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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John the Baptist Prepares the Way</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and saying, &#8220;Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.3.3"><span class="content">&#8220;A voice of one calling in the wilderness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.3.3"><span class="content">&#8216;Prepare the way for the Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.3.3"><span class="content">make straight paths for him.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:3 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 40:3</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">John&#8217;s clothes were made of camel&#8217;s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: &#8220;You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And do not think you can say to yourselves, &#8216;We have Abraham as our father.&#8217; I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;I baptize you with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Holy Spirit and fire. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Baptism of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But John tried to deter him, saying, &#8220;I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Then John consented.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And a voice from heaven said, &#8220;This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Fall</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God had made. He said to the woman, &#8220;Did God really say, &#8216;You must not eat from any tree in the garden&#8217;?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The woman said to the serpent, &#8220;We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">but God did say, &#8216;You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;You will not certainly die,&#8221; the serpent said to the woman. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God among the trees of the garden. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God called to the man, &#8220;Where are you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And he said, &#8220;Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The man said, &#8220;The woman you put here with me&#8212;she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God said to the woman, &#8220;What is this you have done?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.3.13"><span class="content">The woman said, &#8220;The serpent deceived me, and I ate.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God said to the serpent, &#8220;Because you have done this,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.3.14"><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed are you above all livestock</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.3.14"><span class="content">and all wild animals!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.3.14"><span class="content">You will crawl on your belly</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.3.14"><span class="content">and you will eat dust</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.3.14"><span class="content">all the days of your life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And I will put enmity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.3.15"><span class="content">between you and the woman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.3.15"><span class="content">and between your offspring</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">seed</span></span></span><span class="content"> and hers;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.3.15"><span class="content">he will crush</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">strike</span></span></span><span class="content"> your head,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.3.15"><span class="content">and you will strike his heel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">To the woman he said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.3.16"><span class="content">&#8220;I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.3.16"><span class="content">with painful labor you will give birth to children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.3.16"><span class="content">Your desire will be for your husband,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.3.16"><span class="content">and he will rule over you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">To Adam he said, &#8220;Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, &#8216;You must not eat from it,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.3.17"><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is the ground because of you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.3.17"><span class="content">through painful toil you will eat food from it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.3.17"><span class="content">all the days of your life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">It will produce thorns and thistles for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.3.18"><span class="content">and you will eat the plants of the field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">By the sweat of your brow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.3.19"><span class="content">you will eat your food</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.3.19"><span class="content">until you return to the ground,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.3.19"><span class="content">since from it you were taken;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.3.19"><span class="content">for dust you are</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.3.19"><span class="content">and to dust you will return.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Adam</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">The man</span></span></span><span class="content"> named his wife Eve,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:20 </span><span class="fq">Eve </span><span class="ft">probably means </span><span class="fqa">living.</span></span></span><span class="content"> because she would become the mother of all the living.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God said, &#8220;The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:24 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">placed in front</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Faithfulness</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Much in every way! First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">What if some were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify God&#8217;s faithfulness? </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Not at all! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.3.4"><span class="content">&#8220;So that you may be proved right when you speak</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.3.4"><span class="content">and prevail when you judge.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:4 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 51:4</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But if our unrighteousness brings out God&#8217;s righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.) </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world? </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Someone might argue, &#8220;If my falsehood enhances God&#8217;s truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Why not say&#8212;as some slanderously claim that we say&#8212;&#8220;Let us do evil that good may result&#8221;? Their condemnation is just!</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">No One Is Righteous</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">As it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.3.10"><span class="content">&#8220;There is no one righteous, not even one;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">there is no one who understands;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.3.11"><span class="content">there is no one who seeks God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">All have turned away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.3.12"><span class="content">they have together become worthless;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.3.12"><span class="content">there is no one who does good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.3.12"><span class="content">not even one.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:12 </span><span class="ft">Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Eccles. 7:20</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Their throats are open graves;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.3.13"><span class="content">their tongues practice deceit.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:13 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 5:9</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.3.13"><span class="content">&#8220;The poison of vipers is on their lips.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:13 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 140:3</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:14 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 10:7 (see Septuagint)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Their feet are swift to shed blood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">ruin and misery mark their ways,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">and the way of peace they do not know.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:17 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 59:7,8</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;There is no fear of God before their eyes.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:18 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 36:1</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God&#8217;s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Righteousness Through Faith</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">This righteousness is given through faith in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">through the faithfulness of</span></span></span><span class="content"> Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:25 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">sacrifice of atonement </span><span class="ft">refers to the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant (see Lev. 16:15,16).