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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel to Reap the Whirlwind</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Put the trumpet to your lips!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.8.1"><span class="content">An eagle is over the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.8.1"><span class="content">because the people have broken my covenant</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.8.1"><span class="content">and rebelled against my law.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.8.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Israel cries out to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.8.2"><span class="content">&#8216;Our God, we acknowledge you!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.8.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But Israel has rejected what is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.8.3"><span class="content">an enemy will pursue him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They set up kings without my consent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="content">they choose princes without my approval.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="content">With their silver and gold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="content">they make idols for themselves</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="content">to their own destruction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Samaria, throw out your calf-idol!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.8.5"><span class="content">My anger burns against them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.8.5"><span class="content">How long will they be incapable of purity?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They are from Israel!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="content">This calf&#8212;a metalworker has made it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="content">it is not God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="content">It will be broken in pieces,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="content">that calf of Samaria.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;They sow the wind</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">and reap the whirlwind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">The stalk has no head;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">it will produce no flour.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">Were it to yield grain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">foreigners would swallow it up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Israel is swallowed up;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.8.8"><span class="content">now she is among the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.8.8"><span class="content">like something no one wants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For they have gone up to Assyria</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.8.9"><span class="content">like a wild donkey wandering alone.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.8.9"><span class="content">Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Although they have sold themselves among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.8.10"><span class="content">I will now gather them together.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.8.10"><span class="content">They will begin to waste away</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.8.10"><span class="content">under the oppression of the mighty king.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.8.11"><span class="content">these have become altars for sinning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.8.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I wrote for them the many things of my law,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.8.12"><span class="content">but they regarded them as something foreign.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">and though they eat the meat,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is not pleased with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">Now he will remember their wickedness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">and punish their sins:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">They will return to Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Israel has forgotten their Maker</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.8.14"><span class="content">and built palaces;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.8.14"><span class="content">Judah has fortified many towns.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.8.14"><span class="content">But I will send fire on their cities</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.8.14"><span class="content">that will consume their fortresses.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Punishment for Israel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Do not rejoice, Israel;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.9.1"><span class="content">do not be jubilant like the other nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.9.1"><span class="content">For you have been unfaithful to your God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.9.1"><span class="content">you love the wages of a prostitute</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.9.1"><span class="content">at every threshing floor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.9.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Threshing floors and winepresses will not feed the people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.9.2"><span class="content">the new wine will fail them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They will not remain in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s land;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.9.3"><span class="content">Ephraim will return to Egypt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.9.3"><span class="content">and eat unclean food in Assyria.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They will not pour out wine offerings to the </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="HOS.9.4"><span class="content">nor will their sacrifices please him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.9.4"><span class="content">Such sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.9.4"><span class="content">all who eat them will be unclean.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.9.4"><span class="content">This food will be for themselves;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.9.4"><span class="content">it will not come into the temple of 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 v4" data-usfm="HOS.9.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">What will you do on the day of your appointed festivals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.9.5"><span class="content">on the feast days of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Even if they escape from destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.9.6"><span class="content">Egypt will gather them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.9.6"><span class="content">and Memphis will bury them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.9.6"><span class="content">Their treasures of silver will be taken over by briers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.9.6"><span class="content">and thorns will overrun their tents.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The days of punishment are coming,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="content">the days of reckoning are at hand.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="content">Let Israel know this.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="content">Because your sins are so many</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="content">and your hostility so great,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="content">the prophet is considered a fool,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="content">the inspired person a maniac.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The prophet, along with my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.9.8"><span class="content">is the watchman over Ephraim,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">The prophet is the watchman over Ephraim, / the people of my God</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.9.8"><span class="content">yet snares await him on all his paths,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.9.8"><span class="content">and hostility in the house of his God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They have sunk deep into corruption,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.9.9"><span class="content">as in the days of Gibeah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.9.9"><span class="content">God will remember their wickedness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.9.9"><span class="content">and punish them for their sins.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;When I found Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="content">it was like finding grapes in the desert;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="content">when I saw your ancestors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="content">it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="content">But when they came to Baal Peor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="content">they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="content">and became as vile as the thing they loved.