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   <div class="book bkGEN">
      <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="GEN.13">
         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Abram and Lot Separate</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And quarreling arose between Abram&#8217;s herders and Lot&#8217;s. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So Abram said to Lot, &#8220;Let&#8217;s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Is not the whole land before you? Let&#8217;s part company. If you go to the left, I&#8217;ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I&#8217;ll go to the left.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.13.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan toward Zoar was well watered, like the garden of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company: </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Now the people of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, &#8220;Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">seed</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 16</span></span></span><span class="content"> forever. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.13.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkROM">
      <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="ROM.13">
         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Submission to Governing Authorities</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For the one in authority is God&#8217;s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God&#8217;s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God&#8217;s servants, who give their full time to governing. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Love Fulfills the Law</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The commandments, &#8220;You shall not commit adultery,&#8221; &#8220;You shall not murder,&#8221; &#8220;You shall not steal,&#8221; &#8220;You shall not covet,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:9 </span><span class="ft">Exodus 20:13-15,17; Deut. 5:17-19,21</span></span></span><span class="content"> and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: &#8220;Love your neighbor as yourself.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:9 </span><span class="ft">Lev. 19:18</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Day Is Near</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:14 </span><span class="ft">In contexts like this, the Greek word for </span><span class="fq">flesh </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">sarx</span>) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.</span></span></span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bk1TI">
      <div class="chapter ch5" data-usfm="1TI.5">
         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Widows, Elders and Slaves</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TI.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TI.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TI.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1TI.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1TI.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1TI.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1TI.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TI.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Give the people these instructions, so that no one may be open to blame. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1TI.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1TI.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1TI.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TI.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children, showing hospitality, washing the feet of the Lord&#8217;s people, helping those in trouble and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TI.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1TI.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">As for younger widows, do not put them on such a list. For when their sensual desires overcome their dedication to Christ, they want to marry. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1TI.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Thus they bring judgment on themselves, because they have broken their first pledge. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1TI.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also busybodies who talk nonsense, saying things they ought not to. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1TI.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1TI.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Some have in fact already turned away to follow Satan.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1TI.5.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TI.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">If any woman who is a believer has widows in her care, she should continue to help them and not let the church be burdened with them, so that the church can help those widows who are really in need.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TI.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1TI.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1TI.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For Scripture says, &#8220;Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:18 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 25:4</span></span></span><span class="content"> and &#8220;The worker deserves his wages.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:18 </span><span class="ft">Luke 10:7</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1TI.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Do not entertain an accusation against an elder unless it is brought by two or three witnesses. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1TI.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But those elders who are sinning you are to reprove before everyone, so that the others may take warning. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1TI.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I charge you, in the sight of God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, to keep these instructions without partiality, and to do nothing out of favoritism.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1TI.5.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1TI.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, and do not share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1TI.5.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1TI.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1TI.5.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1TI.5.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The sins of some are obvious, reaching the place of judgment ahead of them; the sins of others trail behind them. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1TI.5.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In the same way, good deeds are obvious, and even those that are not obvious cannot remain hidden forever.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkJOB">
      <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="JOB.13">
         <div class="label">13</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;My eyes have seen all this,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.13.1"><span class="content">my ears have heard and understood it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">What you know, I also know;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.13.2"><span class="content">I am not inferior to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But I desire to speak to the Almighty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.13.3"><span class="content">and to argue my case with God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You, however, smear me with lies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.13.4"><span class="content">you are worthless physicians, all of you!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If only you would be altogether silent!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.13.5"><span class="content">For you, that would be wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Hear now my argument;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.13.6"><span class="content">listen to the pleas of my lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.13.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Will you speak wickedly on God&#8217;s behalf?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.13.7"><span class="content">Will you speak deceitfully for him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Will you show him partiality?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.13.8"><span class="content">Will you argue the case for God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Would it turn out well if he examined you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.13.9"><span class="content">Could you deceive him as you might deceive a mortal?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.13.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He would surely call you to account</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.13.10"><span class="content">if you secretly showed partiality.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Would not his splendor terrify you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.13.11"><span class="content">Would not the dread of him fall on you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.13.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Your maxims are proverbs of ashes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.13.12"><span class="content">your defenses are defenses of clay.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.13.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Keep silent and let me speak;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.13.13"><span class="content">then let come to me what may.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Why do I put myself in jeopardy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.13.14"><span class="content">and take my life in my hands?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.13.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.13.15"><span class="content">I will surely</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">He will surely slay me; I have no hope&#8212; / yet I will</span></span></span><span class="content"> defend my ways to his face.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.13.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.13.16"><span class="content">for no godless person would dare come before him!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.13.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Listen carefully to what I say;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.13.17"><span class="content">let my words ring in your ears.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.13.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Now that I have prepared my case,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.13.18"><span class="content">I know I will be vindicated.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.13.