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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">There they crucified him, and with him two others&#8212;one on each side and Jesus in the middle.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.19.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">jesus of nazareth, the king of the jews</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, &#8220;Do not write &#8216;The King of the Jews,&#8217; but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.19.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.19.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Pilate answered, &#8220;What I have written, I have written.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.19.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.19.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.19.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let&#8217;s not tear it,&#8221; they said to one another. &#8220;Let&#8217;s decide by lot who will get it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"><span class="content">This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"><span class="content">&#8220;They divided my clothes among them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"><span class="content">and cast lots for my garment.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:24 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 22:18</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"><span class="content">So this is what the soldiers did.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.19.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother&#8217;s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.19.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woman,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:26 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">Woman </span><span class="ft">does not denote any disrespect.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">here is your son,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.19.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">and to the disciple, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Here is your mother.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Lamb and the 144,000</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father&#8217;s name written on their foreheads. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among mankind and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Three Angels</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth&#8212;to every nation, tribe, language and people. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He said in a loud voice, &#8220;Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.14.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A second angel followed and said, &#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:8 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 21:9</span></span></span><span class="content"> which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.14.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: &#8220;If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">they, too, will drink the wine of God&#8217;s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.14.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then I heard a voice from heaven say, &#8220;Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.14.13"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes,&#8221; says the Spirit, &#8220;they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Harvesting the Earth and Trampling the Winepress</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.14.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:14 </span><span class="ft">See Daniel 7:13.</span></span></span><span class="content"> with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, &#8220;Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.14.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, &#8220;Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth&#8217;s vine, because its grapes are ripe.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God&#8217;s wrath. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses&#8217; bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:20 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 180 miles or about 300 kilometers</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;He is wooing you from the jaws of distress</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="content">to a spacious place free from restriction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="content">to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.36.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.36.17"><span class="content">judgment and justice have taken hold of you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.36.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.36.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Be careful that no one entices you by riches;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.36.18"><span class="content">do not let a large bribe turn you aside.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.36.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.36.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.36.19"><span class="content">sustain you so you would not be in distress?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.36.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.36.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Do not long for the night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.36.20"><span class="content">to drag people away from their homes.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:20 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for verses 18-20 is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.36.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.36.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Beware of turning to evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.36.21"><span class="content">which you seem to prefer to affliction.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.36.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.36.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;God is exalted in his power.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.36.22"><span class="content">Who is a teacher like him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.36.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.36.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Who has prescribed his ways for him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.36.23"><span class="content">or said to him, &#8216;You have done wrong&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.36.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.36.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Remember to extol his work,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.36.24"><span class="content">which people have praised in song.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.36.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.36.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">All humanity has seen it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.36.25"><span class="content">mortals gaze on it from afar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.36.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.36.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">How great is God&#8212;beyond our understanding!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.36.26"><span class="content">The number of his years is past finding out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.36.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.36.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;He draws up the drops of water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.36.27"><span class="content">which distill as rain to the streams</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">distill from the mist as rain</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.36.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.36.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">the clouds pour down their moisture</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.36.28"><span class="content">and abundant showers fall on mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.36.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.36.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.36.29"><span class="content">how he thunders from his pavilion?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.36.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.36.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">See how he scatters his lightning about him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.36.30"><span class="content">bathing the depths of the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.36.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.36.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">This is the way he governs</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:31 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">nourishes</span></span></span><span class="content"> the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.36.31"><span class="content">and provides food in abundance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.36.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.36.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">He fills his hands with lightning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.36.32"><span class="content">and commands it to strike its mark.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.36.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.36.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">His thunder announces the coming storm;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.36.33"><span class="content">even the cattle make known its approach.