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         <div class="label">148</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 148</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">148:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 14</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from the heavens;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="content">praise him in the heights above.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.148.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Praise him, all his angels;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.148.2"><span class="content">praise him, all his heavenly hosts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.148.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.148.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Praise him, sun and moon;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.148.3"><span class="content">praise him, all you shining stars.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.148.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.148.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Praise him, you highest heavens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.148.4"><span class="content">and you waters above the skies.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.148.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.148.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.148.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Let them praise the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.148.5"><span class="content">for at his command they were created,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.148.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.148.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and he established them for ever and ever&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.148.6"><span class="content">he issued a decree that will never pass away.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.148.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.148.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.148.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.148.7"><span class="content">you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.148.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.148.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">lightning and hail, snow and clouds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.148.8"><span class="content">stormy winds that do his bidding,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.148.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.148.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">you mountains and all hills,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.148.9"><span class="content">fruit trees and all cedars,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.148.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.148.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">wild animals and all cattle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.148.10"><span class="content">small creatures and flying birds,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.148.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.148.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">kings of the earth and all nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.148.11"><span class="content">you princes and all rulers on earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.148.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.148.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">young men and women,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.148.12"><span class="content">old men and children.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.148.12"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.148.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Let them praise the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="content">for his name alone is exalted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="content">his splendor is above the earth and the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And he has raised up for his people a horn,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">148:14 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes strength.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="content">the praise of all his faithful servants,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="content">of Israel, the people close to his heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Faith in Action</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HEB.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HEB.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">This is what the ancients were commended for.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HEB.11.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HEB.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God&#8217;s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HEB.11.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HEB.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HEB.11.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: &#8220;He could not be found, because God had taken him away.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:5 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="GEN.5.24">Gen. 5:24</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.11.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.11.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">By faith Abraham, even though he was too old to have children&#8212;and Sarah herself was not able to conceive&#8212;was enabled to become a father because he</span></span></span><span class="content"> considered him faithful who had made the promise. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.11.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HEB.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HEB.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HEB.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Instead, they were longing for a better country&#8212;a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HEB.11.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HEB.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">even though God had said to him, &#8220;It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:18 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="GEN.21.12">Gen. 21:12</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HEB.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HEB.11.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HEB.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HEB.11.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph&#8217;s sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.11.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HEB.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HEB.11.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HEB.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">By faith Moses&#8217; parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king&#8217;s edict.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HEB.11.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="HEB.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="HEB.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="HEB.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="HEB.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king&#8217;s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="HEB.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="HEB.11.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="HEB.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="HEB.11.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="HEB.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="HEB.11.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="HEB.11.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:31 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">unbelieving</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="HEB.11.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="HEB.11.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="HEB.11.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="HEB.11.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="HEB.11.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="HEB.11.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="HEB.11.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">They were put to death by stoning;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:37 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">stoning; they were put to the test;</span></span></span><span class="content"> they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="HEB.11.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="HEB.11.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="HEB.11.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="HEB.11.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">61</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Year of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Favor</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The Spirit of the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is on me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has anointed me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">to proclaim good news to the poor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">to proclaim freedom for the captives</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">and release from darkness for the prisoners,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">61:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">the blind</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">to proclaim the year of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s favor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"><span class="content">and the day of vengeance of our God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"><span class="content">to comfort all who mourn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and provide for those who grieve in Zion&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">to bestow on them a crown of beauty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">instead of ashes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">the oil of joy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">instead of mourning,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">and a garment of praise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">instead of a spirit of despair.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">They will be called oaks of righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">a planting of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">for the display of his splendor.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They will rebuild the ancient ruins</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="content">and restore the places long devastated;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="content">they will renew the ruined cities</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="content">that have been devastated for generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.61.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Strangers will shepherd your flocks;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.61.5"><span class="content">foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.61.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And you will be called priests of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="content">you will be named ministers of our God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="content">You will feed on the wealth of nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="content">and in their riches you will boast.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Instead of your shame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">you will receive a double portion,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">and instead of disgrace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">you will rejoice in your inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">And so you will inherit a double portion in your land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">and everlasting joy will be yours.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;For I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, love justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="content">I hate robbery and wrongdoing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="content">In my faithfulness I will reward my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="content">and make an everlasting covenant with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Their descendants will be known among the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="content">and their offspring among the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="content">All who see them will acknowledge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="content">that they are a people the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has blessed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I delight greatly in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">my soul rejoices in my God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">For he has clothed me with garments of salvation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For as the soil makes the sprout come up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="content">and a garden causes seeds to grow,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="content">so the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will make righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="content">and praise spring up before all nations.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">62</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Zion&#8217;s New Name</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.62.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">For Zion&#8217;s sake I will not keep silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.62.1"><span class="content">for Jerusalem&#8217;s sake I will not remain quiet,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.62.1"><span class="content">till her vindication shines out like the dawn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.62.1"><span class="content">her salvation like a blazing torch.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.62.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.62.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The nations will see your vindication,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.62.2"><span class="content">and all kings your glory;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.62.2"><span class="content">you will be called by a new name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.62.2"><span class="content">that the mouth of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will bestow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.62.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.62.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You will be a crown of splendor in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.62.3"><span class="content">a royal diadem in the hand of your God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.62.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.62.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">No longer will they call you Deserted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.62.4"><span class="content">or name your land Desolate.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.62.4"><span class="content">But you will be called Hephzibah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">62:4 </span><span class="fq">Hephzibah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">my delight is in her.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.62.4"><span class="content">and your land Beulah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">62:4 </span><span class="fq">Beulah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fq">married</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.62.4"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will take delight in you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.62.4"><span class="content">and your land will be married.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.62.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.62.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">As a young man marries a young woman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.62.5"><span class="content">so will your Builder marry you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.62.5"><span class="content">as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.62.5"><span class="content">so will your God rejoice over you.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.62.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.62.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.62.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.62.6"><span class="content">they will never be silent day or night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.62.6"><span class="content">You who call on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.62.6"><span class="content">give yourselves no rest,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.62.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.62.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.62.7"><span class="content">and makes her the praise of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.62.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.62.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.62.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has sworn by his right hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.62.8"><span class="content">and by his mighty arm:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.62.8"><span class="content">&#8220;Never again will I give your grain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.62.8"><span class="content">as food for your enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.62.8"><span class="content">and never again will foreigners drink the new wine</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.62.8"><span class="content">for which you have toiled;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.62.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.62.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">but those who harvest it will eat it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.62.9"><span class="content">and praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.62.9"><span class="content">and those who gather the grapes will drink it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.62.9"><span class="content">in the courts of my sanctuary.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.62.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.62.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.62.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Pass through, pass through the gates!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.62.10"><span class="content">Prepare the way for the people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.62.10"><span class="content">Build up, build up the highway!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.62.10"><span class="content">Remove the stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.62.10"><span class="content">Raise a banner for the nations.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.62.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.62.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.62.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has made proclamation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.62.11"><span class="content">to the ends of the earth:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.62.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Say to Daughter Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.62.11"><span class="content">&#8216;See, your Savior comes!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.62.11"><span class="content">See, his reward is with him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.62.11"><span class="content">and his recompense accompanies him.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.62.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.62.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They will be called the Holy People,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.62.12"><span class="content">the Redeemed of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.62.12"><span class="content">and you will be called Sought After,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.62.12"><span class="content">the City No Longer Deserted.</span></span></div>
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