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         <div class="label">102</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 102</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 102:1-28 is numbered 102:2-29.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.102.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear my prayer, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.102.1"><span class="content">let my cry for help come to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.102.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.102.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Do not hide your face from me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.102.2"><span class="content">when I am in distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.102.2"><span class="content">Turn your ear to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.102.2"><span class="content">when I call, answer me quickly.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.102.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.102.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.102.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For my days vanish like smoke;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.102.3"><span class="content">my bones burn like glowing embers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.102.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.102.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">My heart is blighted and withered like grass;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.102.4"><span class="content">I forget to eat my food.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.102.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.102.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In my distress I groan aloud</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.102.5"><span class="content">and am reduced to skin and bones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.102.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.102.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I am like a desert owl,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.102.6"><span class="content">like an owl among the ruins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.102.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.102.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I lie awake; I have become</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.102.7"><span class="content">like a bird alone on a roof.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.102.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.102.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">All day long my enemies taunt me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.102.8"><span class="content">those who rail against me use my name as a curse.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.102.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.102.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For I eat ashes as my food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.102.9"><span class="content">and mingle my drink with tears</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.102.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.102.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">because of your great wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.102.10"><span class="content">for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.102.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.102.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">My days are like the evening shadow;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.102.11"><span class="content">I wither away like grass.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.102.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.102.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.102.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, sit enthroned forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.102.12"><span class="content">your renown endures through all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.102.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.102.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You will arise and have compassion on Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.102.13"><span class="content">for it is time to show favor to her;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.102.13"><span class="content">the appointed time has come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.102.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.102.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For her stones are dear to your servants;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.102.14"><span class="content">her very dust moves them to pity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.102.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.102.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The nations will fear 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 v15" data-usfm="PSA.102.15"><span class="content">all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.102.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.102.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will rebuild Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.102.16"><span class="content">and appear in his glory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.102.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.102.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He will respond to the prayer of the destitute;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.102.17"><span class="content">he will not despise their plea.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.102.17"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.102.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.102.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Let this be written for a future generation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.102.18"><span class="content">that a people not yet created may praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.102.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.102.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> looked down from his sanctuary on high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.102.19"><span class="content">from heaven he viewed the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.102.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.102.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">to hear the groans of the prisoners</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.102.20"><span class="content">and release those condemned to death.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.102.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.102.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be declared in Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.102.21"><span class="content">and his praise in Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.102.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.102.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">when the peoples and the kingdoms</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.102.22"><span class="content">assemble to worship the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.102.22"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.102.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.102.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">In the course of my life</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">102:23 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">By his power</span></span></span><span class="content"> he broke my strength;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.102.23"><span class="content">he cut short my days.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.102.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.102.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">So I said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.102.24"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.102.24"><span class="content">your years go on through all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.102.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.102.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.102.25"><span class="content">and the heavens are the work of your hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.102.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.102.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They will perish, but you remain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.102.26"><span class="content">they will all wear out like a garment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.102.26"><span class="content">Like clothing you will change them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.102.26"><span class="content">and they will be discarded.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.102.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.102.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But you remain the same,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.102.27"><span class="content">and your years will never end.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.102.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.102.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The children of your servants will live in your presence;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.102.28"><span class="content">their descendants will be established before you.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">55</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Invitation to the Thirsty</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.55.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come, all you who are thirsty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.55.1"><span class="content">come to the waters;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.55.1"><span class="content">and you who have no money,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.55.1"><span class="content">come, buy and eat!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.55.1"><span class="content">Come, buy wine and milk</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.55.1"><span class="content">without money and without cost.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.55.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.55.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Why spend money on what is not bread,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.55.2"><span class="content">and your labor on what does not satisfy?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.55.2"><span class="content">Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.55.2"><span class="content">and you will delight in the richest of fare.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.55.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.55.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Give ear and come to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.55.3"><span class="content">listen, that you may live.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.55.3"><span class="content">I will make an everlasting covenant with you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.55.3"><span class="content">my faithful love promised to David.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.55.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.55.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">See, I have made him a witness to the peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.55.4"><span class="content">a ruler and commander of the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.55.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.55.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Surely you will summon nations you know not,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.55.5"><span class="content">and nations you do not know will come running to you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.55.5"><span class="content">because of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.55.5"><span class="content">the Holy One of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.55.5"><span class="content">for he has endowed you with splendor.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.55.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.55.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.55.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> while he may be found;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.55.6"><span class="content">call on him while he is near.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.55.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.55.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Let the wicked forsake their ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.55.7"><span class="content">and the unrighteous their thoughts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.55.7"><span class="content">Let them turn to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and he will have mercy on them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.55.7"><span class="content">and to our God, for he will freely pardon.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.55.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.55.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.55.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;For my thoughts are not your thoughts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.55.8"><span class="content">neither are your ways my ways,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.55.8"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.55.