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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Reuben</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father&#8217;s marriage bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel; so he could not be listed in the genealogical record in accordance with his birthright, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and though Judah was the strongest of his brothers and a ruler came from him, the rights of the firstborn belonged to Joseph)&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.5.3"><span class="content">Hanok, Pallu, Hezron and Karmi.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The descendants of Joel:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.5.4"><span class="content">Shemaiah his son, Gog his son,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.5.4"><span class="content">Shimei his son, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Micah his son,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.5.5"><span class="content">Reaiah his son, Baal his son,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-Pileser</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:6 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Tilgath-Pilneser, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Tiglath-Pileser</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 26</span></span></span><span class="content"> king of Assyria took into exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Their relatives by clans, listed according to their genealogical records:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.5.7"><span class="content">Jeiel the chief, Zechariah, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">and Bela son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel. They settled in the area from Aroer to Nebo and Baal Meon. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">To the east they occupied the land up to the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased in Gilead.</span></span></div><div class="pi2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">During Saul&#8217;s reign they waged war against the Hagrites, who were defeated at their hands; they occupied the dwellings of the Hagrites throughout the entire region east of Gilead.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Gad</span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The Gadites lived next to them in Bashan, as far as Salekah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Joel was the chief, Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat, in Bashan.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Their relatives, by families, were:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.5.13"><span class="content">Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jakan, Zia and Eber&#8212;seven in all.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Ahi son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was head of their family.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.5.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The Gadites lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its outlying villages, and on all the pasturelands of Sharon as far as they extended.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">All these were entered in the genealogical records during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.5.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men ready for military service&#8212;able-bodied men who could handle shield and sword, who could use a bow, and who were trained for battle. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish and Nodab. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They were helped in fighting them, and God delivered the Hagrites and all their allies into their hands, because they cried out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted in him. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They seized the livestock of the Hagrites&#8212;fifty thousand camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep and two thousand donkeys. They also took one hundred thousand people captive, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">and many others fell slain, because the battle was God&#8217;s. And they occupied the land until the exile.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Half-Tribe of Manasseh</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.5.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The people of the half-tribe of Manasseh were numerous; they settled in the land from Bashan to Baal Hermon, that is, to Senir (Mount Hermon).</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.5.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.5.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah and Jahdiel. They were brave warriors, famous men, and heads of their families. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CH.5.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors and prostituted themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.5.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria), who took the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara and the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Hosea&#8217;s Reconciliation With His Wife</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to me, &#8220;Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So I bought her for fifteen shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:2 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 6 ounces or about 170 grams</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver and about a homer and a lethek</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:2 </span><span class="ft">A homer and a lethek possibly weighed about 430 pounds or about 195 kilograms.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of barley. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then I told her, &#8220;You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way toward you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod or household gods. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and to his blessings in the last days.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Charge Against Israel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you Israelites,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.4.1"><span class="content">because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has a charge to bring</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.4.1"><span class="content">against you who live in the land:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.4.1"><span class="content">&#8220;There is no faithfulness, no love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.4.1"><span class="content">no acknowledgment of God in the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">There is only cursing,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:2 </span><span class="ft">That is, to pronounce a curse on</span></span></span><span class="content"> lying and murder,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.4.2"><span class="content">stealing and adultery;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.4.2"><span class="content">they break all bounds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.4.2"><span class="content">and bloodshed follows bloodshed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Because of this the land dries up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.4.3"><span class="content">and all who live in it waste away;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.4.3"><span class="content">the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.4.3"><span class="content">and the fish in the sea are swept away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;But let no one bring a charge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.4.4"><span class="content">let no one accuse another,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.4.4"><span class="content">for your people are like those</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.4.4"><span class="content">who bring charges against a priest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You stumble day and night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.4.5"><span class="content">and the prophets stumble with you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.4.5"><span class="content">So I will destroy your mother&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.4.6"><span class="content">&#8220;Because you have rejected knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.4.6"><span class="content">I also reject you as my priests;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.4.6"><span class="content">because you have ignored the law of your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.4.6"><span class="content">I also will ignore your children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The more priests there were,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.4.7"><span class="content">the more they sinned against me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.4.7"><span class="content">they exchanged their glorious God</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:7 </span><span class="ft">Syriac (see also an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition); Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">me; / I will exchange their glory</span></span></span><span class="content"> for something disgraceful.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They feed on the sins of my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.4.8"><span class="content">and relish their wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And it will be: Like people, like priests.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.4.9"><span class="content">I will punish both of them for their ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.4.9"><span class="content">and repay them for their deeds.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;They will eat but not have enough;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.4.10"><span class="content">they will engage in prostitution but not flourish,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.4.10"><span class="content">because they have deserted the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.4.10"><span class="content">to give themselves </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">to prostitution;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.4.11"><span class="content">old wine and new wine</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.4.11"><span class="content">take away their understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">My people consult a wooden idol,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.4.12"><span class="content">and a diviner&#8217;s rod speaks to them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.4.12"><span class="content">A spirit of prostitution leads them astray;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.4.12"><span class="content">they are unfaithful to their God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They sacrifice on the mountaintops</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="content">and burn offerings on the hills,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="content">under oak, poplar and terebinth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="content">where the shade is pleasant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="content">Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="content">and your daughters-in-law to adultery.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will not punish your daughters</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">when they turn to prostitution,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">nor your daughters-in-law</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">when they commit adultery,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">because the men themselves consort with harlots</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">a people without understanding will come to ruin!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Though you, Israel, commit adultery,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.4.15"><span class="content">do not let Judah become guilty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.4.15"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not go to Gilgal;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.4.15"><span class="content">do not go up to Beth Aven.