span class="fq">Father </span><span class="ft">may mean </span><span class="fqa">ancestor</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 7-26.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Enosh. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Altogether, Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">After he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Altogether, Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">After he became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Altogether, Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">7</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Achan&#8217;s Sin</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">But the Israelites were unfaithful in regard to the devoted things</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:1 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 11, 12, 13 and 15.</span></span></span><span class="content">; Achan son of Karmi, the son of Zimri,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:1 </span><span class="ft">See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 2:6; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Zabdi</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 17 and 18.</span></span></span><span class="content"> the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of them. So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anger burned against Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.7.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth Aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, &#8220;Go up and spy out the region.&#8221; So the men went up and spied out Ai.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.7.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When they returned to Joshua, they said, &#8220;Not all the army will have to go up against Ai. Send two or three thousand men to take it and do not weary the whole army, for only a few people live there.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So about three thousand went up; but they were routed by the men of Ai, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">who killed about thirty-six of them. They chased the Israelites from the city gate as far as the stone quarries and struck them down on the slopes. At this the hearts of the people melted in fear and became like water.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.7.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown to the ground before the ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, remaining there till evening. The elders of Israel did the same, and sprinkled dust on their heads. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And Joshua said, &#8220;Alas, Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, why did you ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan! </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Pardon your servant, Lord. What can I say, now that Israel has been routed by its enemies? </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The Canaanites and the other people of the country will hear about this and they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. What then will you do for your own great name?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.7.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Joshua, &#8220;Stand up! What are you doing down on your face? </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied, they have put them with their own possessions. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">That is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies; they turn their backs and run because they have been made liable to destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.7.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go, consecrate the people. Tell them, &#8216;Consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow; for this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, says: There are devoted things among you, Israel. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.7.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;In the morning, present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> chooses shall come forward clan by clan; the clan the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> chooses shall come forward family by family; and the family the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> chooses shall come forward man by man. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Whoever is caught with the devoted things shall be destroyed by fire, along with all that belongs to him. He has violated the covenant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and has done an outrageous thing in Israel!&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.7.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOS.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Early the next morning Joshua had Israel come forward by tribes, and Judah was chosen. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOS.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The clans of Judah came forward, and the Zerahites were chosen. He had the clan of the Zerahites come forward by families, and Zimri was chosen. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOS.7.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Joshua had his family come forward man by man, and Achan son of Karmi, the son of Zimri, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was chosen.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOS.7.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOS.7.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then Joshua said to Achan, &#8220;My son, give glory to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, and honor him. Tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOS.7.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOS.7.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Achan replied, &#8220;It is true! I have sinned against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel. This is what I have done: </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOS.7.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:21 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shinar</span></span></span><span class="content"> two hundred shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:21 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:21 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams</span></span></span><span class="content"> I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOS.7.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOS.7.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and there it was, hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOS.7.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">They took the things from the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites and spread them out before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOS.7.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOS.7.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the gold bar, his sons and daughters, his cattle, donkeys and sheep, his tent and all that he had, to the Valley of Achor. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOS.7.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Joshua said, &#8220;Why have you brought this trouble on us? The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will bring trouble on you today.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOS.7.25"><span class="content">Then all Israel stoned him, and after they had stoned the rest, they burned them. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOS.7.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Over Achan they heaped up a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day. Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> turned from his fierce anger. Therefore that place has been called the Valley of Achor</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:26 </span><span class="fq">Achor </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">trouble.</span></span></span><span class="content"> ever since.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 8</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 8:1-9 is numbered 8:2-10.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">gittith.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, our Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.8.1"><span class="content">how majestic is your name in all the earth!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.8.1"><span class="content">You have set your glory</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.8.1"><span class="content">in the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.8.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Through the praise of children and infants</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.8.2"><span class="content">you have established a stronghold against your enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.8.2"><span class="content">to silence the foe and the avenger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.8.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When I consider your heavens,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.8.3"><span class="content">the work of your fingers,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.8.3"><span class="content">the moon and the stars,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.8.3"><span class="content">which you have set in place,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">what is mankind that you are mindful of them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.8.4"><span class="content">human beings that you care for them?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">what is a human being that you are mindful of him, / a son of man that you care for him?</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You have made them</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">him</span></span></span><span class="content"> a little lower than the angels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">than God</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.8.5"><span class="content">and crowned them</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">him</span></span></span><span class="content"> with glory and honor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You made them rulers over the works of your hands;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.8.6"><span class="content">you put everything under their</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">made him ruler&#8230;; / &#8230;his</span></span></span><span class="content"> feet:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">all flocks and herds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.8.7"><span class="content">and the animals of the wild,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the birds in the sky,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.8.8"><span class="content">and the fish in the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.8.8"><span class="content">all that swim the paths of the seas.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, our Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.8.9"><span class="content">how majestic is your name in all the earth!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Woe to you who add house to house</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.5.8"><span class="content">and join field to field</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.5.8"><span class="content">till no space is left</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.5.8"><span class="content">and you live alone in the land.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty has declared in my hearing:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.5.