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Ephraim&#8217;s glory will fly away like a bird&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.9.11"><span class="content">no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Even if they rear children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.9.12"><span class="content">I will bereave them of every one.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.9.12"><span class="content">Woe to them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.9.12"><span class="content">when I turn away from them!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.9.13"><span class="content">planted in a pleasant place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.9.13"><span class="content">But Ephraim will bring out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.9.13"><span class="content">their children to the slayer.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Give them, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.9.14"><span class="content">what will you give them?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.9.14"><span class="content">Give them wombs that miscarry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.9.14"><span class="content">and breasts that are dry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.9.15"><span class="content">I hated them there.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.9.15"><span class="content">Because of their sinful deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.9.15"><span class="content">I will drive them out of my house.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.9.15"><span class="content">I will no longer love them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.9.15"><span class="content">all their leaders are rebellious.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Ephraim is blighted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.9.16"><span class="content">their root is withered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.9.16"><span class="content">they yield no fruit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.9.16"><span class="content">Even if they bear children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.9.16"><span class="content">I will slay their cherished offspring.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">My God will reject them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.9.17"><span class="content">because they have not obeyed him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.9.17"><span class="content">they will be wanderers among the nations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Israel was a spreading vine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="content">he brought forth fruit for himself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="content">As his fruit increased,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="content">he built more altars;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="content">as his land prospered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="content">he adorned his sacred stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Their heart is deceitful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.10.2"><span class="content">and now they must bear their guilt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.10.2"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will demolish their altars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.10.2"><span class="content">and destroy their sacred stones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.10.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then they will say, &#8220;We have no king</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.10.3"><span class="content">because we did not revere the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.10.3"><span class="content">But even if we had a king,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.10.3"><span class="content">what could he do for us?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.10.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They make many promises,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"><span class="content">take false oaths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"><span class="content">and make agreements;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"><span class="content">therefore lawsuits spring up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"><span class="content">like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The people who live in Samaria fear</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="content">for the calf-idol of Beth Aven.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:5 </span><span class="fq">Beth Aven </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">house of wickedness </span><span class="ft">(a derogatory name for Bethel, which means </span><span class="fqa">house of God</span><span class="ft">).</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="content">Its people will mourn over it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="content">and so will its idolatrous priests,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="content">those who had rejoiced over its splendor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="content">because it is taken from them into exile.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">It will be carried to Assyria</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.10.6"><span class="content">as tribute for the great king.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.10.6"><span class="content">Ephraim will be disgraced;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.10.6"><span class="content">Israel will be ashamed of its foreign alliances.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Samaria&#8217;s king will be destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.10.7"><span class="content">swept away like a twig on the surface of the waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The high places of wickedness</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:8 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">aven, </span><span class="ft">a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see verse 5.</span></span></span><span class="content"> will be destroyed&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="content">it is the sin of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="content">Thorns and thistles will grow up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="content">and cover their altars.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="content">Then they will say to the mountains, &#8220;Cover us!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="content">and to the hills, &#8220;Fall on us!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Since the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.10.9"><span class="content">and there you have remained.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">there a stand was taken</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.10.9"><span class="content">Will not war again overtake</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.10.9"><span class="content">the evildoers in Gibeah?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.10.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When I please, I will punish them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.10.10"><span class="content">nations will be gathered against them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.10.10"><span class="content">to put them in bonds for their double sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Ephraim is a trained heifer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">that loves to thresh;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">so I will put a yoke</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">on her fair neck.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">I will drive Ephraim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">Judah must plow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">and Jacob must break up the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Sow righteousness for yourselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="content">reap the fruit of unfailing love,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="content">and break up your unplowed ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="content">for it is time to seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="content">until he comes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="content">and showers his righteousness on you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But you have planted wickedness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"><span class="content">you have reaped evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"><span class="content">you have eaten the fruit of deception.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"><span class="content">Because you have depended on your own strength</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"><span class="content">and on your many warriors,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">the roar of battle will rise against your people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.10.14"><span class="content">so that all your fortresses will be devastated&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.10.14"><span class="content">as Shalman devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.10.14"><span class="content">when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.10.