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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.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 Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the reign of Jeroboam son of Jehoash</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Joash, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehoash</span></span></span><span class="content"> king of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Hosea&#8217;s Wife and Children</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> began to speak through Hosea, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to him, &#8220;Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So he married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Hosea, &#8220;Call him Jezreel, because I will soon punish the house of Jehu for the massacre at Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In that day I will break Israel&#8217;s bow in the Valley of Jezreel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Hosea, &#8220;Call her Lo-Ruhamah (which means &#8220;not loved&#8221;), for I will no longer show love to Israel, that I should at all forgive them. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Yet I will show love to Judah; and I will save them&#8212;not by bow, sword or battle, or by horses and horsemen, but I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God, will save them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">After she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, Gomer had another son. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;Call him Lo-Ammi (which means &#8220;not my people&#8221;), for you are not my people, and I am not your God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">your <span class="nd">I am</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, &#8216;You are not my people,&#8217; they will be called &#8216;children of the living God.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The people of Judah and the people of Israel will come together; they will appoint one leader and will come up out of the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:11 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 1:10,11 is numbered 2:1,2.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="p"><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 2:1-23 is numbered 2:3-25.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Say of your brothers, &#8216;My people,&#8217; and of your sisters, &#8216;My loved one.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel Punished and Restored</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Rebuke your mother, rebuke her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.2.2"><span class="content">for she is not my wife,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.2.2"><span class="content">and I am not her husband.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.2.2"><span class="content">Let her remove the adulterous look from her face</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.2.2"><span class="content">and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Otherwise I will strip her naked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.2.3"><span class="content">and make her as bare as on the day she was born;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.2.3"><span class="content">I will make her like a desert,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.2.3"><span class="content">turn her into a parched land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.2.3"><span class="content">and slay her with thirst.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will not show my love to her children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.2.4"><span class="content">because they are the children of adultery.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Their mother has been unfaithful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.2.5"><span class="content">and has conceived them in disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.2.5"><span class="content">She said, &#8216;I will go after my lovers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.2.5"><span class="content">who give me my food and my water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.2.5"><span class="content">my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.2.6"><span class="content">I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">She will chase after her lovers but not catch them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.2.7"><span class="content">she will look for them but not find them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.2.7"><span class="content">Then she will say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.2.7"><span class="content">&#8216;I will go back to my husband as at first,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.2.7"><span class="content">for then I was better off than now.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">She has not acknowledged that I was the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.2.8"><span class="content">who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.2.8"><span class="content">who lavished on her the silver and gold&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.2.8"><span class="content">which they used for Baal.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore I will take away my grain when it ripens,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.2.9"><span class="content">and my new wine when it is ready.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.2.9"><span class="content">I will take back my wool and my linen,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.2.9"><span class="content">intended to cover her naked body.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">So now I will expose her lewdness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.2.10"><span class="content">before the eyes of her lovers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.2.10"><span class="content">no one will take her out of my hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I will stop all her celebrations:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.2.11"><span class="content">her yearly festivals, her New Moons,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.2.11"><span class="content">her Sabbath days&#8212;all her appointed festivals.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will ruin her vines and her fig trees,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.2.12"><span class="content">which she said were her pay from her lovers;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.2.12"><span class="content">I will make them a thicket,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.2.12"><span class="content">and wild animals will devour them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I will punish her for the days</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.2.13"><span class="content">she burned incense to the Baals;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.2.13"><span class="content">she decked herself with rings and jewelry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.2.13"><span class="content">and went after her lovers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.2.13"><span class="content">but me she forgot,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.2.13"><span class="content">declares 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 v13" data-usfm="HOS.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore I am now going to allure her;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.2.14"><span class="content">I will lead her into the wilderness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.2.14"><span class="content">and speak tenderly to her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">There I will give her back her vineyards,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.2.15"><span class="content">and will make the Valley of Achor</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="fq">Achor </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">trouble.</span></span></span><span class="content"> a door of hope.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.2.15"><span class="content">There she will respond</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sing</span></span></span><span class="content"> as in the days of her youth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.2.15"><span class="content">as in the day she came up out of Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.2.16"><span class="content">&#8220;you will call me &#8216;my husband&#8217;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.2.16"><span class="content">you will no longer call me &#8216;my master.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:16 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">baal</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.2.17"><span class="content">no longer will their names be invoked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">In that day I will make a covenant for them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.2.18"><span class="content">with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.2.18"><span class="content">and the creatures that move along the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.2.18"><span class="content">Bow and sword and battle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.2.18"><span class="content">I will abolish from the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.2.18"><span class="content">so that all may lie down in safety.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HOS.