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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">saying to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If anyone asks you, &#8216;Why are you doing this?&#8217; say, &#8216;The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.11.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. As they untied it, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">some people standing there asked, &#8220;What are you doing, untying that colt?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They answered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them go. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.11.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Hosanna!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:9 </span><span class="ft">A Hebrew expression meaning &#8220;Save!&#8221; which became an exclamation of praise; also in verse 10</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.11.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.11.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:9 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.118.25">Psalm 118:25</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="PSA.118.26">26</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.11.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.11.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.11.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.11.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Hosanna in the highest heaven!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.11.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Curses a Fig Tree and Clears the Temple Courts</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.11.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then he said to the tree, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;May no one ever eat fruit from you again.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> And his disciples heard him say it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.11.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And as he taught them, he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Is it not written: &#8216;My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:17 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ISA.56.7">Isaiah 56:7</span></span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">? But you have made it &#8216;a den of robbers.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:17 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="JER.7.11">Jer. 7:11</span></span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.11.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this and began looking for a way to kill him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.11.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When evening came, Jesus and his disciples</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:19 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">came, Jesus</span></span></span><span class="content"> went out of the city.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.11.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Peter remembered and said to Jesus, &#8220;Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.11.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Have faith in God,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus answered. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:22,23 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">&#8220;If you have faith in God,&#8221; Jesus answered, </span><span class="fv">23 </span><span class="fqa">&#8220;truly</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, &#8216;Go, throw yourself into the sea,&#8217; and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.11.26"><span class="label">[26]</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:26 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts include here words similar to <span class="ref" usfm="MAT.6.15">Matt. 6:15</span>.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Authority of Jesus Questioned</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.11.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">They arrived again in Jerusalem, and while Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders came to him. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;By what authority are you doing these things?&#8221; they asked. &#8220;And who gave you authority to do this?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.11.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">John&#8217;s baptism&#8212;was it from heaven, or of human origin? Tell me!&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.11.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.11.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">They discussed it among themselves and said, &#8220;If we say, &#8216;From heaven,&#8217; he will ask, &#8216;Then why didn&#8217;t you believe him?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.11.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">But if we say, &#8216;Of human origin&#8217;&#8198;&#8230;&#8221; (They feared the people, for everyone held that John really was a prophet.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.11.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.11.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">So they answered Jesus, &#8220;We don&#8217;t know.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.11.33"><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">7</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The End Has Come</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says to the land of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.7.2"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The end! The end has come</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.7.2"><span class="content">upon the four corners of the land!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.7.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The end is now upon you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.7.3"><span class="content">and I will unleash my anger against you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.7.3"><span class="content">I will judge you according to your conduct</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.7.3"><span class="content">and repay you for all your detestable practices.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.7.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will not look on you with pity;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.7.4"><span class="content">I will not spare you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.7.4"><span class="content">I will surely repay you for your conduct</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.7.4"><span class="content">and for the detestable practices among you.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.7.4"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Then you will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.7.4"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.7.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.7.5"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Disaster! Unheard-of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">7:5 </span><span class="ft">Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac </span><span class="fqa">Disaster after</span></span></span><span class="content"> disaster!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.7.5"><span class="content">See, it comes!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.7.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The end has come!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.7.6"><span class="content">The end has come!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.7.6"><span class="content">It has roused itself against you.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.7.6"><span class="content">See, it comes!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.7.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Doom has come upon you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.7.7"><span class="content">upon you who dwell in the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.7.7"><span class="content">The time has come! The day is near!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.7.7"><span class="content">There is panic, not joy, on the mountains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.7.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I am about to pour out my wrath on you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.7.8"><span class="content">and spend my anger against you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.7.8"><span class="content">I will judge you according to your conduct</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.7.8"><span class="content">and repay you for all your detestable practices.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.7.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will not look on you with pity;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.7.9"><span class="content">I will not spare you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.7.9"><span class="content">I will repay you for your conduct</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.7.9"><span class="content">and for the detestable practices among you.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.7.9"></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.7.9"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Then you will know that it is I the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> who strikes you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.7.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;See, the day!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.7.10"><span class="content">See, it comes!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.7.10"><span class="content">Doom has burst forth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.7.10"><span class="content">the rod has budded,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.7.10"><span class="content">arrogance has blossomed!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.7.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Violence has arisen,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">7:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">The violent one has become</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.7.11"><span class="content">a rod to punish the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.7.11"><span class="content">None of the people will be left,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.7.11"><span class="content">none of that crowd&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.7.11"><span class="content">none of their wealth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.7.11"><span class="content">nothing of value.