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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.42.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They said to one another, &#8220;Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw how distressed he was when he pleaded with us for his life, but we would not listen; that&#8217;s why this distress has come on us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.42.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.42.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Reuben replied, &#8220;Didn&#8217;t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you wouldn&#8217;t listen! Now we must give an accounting for his blood.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.42.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">They did not realize that Joseph could understand them, since he was using an interpreter.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.42.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.42.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He turned away from them and began to weep, but then came back and spoke to them again. He had Simeon taken from them and bound before their eyes.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.42.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.42.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to put each man&#8217;s silver back in his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. After this was done for them, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.42.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.42.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.42.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">At the place where they stopped for the night one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of his sack. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.42.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;My silver has been returned,&#8221; he said to his brothers. &#8220;Here it is in my sack.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.42.28"><span class="content">Their hearts sank and they turned to each other trembling and said, &#8220;What is this that God has done to us?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.42.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.42.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them. They said, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.42.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;The man who is lord over the land spoke harshly to us and treated us as though we were spying on the land. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.42.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">But we said to him, &#8216;We are honest men; we are not spies. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.42.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">We were twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in Canaan.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.42.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.42.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then the man who is lord over the land said to us, &#8216;This is how I will know whether you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for your starving households and go. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.42.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">But bring your youngest brother to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">42:34 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">move about freely</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the land.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.42.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="GEN.42.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">As they were emptying their sacks, there in each man&#8217;s sack was his pouch of silver! When they and their father saw the money pouches, they were frightened. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="GEN.42.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Their father Jacob said to them, &#8220;You have deprived me of my children. Joseph is no more and Simeon is no more, and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="GEN.42.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="GEN.42.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Then Reuben said to his father, &#8220;You may put both of my sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him back.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="GEN.42.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="GEN.42.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">But Jacob said, &#8220;My son will not go down there with you; his brother is dead and he is the only one left. If harm comes to him on the journey you are taking, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in sorrow.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel Asks for a King</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as Israel&#8217;s leaders.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:1 </span><span class="ft">Traditionally </span><span class="fqa">judges</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The name of his firstborn was Joel and the name of his second was Abijah, and they served at Beersheba. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But his sons did not follow his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They said to him, &#8220;You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king to lead</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:5 </span><span class="ft">Traditionally </span><span class="fqa">judge</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 6 and 20</span></span></span><span class="content"> us, such as all the other nations have.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But when they said, &#8220;Give us a king to lead us,&#8221; this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> told him: &#8220;Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Samuel told all the words of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> to the people who were asking him for a king. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He said, &#8220;This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Some he will assign to be commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:16 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">young men</span></span></span><span class="content"> and donkeys he will take for his own use. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will not answer you in that day.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.8.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But the people refused to listen to Samuel. &#8220;No!&#8221; they said. &#8220;We want a king over us. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.8.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> answered, &#8220;Listen to them and give them a king.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.8.22"><span class="content">Then Samuel said to the Israelites, &#8220;Everyone go back to your own town.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch16" data-usfm="JOB.16.15+JOB.16.16+JOB.16.17+JOB.16.18+JOB.16.19+JOB.16.20+JOB.16.21+JOB.16.22">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have sewed sackcloth over my skin</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.16.15"><span class="content">and buried my brow in the dust.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.16.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">My face is red with weeping,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.16.16"><span class="content">dark shadows ring my eyes;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.16.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">yet my hands have been free of violence</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.16.17"><span class="content">and my prayer is pure.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.16.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Earth, do not cover my blood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.16.18"><span class="content">may my cry never be laid to rest!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.16.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Even now my witness is in heaven;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.16.19"><span class="content">my advocate is on high.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.16.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">My intercessor is my friend</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">My friends treat me with scorn</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.16.20"><span class="content">as my eyes pour out tears to God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.16.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">on behalf of a man he pleads with God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.16.21"><span class="content">as one pleads for a friend.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.16.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Only a few years will pass</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.16.22"><span class="content">before I take the path of no return.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My spirit is broken,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.17.1"><span class="content">my days are cut short,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.17.1"><span class="content">the grave awaits me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.17.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Surely mockers surround me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.17.2"><span class="content">my eyes must dwell on their hostility.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">59</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Sin, Confession and Redemption</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.59.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Surely the arm of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is not too short to save,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.59.1"><span class="content">nor his ear too dull to hear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.59.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.59.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But your iniquities have separated</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.59.2"><span class="content">you from your God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.59.2"><span class="content">your sins have hidden his face from you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.59.2"><span class="content">so that he will not hear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.59.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.59.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For your hands are stained with blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.59.3"><span class="content">your fingers with guilt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.59.3"><span class="content">Your lips have spoken falsely,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.59.3"><span class="content">and your tongue mutters wicked things.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.59.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.59.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">No one calls for justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.59.4"><span class="content">no one pleads a case with integrity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.59.4"><span class="content">They rely on empty arguments, they utter lies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.59.4"><span class="content">they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.59.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.59.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They hatch the eggs of vipers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.59.5"><span class="content">and spin a spider&#8217;s web.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.59.5"><span class="content">Whoever eats their eggs will die,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.59.5"><span class="content">and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.59.