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I will betroth you to me forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HOS.2.19"><span class="content">I will betroth you in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">with</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 20</span></span></span><span class="content"> righteousness and justice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HOS.2.19"><span class="content">in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">with</span></span></span><span class="content"> love and compassion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HOS.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HOS.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I will betroth you in faithfulness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HOS.2.20"><span class="content">and you will acknowledge 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 v20" data-usfm="HOS.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HOS.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day I will respond,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HOS.2.21"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HOS.2.21"><span class="content">&#8220;I will respond to the skies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HOS.2.21"><span class="content">and they will respond to the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HOS.2.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HOS.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">and the earth will respond to the grain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HOS.2.22"><span class="content">the new wine and the olive oil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HOS.2.22"><span class="content">and they will respond to Jezreel.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:22 </span><span class="fq">Jezreel </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">God plants.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HOS.2.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HOS.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I will plant her for myself in the land;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HOS.2.23"><span class="content">I will show my love to the one I called &#8216;Not my loved one.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:23 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Lo-Ruhamah </span><span class="ft">(see 1:6)</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HOS.2.23"><span class="content">I will say to those called &#8216;Not my people,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:23 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Lo-Ammi </span><span class="ft">(see 1:9)</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8217; &#8216;You are my people&#8217;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HOS.2.23"><span class="content">and they will say, &#8216;You are my God.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Hosea&#8217;s Reconciliation With His Wife</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to me, &#8220;Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So I bought her for fifteen shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:2 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 6 ounces or about 170 grams</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver and about a homer and a lethek</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:2 </span><span class="ft">A homer and a lethek possibly weighed about 430 pounds or about 195 kilograms.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of barley. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then I told her, &#8220;You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way toward you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod or household gods. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and to his blessings in the last days.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch92" data-usfm="PSA.92">
         <div class="label">92</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 92</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 92:1-15 is numbered 92:2-16.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.92.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">It is good to praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.92.1"><span class="content">and make music to your name, O Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.92.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.92.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">proclaiming your love in the morning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.92.2"><span class="content">and your faithfulness at night,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.92.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.92.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">to the music of the ten-stringed lyre</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.92.3"><span class="content">and the melody of the harp.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.92.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.92.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For you make me glad by your deeds, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.92.4"><span class="content">I sing for joy at what your hands have done.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.92.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.92.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">How great 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 v5" data-usfm="PSA.92.5"><span class="content">how profound your thoughts!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.92.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.92.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Senseless people do not know,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.92.6"><span class="content">fools do not understand,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.92.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.92.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">that though the wicked spring up like grass</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.92.7"><span class="content">and all evildoers flourish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.92.7"><span class="content">they will be destroyed forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.92.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.92.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are forever exalted.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.92.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.92.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For surely your enemies, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.92.9"><span class="content">surely your enemies will perish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.92.9"><span class="content">all evildoers will be scattered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.92.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.92.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You have exalted my horn</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">92:10 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes strength.</span></span></span><span class="content"> like that of a wild ox;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.92.10"><span class="content">fine oils have been poured on me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.92.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.92.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.92.11"><span class="content">my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.92.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.92.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.92.12"><span class="content">they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.92.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.92.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">planted in the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.92.13"><span class="content">they will flourish in the courts of our God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.92.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.92.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They will still bear fruit in old age,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.92.14"><span class="content">they will stay fresh and green,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.92.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.92.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">proclaiming, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is upright;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.92.15"><span class="content">he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.&#8221;</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="content">  </span><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 class="content">  </span></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"></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" data-usfm="PSA.118.25">Psalm 118:25</span>,<span class="ref" data-usfm="PSA.118.26">26</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.11.9"><span class="content">  </span></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"></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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" data-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" data-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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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" data-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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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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