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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan; the descendants of Dedan were the Ashurites, the Letushites and the Leummites. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.25.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.25.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.25.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.25.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.25.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.25.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">the field Abraham had bought from the Hittites.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the descendants of Heth</span></span></span><span class="content"> There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.25.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">After Abraham&#8217;s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ishmael&#8217;s Sons</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.25.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.25.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This is the account of the family line of Abraham&#8217;s son Ishmael, whom Sarah&#8217;s slave, Hagar the Egyptian, bore to Abraham.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.25.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.25.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.25.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Mishma, Dumah, Massa, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.25.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.25.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">These were the sons of Ishmael, and these are the names of the twelve tribal rulers according to their settlements and camps. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.25.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died, and he was gathered to his people. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.25.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">His descendants settled in the area from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt, as you go toward Ashur. And they lived in hostility toward</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">lived to the east of</span></span></span><span class="content"> all the tribes related to them.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Deborah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JDG.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, now that Ehud was dead. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sold them into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. Sisera, the commander of his army, was based in Harosheth Haggoyim. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for help.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JDG.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:4 </span><span class="ft">Traditionally </span><span class="fqa">judging</span></span></span><span class="content"> Israel at that time. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JDG.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, commands you: &#8216;Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead them up to Mount Tabor. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will lead Sisera, the commander of Jabin&#8217;s army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River and give him into your hands.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Barak said to her, &#8220;If you go with me, I will go; but if you don&#8217;t go with me, I won&#8217;t go.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Certainly I will go with you,&#8221; said Deborah. &#8220;But because of the course you are taking, the honor will not be yours, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman.&#8221; So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">There Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali, and ten thousand men went up under his command. Deborah also went up with him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Now Heber the Kenite had left the other Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses&#8217; brother-in-law,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">father-in-law</span></span></span><span class="content"> and pitched his tent by the great tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When they told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Sisera summoned from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River all his men and his nine hundred chariots fitted with iron.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then Deborah said to Barak, &#8220;Go! This is the day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gone ahead of you?&#8221; So Barak went down Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men following him. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">At Barak&#8217;s advance, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> routed Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword, and Sisera got down from his chariot and fled on foot.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim, and all Sisera&#8217;s troops fell by the sword; not a man was left. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JDG.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Sisera, meanwhile, fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was an alliance between Jabin king of Hazor and the family of Heber the Kenite.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JDG.4.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JDG.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, &#8220;Come, my lord, come right in. Don&#8217;t be afraid.&#8221; So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JDG.4.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JDG.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;I&#8217;m thirsty,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Please give me some water.&#8221; She opened a skin of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him up.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JDG.4.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JDG.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Stand in the doorway of the tent,&#8221; he told her. &#8220;If someone comes by and asks you, &#8216;Is anyone in there?&#8217; say &#8216;No.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JDG.4.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JDG.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But Jael, Heber&#8217;s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep, exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JDG.4.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JDG.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Just then Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael went out to meet him. &#8220;Come,&#8221; she said, &#8220;I will show you the man you&#8217;re looking for.&#8221; So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera with the tent peg through his temple&#8212;dead.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JDG.4.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JDG.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JDG.4.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">And the hand of the Israelites pressed harder and harder against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.35.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Ruthless witnesses come forward;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.35.11"><span class="content">they question me on things I know nothing about.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.35.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.35.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They repay me evil for good</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.35.12"><span class="content">and leave me like one bereaved.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.35.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.35.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.35.13"><span class="content">and humbled myself with fasting.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.35.13"><span class="content">When my prayers returned to me unanswered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.35.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I went about mourning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="content">as though for my friend or brother.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="content">I bowed my head in grief</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="content">as though weeping for my mother.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.35.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.35.15"><span class="content">assailants gathered against me without my knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.35.15"><span class="content">They slandered me without ceasing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.35.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.35.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:16 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew may mean </span><span class="fqa">Like an ungodly circle of mockers,</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.35.16"><span class="content">they gnashed their teeth at me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.35.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.35.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">How long, Lord, will you look on?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.35.17"><span class="content">Rescue me from their ravages,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.35.17"><span class="content">my precious life from these lions.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.35.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.35.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I will give you thanks in the great assembly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.35.18"><span class="content">among the throngs I will praise you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.35.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Do not let those gloat over me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="content">who are my enemies without cause;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="content">do not let those who hate me without reason</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="content">maliciously wink the eye.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.35.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They do not speak peaceably,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.35.20"><span class="content">but devise false accusations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.35.20"><span class="content">against those who live quietly in the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.35.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.35.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They sneer at me and say, &#8220;Aha! Aha!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.35.21"><span class="content">With our own eyes we have seen it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.35.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.35.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you have seen this; do not be silent.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.35.22"><span class="content">Do not be far from me, Lord.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.35.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.35.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Awake, and rise to my defense!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.35.23"><span class="content">Contend for me, my God and Lord.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.35.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.35.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Vindicate me in your righteousness, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.35.24"><span class="content">do not let them gloat over me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.35.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.35.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Do not let them think, &#8220;Aha, just what we wanted!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.35.25"><span class="content">or say, &#8220;We have swallowed him up.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.35.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">May all who gloat over my distress</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="content">be put to shame and confusion;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="content">may all who exalt themselves over me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="content">be clothed with shame and disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">May those who delight in my vindication</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="content">shout for joy and gladness;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="content">may they always say, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be exalted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="content">who delights in the well-being of his servant.