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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ahijah&#8217;s Prophecy Against Jeroboam</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1KI.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1KI.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and Jeroboam said to his wife, &#8220;Go, disguise yourself, so you won&#8217;t be recognized as the wife of Jeroboam. Then go to Shiloh. Ahijah the prophet is there&#8212;the one who told me I would be king over this people. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1KI.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Take ten loaves of bread with you, some cakes and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1KI.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So Jeroboam&#8217;s wife did what he said and went to Ahijah&#8217;s house in Shiloh.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1KI.14.4"><span class="content">Now Ahijah could not see; his sight was gone because of his age. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1KI.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had told Ahijah, &#8220;Jeroboam&#8217;s wife is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill, and you are to give her such and such an answer. When she arrives, she will pretend to be someone else.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1KI.14.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1KI.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So when Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps at the door, he said, &#8220;Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why this pretense? I have been sent to you with bad news. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1KI.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, says: &#8216;I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over my people Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1KI.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, but you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commands and followed me with all his heart, doing only what was right in my eyes. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1KI.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You have done more evil than all who lived before you. You have made for yourself other gods, idols made of metal; you have aroused my anger and turned your back on me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1KI.14.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1KI.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Because of this, I am going to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off from Jeroboam every last male in Israel&#8212;slave or free.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">14:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Israel&#8212;every ruler or leader</span></span></span><span class="content"> I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is all gone. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1KI.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Dogs will eat those belonging to Jeroboam who die in the city, and the birds will feed on those who die in the country. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1KI.14.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1KI.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;As for you, go back home. When you set foot in your city, the boy will die. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1KI.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will be buried, because he is the only one in the house of Jeroboam in whom the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, has found anything good.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1KI.14.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will raise up for himself a king over Israel who will cut off the family of Jeroboam. Even now this is beginning to happen.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">14:14 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1KI.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will strike Israel, so that it will be like a reed swaying in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that he gave to their ancestors and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they aroused the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anger by making Asherah poles.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">14:15 </span><span class="ft">That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in 1 Kings</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1KI.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And he will give Israel up because of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1KI.14.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1KI.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then Jeroboam&#8217;s wife got up and left and went to Tirzah. As soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1KI.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had said through his servant the prophet Ahijah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1KI.14.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1KI.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The other events of Jeroboam&#8217;s reign, his wars and how he ruled, are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1KI.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He reigned for twenty-two years and then rested with his ancestors. And Nadab his son succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Rehoboam King of Judah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1KI.14.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1KI.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name. His mother&#8217;s name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1KI.14.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1KI.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Judah did evil in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. By the sins they committed they stirred up his jealous anger more than those who were before them had done. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1KI.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1KI.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable practices of the nations the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had driven out before the Israelites.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1KI.14.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1KI.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1KI.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He carried off the treasures of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1KI.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned these to the commanders of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1KI.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Whenever the king went to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple, the guards bore the shields, and afterward they returned them to the guardroom.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1KI.14.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1KI.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">As for the other events of Rehoboam&#8217;s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1KI.14.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1KI.14.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">And Rehoboam rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. His mother&#8217;s name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite. And Abijah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">14:31 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also <span class="ref" usfm="2CH.12.16">2 Chron. 12:16</span>); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Abijam</span></span></span><span class="content"> his son succeeded him as king.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">124</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 124</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.124.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">If the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had not been on our side&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.124.1"><span class="content">let Israel say&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.124.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.124.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">if the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had not been on our side</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.124.2"><span class="content">when people attacked us,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.124.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.124.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">they would have swallowed us alive</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.124.3"><span class="content">when their anger flared against us;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.124.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.124.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">the flood would have engulfed us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.124.4"><span class="content">the torrent would have swept over us,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.124.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.124.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">the raging waters</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.124.5"><span class="content">would have swept us away.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.124.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.124.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.124.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Praise be to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.124.6"><span class="content">who has not let us be torn by their teeth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.124.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.124.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">We have escaped like a bird</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.124.7"><span class="content">from the fowler&#8217;s snare;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.124.7"><span class="content">the snare has been broken,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.124.7"><span class="content">and we have escaped.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.124.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.124.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Our help is in the name of 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="PSA.124.8"><span class="content">the Maker of heaven and earth.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">125</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 125</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.125.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Those who trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are like Mount Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.125.1"><span class="content">which cannot be shaken but endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.125.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.125.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">As the mountains surround Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.125.2"><span class="content">so the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> surrounds his people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.125.2"><span class="content">both now and forevermore.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.125.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.125.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.125.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The scepter of the wicked will not remain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.125.3"><span class="content">over the land allotted to the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.125.3"><span class="content">for then the righteous might use</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.125.3"><span class="content">their hands to do evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.125.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.125.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.125.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do good to those who are good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.125.4"><span class="content">to those who are upright in heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.125.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.125.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But those who turn to crooked ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.125.5"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will banish with the evildoers.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.125.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.125.5"><span class="content">Peace be on Israel.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">126</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 126</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.126.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> restored the fortunes of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">126:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa"><span class="nd">Lord</span> brought back the captives to</span></span></span><span class="content"> Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.126.1"><span class="content">we were like those who dreamed.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">126:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">those restored to health</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.126.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.126.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Our mouths were filled with laughter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.126.2"><span class="content">our tongues with songs of joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.126.2"><span class="content">Then it was said among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.126.2"><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done great things for them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.126.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.126.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done great things for us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.126.3"><span class="content">and we are filled with joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.126.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.126.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.126.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Restore our fortunes,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">126:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Bring back our captives</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.126.4"><span class="content">like streams in the Negev.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.126.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.126.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who sow with tears</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.126.5"><span class="content">will reap with songs of joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.126.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.126.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Those who go out weeping,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.126.6"><span class="content">carrying seed to sow,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.126.6"><span class="content">will return with songs of joy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.126.6"><span class="content">carrying sheaves with them.