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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warriors Join David</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">These were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the warriors who helped him in battle; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">they were armed with bows and were able to shoot arrows or to sling stones right-handed or left-handed; they were relatives of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin):</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.12.2"></span></div><div class="mi"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.12.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Ahiezer their chief and Joash the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet the sons of Azmaveth; Berakah, Jehu the Anathothite, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty warrior among the Thirty, who was a leader of the Thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:4 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts the second half of this verse (</span><span class="fq">Jeremiah&#8230; Gederathite</span><span class="ft">) is numbered 12:5, and 12:5-40 is numbered 12:6-41.</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah and Shephatiah the Haruphite; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Elkanah, Ishiah, Azarel, Joezer and Jashobeam the Korahites; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and Joelah and Zebadiah the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.12.7"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.12.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were brave warriors, ready for battle and able to handle the shield and spear. Their faces were the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles in the mountains.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.12.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Ezer was the chief,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.12.9"><span class="content">Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.12.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.12.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.12.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.12.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Jeremiah the tenth and Makbannai the eleventh.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.12.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">These Gadites were army commanders; the least was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">It was they who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight everyone living in the valleys, to the east and to the west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.12.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">David went out to meet them and said to them, &#8220;If you have come to me in peace to help me, I am ready for you to join me. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free from violence, may the God of our ancestors see it and judge you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.12.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then the Spirit came on Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">&#8220;We are yours, David!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">We are with you, son of Jesse!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">Success, success to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">and success to those who help you,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">for your God will help you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">So David received them and made them leaders of his raiding bands.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Some of the tribe of Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (He and his men did not help the Philistines because, after consultation, their rulers sent him away. They said, &#8220;It will cost us our heads if he deserts to his master Saul.&#8221;) </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">When David went to Ziklag, these were the men of Manasseh who defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai, leaders of units of a thousand in Manasseh. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They helped David against raiding bands, for all of them were brave warriors, and they were commanders in his army. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Day after day men came to help David, until he had a great army, like the army of God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">a great and mighty army</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Others Join David at Hebron</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.12.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">These are the numbers of the men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul&#8217;s kingdom over to him, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had said:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.12.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">from Judah, carrying shield and spear&#8212;6,800 armed for battle;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.12.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CH.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">from Simeon, warriors ready for battle&#8212;7,100;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CH.12.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">from Levi&#8212;4,600, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">including Jehoiada, leader of the family of Aaron, with 3,700 men, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">and Zadok, a brave young warrior, with 22 officers from his family;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.12.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.12.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">from Benjamin, Saul&#8217;s tribe&#8212;3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to Saul&#8217;s house until then;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.12.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.12.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">from Ephraim, brave warriors, famous in their own clans&#8212;20,800;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.12.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CH.12.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">from half the tribe of Manasseh, designated by name to come and make David king&#8212;18,000;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CH.12.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.12.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">from Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do&#8212;200 chiefs, with all their relatives under their command;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.12.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.12.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">from Zebulun, experienced soldiers prepared for battle with every type of weapon, to help David with undivided loyalty&#8212;50,000;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.12.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.12.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">from Naphtali&#8212;1,000 officers, together with 37,000 men carrying shields and spears;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.12.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.12.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">from Dan, ready for battle&#8212;28,600;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.12.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.12.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">from Asher, experienced soldiers prepared for battle&#8212;40,000;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.12.36"></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CH.12.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">and from east of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, armed with every type of weapon&#8212;120,000.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CH.12.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CH.12.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">All these were fighting men who volunteered to serve in the ranks. They came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. All the rest of the Israelites were also of one mind to make David king. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1CH.12.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">The men spent three days there with David, eating and drinking, for their families had supplied provisions for them. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CH.12.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Also, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules and oxen. There were plentiful supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisin cakes, wine, olive oil, cattle and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Israel was a spreading vine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="content">he brought forth fruit for himself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="content">As his fruit increased,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="content">he built more altars;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="content">as his land prospered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="content">he adorned his sacred stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Their heart is deceitful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.10.2"><span class="content">and now they must bear their guilt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.10.2"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will demolish their altars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.10.2"><span class="content">and destroy their sacred stones.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.10.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.10.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then they will say, &#8220;We have no king</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.10.3"><span class="content">because we did not revere the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.10.3"><span class="content">But even if we had a king,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.10.3"><span class="content">what could he do for us?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.10.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They make many promises,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"><span class="content">take false oaths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"><span class="content">and make agreements;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"><span class="content">therefore lawsuits spring up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"><span class="content">like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The people who live in Samaria fear</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="content">for the calf-idol of Beth Aven.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:5 </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="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="content">Its people will mourn over it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="content">and so will its idolatrous priests,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="content">those who had rejoiced over its splendor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="content">because it is taken from them into exile.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">It will be carried to Assyria</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.10.6"><span class="content">as tribute for the great king.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.10.6"><span class="content">Ephraim will be disgraced;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.10.6"><span class="content">Israel will be ashamed of its foreign alliances.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.10.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Samaria&#8217;s king will be destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.10.7"><span class="content">swept away like a twig on the surface of the waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.10.