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Can anyone bring charges against me?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.13.19"><span class="content">If so, I will be silent and die.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.13.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Only grant me these two things, God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.13.20"><span class="content">and then I will not hide from you:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.13.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Withdraw your hand far from me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.13.21"><span class="content">and stop frightening me with your terrors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.13.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then summon me and I will answer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.13.22"><span class="content">or let me speak, and you reply to me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.13.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">How many wrongs and sins have I committed?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.13.23"><span class="content">Show me my offense and my sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.13.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Why do you hide your face</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.13.24"><span class="content">and consider me your enemy?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.13.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Will you torment a windblown leaf?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.13.25"><span class="content">Will you chase after dry chaff?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.13.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.13.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">For you write down bitter things against me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.13.26"><span class="content">and make me reap the sins of my youth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.13.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.13.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">You fasten my feet in shackles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.13.27"><span class="content">you keep close watch on all my paths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.13.27"><span class="content">by putting marks on the soles of my feet.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.13.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.13.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;So man wastes away like something rotten,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.13.28"><span class="content">like a garment eaten by moths.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 13</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 13:1-6 is numbered 13:2-6.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How long, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">? Will you forget me forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.13.1"><span class="content">How long will you hide your face from me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">How long must I wrestle with my thoughts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="content">and day after day have sorrow in my heart?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="content">How long will my enemy triumph over me?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Look on me and answer, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.13.3"><span class="content">Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and my enemy will say, &#8220;I have overcome him,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.13.4"><span class="content">and my foes will rejoice when I fall.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But I trust in your unfailing love;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.13.5"><span class="content">my heart rejoices in your salvation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will sing the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.13.6"><span class="content">for he has been good to me.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A wise son heeds his father&#8217;s instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="content">but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="content">but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="content">but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A sluggard&#8217;s appetite is never filled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="content">but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The righteous hate what is false,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">but the wicked make themselves a stench</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">and bring shame on themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Righteousness guards the person of integrity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="content">but wickedness overthrows the sinner.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="content">another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s riches may ransom their life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="content">but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The light of the righteous shines brightly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="content">but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Where there is strife, there is pride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="content">but wisdom is found in those who take advice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Dishonest money dwindles away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="content">but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Hope deferred makes the heart sick,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="content">but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="content">but whoever respects a command is rewarded.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="content">turning a person from the snares of death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Good judgment wins favor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="content">but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:15 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">All who are prudent act with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">prudent protect themselves through</span></span></span><span class="content"> knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="content">but fools expose their folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A wicked messenger falls into trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="content">but a trustworthy envoy brings healing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="content">but whoever heeds correction is honored.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="content">but fools detest turning from evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Walk with the wise and become wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="content">for a companion of fools suffers harm.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Trouble pursues the sinner,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="content">but the righteous are rewarded with good things.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">A good person leaves an inheritance for their children&#8217;s children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="content">but a sinner&#8217;s wealth is stored up for the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">An unplowed field produces food for the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="content">but injustice sweeps it away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Whoever spares the rod hates their children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="content">but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The righteous eat to their hearts&#8217; content,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.13.25"><span class="content">but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Land Still to Be Taken</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Joshua had grown old, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to him, &#8220;You are now very old, and there are still very large areas of land to be taken over.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="mi"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is the land that remains: All the regions of the Philistines and Geshurites, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">from the Shihor River on the east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north, all of it counted as Canaanite though held by the five Philistine rulers in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron; the territory of the Avvites </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, from Arah of the Sidonians as far as Aphek and the border of the Amorites; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">the area of Byblos; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;As for all the inhabitants of the mountain regions from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, that is, all the Sidonians, I myself will drive them out before the Israelites. Be sure to allocate this land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have instructed you, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and divide it as an inheritance among the nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Division of the Land East of the Jordan</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The other half of Manasseh,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:8 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">With it </span><span class="ft">(that is, with the other half of Manasseh)</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Reubenites and the Gadites had received the inheritance that Moses had given them east of the Jordan, as he, the servant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, had assigned it to them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="mi"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">It extended from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and included the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and all the towns of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, out to the border of the Ammonites. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">It also included Gilead, the territory of the people of Geshur and Maakah, all of Mount Hermon and all Bashan as far as Salekah&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">that is, the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei. (He was the last of the Rephaites.) Moses had defeated them and taken over their land. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But the Israelites did not drive out the people of Geshur and Maakah, so they continue to live among the Israelites to this day.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance, since the food offerings presented to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as he promised them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.13.