</span></span></span><span class="content"> through the shedding of his blood&#8212;to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.3.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ROM.3.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ROM.3.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ROM.3.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ROM.3.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TH.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">So when we could stand it no longer, we thought it best to be left by ourselves in Athens. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TH.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">We sent Timothy, who is our brother and co-worker in God&#8217;s service in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1TH.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. For you know quite well that we are destined for them. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1TH.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1TH.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith. I was afraid that in some way the tempter had tempted you and that our labors might have been in vain.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Timothy&#8217;s Encouraging Report</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1TH.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1TH.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought good news about your faith and love. He has told us that you always have pleasant memories of us and that you long to see us, just as we also long to see you. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TH.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Therefore, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you because of your faith. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1TH.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For now we really live, since you are standing firm in the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1TH.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you? </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TH.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again and supply what is lacking in your faith.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TH.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1TH.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1TH.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1TH.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Job Speaks</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;May the day of my birth perish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.3.3"><span class="content">and the night that said, &#8216;A boy is conceived!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">That day&#8212;may it turn to darkness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.3.4"><span class="content">may God above not care about it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.3.4"><span class="content">may no light shine on it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">May gloom and utter darkness claim it once more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.3.5"><span class="content">may a cloud settle over it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.3.5"><span class="content">may blackness overwhelm it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">That night&#8212;may thick darkness seize it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.3.6"><span class="content">may it not be included among the days of the year</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.3.6"><span class="content">nor be entered in any of the months.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">May that night be barren;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.3.7"><span class="content">may no shout of joy be heard in it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">May those who curse days</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">curse the sea</span></span></span><span class="content"> curse that day,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.3.8"><span class="content">those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">May its morning stars become dark;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.3.9"><span class="content">may it wait for daylight in vain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.3.9"><span class="content">and not see the first rays of dawn,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.3.10"><span class="content">to hide trouble from my eyes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Why did I not perish at birth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.3.11"><span class="content">and die as I came from the womb?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Why were there knees to receive me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.3.12"><span class="content">and breasts that I might be nursed?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For now I would be lying down in peace;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.3.13"><span class="content">I would be asleep and at rest</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">with kings and rulers of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.3.14"><span class="content">who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">with princes who had gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.3.15"><span class="content">who filled their houses with silver.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.3.16"><span class="content">like an infant who never saw the light of day?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">There the wicked cease from turmoil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.3.17"><span class="content">and there the weary are at rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Captives also enjoy their ease;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.3.18"><span class="content">they no longer hear the slave driver&#8217;s shout.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The small and the great are there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.3.19"><span class="content">and the slaves are freed from their owners.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Why is light given to those in misery,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.3.20"><span class="content">and life to the bitter of soul,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">to those who long for death that does not come,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.3.21"><span class="content">who search for it more than for hidden treasure,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.3.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">who are filled with gladness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.3.22"><span class="content">and rejoice when they reach the grave?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.3.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Why is life given to a man</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.3.23"><span class="content">whose way is hidden,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.3.23"><span class="content">whom God has hedged in?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.3.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">For sighing has become my daily food;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.3.24"><span class="content">my groans pour out like water.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.3.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">What I feared has come upon me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.3.25"><span class="content">what I dreaded has happened to me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.3.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I have no peace, no quietness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.3.26"><span class="content">I have no rest, but only turmoil.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 3</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 3:1-8 is numbered 3:2-9.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, how many are my foes!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.3.1"><span class="content">How many rise up against me!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Many are saying of me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.3.2"><span class="content">&#8220;God will not deliver him.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 4 and 8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are a shield around me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.3.3"><span class="content">my glory, the One who lifts my head high.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I call out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.3.4"><span class="content">and he answers me from his holy mountain.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I lie down and sleep;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.3.5"><span class="content">I wake again, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sustains me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will not fear though tens of thousands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.3.6"><span class="content">assail me on every side.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Arise, </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="PSA.3.7"><span class="content">Deliver me, my God!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="content">Strike all my enemies on the jaw;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="content">break the teeth of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">From the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> comes deliverance.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.3.8"><span class="content">May your blessing be on your people.