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      <div class="chapter ch40" data-usfm="ISA.40.1+ISA.40.2+ISA.40.3+ISA.40.4+ISA.40.5">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.40.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Comfort, comfort my people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.40.1"><span class="content">says your God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.40.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="content">and proclaim to her</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="content">that her hard service has been completed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="content">that her sin has been paid for,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="content">that she has received from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="content">double for all her sins.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A voice of one calling:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"><span class="content">&#8220;In the wilderness prepare</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"><span class="content">the way for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">A voice of one calling in the wilderness: / &#8220;Prepare the way for the <span class="nd">Lord</span></span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"><span class="content">make straight in the desert</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"><span class="content">a highway for our God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">make straight the paths of our God</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.40.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Every valley shall be raised up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.40.4"><span class="content">every mountain and hill made low;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.40.4"><span class="content">the rough ground shall become level,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.40.4"><span class="content">the rugged places a plain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.40.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.40.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be revealed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.40.5"><span class="content">and all people will see it together.</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.40.5"><span class="content">For the mouth of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You who bring good news to Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">go up on a high mountain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">You who bring good news to Jerusalem,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Zion, bringer of good news, / go up on a high mountain. / Jerusalem, bringer of good news</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">lift up your voice with a shout,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">lift it up, do not be afraid;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">say to the towns of Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Here is your God!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.40.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">See, the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> comes with power,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.40.10"><span class="content">and he rules with a mighty arm.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.40.10"><span class="content">See, his reward is with him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.40.10"><span class="content">and his recompense accompanies him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.40.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.40.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He tends his flock like a shepherd:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.40.11"><span class="content">He gathers the lambs in his arms</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.40.11"><span class="content">and carries them close to his heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.40.11"><span class="content">he gently leads those that have young.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2PE.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2PE.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2PE.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2PE.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:10 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">be burned up</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2PE.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2PE.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2PE.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">as you wait eagerly for the day of God to come</span></span></span><span class="content"> That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2PE.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2PE.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2PE.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. </span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkMRK">
      <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="MRK.1.1+MRK.1.2+MRK.1.3+MRK.1.4+MRK.1.5+MRK.1.6+MRK.1.7+MRK.1.8">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Jesus Christ. </span><span class="fq">Messiah </span><span class="ft">(Hebrew) and </span><span class="fqa">Christ </span><span class="ft">(Greek) both mean </span><span class="fqa">Anointed One.</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Son of God,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts do not have </span><span class="fqa">the Son of God.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">as it is written in Isaiah the prophet:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.1.2"><span class="content">&#8220;I will send my messenger ahead of you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.1.2"><span class="content">who will prepare your way&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:2 </span><span class="ft">Mal. 3:1</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;a voice of one calling in the wilderness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.1.3"><span class="content">&#8216;Prepare the way for the Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.1.3"><span class="content">make straight paths for him.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:3 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 40:3</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">John wore clothing made of camel&#8217;s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And this was his message: &#8220;After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I baptize you with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> water, but he will baptize you with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Holy Spirit.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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