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The high places of wickedness</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:8 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">aven, </span><span class="ft">a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see verse 5.</span></span></span><span class="content"> will be destroyed&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="content">it is the sin of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="content">Thorns and thistles will grow up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="content">and cover their altars.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="content">Then they will say to the mountains, &#8220;Cover us!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="content">and to the hills, &#8220;Fall on us!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Since the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.10.9"><span class="content">and there you have remained.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">there a stand was taken</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.10.9"><span class="content">Will not war again overtake</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.10.9"><span class="content">the evildoers in Gibeah?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.10.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When I please, I will punish them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.10.10"><span class="content">nations will be gathered against them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.10.10"><span class="content">to put them in bonds for their double sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.10.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Ephraim is a trained heifer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">that loves to thresh;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">so I will put a yoke</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">on her fair neck.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">I will drive Ephraim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">Judah must plow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">and Jacob must break up the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Sow righteousness for yourselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="content">reap the fruit of unfailing love,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="content">and break up your unplowed ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="content">for it is time 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 v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="content">until he comes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="content">and showers his righteousness on you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But you have planted wickedness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"><span class="content">you have reaped evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"><span class="content">you have eaten the fruit of deception.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"><span class="content">Because you have depended on your own strength</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"><span class="content">and on your many warriors,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">the roar of battle will rise against your people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.10.14"><span class="content">so that all your fortresses will be devastated&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.10.14"><span class="content">as Shalman devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.10.14"><span class="content">when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.10.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So will it happen to you, Bethel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.10.15"><span class="content">because your wickedness is great.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.10.15"><span class="content">When that day dawns,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.10.15"><span class="content">the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Love for Israel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;When Israel was a child, I loved him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.11.1"><span class="content">and out of Egypt I called my son.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.11.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But the more they were called,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="content">the more they went away from me.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:2 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">them</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="content">They sacrificed to the Baals</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="content">and they burned incense to images.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="content">taking them by the arms;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="content">but they did not realize</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="content">it was I who healed them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I led them with cords of human kindness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">with ties of love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">To them I was like one who lifts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">a little child to the cheek,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">and I bent down to feed them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will they not return to Egypt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"><span class="content">and will not Assyria rule over them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"><span class="content">because they refuse to repent?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A sword will flash in their cities;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"><span class="content">it will devour their false prophets</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"><span class="content">and put an end to their plans.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">My people are determined to turn from me.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"><span class="content">Even though they call me God Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"><span class="content">I will by no means exalt them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;How can I give you up, Ephraim?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">How can I hand you over, Israel?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">How can I treat you like Admah?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">How can I make you like Zeboyim?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">My heart is changed within me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">all my compassion is aroused.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will not carry out my fierce anger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">nor will I devastate Ephraim again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">For I am God, and not a man&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">the Holy One among you.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">I will not come against their cities.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They will follow the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="content">he will roar like a lion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="content">When he roars,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="content">his children will come trembling from the west.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They will come from Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">trembling like sparrows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">from Assyria, fluttering like doves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">I will settle them in their homes,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel&#8217;s Sin</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="content">Israel with deceit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="content">And Judah is unruly against God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="content">even against the faithful Holy One.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:12 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts this verse (11:12) is numbered 12:1.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">There a centurion&#8217;s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, &#8220;This man deserves to have you do this, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So Jesus went with them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.7.6"><span class="content">He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: &#8220;Lord, don&#8217;t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, &#8216;Go,&#8217; and he goes; and that one, &#8216;Come,&#8217; and he comes. I say to my servant, &#8216;Do this,&#8217; and he does it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.7.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Raises a Widow&#8217;s Son</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.7.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out&#8212;the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t cry.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.7.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then he went up and touched the bier they were carrying him on, and the bearers stood still. He said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Young man, I say to you, get up!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.7.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">They were all filled with awe and praised God. &#8220;A great prophet has appeared among us,&#8221; they said. &#8220;God has come to help his people.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">This news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding country.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Instructions on Worship</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TI.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TI.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1TI.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">This is good, and pleases God our Savior, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1TI.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1TI.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1TI.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TI.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle&#8212;I am telling the truth, I am not lying&#8212;and a true and faithful teacher of the Gentiles.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TI.2.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1TI.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1TI.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TI.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TI.2.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1TI.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">A woman</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">wife</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 12</span></span></span><span class="content"> should learn in quietness and full submission. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1TI.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">over her husband</span></span></span><span class="content"> she must be quiet. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1TI.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For Adam was formed first, then Eve. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1TI.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1TI.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But women</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">she</span></span></span><span class="content"> will be saved through childbearing&#8212;if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.</span></span></div>
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