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Wisdom Bestows Well-Being</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My son, do not forget my teaching,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.3.1"><span class="content">but keep my commands in your heart,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for they will prolong your life many years</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.3.2"><span class="content">and bring you peace and prosperity.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Let love and faithfulness never leave you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.3.3"><span class="content">bind them around your neck,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.3.3"><span class="content">write them on the tablet of your heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then you will win favor and a good name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.3.4"><span class="content">in the sight of God and man.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with all your heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.3.5"><span class="content">and lean not on your own understanding;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">in all your ways submit to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.3.6"><span class="content">and he will make your paths straight.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will direct your paths</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Do not be wise in your own eyes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.3.7"><span class="content">fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and shun evil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">This will bring health to your body</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.3.8"><span class="content">and nourishment to your bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Honor the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with your wealth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.3.9"><span class="content">with the firstfruits of all your crops;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">then your barns will be filled to overflowing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.3.10"><span class="content">and your vats will brim over with new wine.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">My son, do not despise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s discipline,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.3.11"><span class="content">and do not resent his rebuke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> disciplines those he loves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.3.12"><span class="content">as a father the son he delights in.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:12 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Blessed are those who find wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.3.13"><span class="content">those who gain understanding,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">for she is more profitable than silver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.3.14"><span class="content">and yields better returns than gold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">She is more precious than rubies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.3.15"><span class="content">nothing you desire can compare with her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Long life is in her right hand;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.3.16"><span class="content">in her left hand are riches and honor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Her ways are pleasant ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.3.17"><span class="content">and all her paths are peace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.3.18"><span class="content">those who hold her fast will be blessed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">By wisdom the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> laid the earth&#8217;s foundations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.3.19"><span class="content">by understanding he set the heavens in place;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">by his knowledge the watery depths were divided,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.3.20"><span class="content">and the clouds let drop the dew.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.3.21"><span class="content">preserve sound judgment and discretion;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.3.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">they will be life for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.3.22"><span class="content">an ornament to grace your neck.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.3.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then you will go on your way in safety,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.3.23"><span class="content">and your foot will not stumble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.3.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When you lie down, you will not be afraid;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.3.24"><span class="content">when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.3.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Have no fear of sudden disaster</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.3.25"><span class="content">or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.3.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be at your side</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.3.26"><span class="content">and will keep your foot from being snared.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.3.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.3.27"><span class="content">when it is in your power to act.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.3.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.3.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Do not say to your neighbor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.3.28"><span class="content">&#8220;Come back tomorrow and I&#8217;ll give it to you&#8221;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.3.28"><span class="content">when you already have it with you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.3.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.3.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Do not plot harm against your neighbor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.3.29"><span class="content">who lives trustfully near you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.3.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.3.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Do not accuse anyone for no reason&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.3.30"><span class="content">when they have done you no harm.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.3.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.3.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Do not envy the violent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.3.31"><span class="content">or choose any of their ways.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.3.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.3.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests the perverse</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.3.32"><span class="content">but takes the upright into his confidence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.3.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.3.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s curse is on the house of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.3.33"><span class="content">but he blesses the home of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.3.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.3.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">He mocks proud mockers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.3.34"><span class="content">but shows favor to the humble and oppressed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.3.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.3.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The wise inherit honor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.3.35"><span class="content">but fools get only shame.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Crossing the Jordan</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Early in the morning Joshua and all the Israelites set out from Shittim and went to the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">After three days the officers went throughout the camp, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">giving orders to the people: &#8220;When you see the ark of the covenant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God, and the Levitical priests carrying it, you are to move out from your positions and follow it. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then you will know which way to go, since you have never been this way before. But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:4 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 3,000 feet or about 900 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> between you and the ark; do not go near it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Joshua told the people, &#8220;Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will do amazing things among you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Joshua said to the priests, &#8220;Take up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.&#8221; So they took it up and went ahead of them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Joshua, &#8220;Today I will begin to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you as I was with Moses. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Tell the priests who carry the ark of the covenant: &#8216;When you reach the edge of the Jordan&#8217;s waters, go and stand in the river.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Joshua said to the Israelites, &#8220;Come here and listen to the words of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that he will certainly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites and Jebusites. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">See, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go into the Jordan ahead of you. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Now then, choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And as soon as the priests who carry the ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;the Lord of all the earth&#8212;set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream will be cut off and stand up in a heap.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water&#8217;s edge, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOS.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOS.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch3" data-usfm="ISA.3">
