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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.19.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate&#8217;s permission, he came and took the body away. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.19.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:39 </span><span class="ft">Or about 34 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.19.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Taking Jesus&#8217; body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.19.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.19.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Seven Bowls of God&#8217;s Wrath</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, &#8220;Go, pour out the seven bowls of God&#8217;s wrath on the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.16.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land, and ugly, festering sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.16.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it turned into blood like that of a dead person, and every living thing in the sea died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.16.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.16.5"><span class="content">&#8220;You are just in these judgments, O Holy One,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.16.5"><span class="content">you who are and who were;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.16.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.16.6"><span class="content">and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.16.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And I heard the altar respond:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.16.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes, Lord God Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.16.7"><span class="content">true and just are your judgments.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.16.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and the sun was allowed to scorch people with fire. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.16.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in agony </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they refused to repent of what they had done.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.16.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then I saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They are demonic spirits that perform signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="mi"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.16.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Look, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.16.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.16.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, &#8220;It is done!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake. No earthquake like it has ever occurred since mankind has been on earth, so tremendous was the quake. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered Babylon the Great and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Every island fled away and the mountains could not be found. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">From the sky huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:21 </span><span class="ft">Or about 45 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> fell on people. And they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.38.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.38.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.38.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who is this that obscures my plans</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.38.2"><span class="content">with words without knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.38.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Brace yourself like a man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"><span class="content">I will question you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"><span class="content">and you shall answer me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.38.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Where were you when I laid the earth&#8217;s foundation?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.38.4"><span class="content">Tell me, if you understand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.38.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.38.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.38.5"><span class="content">Who stretched a measuring line across it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.38.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.38.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On what were its footings set,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.38.6"><span class="content">or who laid its cornerstone&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.38.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.38.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">while the morning stars sang together</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.38.7"><span class="content">and all the angels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:7 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">the sons of God</span></span></span><span class="content"> shouted for joy?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.38.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.38.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who shut up the sea behind doors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.38.8"><span class="content">when it burst forth from the womb,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.38.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.38.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">when I made the clouds its garment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.38.9"><span class="content">and wrapped it in thick darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.38.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.38.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">when I fixed limits for it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.38.10"><span class="content">and set its doors and bars in place,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.38.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.38.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">when I said, &#8216;This far you may come and no farther;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.38.11"><span class="content">here is where your proud waves halt&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.38.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.38.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have you ever given orders to the morning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.38.12"><span class="content">or shown the dawn its place,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.38.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.38.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">that it might take the earth by the edges</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.38.13"><span class="content">and shake the wicked out of it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.38.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.38.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.38.14"><span class="content">its features stand out like those of a garment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.38.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.38.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The wicked are denied their light,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.38.15"><span class="content">and their upraised arm is broken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.38.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.38.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.38.16"><span class="content">or walked in the recesses of the deep?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.38.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.38.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Have the gates of death been shown to you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.38.17"><span class="content">Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.38.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.38.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.38.18"><span class="content">Tell me, if you know all this.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.38.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.38.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;What is the way to the abode of light?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.38.19"><span class="content">And where does darkness reside?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.38.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.38.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Can you take them to their places?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.38.20"><span class="content">Do you know the paths to their dwellings?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.38.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.38.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Surely you know, for you were already born!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.38.21"><span class="content">You have lived so many years!</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="ZEP.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, during the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment on the Whole Earth in the Day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will sweep away everything</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.1.2"><span class="content">from the face of the earth,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.1.2"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will sweep away both man and beast;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="content">I will sweep away the birds in the sky</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="content">and the fish in the sea&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="content">and the idols that cause the wicked to stumble.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:3 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="content">&#8220;When I destroy all mankind</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="content">on the face of the earth,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will stretch out my hand against Judah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.1.4"><span class="content">and against all who live in Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.1.4"><span class="content">I will destroy every remnant of Baal worship in this place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.1.4"><span class="content">the very names of the idolatrous priests&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">those who bow down on the roofs</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.1.5"><span class="content">to worship the starry host,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.1.5"><span class="content">those who bow down and swear by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.1.5"><span class="content">and who also swear by Molek,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Malkam</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">those who turn back from following the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.1.6"><span class="content">and neither seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> nor inquire of him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Be silent before the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.1.7"><span class="content">for the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is near.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.1.7"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has prepared a sacrifice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.1.7"><span class="content">he has consecrated those he has invited.