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         <div class="label">112</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 112</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">This psalm is an acrostic poem, the lines of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.112.1"><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">112:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.112.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.112.1"><span class="content">Blessed are those who fear the </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.112.1"><span class="content">who find great delight in his commands.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.112.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.112.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.112.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Their children will be mighty in the land;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.112.2"><span class="content">the generation of the upright will be blessed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.112.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.112.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Wealth and riches are in their houses,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.112.3"><span class="content">and their righteousness endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.112.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.112.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Even in darkness light dawns for the upright,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.112.4"><span class="content">for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.112.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.112.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.112.5"><span class="content">who conduct their affairs with justice.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.112.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.112.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.112.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Surely the righteous will never be shaken;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.112.6"><span class="content">they will be remembered forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.112.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.112.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They will have no fear of bad news;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.112.7"><span class="content">their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.112.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.112.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Their hearts are secure, they will have no fear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.112.8"><span class="content">in the end they will look in triumph on their foes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.112.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.112.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.112.9"><span class="content">their righteousness endures forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.112.9"><span class="content">their horn</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">112:9 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes dignity.</span></span></span><span class="content"> will be lifted high in honor.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.112.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.112.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.112.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The wicked will see and be vexed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.112.10"><span class="content">they will gnash their teeth and waste away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.112.10"><span class="content">the longings of the wicked will come to nothing.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="q1"><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 9:1 is numbered 8:23, and 9:2-26 is numbered 9:1-25.</span><span class="ft"> </span></span></span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Oh, that my head were a spring of water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.9.1"><span class="content">and my eyes a fountain of tears!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.9.1"><span class="content">I would weep day and night</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.9.1"><span class="content">for the slain of my people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.9.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Oh, that I had in the desert</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.9.2"><span class="content">a lodging place for travelers,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.9.2"><span class="content">so that I might leave my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.9.2"><span class="content">and go away from them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.9.2"><span class="content">for they are all adulterers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.9.2"><span class="content">a crowd of unfaithful people.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.9.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.9.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;They make ready their tongue</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.9.3"><span class="content">like a bow, to shoot lies;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.9.3"><span class="content">it is not by truth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.9.3"><span class="content">that they triumph</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">9:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">lies; / they are not valiant for truth</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.9.3"><span class="content">They go from one sin to another;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.9.3"><span class="content">they do not acknowledge me,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.9.3"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.9.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Beware of your friends;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.9.4"><span class="content">do not trust anyone in your clan.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.9.4"><span class="content">For every one of them is a deceiver,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">9:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">a deceiving Jacob</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.9.4"><span class="content">and every friend a slanderer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.9.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Friend deceives friend,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.9.5"><span class="content">and no one speaks the truth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.9.5"><span class="content">They have taught their tongues to lie;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.9.5"><span class="content">they weary themselves with sinning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.9.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">9:6 </span><span class="ft">That is, Jeremiah (the Hebrew is singular)</span></span></span><span class="content"> live in the midst of deception;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.9.6"><span class="content">in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.9.6"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.9.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Therefore this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.9.7"><span class="content">&#8220;See, I will refine and test them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.9.7"><span class="content">for what else can I do</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.9.7"><span class="content">because of the sin of my people?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.9.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Their tongue is a deadly arrow;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.9.8"><span class="content">it speaks deceitfully.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.9.8"><span class="content">With their mouths they all speak cordially to their neighbors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.9.8"><span class="content">but in their hearts they set traps for them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.9.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Should I not punish them for this?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.9.9"><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 v9" data-usfm="JER.9.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Should I not avenge myself</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.9.9"><span class="content">on such a nation as this?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.9.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.9.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I will weep and wail for the mountains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.9.10"><span class="content">and take up a lament concerning the wilderness grasslands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.9.10"><span class="content">They are desolate and untraveled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.9.10"><span class="content">and the lowing of cattle is not heard.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.9.10"><span class="content">The birds have all fled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.9.10"><span class="content">and the animals are gone.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.9.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.9.