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:15 </span><span class="fq">Beth Aven </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">house of wickedness </span><span class="ft">(a derogatory name for Bethel, which means </span><span class="fqa">house of God</span><span class="ft">).</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.4.15"><span class="content">And do not swear, &#8216;As surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lives!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The Israelites are stubborn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.4.16"><span class="content">like a stubborn heifer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.4.16"><span class="content">How then can the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> pasture them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.4.16"><span class="content">like lambs in a meadow?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.4.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Ephraim is joined to idols;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.4.17"><span class="content">leave him alone!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.4.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Even when their drinks are gone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.4.18"><span class="content">they continue their prostitution;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.4.18"><span class="content">their rulers dearly love shameful ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.4.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HOS.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A whirlwind will sweep them away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HOS.4.19"><span class="content">and their sacrifices will bring them shame.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment Against Israel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Hear this, you priests!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.5.1"><span class="content">Pay attention, you Israelites!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.5.1"><span class="content">Listen, royal house!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.5.1"><span class="content">This judgment is against you:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.5.1"><span class="content">You have been a snare at Mizpah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.5.1"><span class="content">a net spread out on Tabor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The rebels are knee-deep in slaughter.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.5.2"><span class="content">I will discipline all of them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I know all about Ephraim;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.5.3"><span class="content">Israel is not hidden from me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.5.3"><span class="content">Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.5.3"><span class="content">Israel is corrupt.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Their deeds do not permit them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.5.4"><span class="content">to return to their God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.5.4"><span class="content">A spirit of prostitution is in their heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.5.4"><span class="content">they do not acknowledge 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="HOS.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Israel&#8217;s arrogance testifies against them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.5.5"><span class="content">the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble in their sin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.5.5"><span class="content">Judah also stumbles with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When they go with their flocks and herds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.5.6"><span class="content">to seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.5.6"><span class="content">they will not find him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.5.6"><span class="content">he has withdrawn himself from them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They are unfaithful to 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="HOS.5.7"><span class="content">they give birth to illegitimate children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.5.7"><span class="content">When they celebrate their New Moon feasts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.5.7"><span class="content">he will devour</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Now their New Moon feasts / will devour them and</span></span></span><span class="content"> their fields.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Sound the trumpet in Gibeah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.5.8"><span class="content">the horn in Ramah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.5.8"><span class="content">Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:8 </span><span class="fq">Beth Aven </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">house of wickedness </span><span class="ft">(a derogatory name for Bethel, which means </span><span class="fqa">house of God</span><span class="ft">).</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.5.8"><span class="content">lead on, Benjamin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Ephraim will be laid waste</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.5.9"><span class="content">on the day of reckoning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.5.9"><span class="content">Among the tribes of Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.5.9"><span class="content">I proclaim what is certain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Judah&#8217;s leaders are like those</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.5.10"><span class="content">who move boundary stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.5.10"><span class="content">I will pour out my wrath on them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.5.10"><span class="content">like a flood of water.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Ephraim is oppressed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.5.11"><span class="content">trampled in judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.5.11"><span class="content">intent on pursuing idols.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:11 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I am like a moth to Ephraim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.5.12"><span class="content">like rot to the people of Judah.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;When Ephraim saw his sickness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.5.13"><span class="content">and Judah his sores,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.5.13"><span class="content">then Ephraim turned to Assyria,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.5.13"><span class="content">and sent to the great king for help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.5.13"><span class="content">But he is not able to cure you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.5.13"><span class="content">not able to heal your sores.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For I will be like a lion to Ephraim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.5.14"><span class="content">like a great lion to Judah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.5.14"><span class="content">I will tear them to pieces and go away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.5.14"><span class="content">I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then I will return to my lair</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.5.15"><span class="content">until they have borne their guilt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.5.15"><span class="content">and seek my face&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.5.15"><span class="content">in their misery</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.5.15"><span class="content">they will earnestly seek me.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">(This was the first census that took place while</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">This census took place before</span></span></span><span class="content"> Quirinius was governor of Syria.) </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And everyone went to their own town to register.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But the angel said to them, &#8220;Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Glory to God in the highest heaven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.2.14"><span class="content">and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, &#8220;Let&#8217;s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1TH.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1TH.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God&#8217;s churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people the same things those churches suffered from the Jews </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1TH.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TH.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit. The wrath of God has come upon them at last.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">them fully</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Longing to See the Thessalonians</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TH.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1TH.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But, brothers and sisters, when we were orphaned by being separated from you for a short time (in person, not in thought), out of our intense longing we made every effort to see you. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1TH.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For we wanted to come to you&#8212;certainly I, Paul, did, again and again&#8212;but Satan blocked our way. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1TH.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you? </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1TH.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Indeed, you are our glory and joy.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TH.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">So when we could stand it no longer, we thought it best to be left by ourselves in Athens. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TH.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">We sent Timothy, who is our brother and co-worker in God&#8217;s service in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1TH.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. For you know quite well that we are destined for them. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1TH.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1TH.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith. I was afraid that in some way the tempter had tempted you and that our labors might have been in vain.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Timothy&#8217;s Encouraging Report</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1TH.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1TH.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought good news about your faith and love. He has told us that you always have pleasant memories of us and that you long to see us, just as we also long to see you. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TH.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Therefore, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you because of your faith. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1TH.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For now we really live, since you are standing firm in the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1TH.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you? </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TH.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again and supply what is lacking in your faith.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TH.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1TH.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1TH.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1TH.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.</span></span></div>
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