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Reuben, according to its clans:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="mi"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.13.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOS.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and the whole plateau past Medeba </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOS.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">to Heshbon and all its towns on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOS.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOS.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on the hill in the valley, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOS.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOS.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">all the towns on the plateau and the entire realm of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled at Heshbon. Moses had defeated him and the Midianite chiefs, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba&#8212;princes allied with Sihon&#8212;who lived in that country. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOS.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In addition to those slain in battle, the Israelites had put to the sword Balaam son of Beor, who practiced divination. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOS.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The boundary of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the Reubenites, according to their clans.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOS.13.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOS.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Gad, according to its clans:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="mi"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOS.13.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOS.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The territory of Jazer, all the towns of Gilead and half the Ammonite country as far as Aroer, near Rabbah; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOS.13.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">and from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir; </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOS.13.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">and in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Sukkoth and Zaphon with the rest of the realm of Sihon king of Heshbon (the east side of the Jordan, the territory up to the end of the Sea of Galilee</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:27 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Kinnereth</span></span></span><span class="content">). </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOS.13.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the Gadites, according to their clans.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOS.13.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOS.13.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">This is what Moses had given to the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the family of the descendants of Manasseh, according to its clans:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="mi"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOS.13.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOS.13.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The territory extending from Mahanaim and including all of Bashan, the entire realm of Og king of Bashan&#8212;all the settlements of Jair in Bashan, sixty towns, </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOS.13.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth and Edrei (the royal cities of Og in Bashan). This was for the descendants of Makir son of Manasseh&#8212;for half of the sons of Makir, according to their clans.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOS.13.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOS.13.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">This is the inheritance Moses had given when he was in the plains of Moab across the Jordan east of Jericho. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOS.13.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">But to the tribe of Levi, Moses had given no inheritance; the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he promised them.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against Babylon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A prophecy against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Raise a banner on a bare hilltop,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.13.2"><span class="content">shout to them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.13.2"><span class="content">beckon to them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.13.2"><span class="content">to enter the gates of the nobles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I have commanded those I prepared for battle;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.13.3"><span class="content">I have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.13.3"><span class="content">those who rejoice in my triumph.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Listen, a noise on the mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.13.4"><span class="content">like that of a great multitude!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.13.4"><span class="content">Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.13.4"><span class="content">like nations massing together!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.13.4"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is mustering</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.13.4"><span class="content">an army for war.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They come from faraway lands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.13.5"><span class="content">from the ends of the heavens&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.13.5"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and the weapons of his wrath&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.13.5"><span class="content">to destroy the whole country.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Wail, 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="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.13.6"><span class="content">it will come like destruction from the Almighty.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:6 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shaddai</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.13.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Because of this, all hands will go limp,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.13.7"><span class="content">every heart will melt with fear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Terror will seize them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.13.8"><span class="content">pain and anguish will grip them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.13.8"><span class="content">they will writhe like a woman in labor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.13.8"><span class="content">They will look aghast at each other,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.13.8"><span class="content">their faces aflame.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">See, the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is coming</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.13.9"><span class="content">&#8212;a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.13.9"><span class="content">to make the land desolate</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.13.9"><span class="content">and destroy the sinners within it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.13.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The stars of heaven and their constellations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.13.10"><span class="content">will not show their light.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.13.10"><span class="content">The rising sun will be darkened</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.13.10"><span class="content">and the moon will not give its light.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I will punish the world for its evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.13.11"><span class="content">the wicked for their sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.13.11"><span class="content">I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.13.11"><span class="content">and will humble the pride of the ruthless.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.13.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will make people scarcer than pure gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.13.12"><span class="content">more rare than the gold of Ophir.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.13.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.13.13"><span class="content">and the earth will shake from its place</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.13.13"><span class="content">at the wrath of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.13.13"><span class="content">in the day of his burning anger.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Like a hunted gazelle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.13.14"><span class="content">like sheep without a shepherd,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.13.14"><span class="content">they will all return to their own people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.13.14"><span class="content">they will flee to their native land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.13.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Whoever is captured will be thrust through;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.13.15"><span class="content">all who are caught will fall by the sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.13.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.13.16"><span class="content">their houses will be looted and their wives violated.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.13.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">See, I will stir up against them the Medes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.13.17"><span class="content">who do not care for silver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.13.17"><span class="content">and have no delight in gold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.13.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Their bows will strike down the young men;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.13.18"><span class="content">they will have no mercy on infants,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.13.18"><span class="content">nor will they look with compassion on children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.13.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.13.19"><span class="content">the pride and glory of the Babylonians,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.13.19"><span class="content">will be overthrown by God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.13.19"><span class="content">like Sodom and Gomorrah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.13.