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.35.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">My tongue will proclaim your righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.35.28"><span class="content">your praises all day long.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">31</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Woe to Those Who Rely on Egypt</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.31.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.31.1"><span class="content">who rely on horses,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.31.1"><span class="content">who trust in the multitude of their chariots</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.31.1"><span class="content">and in the great strength of their horsemen,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.31.1"><span class="content">but do not look to the Holy One of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.31.1"><span class="content">or seek help from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.31.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.31.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Yet he too is wise and can bring disaster;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.31.2"><span class="content">he does not take back his words.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.31.2"><span class="content">He will rise up against that wicked nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.31.2"><span class="content">against those who help evildoers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.31.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.31.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But the Egyptians are mere mortals and not God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.31.3"><span class="content">their horses are flesh and not spirit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.31.3"><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> stretches out his hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.31.3"><span class="content">those who help will stumble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.31.3"><span class="content">those who are helped will fall;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.31.3"><span class="content">all will perish together.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.31.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says to me:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">&#8220;As a lion growls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">a great lion over its prey&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">and though a whole band of shepherds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">is called together against it,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">it is not frightened by their shouts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">or disturbed by their clamor&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">so the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty will come down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">to do battle on Mount Zion and on its heights.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.31.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Like birds hovering overhead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.31.5"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty will shield Jerusalem;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.31.5"><span class="content">he will shield it and deliver it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.31.5"><span class="content">he will &#8216;pass over&#8217; it and will rescue it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.31.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.31.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Return, you Israelites, to the One you have so greatly revolted against. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.31.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For in that day every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold your sinful hands have made.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.31.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.31.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Assyria will fall by no human sword;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.31.8"><span class="content">a sword, not of mortals, will devour them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.31.8"><span class="content">They will flee before the sword</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.31.8"><span class="content">and their young men will be put to forced labor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.31.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.31.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Their stronghold will fall because of terror;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.31.9"><span class="content">at the sight of the battle standard their commanders will panic,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.31.9"><span class="content">declares the </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="ISA.31.9"><span class="content">whose fire is in Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.31.9"><span class="content">whose furnace is in Jerusalem.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch32" data-usfm="ISA.32.1+ISA.32.2+ISA.32.3+ISA.32.4+ISA.32.5+ISA.32.6+ISA.32.7+ISA.32.8">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.32.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">See, a king will reign in righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.32.1"><span class="content">and rulers will rule with justice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.32.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.32.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Each one will be like a shelter from the wind</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.32.2"><span class="content">and a refuge from the storm,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.32.2"><span class="content">like streams of water in the desert</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.32.2"><span class="content">and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.32.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.32.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.32.3"><span class="content">and the ears of those who hear will listen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.32.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.32.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The fearful heart will know and understand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.32.4"><span class="content">and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.32.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.32.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">No longer will the fool be called noble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.32.5"><span class="content">nor the scoundrel be highly respected.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.32.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.32.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For fools speak folly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.32.6"><span class="content">their hearts are bent on evil:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.32.6"><span class="content">They practice ungodliness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.32.6"><span class="content">and spread error concerning the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.32.6"><span class="content">the hungry they leave empty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.32.6"><span class="content">and from the thirsty they withhold water.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.32.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.32.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Scoundrels use wicked methods,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.32.7"><span class="content">they make up evil schemes</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.32.7"><span class="content">to destroy the poor with lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.32.7"><span class="content">even when the plea of the needy is just.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.32.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.32.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But the noble make noble plans,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.32.8"><span class="content">and by noble deeds they stand.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkMAT">
      <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.47+MAT.13.48+MAT.13.49+MAT.13.50+MAT.13.51+MAT.13.52+MAT.13.53+MAT.13.54+MAT.13.55+MAT.13.56+MAT.13.57+MAT.13.58">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="MAT.13.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="MAT.13.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="MAT.13.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="MAT.13.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="MAT.13.50"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="MAT.13.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Have you understood all these things?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="MAT.13.51"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes,&#8221; they replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="MAT.13.51"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="MAT.13.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">He said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophet Without Honor</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="MAT.13.52"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="MAT.13.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there. </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="MAT.13.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">Coming to his hometown, he began teaching the people in their synagogue, and they were amazed. &#8220;Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?&#8221; they asked. </span></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="MAT.13.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">&#8220;Isn&#8217;t this the carpenter&#8217;s son? Isn&#8217;t his mother&#8217;s name Mary, and aren&#8217;t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="MAT.13.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">Aren&#8217;t all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="MAT.13.57"><span class="label">57</span><span class="content">And they took offense at him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="MAT.13.57"><span class="content">But Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;A prophet is not without honor except in his own town and in his own home.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="MAT.13.57"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v58" data-usfm="MAT.13.58"><span class="label">58</span><span class="content">And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch12" data-usfm="ROM.12.9+ROM.12.10+ROM.12.11+ROM.12.12+ROM.12.13+ROM.12.14+ROM.12.15+ROM.12.16+ROM.12.17+ROM.12.18+ROM.12.19+ROM.12.20+ROM.12.21">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Share with the Lord&#8217;s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">willing to do menial work</span></span></span><span class="content"> Do not be conceited.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.12.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God&#8217;s wrath, for it is written: &#8220;It is mine to avenge; I will repay,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:19 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 32:35</span></span></span><span class="content"> says the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">On the contrary:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.12.20"><span class="content">&#8220;If your enemy is hungry, feed him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.12.20"><span class="content">if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.12.20"><span class="content">In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:20 </span><span class="ft">Prov. 25:21,22</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.12.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.</span></span></div>
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