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         <div class="label">73</div><div class="ms"><span class="heading">BOOK III</span></div><div class="mr"><span class="heading">  </span><span class="heading">Psalms 73&#8211;89</span></div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 73</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of Asaph.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.73.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Surely God is good to Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.73.1"><span class="content">to those who are pure in heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.73.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.73.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But as for me, my feet had almost slipped;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.73.2"><span class="content">I had nearly lost my foothold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.73.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.73.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For I envied the arrogant</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.73.3"><span class="content">when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.73.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.73.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They have no struggles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.73.4"><span class="content">their bodies are healthy and strong.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">73:4 </span><span class="ft">With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">struggles at their death; / their bodies are healthy</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.73.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.73.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They are free from common human burdens;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.73.5"><span class="content">they are not plagued by human ills.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.73.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.73.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore pride is their necklace;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.73.6"><span class="content">they clothe themselves with violence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.73.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.73.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">From their callous hearts comes iniquity</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">73:7 </span><span class="ft">Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Their eyes bulge with fat</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.73.7"><span class="content">their evil imaginations have no limits.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.73.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.73.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They scoff, and speak with malice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.73.8"><span class="content">with arrogance they threaten oppression.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.73.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.73.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Their mouths lay claim to heaven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.73.9"><span class="content">and their tongues take possession of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.73.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.73.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Therefore their people turn to them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.73.10"><span class="content">and drink up waters in abundance.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">73:10 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.73.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.73.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They say, &#8220;How would God know?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.73.11"><span class="content">Does the Most High know anything?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.73.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.73.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This is what the wicked are like&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.73.12"><span class="content">always free of care, they go on amassing wealth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.73.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.73.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.73.13"><span class="content">and have washed my hands in innocence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.73.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.73.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">All day long I have been afflicted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.73.14"><span class="content">and every morning brings new punishments.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.73.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.73.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">If I had spoken out like that,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.73.15"><span class="content">I would have betrayed your children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.73.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.73.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When I tried to understand all this,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.73.16"><span class="content">it troubled me deeply</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.73.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.73.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">till I entered the sanctuary of God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.73.17"><span class="content">then I understood their final destiny.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.73.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.73.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Surely you place them on slippery ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.73.18"><span class="content">you cast them down to ruin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.73.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.73.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">How suddenly are they destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.73.19"><span class="content">completely swept away by terrors!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.73.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.73.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They are like a dream when one awakes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.73.20"><span class="content">when you arise, Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.73.20"><span class="content">you will despise them as fantasies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.73.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.73.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When my heart was grieved</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.73.21"><span class="content">and my spirit embittered,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.73.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.73.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I was senseless and ignorant;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.73.22"><span class="content">I was a brute beast before you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.73.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.73.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Yet I am always with you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.73.23"><span class="content">you hold me by my right hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.73.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.73.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">You guide me with your counsel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.73.24"><span class="content">and afterward you will take me into glory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.73.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.73.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Whom have I in heaven but you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.73.25"><span class="content">And earth has nothing I desire besides you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.73.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.73.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">My flesh and my heart may fail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.73.26"><span class="content">but God is the strength of my heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.73.26"><span class="content">and my portion forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.73.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.73.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Those who are far from you will perish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.73.27"><span class="content">you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.73.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.73.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">But as for me, it is good to be near God.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.73.28"><span class="content">I have made the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my refuge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.73.28"><span class="content">I will tell of all your deeds.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Anger Against Israel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Ephraim spoke, people trembled;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.13.1"><span class="content">he was exalted in Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.13.1"><span class="content">But he became guilty of Baal worship and died.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Now they sin more and more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.13.2"><span class="content">they make idols for themselves from their silver,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.13.2"><span class="content">cleverly fashioned images,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.13.2"><span class="content">all of them the work of craftsmen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.13.2"><span class="content">It is said of these people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.13.2"><span class="content">&#8220;They offer human sacrifices!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.13.2"><span class="content">They kiss</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">&#8220;Men who sacrifice / kiss</span></span></span><span class="content"> calf-idols!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Therefore they will be like the morning mist,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.13.3"><span class="content">like the early dew that disappears,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.13.3"><span class="content">like chaff swirling from a threshing floor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.13.3"><span class="content">like smoke escaping through a window.