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">She will never be inhabited</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.13.20"><span class="content">or lived in through all generations;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.13.20"><span class="content">there no nomads will pitch their tents,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.13.20"><span class="content">there no shepherds will rest their flocks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.13.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But desert creatures will lie there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.13.21"><span class="content">jackals will fill her houses;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.13.21"><span class="content">there the owls will dwell,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.13.21"><span class="content">and there the wild goats will leap about.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.13.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Hyenas will inhabit her strongholds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.13.22"><span class="content">jackals her luxurious palaces.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.13.22"><span class="content">Her time is at hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.13.22"><span class="content">and her days will not be prolonged.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="nb"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, &#8220;Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">On Cyprus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. John was with them as their helper.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They traveled through the whole island until they came to Paphos. There they met a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">who was an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord? </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Now the hand of the Lord is against you. You are going to be blind for a time, not even able to see the light of the sun.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.13.11"><span class="content">Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was amazed at the teaching about the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">In Pisidian Antioch</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.13.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">From Paphos, Paul and his companions sailed to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">From Perga they went on to Pisidian Antioch. On the Sabbath they entered the synagogue and sat down. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent word to them, saying, &#8220;Brothers, if you have a word of exhortation for the people, please speak.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.13.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Standing up, Paul motioned with his hand and said: &#8220;Fellow Israelites and you Gentiles who worship God, listen to me! </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The God of the people of Israel chose our ancestors; he made the people prosper during their stay in Egypt; with mighty power he led them out of that country; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">for about forty years he endured their conduct</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:18 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">he cared for them</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the wilderness; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">and he overthrew seven nations in Canaan, giving their land to his people as their inheritance. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">All this took about 450 years.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.13.20"><span class="content">&#8220;After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then the people asked for a king, and he gave them Saul son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: &#8216;I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.13.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;From this man&#8217;s descendants God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as he promised. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Before the coming of Jesus, John preached repentance and baptism to all the people of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">As John was completing his work, he said: &#8216;Who do you suppose I am? I am not the one you are looking for. But there is one coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.13.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.13.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;Fellow children of Abraham and you God-fearing Gentiles, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.13.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.13.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Though they found no proper ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ACT.13.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">When they had carried out all that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ACT.13.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">But God raised him from the dead, </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ACT.13.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">and for many days he was seen by those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now his witnesses to our people.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ACT.13.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.13.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;We tell you the good news: What God promised our ancestors </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.13.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.13.33"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;You are my son;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.13.33"><span class="content">today I have become your father.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:33 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 2:7</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.13.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.13.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">God raised him from the dead so that he will never be subject to decay. As God has said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.13.34"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:34 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 55:3</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.13.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.13.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">So it is also stated elsewhere:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.13.35"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;You will not let your holy one see decay.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:35 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 16:10 (see Septuagint)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.13.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ACT.13.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now when David had served God&#8217;s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his ancestors and his body decayed. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ACT.13.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">But the one whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ACT.13.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="ACT.13.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="ACT.13.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="ACT.13.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Take care that what the prophets have said does not happen to you:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="ACT.13.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="ACT.13.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Look, you scoffers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="ACT.13.41"><span class="content">wonder and perish,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="ACT.13.41"><span class="content">for I am going to do something in your days</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="ACT.13.41"><span class="content">that you would never believe,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="ACT.13.41"><span class="content">even if someone told you.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:41 </span><span class="ft">Hab. 1:5</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="ACT.13.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="ACT.13.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people invited them to speak further about these things on the next Sabbath. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="ACT.13.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">When the congregation was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked with them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="ACT.13.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="ACT.13.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">On the next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="ACT.13.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy. They began to contradict what Paul was saying and heaped abuse on him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="ACT.13.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="ACT.13.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: &#8220;We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="ACT.13.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">For this is what the Lord has commanded us:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="ACT.13.47"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;I have made you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:47 </span><span class="ft">The Greek is singular.</span></span></span><span class="content"> a light for the Gentiles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="ACT.13.47"><span class="content">that you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:47 </span><span class="ft">The Greek is singular.</span></span></span><span class="content"> may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:47 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 49:6</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="ACT.13.47"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="ACT.13.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="ACT.13.48"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="ACT.13.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">The word of the Lord spread through the whole region. </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="ACT.13.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">But the Jewish leaders incited the God-fearing women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region. </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="ACT.13.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">So they shook the dust off their feet as a warning to them and went to Iconium. </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="ACT.13.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div>
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