Praying God's Word: 7-Day Guide for the Buddhist World

Lifestyle of Worship - Part 2

DRAWING FROM the RIGHT WELL

Who Owns Your Time?

Competing for Christ

Journey Through 1 Thessalonians

When to Forgive and Stand Firm

Wait Well: Trusting God's Timing

Faith That Endures

Overcoming Marital Anxiety

The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.1.1"><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"> that came to Joel son of Pethuel.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">An Invasion of Locusts</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hear this, you elders;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="content">listen, all who live in the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="content">Has anything like this ever happened in your days</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="content">or in the days of your ancestors?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Tell it to your children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.1.3"><span class="content">and let your children tell it to their children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.1.3"><span class="content">and their children to the next generation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">What the locust swarm has left</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">the great locusts have eaten;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">what the great locusts have left</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">the young locusts have eaten;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">what the young locusts have left</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">other locusts</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">The precise meaning of the four Hebrew words used here for locusts is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> have eaten.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="content">Wail, all you drinkers of wine;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="content">wail because of the new wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="content">for it has been snatched from your lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A nation has invaded my land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="content">a mighty army without number;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="content">it has the teeth of a lion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="content">the fangs of a lioness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It has laid waste my vines</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="content">and ruined my fig trees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="content">It has stripped off their bark</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="content">and thrown it away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="content">leaving their branches white.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.1.8"><span class="content">grieving for the betrothed of her youth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Grain offerings and drink offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.1.9"><span class="content">are cut off from the house of 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="JOL.1.9"><span class="content">The priests are in mourning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.1.9"><span class="content">those who minister before 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="JOL.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The fields are ruined,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="content">the ground is dried up;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="content">the grain is destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="content">the new wine is dried up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="content">the olive oil fails.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Despair, you farmers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="content">wail, you vine growers;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="content">grieve for the wheat and the barley,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="content">because the harvest of the field is destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The vine is dried up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">and the fig tree is withered;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">the pomegranate, the palm and the apple</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:12 </span><span class="ft">Or possibly </span><span class="fqa">apricot</span></span></span><span class="content"> tree&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">all the trees of the field&#8212;are dried up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">Surely the people&#8217;s joy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">is withered away.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Call to Lamentation</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Put on sackcloth, you priests, and mourn;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">wail, you who minister before the altar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">Come, spend the night in sackcloth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">you who minister before my God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">for the grain offerings and drink offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">are withheld from the house of your God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Declare a holy fast;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">call a sacred assembly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">Summon the elders</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">and all who live in the land</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">to the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">and cry out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Alas for that day!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.1.15"><span class="content">For the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is near;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.1.15"><span class="content">it will come like destruction from the Almighty.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:15 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shaddai</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Has not the food been cut off</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.1.16"><span class="content">before our very eyes&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.1.16"><span class="content">joy and gladness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.1.16"><span class="content">from the house of our God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The seeds are shriveled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="content">beneath the clods.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="content">The storehouses are in ruins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="content">the granaries have been broken down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="content">for the grain has dried up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">How the cattle moan!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="content">The herds mill about</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="content">because they have no pasture;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="content">even the flocks of sheep are suffering.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">To you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I call,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.1.19"><span class="content">for fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.1.19"><span class="content">and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Even the wild animals pant for you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.1.20"><span class="content">the streams of water have dried up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.1.20"><span class="content">and fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Nations Judged</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 3:1-21 is numbered 4:1-21.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;In those days and at that time,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.3.1"><span class="content">when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will gather all nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="content">and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:2 </span><span class="fq">Jehoshaphat </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">the <span class="nd">Lord</span> judges</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 12.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="content">There I will put them on trial</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="content">for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="content">because they scattered my people among the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="content">and divided up my land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They cast lots for my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.3.3"><span class="content">and traded boys for prostitutes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.3.3"><span class="content">they sold girls for wine to drink.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now what have you against me, Tyre and Sidon and all you regions of Philistia? Are you repaying me for something I have done? If you are paying me back, I will swiftly and speedily return on your own heads what you have done. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For you took my silver and my gold and carried off my finest treasures to your temples.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">palaces</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, that you might send them far from their homeland.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, I am going to rouse them out of the places to which you sold them, and I will return on your own heads what you have done. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far away.&#8221; The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Proclaim this among the nations:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.3.9"><span class="content">Prepare for war!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.3.9"><span class="content">Rouse the warriors!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.3.9"><span class="content">Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Beat your plowshares into swords</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.3.10"><span class="content">and your pruning hooks into spears.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.3.10"><span class="content">Let the weakling say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.3.10"><span class="content">&#8220;I am strong!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Come quickly, all you nations from every side,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.3.11"><span class="content">and assemble there.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.3.11"><span class="content">Bring down your warriors, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let the nations be roused;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.3.12"><span class="content">let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.3.12"><span class="content">for there I will sit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.3.12"><span class="content">to judge all the nations on every side.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Swing the sickle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="content">for the harvest is ripe.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="content">Come, trample the grapes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="content">for the winepress is full</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="content">and the vats overflow&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="content">so great is their wickedness!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Multitudes, multitudes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.3.14"><span class="content">in the valley of decision!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.3.14"><span class="content">For the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is near</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.3.14"><span class="content">in the valley of decision.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The sun and moon will be darkened,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.3.15"><span class="content">and the stars no longer shine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will roar from Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"><span class="content">and thunder from Jerusalem;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"><span class="content">the earth and the heavens will tremble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be a refuge for his people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"><span class="content">a stronghold for the people of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Blessings for God&#8217;s People</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then you will know that I, 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 v17" data-usfm="JOL.3.17"><span class="content">dwell in Zion, my holy hill.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.3.17"><span class="content">Jerusalem will be holy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.3.17"><span class="content">never again will foreigners invade her.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day the mountains will drip new wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"><span class="content">and the hills will flow with milk;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"><span class="content">all the ravines of Judah will run with water.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"><span class="content">A fountain will flow out of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s house</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"><span class="content">and will water the valley of acacias.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Valley of Shittim</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But Egypt will be desolate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.3.19"><span class="content">Edom a desert waste,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.3.19"><span class="content">because of violence done to the people of Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.3.19"><span class="content">in whose land they shed innocent blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Judah will be inhabited forever</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.3.20"><span class="content">and Jerusalem through all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOL.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOL.3.21"><span class="content">No, I will not.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="qc"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOL.3.21"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> dwells in Zion!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">22</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Eden Restored</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.22.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.22.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.22.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.22.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.22.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John and the Angel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.22.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.22.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The angel said to me, &#8220;These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the God who inspires the prophets, sent his angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.22.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.22.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Look, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.22.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.22.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.22.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But he said to me, &#8220;Don&#8217;t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your fellow prophets and with all who keep the words of this scroll. Worship God!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.22.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.22.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then he told me, &#8220;Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is near. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.22.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let the one who does right continue to do right; and let the holy person continue to be holy.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Epilogue: Invitation and Warning</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.22.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.22.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.22.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.22.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.22.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.22.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.22.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.22.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">22:16 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">The Greek is plural.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.22.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.22.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The Spirit and the bride say, &#8220;Come!&#8221; And let the one who hears say, &#8220;Come!&#8221; Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.22.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.22.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.22.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.22.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.22.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He who testifies to these things says, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes, I am coming soon.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.22.20"><span class="content">Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.22.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.22.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God&#8217;s people. Amen.</span></span></div>
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