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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Repentance to Bring Blessing</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 14:1-9 is numbered 14:2-10.</span><span class="ft"> </span></span></span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Return, Israel, to 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 v1" data-usfm="HOS.14.1"><span class="content">Your sins have been your downfall!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.14.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Take words with you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.14.2"><span class="content">and return to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.14.2"><span class="content">Say to him:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.14.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Forgive all our sins</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.14.2"><span class="content">and receive us graciously,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.14.2"><span class="content">that we may offer the fruit of our lips.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">14:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">offer our lips as sacrifices of bulls</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.14.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Assyria cannot save us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.14.3"><span class="content">we will not mount warhorses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.14.3"><span class="content">We will never again say &#8216;Our gods&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.14.3"><span class="content">to what our own hands have made,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.14.3"><span class="content">for in you the fatherless find compassion.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.14.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.14.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will heal their waywardness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.14.4"><span class="content">and love them freely,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.14.4"><span class="content">for my anger has turned away from them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.14.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I will be like the dew to Israel;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.14.5"><span class="content">he will blossom like a lily.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.14.5"><span class="content">Like a cedar of Lebanon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.14.5"><span class="content">he will send down his roots;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.14.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">his young shoots will grow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.14.6"><span class="content">His splendor will be like an olive tree,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.14.6"><span class="content">his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.14.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">People will dwell again in his shade;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.14.7"><span class="content">they will flourish like the grain,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.14.7"><span class="content">they will blossom like the vine&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.14.7"><span class="content">Israel&#8217;s fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.14.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Ephraim, what more have I</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">14:8 </span><span class="ft">Or Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">What more has Ephraim</span></span></span><span class="content"> to do with idols?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.14.8"><span class="content">I will answer him and care for him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.14.8"><span class="content">I am like a flourishing juniper;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.14.8"><span class="content">your fruitfulness comes from me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.14.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.14.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Who is wise? Let them realize these things.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.14.9"><span class="content">Who is discerning? Let them understand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.14.9"><span class="content">The ways of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are right;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.14.9"><span class="content">the righteous walk in them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.14.9"><span class="content">but the rebellious stumble in them.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">52</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 52</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 52:1-9 is numbered 52:3-11.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">maskil</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of David. When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: &#8220;David has gone to the house of Ahimelek.&#8221;</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="content">Why do you boast all day long,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="content">you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You who practice deceit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="content">your tongue plots destruction;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="content">it is like a sharpened razor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.52.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You love evil rather than good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.52.3"><span class="content">falsehood rather than speaking the truth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">52:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 5.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.52.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You love every harmful word,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"><span class="content">you deceitful tongue!</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="content">He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="content">he will uproot you from the land of the living.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.52.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The righteous will see and fear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.52.6"><span class="content">they will laugh at you, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.52.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Here now is the man</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">who did not make God his stronghold</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">but trusted in his great wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">and grew strong by destroying others!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But I am like an olive tree</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">flourishing in the house of God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">I trust in God&#8217;s unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For what you have done I will always praise you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="content">in the presence of your faithful people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="content">And I will hope in your name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="content">for your name is good.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EPH.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EPH.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EPH.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:3 </span><span class="ft">In contexts like this, the Greek word for </span><span class="fq">flesh </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">sarx</span>) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EPH.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EPH.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions&#8212;it is by grace you have been saved. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EPH.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EPH.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EPH.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith&#8212;and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EPH.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">not by works, so that no one can boast. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EPH.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For we are God&#8217;s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EPH.2.10"></span></div>
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