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:33 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">announces his coming&#8212; / the One zealous against evil</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A prophecy concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Anger Against Nineveh</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a jealous and avenging God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.1.2"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> takes vengeance and is filled with wrath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.1.2"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> takes vengeance on his foes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.1.2"><span class="content">and vents his wrath against his enemies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is slow to anger but great in power;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.1.3"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will not leave the guilty unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.1.3"><span class="content">His way is in the whirlwind and the storm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.1.3"><span class="content">and clouds are the dust of his feet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He rebukes the sea and dries it up;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.1.4"><span class="content">he makes all the rivers run dry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.1.4"><span class="content">Bashan and Carmel wither</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.1.4"><span class="content">and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The mountains quake before him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.1.5"><span class="content">and the hills melt away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.1.5"><span class="content">The earth trembles at his presence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.1.5"><span class="content">the world and all who live in it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Who can withstand his indignation?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.1.6"><span class="content">Who can endure his fierce anger?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.1.6"><span class="content">His wrath is poured out like fire;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.1.6"><span class="content">the rocks are shattered before him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.1.7"><span class="content">a refuge in times of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.1.7"><span class="content">He cares for those who trust in him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">but with an overwhelming flood</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.1.8"><span class="content">he will make an end of Nineveh;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.1.8"><span class="content">he will pursue his foes into the realm of darkness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Whatever they plot against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.1.9"><span class="content">he will bring</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">What do you foes plot against the <span class="nd">Lord</span>? / He will bring it</span></span></span><span class="content"> to an end;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.1.9"><span class="content">trouble will not come a second time.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They will be entangled among thorns</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.1.10"><span class="content">and drunk from their wine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.1.10"><span class="content">they will be consumed like dry stubble.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:10 </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 v10" data-usfm="NAM.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">From you, Nineveh, has one come forth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.1.11"><span class="content">who plots evil against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.1.11"><span class="content">and devises wicked plans.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.1.12"><span class="content">&#8220;Although they have allies and are numerous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.1.12"><span class="content">they will be destroyed and pass away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.1.12"><span class="content">Although I have afflicted you, Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.1.12"><span class="content">I will afflict you no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Now I will break their yoke from your neck</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.1.13"><span class="content">and tear your shackles away.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has given a command concerning you, Nineveh:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.1.14"><span class="content">&#8220;You will have no descendants to bear your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.1.14"><span class="content">I will destroy the images and idols</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.1.14"><span class="content">that are in the temple of your gods.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.1.14"><span class="content">I will prepare your grave,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.1.14"><span class="content">for you are vile.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Look, there on the mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.1.15"><span class="content">the feet of one who brings good news,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.1.15"><span class="content">who proclaims peace!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.1.15"><span class="content">Celebrate your festivals, Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.1.15"><span class="content">and fulfill your vows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.1.15"><span class="content">No more will the wicked invade you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.1.15"><span class="content">they will be completely destroyed.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:15 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts this verse (1:15) is numbered 2:1.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Nineveh to Fall</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 2:1-13 is numbered 2:2-14.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">An attacker advances against you, Nineveh.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.2.1"><span class="content">Guard the fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.2.1"><span class="content">watch the road,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.2.1"><span class="content">brace yourselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.2.1"><span class="content">marshal all your strength!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will restore the splendor of Jacob</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.2.2"><span class="content">like the splendor of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.2.2"><span class="content">though destroyers have laid them waste</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.2.2"><span class="content">and have ruined their vines.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The shields of the soldiers are red;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.2.3"><span class="content">the warriors are clad in scarlet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.2.3"><span class="content">The metal on the chariots flashes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.2.3"><span class="content">on the day they are made ready;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.2.3"><span class="content">the spears of juniper are brandished.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac </span><span class="fqa">ready; / the horsemen rush to and fro.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The chariots storm through the streets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.2.4"><span class="content">rushing back and forth through the squares.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.2.4"><span class="content">They look like flaming torches;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.2.4"><span class="content">they dart about like lightning.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Nineveh summons her picked troops,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.2.5"><span class="content">yet they stumble on their way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.2.5"><span class="content">They dash to the city wall;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.2.5"><span class="content">the protective shield is put in place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The river gates are thrown open</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.2.6"><span class="content">and the palace collapses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It is decreed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> that Nineveh</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.2.7"><span class="content">be exiled and carried away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.2.7"><span class="content">Her female slaves moan like doves</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.2.7"><span class="content">and beat on their breasts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Nineveh is like a pool</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.2.8"><span class="content">whose water is draining away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.2.8"><span class="content">&#8220;Stop! Stop!&#8221; they cry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.2.8"><span class="content">but no one turns back.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Plunder the silver!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.2.9"><span class="content">Plunder the gold!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.2.9"><span class="content">The supply is endless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.2.9"><span class="content">the wealth from all its treasures!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">She is pillaged, plundered, stripped!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.2.10"><span class="content">Hearts melt, knees give way,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.2.10"><span class="content">bodies tremble, every face grows pale.