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.9.11"><span class="content">a haunt of jackals;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.9.11"><span class="content">and I will lay waste the towns of Judah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.9.11"><span class="content">so no one can live there.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.9.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Who is wise enough to understand this? Who has been instructed by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and can explain it? Why has the land been ruined and laid waste like a desert that no one can cross?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.9.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;It is because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them; they have not obeyed me or followed my law. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts; they have followed the Baals, as their ancestors taught them.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Therefore this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, the God of Israel, says: &#8220;See, I will make this people eat bitter food and drink poisoned water. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known, and I will pursue them with the sword until I have made an end of them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.9.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.9.17"><span class="content">&#8220;Consider now! Call for the wailing women to come;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.9.17"><span class="content">send for the most skillful of them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.9.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Let them come quickly</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.9.18"><span class="content">and wail over us</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.9.18"><span class="content">till our eyes overflow with tears</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.9.18"><span class="content">and water streams from our eyelids.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.9.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The sound of wailing is heard from Zion:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.9.19"><span class="content">&#8216;How ruined we are!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.9.19"><span class="content">How great is our shame!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.9.19"><span class="content">We must leave our land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.9.19"><span class="content">because our houses are in ruins.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.9.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.9.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Now, you women, hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.9.20"><span class="content">open your ears to the words of his mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.9.20"><span class="content">Teach your daughters how to wail;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.9.20"><span class="content">teach one another a lament.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.9.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Death has climbed in through our windows</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.9.21"><span class="content">and has entered our fortresses;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.9.21"><span class="content">it has removed the children from the streets</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.9.21"><span class="content">and the young men from the public squares.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.9.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Say, &#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> declares:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.9.22"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Dead bodies will lie</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.9.22"><span class="content">like dung on the open field,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.9.22"><span class="content">like cut grain behind the reaper,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.9.22"><span class="content">with no one to gather them.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.9.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.9.23"><span class="label">23</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 v23" data-usfm="JER.9.23"><span class="content">&#8220;Let not the wise boast of their wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.9.23"><span class="content">or the strong boast of their strength</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.9.23"><span class="content">or the rich boast of their riches,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.9.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">but let the one who boasts boast about this:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.9.24"><span class="content">that they have the understanding to know me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.9.24"><span class="content">that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who exercises kindness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.9.24"><span class="content">justice and righteousness on earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.9.24"><span class="content">for in these I delight,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.9.24"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.9.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;The days are coming,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JER.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab and all who live in the wilderness in distant places.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">9:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">wilderness and who clip the hair by their foreheads</span></span></span><span class="content"> For all these nations are really uncircumcised, and even the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God and Idols</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says to you, people of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.10.2"><span class="label">2</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 v2" data-usfm="JER.10.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not learn the ways of the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.10.2"><span class="content">or be terrified by signs in the heavens,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.10.2"><span class="content">though the nations are terrified by them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.10.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For the practices of the peoples are worthless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.10.3"><span class="content">they cut a tree out of the forest,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.10.3"><span class="content">and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.10.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They adorn it with silver and gold;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.10.4"><span class="content">they fasten it with hammer and nails</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.10.4"><span class="content">so it will not totter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.10.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.10.5"><span class="content">their idols cannot speak;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.10.5"><span class="content">they must be carried</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.10.5"><span class="content">because they cannot walk.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.10.5"><span class="content">Do not fear them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.10.5"><span class="content">they can do no harm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.10.5"><span class="content">nor can they do any good.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.10.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.10.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">No one is like you, </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="JER.10.6"><span class="content">you are great,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.10.6"><span class="content">and your name is mighty in power.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.10.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Who should not fear you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.10.7"><span class="content">King of the nations?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.10.7"><span class="content">This is your due.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.10.7"><span class="content">Among all the wise leaders of the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.10.7"><span class="content">and in all their kingdoms,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.10.7"><span class="content">there is no one like you.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.10.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.10.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They are all senseless and foolish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.10.8"><span class="content">they are taught by worthless wooden idols.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.10.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.10.9"><span class="content">and gold from Uphaz.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.10.9"><span class="content">What the craftsman and goldsmith have made</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.10.9"><span class="content">is then dressed in blue and purple&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.10.9"><span class="content">all made by skilled workers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.10.