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        <div class="chapter ch33" data-usfm="JOB.33">
            <div class="label">33</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.33.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;But now, Job, listen to my words;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.33.1"><span class="content">pay attention to everything I say.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.33.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.33.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I am about to open my mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.33.2"><span class="content">my words are on the tip of my tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.33.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.33.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">My words come from an upright heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.33.3"><span class="content">my lips sincerely speak what I know.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.33.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.33.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The Spirit of God has made me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.33.4"><span class="content">the breath of the Almighty gives me life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.33.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.33.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Answer me then, if you can;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.33.5"><span class="content">stand up and argue your case before me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.33.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.33.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I am the same as you in God&#8217;s sight;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.33.6"><span class="content">I too am a piece of clay.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.33.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.33.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">No fear of me should alarm you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.33.7"><span class="content">nor should my hand be heavy on you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.33.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.33.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;But you have said in my hearing&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.33.8"><span class="content">I heard the very words&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.33.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.33.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8216;I am pure, I have done no wrong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.33.9"><span class="content">I am clean and free from sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.33.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.33.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Yet God has found fault with me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.33.10"><span class="content">he considers me his enemy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.33.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.33.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He fastens my feet in shackles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.33.11"><span class="content">he keeps close watch on all my paths.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.33.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.33.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;But I tell you, in this you are not right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.33.12"><span class="content">for God is greater than any mortal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.33.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.33.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Why do you complain to him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.33.13"><span class="content">that he responds to no one&#8217;s words</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">that he does not answer for any of his actions</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.33.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.33.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For God does speak&#8212;now one way, now another&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.33.14"><span class="content">though no one perceives it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.33.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.33.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">In a dream, in a vision of the night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.33.15"><span class="content">when deep sleep falls on people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.33.15"><span class="content">as they slumber in their beds,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.33.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.33.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">he may speak in their ears</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.33.16"><span class="content">and terrify them with warnings,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.33.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.33.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">to turn them from wrongdoing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.33.17"><span class="content">and keep them from pride,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.33.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.33.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">to preserve them from the pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.33.18"><span class="content">their lives from perishing by the sword.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">from crossing the river</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.33.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.33.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Or someone may be chastened on a bed of pain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.33.19"><span class="content">with constant distress in their bones,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.33.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.33.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">so that their body finds food repulsive</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.33.20"><span class="content">and their soul loathes the choicest meal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.33.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.33.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Their flesh wastes away to nothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.33.21"><span class="content">and their bones, once hidden, now stick out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.33.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.33.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">They draw near to the pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.33.22"><span class="content">and their life to the messengers of death.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">to the place of the dead</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.33.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.33.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Yet if there is an angel at their side,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.33.23"><span class="content">a messenger, one out of a thousand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.33.23"><span class="content">sent to tell them how to be upright,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.33.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.33.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">and he is gracious to that person and says to God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.33.24"><span class="content">&#8216;Spare them from going down to the pit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.33.24"><span class="content">I have found a ransom for them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.33.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.33.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">let their flesh be renewed like a child&#8217;s;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.33.25"><span class="content">let them be restored as in the days of their youth&#8217;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.33.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.33.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">then that person can pray to God and find favor with him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.33.26"><span class="content">they will see God&#8217;s face and shout for joy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.33.26"><span class="content">he will restore them to full well-being.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.33.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.33.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">And they will go to others and say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.33.27"><span class="content">&#8216;I have sinned, I have perverted what is right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.33.27"><span class="content">but I did not get what I deserved.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.33.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.33.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">God has delivered me from going down to the pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.33.28"><span class="content">and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.33.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.33.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;God does all these things to a person&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.33.29"><span class="content">twice, even three times&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.33.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.33.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">to turn them back from the pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.33.30"><span class="content">that the light of life may shine on them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.33.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.33.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;Pay attention, Job, and listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.33.31"><span class="content">be silent, and I will speak.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.33.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.33.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">If you have anything to say, answer me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.33.32"><span class="content">speak up, for I want to vindicate you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.33.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.33.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">But if not, then listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.33.33"><span class="content">be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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    <div class="book bkZEC">
        <div class="chapter ch9" data-usfm="ZEC.9">