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.7.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The time has come!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.7.12"><span class="content">The day has arrived!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.7.12"><span class="content">Let not the buyer rejoice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.7.12"><span class="content">nor the seller grieve,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.7.12"><span class="content">for my wrath is on the whole crowd.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.7.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The seller will not recover</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.7.13"><span class="content">the property that was sold&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.7.13"><span class="content">as long as both buyer and seller live.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.7.13"><span class="content">For the vision concerning the whole crowd</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.7.13"><span class="content">will not be reversed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.7.13"><span class="content">Because of their sins, not one of them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.7.13"><span class="content">will preserve their life.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.7.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.7.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;They have blown the trumpet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.7.14"><span class="content">they have made all things ready,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.7.14"><span class="content">but no one will go into battle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.7.14"><span class="content">for my wrath is on the whole crowd.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.7.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Outside is the sword;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.7.15"><span class="content">inside are plague and famine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.7.15"><span class="content">Those in the country</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.7.15"><span class="content">will die by the sword;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.7.15"><span class="content">those in the city</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.7.15"><span class="content">will be devoured by famine and plague.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.7.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The fugitives who escape</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.7.16"><span class="content">will flee to the mountains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.7.16"><span class="content">Like doves of the valleys,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.7.16"><span class="content">they will all moan,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.7.16"><span class="content">each for their own sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.7.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Every hand will go limp;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.7.17"><span class="content">every leg will be wet with urine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.7.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.7.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They will put on sackcloth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.7.18"><span class="content">and be clothed with terror.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.7.18"><span class="content">Every face will be covered with shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.7.18"><span class="content">and every head will be shaved.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.7.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.7.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.7.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;They will throw their silver into the streets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.7.19"><span class="content">and their gold will be treated as a thing unclean.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.7.19"><span class="content">Their silver and gold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.7.19"><span class="content">will not be able to deliver them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.7.19"><span class="content">in the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s wrath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.7.19"><span class="content">It will not satisfy their hunger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.7.19"><span class="content">or fill their stomachs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.7.19"><span class="content">for it has caused them to stumble into sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.7.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.7.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They took pride in their beautiful jewelry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.7.20"><span class="content">and used it to make their detestable idols.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.7.20"><span class="content">They made it into vile images;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.7.20"><span class="content">therefore I will make it a thing unclean for them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.7.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.7.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I will give their wealth as plunder to foreigners</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.7.21"><span class="content">and as loot to the wicked of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.7.21"><span class="content">who will defile it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.7.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.7.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I will turn my face away from the people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.7.22"><span class="content">and robbers will desecrate the place I treasure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.7.22"><span class="content">They will enter it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.7.22"><span class="content">and will defile it.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.7.22"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.7.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.7.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Prepare chains!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.7.23"><span class="content">For the land is full of bloodshed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.7.23"><span class="content">and the city is full of violence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.7.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.7.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">I will bring the most wicked of nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.7.24"><span class="content">to take possession of their houses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.7.24"><span class="content">I will put an end to the pride of the mighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.7.24"><span class="content">and their sanctuaries will be desecrated.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.7.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.7.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When terror comes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.7.25"><span class="content">they will seek peace in vain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.7.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.7.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Calamity upon calamity will come,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.7.26"><span class="content">and rumor upon rumor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.7.26"><span class="content">They will go searching for a vision from the prophet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.7.26"><span class="content">priestly instruction in the law will cease,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.7.26"><span class="content">the counsel of the elders will come to an end.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.7.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.7.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The king will mourn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.7.27"><span class="content">the prince will be clothed with despair,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.7.27"><span class="content">and the hands of the people of the land will tremble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.7.27"><span class="content">I will deal with them according to their conduct,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.7.27"><span class="content">and by their own standards I will judge them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.7.27"></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.7.27"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Then they will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch8" data-usfm="EZK.8">
