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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Bricks Without Straw</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, &#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, says: &#8216;Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the wilderness.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Pharaoh said, &#8220;Who is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and I will not let Israel go.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then they said, &#8220;The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God, or he may strike us with plagues or with the sword.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But the king of Egypt said, &#8220;Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their labor? Get back to your work!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then Pharaoh said, &#8220;Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and overseers in charge of the people: </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don&#8217;t reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, &#8216;Let us go and sacrifice to our God.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then the slave drivers and the overseers went out and said to the people, &#8220;This is what Pharaoh says: &#8216;I will not give you any more straw. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced at all.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So the people scattered all over Egypt to gather stubble to use for straw. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, &#8220;Complete the work required of you for each day, just as when you had straw.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And Pharaoh&#8217;s slave drivers beat the Israelite overseers they had appointed, demanding, &#8220;Why haven&#8217;t you met your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as before?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then the Israelite overseers went and appealed to Pharaoh: &#8220;Why have you treated your servants this way? </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Your servants are given no straw, yet we are told, &#8216;Make bricks!&#8217; Your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Pharaoh said, &#8220;Lazy, that&#8217;s what you are&#8212;lazy! That is why you keep saying, &#8216;Let us go and sacrifice to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Now get to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.5.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The Israelite overseers realized they were in trouble when they were told, &#8220;You are not to reduce the number of bricks required of you for each day.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">When they left Pharaoh, they found Moses and Aaron waiting to meet them, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">and they said, &#8220;May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> look on you and judge you! You have made us obnoxious to Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God Promises Deliverance</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.5.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Moses returned to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and said, &#8220;Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Is this why you sent me? </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and you have not rescued your people at all.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">6</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, &#8220;Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.6.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">God also said to Moses, &#8220;I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">El-Shaddai</span></span></span><span class="content"> but by my name 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">6:3 </span><span class="ft">See note at 3:15.</span></span></span><span class="content"> I did not make myself fully known to them. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.6.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore, say to the Israelites: &#8216;I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.6.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.6.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.6.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But Moses said to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:12 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">I am uncircumcised of lips</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 30</span></span></span><span class="content">?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Family Record of Moses and Aaron</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.6.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Now the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to Moses and Aaron about the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he commanded them to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="mi"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.6.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">These were the heads of their families</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:14 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">families </span><span class="ft">here and in verse 25 refers to units larger than clans.</span></span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.6.14"><span class="content">The sons of Reuben the firstborn son of Israel were Hanok and Pallu, Hezron and Karmi. These were the clans of Reuben.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.6.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.6.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.6.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.6.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.6.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The sons of Gershon, by clans, were Libni and Shimei.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.6.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.6.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.6.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.6.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.6.19"><span class="content">These were the clans of Levi according to their records.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.6.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.6.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Amram married his father&#8217;s sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.6.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.6.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg and Zikri.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.6.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.6.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan and Sithri.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.6.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.6.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.6.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.6.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The sons of Korah were: Assir, Elkanah and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.6.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.6.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.6.25"><span class="content">These were the heads of the Levite families, clan by clan.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.6.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EXO.6.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;Bring the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EXO.6.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing the Israelites out of Egypt&#8212;this same Moses and Aaron.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Aaron to Speak for Moses</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EXO.6.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EXO.6.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Now when the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to Moses in Egypt, </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EXO.6.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">he said to him, &#8220;I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I tell you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EXO.6.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EXO.6.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">But Moses said to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;Since I speak with faltering lips, why would Pharaoh listen to me?&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">58</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 58</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 58:1-11 is numbered 58:2-12.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;Do Not Destroy.&#8221; Of David. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">miktam.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.58.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Do you rulers indeed speak justly?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.58.1"><span class="content">Do you judge people with equity?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.58.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.58.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">No, in your heart you devise injustice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.58.2"><span class="content">and your hands mete out violence on the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.58.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.58.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Even from birth the wicked go astray;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.58.3"><span class="content">from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.58.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.58.