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the true God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.10.10"><span class="content">he is the living God, the eternal King.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.10.10"><span class="content">When he is angry, the earth trembles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.10.10"><span class="content">the nations cannot endure his wrath.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.10.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Tell them this: &#8216;These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:11 </span><span class="ft">The text of this verse is in Aramaic.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.10.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But God made the earth by his power;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.10.12"><span class="content">he founded the world by his wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.10.12"><span class="content">and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.10.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.10.13"><span class="content">he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.10.13"><span class="content">He sends lightning with the rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.10.13"><span class="content">and brings out the wind from his storehouses.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.10.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.10.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.10.14"><span class="content">every goldsmith is shamed by his idols.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.10.14"><span class="content">The images he makes are a fraud;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.10.14"><span class="content">they have no breath in them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.10.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">They are worthless, the objects of mockery;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.10.15"><span class="content">when their judgment comes, they will perish.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.10.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.10.16"><span class="content">for he is the Maker of all things,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.10.16"><span class="content">including Israel, the people of his inheritance&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.10.16"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is his name.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Coming Destruction</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.10.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Gather up your belongings to leave the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.10.17"><span class="content">you who live under siege.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.10.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.10.18"><span class="label">18</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="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.10.18"><span class="content">&#8220;At this time I will hurl out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.10.18"><span class="content">those who live in this land;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.10.18"><span class="content">I will bring distress on them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.10.18"><span class="content">so that they may be captured.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.10.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.10.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Woe to me because of my injury!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.10.19"><span class="content">My wound is incurable!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.10.19"><span class="content">Yet I said to myself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.10.19"><span class="content">&#8220;This is my sickness, and I must endure it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.10.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">My tent is destroyed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.10.20"><span class="content">all its ropes are snapped.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.10.20"><span class="content">My children are gone from me and are no more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.10.20"><span class="content">no one is left now to pitch my tent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.10.20"><span class="content">or to set up my shelter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.10.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The shepherds are senseless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.10.21"><span class="content">and do not inquire of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.10.21"><span class="content">so they do not prosper</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.10.21"><span class="content">and all their flock is scattered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.10.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.10.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Listen! The report is coming&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.10.22"><span class="content">a great commotion from the land of the north!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.10.22"><span class="content">It will make the towns of Judah desolate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.10.22"><span class="content">a haunt of jackals.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jeremiah&#8217;s Prayer</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.10.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.10.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I know that people&#8217;s lives are not their own;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.10.23"><span class="content">it is not for them to direct their steps.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.10.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.10.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Discipline me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, but only in due measure&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.10.24"><span class="content">not in your anger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.10.24"><span class="content">or you will reduce me to nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.10.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.10.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Pour out your wrath on the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.10.25"><span class="content">that do not acknowledge you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.10.25"><span class="content">on the peoples who do not call on your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.10.25"><span class="content">For they have devoured Jacob;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.10.25"><span class="content">they have devoured him completely</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.10.25"><span class="content">and destroyed his homeland.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Awaiting the New Body</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CO.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CO.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CO.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CO.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CO.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CO.5.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CO.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CO.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For we live by faith, not by sight. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CO.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CO.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CO.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Ministry of Reconciliation</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CO.5.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CO.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CO.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CO.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">If we are &#8220;out of our mind,&#8221; as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CO.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For Christ&#8217;s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CO.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CO.5.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CO.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CO.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">5:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Christ, that person is a new creation.</span></span></span><span class="content"> The old has gone, the new is here! </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CO.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CO.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people&#8217;s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CO.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">We are therefore Christ&#8217;s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ&#8217;s behalf: Be reconciled to God. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CO.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">God made him who had no sin to be sin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">5:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">be a sin offering</span></span></span><span class="content"> for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.</span></span></div>
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