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.55.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;As the heavens are higher than the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.55.9"><span class="content">so are my ways higher than your ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.55.9"><span class="content">and my thoughts than your thoughts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.55.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.55.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">As the rain and the snow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.55.10"><span class="content">come down from heaven,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.55.10"><span class="content">and do not return to it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.55.10"><span class="content">without watering the earth</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.55.10"><span class="content">and making it bud and flourish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.55.10"><span class="content">so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.55.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.55.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">so is my word that goes out from my mouth:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.55.11"><span class="content">It will not return to me empty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.55.11"><span class="content">but will accomplish what I desire</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.55.11"><span class="content">and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.55.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.55.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You will go out in joy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.55.12"><span class="content">and be led forth in peace;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.55.12"><span class="content">the mountains and hills</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.55.12"><span class="content">will burst into song before you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.55.12"><span class="content">and all the trees of the field</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.55.12"><span class="content">will clap their hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.55.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.55.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.55.13"><span class="content">and instead of briers the myrtle will grow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.55.13"><span class="content">This will be for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s renown,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.55.13"><span class="content">for an everlasting sign,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.55.13"><span class="content">that will endure forever.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">56</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Salvation for Others</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.56.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.56.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Maintain justice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.56.1"><span class="content">and do what is right,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.56.1"><span class="content">for my salvation is close at hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.56.1"><span class="content">and my righteousness will soon be revealed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.56.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.56.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one who does this&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.56.2"><span class="content">the person who holds it fast,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.56.2"><span class="content">who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.56.2"><span class="content">and keeps their hands from doing any evil.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.56.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.56.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.56.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Let no foreigner who is bound to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.56.3"><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will surely exclude me from his people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.56.3"><span class="content">And let no eunuch complain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.56.3"><span class="content">&#8220;I am only a dry tree.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.56.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.56.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.56.4"><span class="content">&#8220;To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.56.4"><span class="content">who choose what pleases me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.56.4"><span class="content">and hold fast to my covenant&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.56.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.56.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">to them I will give within my temple and its walls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.56.5"><span class="content">a memorial and a name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.56.5"><span class="content">better than sons and daughters;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.56.5"><span class="content">I will give them an everlasting name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.56.5"><span class="content">that will endure forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.56.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.56.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And foreigners who bind themselves to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.56.6"><span class="content">to minister to him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.56.6"><span class="content">to love 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 v6" data-usfm="ISA.56.6"><span class="content">and to be his servants,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.56.6"><span class="content">all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.56.6"><span class="content">and who hold fast to my covenant&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.56.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.56.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">these I will bring to my holy mountain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.56.7"><span class="content">and give them joy in my house of prayer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.56.7"><span class="content">Their burnt offerings and sacrifices</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.56.7"><span class="content">will be accepted on my altar;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.56.7"><span class="content">for my house will be called</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.56.7"><span class="content">a house of prayer for all nations.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.56.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.56.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> declares&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.56.8"><span class="content">he who gathers the exiles of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.56.8"><span class="content">&#8220;I will gather still others to them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.56.8"><span class="content">besides those already gathered.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Accusation Against the Wicked</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.56.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.56.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Come, all you beasts of the field,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.56.9"><span class="content">come and devour, all you beasts of the forest!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.56.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.56.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Israel&#8217;s watchmen are blind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.56.10"><span class="content">they all lack knowledge;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.56.10"><span class="content">they are all mute dogs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.56.10"><span class="content">they cannot bark;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.56.10"><span class="content">they lie around and dream,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.56.10"><span class="content">they love to sleep.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.56.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.56.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They are dogs with mighty appetites;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.56.11"><span class="content">they never have enough.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.56.11"><span class="content">They are shepherds who lack understanding;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.56.11"><span class="content">they all turn to their own way,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.56.11"><span class="content">they seek their own gain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.56.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.56.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come,&#8221; each one cries, &#8220;let me get wine!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.56.12"><span class="content">Let us drink our fill of beer!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.56.12"><span class="content">And tomorrow will be like today,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.56.12"><span class="content">or even far better.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.56.12"></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.56.12"></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="nb"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">On Covering the Head in Worship</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.11.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the traditions just as I passed them on to you. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of the wife is her husband</span></span></span><span class="content"> and the head of Christ is God. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head&#8212;it is the same as having her head shaved. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.11.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">A man ought not to cover his head,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:4-7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fv">4 </span><span class="fqa">Every man who prays or prophesies with long hair dishonors his head. </span><span class="fv">5 </span><span class="fqa">But every woman who prays or prophesies with no covering of hair dishonors her head&#8212;she is just like one of the &#8220;shorn women.&#8221; </span><span class="fv">6 </span><span class="fqa">If a woman has no covering, let her be for now with short hair; but since it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair shorn or shaved, she should grow it again. </span><span class="fv">7 </span><span class="fqa">A man ought not to have long hair</span></span></span><span class="content"> since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">It is for this reason that a woman ought to have authority over her own</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">have a sign of authority on her</span></span></span><span class="content"> head, because of the angels. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.11.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice&#8212;nor do the churches of God.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Correcting an Abuse of the Lord&#8217;s Supper</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.11.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God&#8217;s approval. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">So then, when you come together, it is not the Lord&#8217;s Supper you eat, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers. As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? Certainly not in this matter!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.11.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CO.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord&#8217;s death until he comes.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.11.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CO.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CO.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CO.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CO.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CO.11.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CO.11.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CO.11.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CO.11.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">So then, my brothers and sisters, when you gather to eat, you should all eat together. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CO.11.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Anyone who is hungry should eat something at home, so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CO.11.34"><span class="content">And when I come I will give further directions.</span></span></div>
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