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So will it happen to you, Bethel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.10.15"><span class="content">because your wickedness is great.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.10.15"><span class="content">When that day dawns,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.10.15"><span class="content">the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Love for Israel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;When Israel was a child, I loved him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.11.1"><span class="content">and out of Egypt I called my son.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.11.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But the more they were called,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="content">the more they went away from me.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:2 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">them</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="content">They sacrificed to the Baals</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="content">and they burned incense to images.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="content">taking them by the arms;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="content">but they did not realize</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="content">it was I who healed them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I led them with cords of human kindness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">with ties of love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">To them I was like one who lifts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">a little child to the cheek,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">and I bent down to feed them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will they not return to Egypt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"><span class="content">and will not Assyria rule over them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"><span class="content">because they refuse to repent?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A sword will flash in their cities;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"><span class="content">it will devour their false prophets</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"><span class="content">and put an end to their plans.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">My people are determined to turn from me.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"><span class="content">Even though they call me God Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"><span class="content">I will by no means exalt them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;How can I give you up, Ephraim?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">How can I hand you over, Israel?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">How can I treat you like Admah?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">How can I make you like Zeboyim?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">My heart is changed within me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">all my compassion is aroused.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will not carry out my fierce anger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">nor will I devastate Ephraim again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">For I am God, and not a man&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">the Holy One among you.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">I will not come against their cities.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They will follow the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="content">he will roar like a lion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="content">When he roars,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="content">his children will come trembling from the west.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They will come from Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">trembling like sparrows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">from Assyria, fluttering like doves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">I will settle them in their homes,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel&#8217;s Sin</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="content">Israel with deceit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="content">And Judah is unruly against God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="content">even against the faithful Holy One.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:12 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts this verse (11:12) is numbered 12:1.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, &#8220;Look, Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you see all these great buildings?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> replied Jesus. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew asked him privately, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are all about to be fulfilled?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Jesus said to them: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Watch out that no one deceives you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Many will come in my name, claiming, &#8216;I am he,&#8217; and will deceive many.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And the gospel must first be preached to all nations.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.13.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Everyone will hate you because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When you see &#8216;the abomination that causes desolation&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">13:14 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">  
          <span class="ref" data-usfm="DAN.9.27">Daniel 9:27</span>; <span class="ref" data-usfm="DAN.11.31">11:31</span>; <span class="ref" data-usfm="DAN.12.11">12:11</span>  </span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">standing where it</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">he</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">does not belong&#8212;let the reader understand&#8212;then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Let no one on the housetop go down or enter the house to take anything out.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Pray that this will not take place in winter,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world, until now&#8212;and never to be equaled again.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.13.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">At that time if anyone says to you, &#8216;Look, here is the Messiah!&#8217; or, &#8216;Look, there he is!&#8217; do not believe it.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.13.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But in those days, following that distress,</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.13.24"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;the sun will be darkened,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.13.24"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and the moon will not give its light;</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.13.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">the stars will fall from the sky,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.13.25"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">13:25 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">  
          <span class="ref" data-usfm="ISA.13.10">Isaiah 13:10</span>; <span class="ref" data-usfm="ISA.34.4">34:4</span>  </span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.13.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.13.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.13.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.13.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.13.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.13.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:29 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">he</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">is near, right at the door.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.13.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.13.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Day and Hour Unknown</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.13.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.13.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.13.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Be on guard! Be alert</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:33 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">alert and pray</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">! You do not know when that time will come.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.13.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">It&#8217;s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.13.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MRK.13.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back&#8212;whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MRK.13.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MRK.13.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">What I say to you, I say to everyone: &#8216;Watch!&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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