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s sacrifice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.1.8"><span class="content">I will punish the officials</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.1.8"><span class="content">and the king&#8217;s sons</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.1.8"><span class="content">and all those clad</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.1.8"><span class="content">in foreign clothes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">On that day I will punish</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.1.9"><span class="content">all who avoid stepping on the threshold,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:9 </span><span class="ft">See 1 Samuel 5:5.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.1.9"><span class="content">who fill the temple of their gods</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.1.9"><span class="content">with violence and deceit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;On that day,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.1.10"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.1.10"><span class="content">&#8220;a cry will go up from the Fish Gate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.1.10"><span class="content">wailing from the New Quarter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.1.10"><span class="content">and a loud crash from the hills.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Wail, you who live in the market district</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Mortar</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.1.11"><span class="content">all your merchants will be wiped out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.1.11"><span class="content">all who trade with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> silver will be destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.1.12"><span class="content">and punish those who are complacent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.1.12"><span class="content">who are like wine left on its dregs,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.1.12"><span class="content">who think, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will do nothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.1.12"><span class="content">either good or bad.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Their wealth will be plundered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.1.13"><span class="content">their houses demolished.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.1.13"><span class="content">Though they build houses,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.1.13"><span class="content">they will not live in them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.1.13"><span class="content">though they plant vineyards,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.1.13"><span class="content">they will not drink the wine.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The great day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is near&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.1.14"><span class="content">near and coming quickly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.1.14"><span class="content">The cry on the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is bitter;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.1.14"><span class="content">the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">That day will be a day of wrath&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.1.15"><span class="content">a day of distress and anguish,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.1.15"><span class="content">a day of trouble and ruin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.1.15"><span class="content">a day of darkness and gloom,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.1.15"><span class="content">a day of clouds and blackness&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">a day of trumpet and battle cry</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.1.16"><span class="content">against the fortified cities</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.1.16"><span class="content">and against the corner towers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will bring such distress on all people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.1.17"><span class="content">that they will grope about like those who are blind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.1.17"><span class="content">because they have sinned against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.1.17"><span class="content">Their blood will be poured out like dust</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.1.17"><span class="content">and their entrails like dung.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Neither their silver nor their gold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.1.18"><span class="content">will be able to save them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.1.18"><span class="content">on the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s wrath.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.1.18"><span class="content">In the fire of his jealousy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.1.18"><span class="content">the whole earth will be consumed,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.1.18"><span class="content">for he will make a sudden end</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.1.18"><span class="content">of all who live on the earth.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judah and Jerusalem Judged Along With the Nations</span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Judah Summoned to Repent</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Gather together, gather yourselves together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.2.1"><span class="content">you shameful nation,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">before the decree takes effect</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">and that day passes like windblown chaff,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s fierce anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">comes upon you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">before the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s wrath</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">comes upon you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all you humble of the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">you who do what he commands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">Seek righteousness, seek humility;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">perhaps you will be sheltered</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">on the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anger.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Philistia</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Gaza will be abandoned</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="content">and Ashkelon left in ruins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="content">At midday Ashdod will be emptied</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="content">and Ekron uprooted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Woe to you who live by the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">you Kerethite people;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is against you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">Canaan, land of the Philistines.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">He says, &#8220;I will destroy you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">and none will be left.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The land by the sea will become pastures</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"><span class="content">having wells for shepherds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"><span class="content">and pens for flocks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">That land will belong</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">to the remnant of the people of Judah;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">there they will find pasture.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">In the evening they will lie down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">in the houses of Ashkelon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God will care for them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">he will restore their fortunes.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will bring back their captives</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Moab and Ammon</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have heard the insults of Moab</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="content">and the taunts of the Ammonites,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="content">who insulted my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="content">and made threats against their land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Therefore, as surely as I live,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">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 v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">&#8220;surely Moab will become like Sodom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">the Ammonites like Gomorrah&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">a place of weeds and salt pits,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">a wasteland forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">The remnant of my people will plunder them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">the survivors of my nation will inherit their land.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This is what they will get in return for their pride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"><span class="content">for insulting and mocking</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"><span class="content">the people of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be awesome to them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="content">when he destroys all the gods of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="content">Distant nations will bow down to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="content">all of them in their own lands.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Cush</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;You Cushites,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:12 </span><span class="ft">That is, people from the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> too,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.2.12"><span class="content">will be slain by my sword.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Assyria</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He will stretch out his hand against the north</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="content">and destroy Assyria,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="content">leaving Nineveh utterly desolate</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="content">and dry as the desert.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Flocks and herds will lie down there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">creatures of every kind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">The desert owl and the screech owl</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">will roost on her columns.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">Their hooting will echo through the windows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">rubble will fill the doorways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">the beams of cedar will be exposed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">This is the city of revelry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">that lived in safety.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">She said to herself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">&#8220;I am the one! And there is none besides me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">What a ruin she has become,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">a lair for wild beasts!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">All who pass by her scoff</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">and shake their fists.</span></span></div>
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