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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Throne in Heaven</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:5 </span><span class="ft">That is, the sevenfold Spirit</span></span></span><span class="content"> of God. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.4.6"><span class="content">In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="qc"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.4.8"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Holy, holy, holy</span></span></div><div class="qc"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.4.8"><span class="content">is the Lord God Almighty,&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:8 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 6:3</span></span></span></span></div><div class="qc"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.4.8"><span class="content">who was, and is, and is to come.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;You are worthy, our Lord and God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.4.11"><span class="content">to receive glory and honor and power,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.4.11"><span class="content">for you created all things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.4.11"><span class="content">and by your will they were created</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.4.11"><span class="content">and have their being.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Scroll and the Lamb</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, &#8220;Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then one of the elders said to me, &#8220;Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:6 </span><span class="ft">That is, the sevenfold Spirit</span></span></span><span class="content"> of God sent out into all the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God&#8217;s people. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And they sang a new song, saying:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.5.9"><span class="content">&#8220;You are worthy to take the scroll</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.5.9"><span class="content">and to open its seals,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.5.9"><span class="content">because you were slain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.5.9"><span class="content">and with your blood you purchased for God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.5.9"><span class="content">persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.5.10"><span class="content">and they will reign</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:10 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">they reign</span></span></span><span class="content"> on the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">In a loud voice they were saying:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.5.12"><span class="content">&#8220;Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.5.12"><span class="content">to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.5.12"><span class="content">and honor and glory and praise!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.5.13"><span class="content">&#8220;To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.5.13"><span class="content">be praise and honor and glory and power,</span></span></div><div class="qc"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.5.13"><span class="content">for ever and ever!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The four living creatures said, &#8220;Amen,&#8221; and the elders fell down and worshiped.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">143</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 143</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.143.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, hear my prayer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.143.1"><span class="content">listen to my cry for mercy;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.143.1"><span class="content">in your faithfulness and righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.143.1"><span class="content">come to my relief.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.143.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.143.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Do not bring your servant into judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.143.2"><span class="content">for no one living is righteous before you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.143.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.143.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The enemy pursues me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.143.3"><span class="content">he crushes me to the ground;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.143.3"><span class="content">he makes me dwell in the darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.143.3"><span class="content">like those long dead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.143.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.143.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So my spirit grows faint within me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.143.4"><span class="content">my heart within me is dismayed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.143.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.143.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I remember the days of long ago;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.143.5"><span class="content">I meditate on all your works</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.143.5"><span class="content">and consider what your hands have done.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.143.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.143.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I spread out my hands to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.143.6"><span class="content">I thirst for you like a parched land.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">143:6 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.143.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.143.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Answer me quickly, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.143.7"><span class="content">my spirit fails.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.143.7"><span class="content">Do not hide your face from me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.143.7"><span class="content">or I will be like those who go down to the pit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.143.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.143.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.143.8"><span class="content">for I have put my trust in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.143.8"><span class="content">Show me the way I should go,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.143.8"><span class="content">for to you I entrust my life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.143.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.143.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Rescue me from my enemies, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.143.9"><span class="content">for I hide myself in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.143.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.143.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Teach me to do your will,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.143.10"><span class="content">for you are my God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.143.10"><span class="content">may your good Spirit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.143.10"><span class="content">lead me on level ground.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.143.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.143.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For your name&#8217;s sake, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, preserve my life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.143.11"><span class="content">in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.143.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.143.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">In your unfailing love, silence my enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.143.12"><span class="content">destroy all my foes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.143.12"><span class="content">for I am your servant.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Obadiah&#8217;s Vision</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="OBA.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The vision of Obadiah.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="OBA.1.1"><span class="content">This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says about Edom&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="OBA.1.1"><span class="content">We have heard a message from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="OBA.1.1"><span class="content">An envoy was sent to the nations to say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="OBA.1.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Rise, let us go against her for battle&#8221;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="OBA.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="OBA.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, I will make you small among the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="OBA.1.2"><span class="content">you will be utterly despised.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="OBA.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="OBA.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The pride of your heart has deceived you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="OBA.1.3"><span class="content">you who live in the clefts of the rocks</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of Sela</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="OBA.1.3"><span class="content">and make your home on the heights,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="OBA.1.3"><span class="content">you who say to yourself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="OBA.1.3"><span class="content">&#8216;Who can bring me down to the ground?