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         <div class="label">137</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 137</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.137.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.137.1"><span class="content">when we remembered Zion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.137.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.137.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">There on the poplars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.137.2"><span class="content">we hung our harps,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.137.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.137.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">for there our captors asked us for songs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.137.3"><span class="content">our tormentors demanded songs of joy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.137.3"><span class="content">they said, &#8220;Sing us one of the songs of Zion!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.137.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.137.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.137.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">How can we sing the songs of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.137.4"><span class="content">while in a foreign land?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.137.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.137.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If I forget you, Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.137.5"><span class="content">may my right hand forget its skill.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.137.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"><span class="content">if I do not remember you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"><span class="content">if I do not consider Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"><span class="content">my highest joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.137.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Remember, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, what the Edomites did</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.137.7"><span class="content">on the day Jerusalem fell.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.137.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Tear it down,&#8221; they cried,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.137.7"><span class="content">&#8220;tear it down to its foundations!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.137.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.137.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.137.8"><span class="content">happy is the one who repays you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.137.8"><span class="content">according to what you have done to us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.137.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.137.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Happy is the one who seizes your infants</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.137.9"><span class="content">and dashes them against the rocks.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">47</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Message About the Philistines</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.47.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.47.1"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.47.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.47.2"><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.47.2"><span class="content">&#8220;See how the waters are rising in the north;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.47.2"><span class="content">they will become an overflowing torrent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.47.2"><span class="content">They will overflow the land and everything in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.47.2"><span class="content">the towns and those who live in them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.47.2"><span class="content">The people will cry out;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.47.2"><span class="content">all who dwell in the land will wail</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.47.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.47.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.47.3"><span class="content">at the noise of enemy chariots</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.47.3"><span class="content">and the rumble of their wheels.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.47.3"><span class="content">Parents will not turn to help their children;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.47.3"><span class="content">their hands will hang limp.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.47.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.47.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For the day has come</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.47.4"><span class="content">to destroy all the Philistines</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.47.4"><span class="content">and to remove all survivors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.47.4"><span class="content">who could help Tyre and Sidon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.47.4"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is about to destroy the Philistines,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.47.4"><span class="content">the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">47:4 </span><span class="ft">That is, Crete</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.47.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.47.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Gaza will shave her head in mourning;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.47.5"><span class="content">Ashkelon will be silenced.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.47.5"><span class="content">You remnant on the plain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.47.5"><span class="content">how long will you cut yourselves?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.47.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.47.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.47.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Alas, sword 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="JER.47.6"><span class="content">how long till you rest?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.47.6"><span class="content">Return to your sheath;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.47.6"><span class="content">cease and be still.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.47.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.47.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But how can it rest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.47.7"><span class="content">when the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has commanded it,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.47.7"><span class="content">when he has ordered it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.47.7"><span class="content">to attack Ashkelon and the coast?&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Ministry in Thessalonica</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TH.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">You know, brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not without results. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TH.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">We had previously suffered and been treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, but with the help of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in the face of strong opposition. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1TH.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1TH.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1TH.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed&#8212;God is our witness. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1TH.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">We were not looking for praise from people, not from you or anyone else, even though as apostles of Christ we could have asserted our authority. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TH.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Instead, we were like young children</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">were gentle</span></span></span><span class="content"> among you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TH.2.7"><span class="content">Just as a nursing mother cares for her children, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1TH.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">so we cared for you. Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1TH.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our toil and hardship; we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone while we preached the gospel of God to you. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TH.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous and blameless we were among you who believed. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1TH.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1TH.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1TH.2.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1TH.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1TH.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God&#8217;s churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people the same things those churches suffered from the Jews </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1TH.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TH.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit. The wrath of God has come upon them at last.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">them fully</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Longing to See the Thessalonians</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TH.2.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1TH.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But, brothers and sisters, when we were orphaned by being separated from you for a short time (in person, not in thought), out of our intense longing we made every effort to see you. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1TH.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For we wanted to come to you&#8212;certainly I, Paul, did, again and again&#8212;but Satan blocked our way. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1TH.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you? </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1TH.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Indeed, you are our glory and joy.</span></span></div>
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