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Where now is the lions&#8217; den,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.2.11"><span class="content">the place where they fed their young,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.2.11"><span class="content">where the lion and lioness went,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.2.11"><span class="content">and the cubs, with nothing to fear?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The lion killed enough for his cubs</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.2.12"><span class="content">and strangled the prey for his mate,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.2.12"><span class="content">filling his lairs with the kill</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.2.12"><span class="content">and his dens with the prey.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am against you,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.2.13"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.2.13"><span class="content">&#8220;I will burn up your chariots in smoke,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.2.13"><span class="content">and the sword will devour your young lions.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.2.13"><span class="content">I will leave you no prey on the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.2.13"><span class="content">The voices of your messengers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.2.13"><span class="content">will no longer be heard.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch3" data-usfm="NAM.3">
         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Woe to Nineveh</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Woe to the city of blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.3.1"><span class="content">full of lies,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.3.1"><span class="content">full of plunder,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.3.1"><span class="content">never without victims!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The crack of whips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.3.2"><span class="content">the clatter of wheels,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.3.2"><span class="content">galloping horses</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.3.2"><span class="content">and jolting chariots!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Charging cavalry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="content">flashing swords</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="content">and glittering spears!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="content">Many casualties,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="content">piles of dead,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="content">bodies without number,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="content">people stumbling over the corpses&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">all because of the wanton lust of a prostitute,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.3.4"><span class="content">alluring, the mistress of sorceries,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.3.4"><span class="content">who enslaved nations by her prostitution</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.3.4"><span class="content">and peoples by her witchcraft.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am against you,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.3.5"><span class="content">&#8220;I will lift your skirts over your face.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.3.5"><span class="content">I will show the nations your nakedness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.3.5"><span class="content">and the kingdoms your shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will pelt you with filth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.3.6"><span class="content">I will treat you with contempt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.3.6"><span class="content">and make you a spectacle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All who see you will flee from you and say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.3.7"><span class="content">&#8216;Nineveh is in ruins&#8212;who will mourn for her?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.3.7"><span class="content">Where can I find anyone to comfort you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Are you better than Thebes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"><span class="content">situated on the Nile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"><span class="content">with water around her?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"><span class="content">The river was her defense,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"><span class="content">the waters her wall.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Cush</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Egypt were her boundless strength;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.3.9"><span class="content">Put and Libya were among her allies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Yet she was taken captive</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="content">and went into exile.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="content">Her infants were dashed to pieces</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="content">at every street corner.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="content">Lots were cast for her nobles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="content">and all her great men were put in chains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You too will become drunk;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.3.11"><span class="content">you will go into hiding</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.3.11"><span class="content">and seek refuge from the enemy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">All your fortresses are like fig trees</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.3.12"><span class="content">with their first ripe fruit;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.3.12"><span class="content">when they are shaken,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.3.12"><span class="content">the figs fall into the mouth of the eater.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Look at your troops&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"><span class="content">they are all weaklings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"><span class="content">The gates of your land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"><span class="content">are wide open to your enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"><span class="content">fire has consumed the bars of your gates.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Draw water for the siege,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"><span class="content">strengthen your defenses!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"><span class="content">Work the clay,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"><span class="content">tread the mortar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"><span class="content">repair the brickwork!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">There the fire will consume you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"><span class="content">the sword will cut you down&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"><span class="content">they will devour you like a swarm of locusts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"><span class="content">Multiply like grasshoppers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"><span class="content">multiply like locusts!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NAM.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">You have increased the number of your merchants</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NAM.3.16"><span class="content">till they are more numerous than the stars in the sky,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NAM.3.16"><span class="content">but like locusts they strip the land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NAM.3.16"><span class="content">and then fly away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NAM.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Your guards are like locusts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"><span class="content">your officials like swarms of locusts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"><span class="content">that settle in the walls on a cold day&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"><span class="content">but when the sun appears they fly away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"><span class="content">and no one knows where.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NAM.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">King of Assyria, your shepherds</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:18 </span><span class="ft">That is, rulers</span></span></span><span class="content"> slumber;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NAM.3.18"><span class="content">your nobles lie down to rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NAM.3.18"><span class="content">Your people are scattered on the mountains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NAM.3.18"><span class="content">with no one to gather them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NAM.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Nothing can heal you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="content">your wound is fatal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="content">All who hear the news about you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="content">clap their hands at your fall,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="content">for who has not felt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="content">your endless cruelty?</span></span></div>
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