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Surely the great houses will become desolate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.5.9"><span class="content">the fine mansions left without occupants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:10 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 6 gallons or about 22 liters</span></span></span><span class="content"> of wine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.5.10"><span class="content">a homer</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:10 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 360 pounds or about 160 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> of seed will yield only an ephah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:10 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> of grain.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Woe to those who rise early in the morning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.5.11"><span class="content">to run after their drinks,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.5.11"><span class="content">who stay up late at night</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.5.11"><span class="content">till they are inflamed with wine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They have harps and lyres at their banquets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.5.12"><span class="content">pipes and timbrels and wine,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.5.12"><span class="content">but they have no regard for the deeds of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.5.12"><span class="content">no respect for the work of his hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Therefore my people will go into exile</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.5.13"><span class="content">for lack of understanding;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.5.13"><span class="content">those of high rank will die of hunger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.5.13"><span class="content">and the common people will be parched with thirst.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Therefore Death expands its jaws,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.5.14"><span class="content">opening wide its mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.5.14"><span class="content">into it will descend their nobles and masses</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.5.14"><span class="content">with all their brawlers and revelers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So people will be brought low</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.5.15"><span class="content">and everyone humbled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.5.15"><span class="content">the eyes of the arrogant humbled.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.5.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty will be exalted by his justice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.5.16"><span class="content">and the holy God will be proved holy by his righteous acts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.5.17"><span class="content">lambs will feed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:17 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">/ strangers will eat</span></span></span><span class="content"> among the ruins of the rich.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.5.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.5.18"><span class="content">and wickedness as with cart ropes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.5.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">to those who say, &#8220;Let God hurry;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.5.19"><span class="content">let him hasten his work</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.5.19"><span class="content">so we may see it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.5.19"><span class="content">The plan of the Holy One of Israel&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.5.19"><span class="content">let it approach, let it come into view,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.5.19"><span class="content">so we may know it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.5.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Woe to those who call evil good</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.5.20"><span class="content">and good evil,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.5.20"><span class="content">who put darkness for light</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.5.20"><span class="content">and light for darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.5.20"><span class="content">who put bitter for sweet</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.5.20"><span class="content">and sweet for bitter.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.5.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.5.21"><span class="content">and clever in their own sight.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.5.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.5.22"><span class="content">and champions at mixing drinks,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.5.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">who acquit the guilty for a bribe,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.5.23"><span class="content">but deny justice to the innocent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.5.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.5.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.5.24"><span class="content">and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.5.24"><span class="content">so their roots will decay</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.5.24"><span class="content">and their flowers blow away like dust;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.5.24"><span class="content">for they have rejected the law of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.5.24"><span class="content">and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.5.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.5.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Therefore the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anger burns against his people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.5.25"><span class="content">his hand is raised and he strikes them down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.5.25"><span class="content">The mountains shake,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.5.25"><span class="content">and the dead bodies are like refuse in the streets.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.5.25"><span class="content">Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.5.25"><span class="content">his hand is still upraised.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.5.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.5.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He lifts up a banner for the distant nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.5.26"><span class="content">he whistles for those at the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.5.26"><span class="content">Here they come,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.5.26"><span class="content">swiftly and speedily!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.5.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.5.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Not one of them grows tired or stumbles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.5.27"><span class="content">not one slumbers or sleeps;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.5.27"><span class="content">not a belt is loosened at the waist,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.5.27"><span class="content">not a sandal strap is broken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.5.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.5.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Their arrows are sharp,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.5.28"><span class="content">all their bows are strung;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.5.28"><span class="content">their horses&#8217; hooves seem like flint,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.5.28"><span class="content">their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.5.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.5.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Their roar is like that of the lion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.5.29"><span class="content">they roar like young lions;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.5.29"><span class="content">they growl as they seize their prey</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.5.29"><span class="content">and carry it off with no one to rescue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.5.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.5.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">In that day they will roar over it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.5.30"><span class="content">like the roaring of the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.5.30"><span class="content">And if one looks at the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.5.30"><span class="content">there is only darkness and distress;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.5.30"><span class="content">even the sun will be darkened by clouds.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch4" data-usfm="MAT.4.12+MAT.4.13+MAT.4.14+MAT.4.15+MAT.4.16+MAT.4.17+MAT.4.18+MAT.4.19+MAT.4.20+MAT.4.21+MAT.4.22+MAT.4.23+MAT.4.24+MAT.4.25">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.4.15"><span class="content">the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.4.15"><span class="content">Galilee of the Gentiles&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">the people living in darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.4.16"><span class="content">have seen a great light;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.4.16"><span class="content">on those living in the land of the shadow of death</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.4.16"><span class="content">a light has dawned.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:16 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 9:1,2</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.4.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">From that time on Jesus began to preach, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Calls His First Disciples</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.4.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Come, follow me,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;and I will send you out to fish for people.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">At once they left their nets and followed him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.4.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Heals the Sick</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.4.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.4.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.4.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:25 </span><span class="ft">That is, the Ten Cities</span></span></span><span class="content"> Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch2" data-usfm="ROM.2.17+ROM.2.18+ROM.2.19+ROM.2.20+ROM.2.21+ROM.2.22+ROM.2.23+ROM.2.24+ROM.2.25+ROM.2.26+ROM.2.27+ROM.2.28+ROM.2.29">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">As it is written: &#8220;God&#8217;s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:24 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 52:5 (see Septuagint); Ezek. 36:20,22</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.2.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law&#8217;s requirements, will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised? </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">who, by means of a</span></span></span><span class="content"> written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.2.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ROM.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ROM.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person&#8217;s praise is not from other people, but from God.</span></span></div>
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