            <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Idolatry in the Temple</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the sixth year, in the sixth month on the fifth day, while I was sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, the hand of the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came on me there. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I looked, and I saw a figure like that of a man.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">saw a fiery figure</span></span></span><span class="content"> From what appeared to be his waist down he was like fire, and from there up his appearance was as bright as glowing metal. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and in visions of God he took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes to jealousy stood. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And there before me was the glory of the God of Israel, as in the vision I had seen in the plain.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.8.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then he said to me, &#8220;Son of man, look toward the north.&#8221; So I looked, and in the entrance north of the gate of the altar I saw this idol of jealousy.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.8.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And he said to me, &#8220;Son of man, do you see what they are doing&#8212;the utterly detestable things the Israelites are doing here, things that will drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see things that are even more detestable.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.8.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then he brought me to the entrance to the court. I looked, and I saw a hole in the wall. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He said to me, &#8220;Son of man, now dig into the wall.&#8221; So I dug into the wall and saw a doorway there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.8.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And he said to me, &#8220;Go in and see the wicked and detestable things they are doing here.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">So I went in and looked, and I saw portrayed all over the walls all kinds of crawling things and unclean animals and all the idols of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">In front of them stood seventy elders of Israel, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.8.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He said to me, &#8220;Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> does not see us; the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has forsaken the land.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Again, he said, &#8220;You will see them doing things that are even more detestable.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.8.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and I saw women sitting there, mourning the god Tammuz. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He said to me, &#8220;Do you see this, son of man? You will see things that are even more detestable than this.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.8.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He then brought me into the inner court of the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun in the east.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.8.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He said to me, &#8220;Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial matter for the people of Judah to do the detestable things they are doing here? Must they also fill the land with violence and continually arouse my anger? Look at them putting the branch to their nose! </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Therefore I will deal with them in anger; I will not look on them with pity or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen to them.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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    <div class="book bkPSA">
        <div class="chapter ch104" data-usfm="PSA.104.16+PSA.104.17+PSA.104.18+PSA.104.19+PSA.104.20+PSA.104.21+PSA.104.22+PSA.104.23+PSA.104.24+PSA.104.25+PSA.104.26+PSA.104.27+PSA.104.28+PSA.104.29+PSA.104.30+PSA.104.31+PSA.104.32+PSA.104.33+PSA.104.34+PSA.104.35">
            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.104.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The trees of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are well watered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.104.16"><span class="content">the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.104.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.104.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">There the birds make their nests;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.104.17"><span class="content">the stork has its home in the junipers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.104.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.104.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The high mountains belong to the wild goats;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.104.18"><span class="content">the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.104.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.104.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.104.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He made the moon to mark the seasons,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.104.19"><span class="content">and the sun knows when to go down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.104.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.104.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">You bring darkness, it becomes night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.104.20"><span class="content">and all the beasts of the forest prowl.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.104.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.104.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The lions roar for their prey</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.104.21"><span class="content">and seek their food from God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.104.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.104.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The sun rises, and they steal away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.104.22"><span class="content">they return and lie down in their dens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.104.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.104.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then people go out to their work,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.104.23"><span class="content">to their labor until evening.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.104.23"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.104.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.104.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">How many are your works, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.104.24"><span class="content">In wisdom you made them all;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.104.24"><span class="content">the earth is full of your creatures.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.104.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.104.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">There is the sea, vast and spacious,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.104.25"><span class="content">teeming with creatures beyond number&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.104.25"><span class="content">living things both large and small.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.104.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.104.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">There the ships go to and fro,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.104.26"><span class="content">and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.104.26"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.104.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.104.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">All creatures look to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.104.27"><span class="content">to give them their food at the proper time.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.104.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When you give it to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="content">they gather it up;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="content">when you open your hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="content">they are satisfied with good things.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">When you hide your face,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="content">they are terrified;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="content">when you take away their breath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="content">they die and return to the dust.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.104.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">When you send your Spirit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.104.30"><span class="content">they are created,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.104.30"><span class="content">and you renew the face of the ground.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.104.30"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.104.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.104.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">May the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> endure forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.104.31"><span class="content">may the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rejoice in his works&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.104.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.104.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.104.32"><span class="content">who touches the mountains, and they smoke.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.104.32"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.104.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.104.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">I will sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> all my life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.104.33"><span class="content">I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.104.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.104.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">May my meditation be pleasing to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.104.34"><span class="content">as I rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.104.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.104.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">But may sinners vanish from the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.104.35"><span class="content">and the wicked be no more.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.104.35"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.104.35"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my soul.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.104.35"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.104.35"><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">104:35 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; in the Septuagint this line stands at the beginning of <span class="ref" usfm="PSA.105">Psalm 105</span>.</span></span></span></span></div>
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