            <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment on Israel&#8217;s Enemies</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A prophecy:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.9.1"><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is against the land of Hadrak</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.9.1"><span class="content">and will come to rest on Damascus&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.9.1"><span class="content">for the eyes of all people and all the tribes of Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.9.1"><span class="content">are on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Damascus. / For the eye of the <span class="nd">Lord</span> is on all people, / as well as on the tribes of Israel,</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.9.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and on Hamath too, which borders on it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.9.2"><span class="content">and on Tyre and Sidon, though they are very skillful.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Tyre has built herself a stronghold;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.9.3"><span class="content">she has heaped up silver like dust,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.9.3"><span class="content">and gold like the dirt of the streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But the Lord will take away her possessions</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.9.4"><span class="content">and destroy her power on the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.9.4"><span class="content">and she will be consumed by fire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.9.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Ashkelon will see it and fear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.9.5"><span class="content">Gaza will writhe in agony,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.9.5"><span class="content">and Ekron too, for her hope will wither.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.9.5"><span class="content">Gaza will lose her king</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.9.5"><span class="content">and Ashkelon will be deserted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A mongrel people will occupy Ashdod,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.9.6"><span class="content">and I will put an end to the pride of the Philistines.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will take the blood from their mouths,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.9.7"><span class="content">the forbidden food from between their teeth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.9.7"><span class="content">Those who are left will belong to our God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.9.7"><span class="content">and become a clan in Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.9.7"><span class="content">and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But I will encamp at my temple</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.9.8"><span class="content">to guard it against marauding forces.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.9.8"><span class="content">Never again will an oppressor overrun my people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.9.8"><span class="content">for now I am keeping watch.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Coming of Zion&#8217;s King</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.9.9"><span class="content">Shout, Daughter Jerusalem!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.9.9"><span class="content">See, your king comes to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.9.9"><span class="content">righteous and victorious,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.9.9"><span class="content">lowly and riding on a donkey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.9.9"><span class="content">on a colt, the foal of a donkey.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I will take away the chariots from Ephraim</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.9.10"><span class="content">and the warhorses from Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.9.10"><span class="content">and the battle bow will be broken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.9.10"><span class="content">He will proclaim peace to the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.9.10"><span class="content">His rule will extend from sea to sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.9.10"><span class="content">and from the River</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:10 </span><span class="ft">That is, the Euphrates</span></span></span><span class="content"> to the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.9.11"><span class="content">I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Return to your fortress, you prisoners of hope;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.9.12"><span class="content">even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I will bend Judah as I bend my bow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.9.13"><span class="content">and fill it with Ephraim.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.9.13"><span class="content">I will rouse your sons, Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.9.13"><span class="content">against your sons, Greece,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.9.13"><span class="content">and make you like a warrior&#8217;s sword.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading"> Will Appear</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEC.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will appear over them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEC.9.14"><span class="content">his arrow will flash like lightning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEC.9.14"><span class="content">The Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will sound the trumpet;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEC.9.14"><span class="content">he will march in the storms of the south,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEC.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty will shield them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.9.15"><span class="content">They will destroy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.9.15"><span class="content">and overcome with slingstones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.9.15"><span class="content">They will drink and roar as with wine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.9.15"><span class="content">they will be full like a bowl</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.9.15"><span class="content">used for sprinkling</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">bowl, / like</span></span></span><span class="content"> the corners of the altar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEC.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God will save his people on that day</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEC.9.16"><span class="content">as a shepherd saves his flock.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEC.9.16"><span class="content">They will sparkle in his land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEC.9.16"><span class="content">like jewels in a crown.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEC.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEC.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">How attractive and beautiful they will be!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEC.9.17"><span class="content">Grain will make the young men thrive,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEC.9.17"><span class="content">and new wine the young women.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">7</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">144,000 Sealed</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.7.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.7.5"><span class="content">from the tribe of Reuben 12,000,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.7.5"><span class="content">from the tribe of Gad 12,000,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.7.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Asher 12,000,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.7.6"><span class="content">from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.7.6"><span class="content">from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.7.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Simeon 12,000,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.7.7"><span class="content">from the tribe of Levi 12,000,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.7.7"><span class="content">from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.7.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.7.8"><span class="content">from the tribe of Joseph 12,000,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.7.8"><span class="content">from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Great Multitude in White Robes</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.7.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And they cried out in a loud voice:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.7.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Salvation belongs to our God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.7.10"><span class="content">who sits on the throne,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.7.10"><span class="content">and to the Lamb.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.7.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">saying:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="content">&#8220;Amen!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="content">Praise and glory</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="content">and wisdom and thanks and honor</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="content">and power and strength</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="content">be to our God for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="content">Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.7.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then one of the elders asked me, &#8220;These in white robes&#8212;who are they, and where did they come from?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.7.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I answered, &#8220;Sir, you know.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.7.14"><span class="content">And he said, &#8220;These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Therefore,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.7.15"><span class="content">&#8220;they are before the throne of God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.7.15"><span class="content">and serve him day and night in his temple;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.7.15"><span class="content">and he who sits on the throne</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.7.15"><span class="content">will shelter them with his presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.7.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8216;Never again will they hunger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.7.16"><span class="content">never again will they thirst.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.7.16"><span class="content">The sun will not beat down on them,&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:16 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" data-usfm="ISA.49.10">Isaiah 49:10</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.7.16"><span class="content">nor any scorching heat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.7.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For the Lamb at the center of the throne</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.7.17"><span class="content">will be their shepherd;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.7.17"><span class="content">&#8216;he will lead them to springs of living water.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:17 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" data-usfm="ISA.49.10">Isaiah 49:10</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.7.17"><span class="content">&#8216;And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:17 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" data-usfm="ISA.25.8">Isaiah 25:8</span></span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.8.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.8.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God&#8217;s people, on the golden altar in front of the throne. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God&#8217;s people, went up before God from the angel&#8217;s hand. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Trumpets</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">the name of the star is Wormwood.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:11 </span><span class="ft">Wormwood is a bitter substance.</span></span></span><span class="content"> A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.8.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call out in a loud voice: &#8220;Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!&#8221;</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">9</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Their hair was like women&#8217;s hair, and their teeth were like lions&#8217; teeth. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, &#8220;Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood&#8212;idols that cannot see or hear or walk. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.</span></span></div>
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