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">127</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 127</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents. Of Solomon.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.127.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Unless the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> builds the house,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.127.1"><span class="content">the builders labor in vain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.127.1"><span class="content">Unless the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> watches over the city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.127.1"><span class="content">the guards stand watch in vain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.127.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.127.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In vain you rise early</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.127.2"><span class="content">and stay up late,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.127.2"><span class="content">toiling for food to eat&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.127.2"><span class="content">for he grants sleep to</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">127:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">eat&#8212; / for while they sleep he provides for</span></span></span><span class="content"> those he loves.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.127.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.127.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.127.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Children are a heritage from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.127.3"><span class="content">offspring a reward from him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.127.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.127.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Like arrows in the hands of a warrior</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.127.4"><span class="content">are children born in one&#8217;s youth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.127.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.127.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Blessed is the man</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.127.5"><span class="content">whose quiver is full of them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.127.5"><span class="content">They will not be put to shame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.127.5"><span class="content">when they contend with their opponents in court.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">128</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 128</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.128.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Blessed are all who fear 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="PSA.128.1"><span class="content">who walk in obedience to him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.128.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.128.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You will eat the fruit of your labor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.128.2"><span class="content">blessings and prosperity will be yours.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.128.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.128.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Your wife will be like a fruitful vine</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.128.3"><span class="content">within your house;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.128.3"><span class="content">your children will be like olive shoots</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.128.3"><span class="content">around your table.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.128.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.128.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Yes, this will be the blessing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.128.4"><span class="content">for the man who fears the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.128.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.128.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.128.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bless you from Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.128.5"><span class="content">may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.128.5"><span class="content">all the days of your life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.128.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.128.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">May you live to see your children&#8217;s children&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.128.6"><span class="content">peace be on Israel.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">129</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 129</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.129.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.129.1"><span class="content">let Israel say;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.129.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.129.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;they have greatly oppressed me from my youth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.129.2"><span class="content">but they have not gained the victory over me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.129.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.129.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Plowmen have plowed my back</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.129.3"><span class="content">and made their furrows long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.129.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.129.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.129.4"><span class="content">he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.129.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.129.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.129.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">May all who hate Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.129.5"><span class="content">be turned back in shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.129.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.129.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">May they be like grass on the roof,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.129.6"><span class="content">which withers before it can grow;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.129.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.129.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">a reaper cannot fill his hands with it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.129.7"><span class="content">nor one who gathers fill his arms.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.129.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.129.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">May those who pass by not say to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.129.8"><span class="content">&#8220;The blessing of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be on you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.129.8"><span class="content">we bless you in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">130</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 130</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.130.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Out of the depths I cry to you, </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="PSA.130.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.130.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Lord, hear my voice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.130.2"><span class="content">Let your ears be attentive</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.130.2"><span class="content">to my cry for mercy.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.130.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.130.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.130.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">If you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, kept a record of sins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.130.3"><span class="content">Lord, who could stand?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.130.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.130.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But with you there is forgiveness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.130.4"><span class="content">so that we can, with reverence, serve you.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.130.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.130.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.130.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I wait for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my whole being waits,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.130.5"><span class="content">and in his word I put my hope.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.130.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.130.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I wait for the Lord</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.130.6"><span class="content">more than watchmen wait for the morning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.130.6"><span class="content">more than watchmen wait for the morning.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.130.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.130.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.130.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Israel, put your hope in the </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.130.7"><span class="content">for with the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.130.7"><span class="content">and with him is full redemption.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.130.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.130.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He himself will redeem Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.130.8"><span class="content">from all their sins.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus&#8217; disciples asked him, &#8220;Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.14.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So he sent two of his disciples, telling them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Say to the owner of the house he enters, &#8216;The Teacher asks: Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.14.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The disciples left, went into the city and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.14.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">While they were reclining at the table eating, he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me&#8212;one who is eating with me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.14.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They were saddened, and one by one they said to him, &#8220;Surely you don&#8217;t mean me?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.14.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It is one of the Twelve,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;one who dips bread into the bowl with me.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.14.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Take it; this is my body.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.14.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.14.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This is my blood of the</span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">14:24 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">the new</span><span class="ft"> </span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">covenant, which is poured out for many,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he said to them. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.14.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Predicts Peter&#8217;s Denial</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.14.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You will all fall away,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus told them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;for it is written:</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.14.27"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;I will strike the shepherd,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.14.27"><span class="wj"><span class="content">and the sheep will be scattered.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">14:27 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ZEC.13.7">Zech. 13:7</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.14.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.14.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Peter declared, &#8220;Even if all fall away, I will not.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.14.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.14.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;today&#8212;yes, tonight&#8212;before the rooster crows twice</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">14:30 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts do not have </span><span class="fqa">twice.</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">you yourself will disown me three times.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.14.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.14.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">But Peter insisted emphatically, &#8220;Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.&#8221; And all the others said the same.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GAL.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, an apostle&#8212;sent not from men nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GAL.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and all the brothers and sisters</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:2 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15; 4:12, 28, 31; 5:11, 13; 6:1, 18.</span></span></span><span class="content"> with me,</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GAL.1.2"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GAL.1.2"><span class="content">To the churches in Galatia:</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GAL.1.2"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GAL.1.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GAL.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GAL.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GAL.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">No Other Gospel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GAL.1.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GAL.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GAL.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GAL.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God&#8217;s curse! </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GAL.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God&#8217;s curse!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GAL.1.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GAL.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.</span></span></div>
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