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Their venom is like the venom of a snake,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.58.4"><span class="content">like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.58.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.58.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">that will not heed the tune of the charmer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.58.5"><span class="content">however skillful the enchanter may be.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.58.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.58.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.58.6"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, tear out the fangs of those lions!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.58.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.58.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Let them vanish like water that flows away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.58.7"><span class="content">when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.58.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.58.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.58.8"><span class="content">like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.58.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.58.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.58.9"><span class="content">whether they be green or dry&#8212;the wicked will be swept away.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">58:9 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.58.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.58.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The righteous will be glad when they are avenged,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.58.10"><span class="content">when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.58.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.58.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then people will say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.58.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Surely the righteous still are rewarded;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.58.11"><span class="content">surely there is a God who judges the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">59</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 59</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 59:1-17 is numbered 59:2-18.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;Do Not Destroy.&#8221; Of David. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">miktam.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> When Saul had sent men to watch David&#8217;s house in order to kill him.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.59.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Deliver me from my enemies, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.59.1"><span class="content">be my fortress against those who are attacking me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.59.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.59.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Deliver me from evildoers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.59.2"><span class="content">and save me from those who are after my blood.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.59.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.59.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">See how they lie in wait for me!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.59.3"><span class="content">Fierce men conspire against me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.59.3"><span class="content">for no offense or sin of mine, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.59.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.59.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.59.4"><span class="content">Arise to help me; look on my plight!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.59.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.59.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.59.5"><span class="content">you who are the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.59.5"><span class="content">rouse yourself to punish all the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.59.5"><span class="content">show no mercy to wicked traitors.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">59:5 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.59.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.59.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They return at evening,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.59.6"><span class="content">snarling like dogs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.59.6"><span class="content">and prowl about the city.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.59.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.59.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">See what they spew from their mouths&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.59.7"><span class="content">the words from their lips are sharp as swords,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.59.7"><span class="content">and they think, &#8220;Who can hear us?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.59.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.59.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But you laugh at them, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.59.8"><span class="content">you scoff at all those nations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.59.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.59.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You are my strength, I watch for you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.59.9"><span class="content">you, God, are my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.59.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.59.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">my God on whom I can rely.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.59.10"><span class="content">God will go before me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.59.10"><span class="content">and will let me gloat over those who slander me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.59.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.59.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But do not kill them, Lord our shield,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">59:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sovereign</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.59.11"><span class="content">or my people will forget.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.59.11"><span class="content">In your might uproot them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.59.11"><span class="content">and bring them down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.59.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.59.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For the sins of their mouths,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.59.12"><span class="content">for the words of their lips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.59.12"><span class="content">let them be caught in their pride.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.59.12"><span class="content">For the curses and lies they utter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.59.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.59.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">consume them in your wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.59.13"><span class="content">consume them till they are no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.59.13"><span class="content">Then it will be known to the ends of the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.59.13"><span class="content">that God rules over Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.59.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.59.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They return at evening,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.59.14"><span class="content">snarling like dogs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.59.14"><span class="content">and prowl about the city.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.59.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.59.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">They wander about for food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.59.15"><span class="content">and howl if not satisfied.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.59.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.59.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But I will sing of your strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.59.16"><span class="content">in the morning I will sing of your love;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.59.16"><span class="content">for you are my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.59.16"><span class="content">my refuge in times of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.59.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.59.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">You are my strength, I sing praise to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.59.17"><span class="content">you, God, are my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.59.17"><span class="content">my God on whom I can rely.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Brothers and sisters, my heart&#8217;s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God&#8217;s righteousness. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: &#8220;The person who does these things will live by them.