         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">See now, the Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="content">is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="content">both supply and support:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="content">all supplies of food and all supplies of water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">the hero and the warrior,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.3.2"><span class="content">the judge and the prophet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.3.2"><span class="content">the diviner and the elder,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">the captain of fifty and the man of rank,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.3.3"><span class="content">the counselor, skilled craftsman and clever enchanter.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will make mere youths their officials;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.3.4"><span class="content">children will rule over them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">People will oppress each other&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.3.5"><span class="content">man against man, neighbor against neighbor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.3.5"><span class="content">The young will rise up against the old,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.3.5"><span class="content">the nobody against the honored.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A man will seize one of his brothers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.3.6"><span class="content">in his father&#8217;s house, and say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.3.6"><span class="content">&#8220;You have a cloak, you be our leader;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.3.6"><span class="content">take charge of this heap of ruins!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But in that day he will cry out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.3.7"><span class="content">&#8220;I have no remedy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.3.7"><span class="content">I have no food or clothing in my house;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.3.7"><span class="content">do not make me the leader of the people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Jerusalem staggers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.3.8"><span class="content">Judah is falling;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.3.8"><span class="content">their words and deeds are against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.3.8"><span class="content">defying his glorious presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The look on their faces testifies against them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="content">they parade their sin like Sodom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="content">they do not hide it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="content">Woe to them!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="content">They have brought disaster upon themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Tell the righteous it will be well with them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.3.10"><span class="content">for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Woe to the wicked!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.3.11"><span class="content">Disaster is upon them!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.3.11"><span class="content">They will be paid back</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.3.11"><span class="content">for what their hands have done.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Youths oppress my people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.3.12"><span class="content">women rule over them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.3.12"><span class="content">My people, your guides lead you astray;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.3.12"><span class="content">they turn you from the path.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> takes his place in court;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.3.13"><span class="content">he rises to judge the people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> enters into judgment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.3.14"><span class="content">against the elders and leaders of his people:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.3.14"><span class="content">&#8220;It is you who have ruined my vineyard;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.3.14"><span class="content">the plunder from the poor is in your houses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">What do you mean by crushing my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.3.15"><span class="content">and grinding the faces of the poor?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.3.15"><span class="content">declares the Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="content">&#8220;The women of Zion are haughty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="content">walking along with outstretched necks,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="content">flirting with their eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="content">strutting along with swaying hips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="content">with ornaments jingling on their ankles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.3.17"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will make their scalps bald.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">In that day the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">the earrings and bracelets and veils, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">the headdresses and anklets and sashes, the perfume bottles and charms, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">the signet rings and nose rings, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">the fine robes and the capes and cloaks, the purses </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">and mirrors, and the linen garments and tiaras and shawls.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.3.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Instead of fragrance there will be a stench;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="content">instead of a sash, a rope;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="content">instead of well-dressed hair, baldness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="content">instead of fine clothing, sackcloth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="content">instead of beauty, branding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Your men will fall by the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.3.25"><span class="content">your warriors in battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.3.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The gates of Zion will lament and mourn;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.3.26"><span class="content">destitute, she will sit on the ground.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkACT">
      <div class="chapter ch3" data-usfm="ACT.3">
         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Peter Heals a Lame Beggar</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer&#8212;at three in the afternoon. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, &#8220;Look at us!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then Peter said, &#8220;Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man&#8217;s feet and ankles became strong. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When all the people saw him walking and praising God, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Peter Speaks to the Onlookers</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">While the man held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon&#8217;s Colonnade. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When Peter saw this, he said to them: &#8220;Fellow Israelites, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him go. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus&#8217; name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him, as you can all see.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now, fellow Israelites, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Messiah would suffer. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">and that he may send the Messiah, who has been appointed for you&#8212;even Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For Moses said, &#8216;The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you must listen to everything he tells you. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Anyone who does not listen to him will be completely cut off from their people.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:23 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 18:15,18,19</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.3.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Indeed, beginning with Samuel, all the prophets who have spoken have foretold these days. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">And you are heirs of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, &#8216;Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:25 </span><span class="ft">Gen. 22:18; 26:4</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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