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.59.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Their cobwebs are useless for clothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.59.6"><span class="content">they cannot cover themselves with what they make.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.59.6"><span class="content">Their deeds are evil deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.59.6"><span class="content">and acts of violence are in their hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.59.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.59.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Their feet rush into sin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.59.7"><span class="content">they are swift to shed innocent blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.59.7"><span class="content">They pursue evil schemes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.59.7"><span class="content">acts of violence mark their ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.59.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.59.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The way of peace they do not know;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.59.8"><span class="content">there is no justice in their paths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.59.8"><span class="content">They have turned them into crooked roads;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.59.8"><span class="content">no one who walks along them will know peace.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.59.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.59.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So justice is far from us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.59.9"><span class="content">and righteousness does not reach us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.59.9"><span class="content">We look for light, but all is darkness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.59.9"><span class="content">for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.59.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.59.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Like the blind we grope along the wall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.59.10"><span class="content">feeling our way like people without eyes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.59.10"><span class="content">At midday we stumble as if it were twilight;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.59.10"><span class="content">among the strong, we are like the dead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.59.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.59.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">We all growl like bears;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.59.11"><span class="content">we moan mournfully like doves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.59.11"><span class="content">We look for justice, but find none;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.59.11"><span class="content">for deliverance, but it is far away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.59.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.59.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For our offenses are many in your sight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.59.12"><span class="content">and our sins testify against us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.59.12"><span class="content">Our offenses are ever with us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.59.12"><span class="content">and we acknowledge our iniquities:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.59.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.59.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">rebellion and treachery against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.59.13"><span class="content">turning our backs on our God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.59.13"><span class="content">inciting revolt and oppression,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.59.13"><span class="content">uttering lies our hearts have conceived.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.59.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.59.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So justice is driven back,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.59.14"><span class="content">and righteousness stands at a distance;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.59.14"><span class="content">truth has stumbled in the streets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.59.14"><span class="content">honesty cannot enter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.59.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.59.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Truth is nowhere to be found,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.59.15"><span class="content">and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.59.15"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> looked and was displeased</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.59.15"><span class="content">that there was no justice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.59.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.59.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He saw that there was no one,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.59.16"><span class="content">he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.59.16"><span class="content">so his own arm achieved salvation for him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.59.16"><span class="content">and his own righteousness sustained him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.59.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.59.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He put on righteousness as his breastplate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.59.17"><span class="content">and the helmet of salvation on his head;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.59.17"><span class="content">he put on the garments of vengeance</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.59.17"><span class="content">and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.59.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">According to what they have done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="content">so will he repay</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="content">wrath to his enemies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="content">and retribution to his foes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="content">he will repay the islands their due.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.59.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">From the west, people will fear the name of 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="ISA.59.19"><span class="content">and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.59.19"><span class="content">For he will come like a pent-up flood</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.59.19"><span class="content">that the breath of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> drives along.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">59:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">When enemies come in like a flood, / the Spirit of the <span class="nd">Lord</span> will put them to flight</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.59.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.59.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;The Redeemer will come to Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.59.20"><span class="content">to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.59.20"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.59.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.59.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;As for me, this is my covenant with them,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. &#8220;My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants&#8212;from this time on and forever,&#8221; says 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 v17" data-usfm="MAT.26.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, &#8220;Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.26.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.26.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, &#8216;The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.26.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.26.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.26.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the Twelve. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.26.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">And while they were eating, he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.26.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.26.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, &#8220;Surely you don&#8217;t mean me, Lord?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.26.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.26.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.26.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.26.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.26.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, &#8220;Surely you don&#8217;t mean me, Rabbi?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.26.25"><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You have said so.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.26.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.26.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Take and eat; this is my body.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.26.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.26.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Drink from it, all of you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.26.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">This is my blood of the</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:28 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">the new</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.26.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father&#8217;s kingdom.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.26.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.26.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch11" data-usfm="1CO.11.2+1CO.11.3+1CO.11.4+1CO.11.5+1CO.11.6+1CO.11.7+1CO.11.8+1CO.11.9+1CO.11.10">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the traditions just as I passed them on to you. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of the wife is her husband</span></span></span><span class="content"> and the head of Christ is God. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head&#8212;it is the same as having her head shaved. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">A man ought not to cover his head,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:4-7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fv">4 </span><span class="fqa">Every man who prays or prophesies with long hair dishonors his head. </span><span class="fv">5 </span><span class="fqa">But every woman who prays or prophesies with no covering of hair dishonors her head&#8212;she is just like one of the &#8220;shorn women.&#8221; </span><span class="fv">6 </span><span class="fqa">If a woman has no covering, let her be for now with short hair; but since it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair shorn or shaved, she should grow it again. </span><span class="fv">7 </span><span class="fqa">A man ought not to have long hair</span></span></span><span class="content"> since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">It is for this reason that a woman ought to have authority over her own</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">have a sign of authority on her</span></span></span><span class="content"> head, because of the angels. </span></span></div>
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