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;But I have been the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.13.4"><span class="content">ever since you came out of Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.13.4"><span class="content">You shall acknowledge no God but me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.13.4"><span class="content">no Savior except me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I cared for you in the wilderness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.13.5"><span class="content">in the land of burning heat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When I fed them, they were satisfied;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.13.6"><span class="content">when they were satisfied, they became proud;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.13.6"><span class="content">then they forgot me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.13.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So I will be like a lion to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.13.7"><span class="content">like a leopard I will lurk by the path.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Like a bear robbed of her cubs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.13.8"><span class="content">I will attack them and rip them open;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.13.8"><span class="content">like a lion I will devour them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.13.8"><span class="content">a wild animal will tear them apart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;You are destroyed, Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.13.9"><span class="content">because you are against me, against your helper.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.13.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Where is your king, that he may save you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.13.10"><span class="content">Where are your rulers in all your towns,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.13.10"><span class="content">of whom you said,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.13.10"><span class="content">&#8216;Give me a king and princes&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So in my anger I gave you a king,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.13.11"><span class="content">and in my wrath I took him away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.13.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.13.12"><span class="content">his sins are kept on record.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.13.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Pains as of a woman in childbirth come to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.13.13"><span class="content">but he is a child without wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.13.13"><span class="content">when the time arrives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.13.13"><span class="content">he doesn&#8217;t have the sense to come out of the womb.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will deliver this people from the power of the grave;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.13.14"><span class="content">I will redeem them from death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.13.14"><span class="content">Where, O death, are your plagues?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.13.14"><span class="content">Where, O grave, is your destruction?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.13.14"><span class="content">&#8220;I will have no compassion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.13.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">even though he thrives among his brothers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.13.15"><span class="content">An east wind from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will come,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.13.15"><span class="content">blowing in from the desert;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.13.15"><span class="content">his spring will fail</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.13.15"><span class="content">and his well dry up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.13.15"><span class="content">His storehouse will be plundered</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.13.15"><span class="content">of all its treasures.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.13.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The people of Samaria must bear their guilt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.13.16"><span class="content">because they have rebelled against their God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.13.16"><span class="content">They will fall by the sword;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.13.16"><span class="content">their little ones will be dashed to the ground,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.13.16"><span class="content">their pregnant women ripped open.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:16 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts this verse (13:16) is numbered 14:1.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Repentance to Bring Blessing</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 14:1-9 is numbered 14:2-10.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Return, Israel, to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.14.1"><span class="content">Your sins have been your downfall!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.14.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Take words with you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.14.2"><span class="content">and return to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.14.2"><span class="content">Say to him:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.14.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Forgive all our sins</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.14.2"><span class="content">and receive us graciously,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.14.2"><span class="content">that we may offer the fruit of our lips.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">offer our lips as sacrifices of bulls</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.14.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Assyria cannot save us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.14.3"><span class="content">we will not mount warhorses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.14.3"><span class="content">We will never again say &#8216;Our gods&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.14.3"><span class="content">to what our own hands have made,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.14.3"><span class="content">for in you the fatherless find compassion.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.14.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will heal their waywardness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.14.4"><span class="content">and love them freely,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.14.4"><span class="content">for my anger has turned away from them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.14.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I will be like the dew to Israel;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.14.5"><span class="content">he will blossom like a lily.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.14.5"><span class="content">Like a cedar of Lebanon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.14.5"><span class="content">he will send down his roots;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">his young shoots will grow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.14.6"><span class="content">His splendor will be like an olive tree,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.14.6"><span class="content">his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.14.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">People will dwell again in his shade;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.14.7"><span class="content">they will flourish like the grain,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.14.7"><span class="content">they will blossom like the vine&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.14.7"><span class="content">Israel&#8217;s fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.14.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Ephraim, what more have I</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:8 </span><span class="ft">Or Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">What more has Ephraim</span></span></span><span class="content"> to do with idols?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.14.8"><span class="content">I will answer him and care for him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.14.8"><span class="content">I am like a flourishing juniper;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.14.8"><span class="content">your fruitfulness comes from me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.14.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Who is wise? Let them realize these things.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.14.9"><span class="content">Who is discerning? Let them understand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.14.9"><span class="content">The ways of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are right;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.14.9"><span class="content">the righteous walk in them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.14.9"><span class="content">but the rebellious stumble in them.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Prologue</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">who testifies to everything he saw&#8212;that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Greetings and Doxology</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">John,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.1.4"><span class="content">To the seven churches in the province of Asia:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.1.4"><span class="content">Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">That is, the sevenfold Spirit</span></span></span><span class="content"> before his throne, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.1.5"><span class="content">To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father&#8212;to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Look, he is coming with the clouds,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">Daniel 7:13</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">and &#8220;every eye will see him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">even those who pierced him&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">and all peoples on earth &#8220;will mourn because of him.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">Zech. 12:10</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">So shall it be! Amen.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am the Alpha and the Omega,&#8221; says the Lord God, &#8220;who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John&#8217;s Vision of Christ</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">On the Lord&#8217;s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">which said: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:13 </span><span class="ft">See Daniel 7:13.</span></span></span><span class="content"> dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">messengers</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.</span></span></span></div>
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