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="OBA.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="OBA.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Though you soar like the eagle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="OBA.1.4"><span class="content">and make your nest among the stars,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="OBA.1.4"><span class="content">from there I will bring you down,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="OBA.1.4"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="OBA.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="OBA.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;If thieves came to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="OBA.1.5"><span class="content">if robbers in the night&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="OBA.1.5"><span class="content">oh, what a disaster awaits you!&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="OBA.1.5"><span class="content">would they not steal only as much as they wanted?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="OBA.1.5"><span class="content">If grape pickers came to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="OBA.1.5"><span class="content">would they not leave a few grapes?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="OBA.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="OBA.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But how Esau will be ransacked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="OBA.1.6"><span class="content">his hidden treasures pillaged!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="OBA.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="OBA.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All your allies will force you to the border;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="OBA.1.7"><span class="content">your friends will deceive and overpower you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="OBA.1.7"><span class="content">those who eat your bread will set a trap for you,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="OBA.1.7"><span class="content">but you will not detect it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="OBA.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="OBA.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="OBA.1.8"><span class="content">&#8220;will I not destroy the wise men of Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="OBA.1.8"><span class="content">those of understanding in the mountains of Esau?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="OBA.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="OBA.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Your warriors, Teman, will be terrified,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="OBA.1.9"><span class="content">and everyone in Esau&#8217;s mountains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="OBA.1.9"><span class="content">will be cut down in the slaughter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="OBA.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="OBA.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Because of the violence against your brother Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="OBA.1.10"><span class="content">you will be covered with shame;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="OBA.1.10"><span class="content">you will be destroyed forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="OBA.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="OBA.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">On the day you stood aloof</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="OBA.1.11"><span class="content">while strangers carried off his wealth</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="OBA.1.11"><span class="content">and foreigners entered his gates</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="OBA.1.11"><span class="content">and cast lots for Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="OBA.1.11"><span class="content">you were like one of them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="OBA.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="OBA.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You should not gloat over your brother</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="OBA.1.12"><span class="content">in the day of his misfortune,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="OBA.1.12"><span class="content">nor rejoice over the people of Judah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="OBA.1.12"><span class="content">in the day of their destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="OBA.1.12"><span class="content">nor boast so much</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="OBA.1.12"><span class="content">in the day of their trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="OBA.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="OBA.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You should not march through the gates of my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="OBA.1.13"><span class="content">in the day of their disaster,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="OBA.1.13"><span class="content">nor gloat over them in their calamity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="OBA.1.13"><span class="content">in the day of their disaster,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="OBA.1.13"><span class="content">nor seize their wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="OBA.1.13"><span class="content">in the day of their disaster.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="OBA.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="OBA.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You should not wait at the crossroads</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="OBA.1.14"><span class="content">to cut down their fugitives,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="OBA.1.14"><span class="content">nor hand over their survivors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="OBA.1.14"><span class="content">in the day of their trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="OBA.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="OBA.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;The day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is near</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="OBA.1.15"><span class="content">for all nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="OBA.1.15"><span class="content">As you have done, it will be done to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="OBA.1.15"><span class="content">your deeds will return upon your own head.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="OBA.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="OBA.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Just as you drank on my holy hill,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="OBA.1.16"><span class="content">so all the nations will drink continually;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="OBA.1.16"><span class="content">they will drink and drink</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="OBA.1.16"><span class="content">and be as if they had never been.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="OBA.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="OBA.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But on Mount Zion will be deliverance;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="OBA.1.17"><span class="content">it will be holy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="OBA.1.17"><span class="content">and Jacob will possess his inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="OBA.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Jacob will be a fire</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="content">and Joseph a flame;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="content">Esau will be stubble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="content">and they will set him on fire and destroy him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="content">There will be no survivors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="content">from Esau.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="OBA.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">People from the Negev will occupy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="OBA.1.19"><span class="content">the mountains of Esau,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="OBA.1.19"><span class="content">and people from the foothills will possess</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="OBA.1.19"><span class="content">the land of the Philistines.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="OBA.1.19"><span class="content">They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="OBA.1.19"><span class="content">and Benjamin will possess Gilead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="OBA.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="OBA.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="OBA.1.20"><span class="content">will possess the land as far as Zarephath;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="OBA.1.20"><span class="content">the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="OBA.1.20"><span class="content">will possess the towns of the Negev.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="OBA.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="OBA.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Deliverers will go up on</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">from</span></span></span><span class="content"> Mount Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="OBA.1.21"><span class="content">to govern the mountains of Esau.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="OBA.1.21"><span class="content">And the kingdom will be the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s.</span></span></div>
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