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:5 </span><span class="ft">Lev. 18:5</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But the righteousness that is by faith says: &#8220;Do not say in your heart, &#8216;Who will ascend into heaven?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:6 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 30:12</span></span></span><span class="content"> (that is, to bring Christ down) </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;or &#8216;Who will descend into the deep?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:7 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 30:13</span></span></span><span class="content"> (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But what does it say? &#8220;The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:8 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 30:14</span></span></span><span class="content"> that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If you declare with your mouth, &#8220;Jesus is Lord,&#8221; and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">As Scripture says, &#8220;Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:11 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 28:16 (see Septuagint)</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile&#8212;the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">for, &#8220;Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:13 </span><span class="ft">Joel 2:32</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.10.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: &#8220;How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:15 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 52:7</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.10.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, &#8220;Lord, who has believed our message?&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:16 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 53:1</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.10.18"><span class="content">&#8220;Their voice has gone out into all the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.10.18"><span class="content">their words to the ends of the world.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:18 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 19:4</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.10.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First, Moses says,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.10.19"><span class="content">&#8220;I will make you envious by those who are not a nation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.10.19"><span class="content">I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:19 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 32:21</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.10.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And Isaiah boldly says,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.10.20"><span class="content">&#8220;I was found by those who did not seek me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.10.20"><span class="content">I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:20 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 65:1</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.10.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But concerning Israel he says,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.10.21"><span class="content">&#8220;All day long I have held out my hands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.10.21"><span class="content">to a disobedient and obstinate people.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:21 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 65:2</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Remnant of Israel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don&#8217;t you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah&#8212;how he appealed to God against Israel: </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:3 </span><span class="ft">1 Kings 19:10,14</span></span></span><span class="content">? </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And what was God&#8217;s answer to him? &#8220;I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:4 </span><span class="ft">1 Kings 19:18</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain. The elect among them did, but the others were hardened, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">as it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.11.8"><span class="content">&#8220;God gave them a spirit of stupor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.11.8"><span class="content">eyes that could not see</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.11.8"><span class="content">and ears that could not hear,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.11.8"><span class="content">to this very day.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:8 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 29:4; Isaiah 29:10</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.11.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And David says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.11.9"><span class="content">&#8220;May their table become a snare and a trap,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.11.9"><span class="content">a stumbling block and a retribution for them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.11.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.11.10"><span class="content">and their backs be bent forever.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:10 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 69:22,23</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ingrafted Branches</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.11.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their full inclusion bring!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.11.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">For if their rejection brought reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.11.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">You will say then, &#8220;Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but tremble. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.11.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">All Israel Will Be Saved</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.11.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">and in this way</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and so</span></span></span><span class="content"> all Israel will be saved. As it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.11.26"><span class="content">&#8220;The deliverer will come from Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.11.26"><span class="content">he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.11.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">And this is</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will be</span></span></span><span class="content"> my covenant with them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.11.27"><span class="content">when I take away their sins.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:27 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 59:20,21; 27:9 (see Septuagint); Jer. 31:33,34</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.11.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ROM.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs, </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ROM.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">for God&#8217;s gifts and his call are irrevocable. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ROM.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ROM.11.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:31 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts do not have </span><span class="fqa">now.</span></span></span><span class="content"> receive mercy as a result of God&#8217;s mercy to you. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ROM.11.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Doxology</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ROM.11.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ROM.11.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:33 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">riches and the wisdom and the</span></span></span><span class="content"> knowledge of God!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ROM.11.33"><span class="content">How unsearchable his judgments,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ROM.11.33"><span class="content">and his paths beyond tracing out!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ROM.11.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ROM.11.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who has known the mind of the Lord?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ROM.11.34"><span class="content">Or who has been his counselor?&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:34 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 40:13</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ROM.11.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ROM.11.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who has ever given to God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ROM.11.35"><span class="content">that God should repay them?&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:35 </span><span class="ft">Job 41:11</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ROM.11.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ROM.11.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">For from him and through him and for him are all things.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ROM.11.36"><span class="content">To him be the glory forever! Amen.</span></span></div>
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