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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Jehoshaphat king of Judah returned safely to his palace in Jerusalem, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Jehu the seer, the son of Hanani, went out to meet him and said to the king, &#8220;Should you help the wicked and love</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">19:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and make alliances with</span></span></span><span class="content"> those who hate the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">? Because of this, the wrath of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is on you. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">There is, however, some good in you, for you have rid the land of the Asherah poles and have set your heart on seeking God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.19.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of their ancestors. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He told them, &#8220;Consider carefully what you do, because you are not judging for mere mortals but for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who is with you whenever you give a verdict. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now let the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be on you. Judge carefully, for with the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.19.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In Jerusalem also, Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites, priests and heads of Israelite families to administer the law of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He gave them these orders: &#8220;You must serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">In every case that comes before you from your people who live in the cities&#8212;whether bloodshed or other concerns of the law, commands, decrees or regulations&#8212;you are to warn them not to sin against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">; otherwise his wrath will come on you and your people. Do this, and you will not sin.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.19.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Amariah the chief priest will be over you in any matter concerning the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the leader of the tribe of Judah, will be over you in any matter concerning the king, and the Levites will serve as officials before you. Act with courage, and may the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be with those who do well.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After this, the Moabites and Ammonites with some of the Meunites</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">20:1 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Ammonites</span></span></span><span class="content"> came to wage war against Jehoshaphat.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.20.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Some people came and told Jehoshaphat, &#8220;A vast army is coming against you from Edom,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">20:2 </span><span class="ft">One Hebrew manuscript; most Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate </span><span class="fqa">Aram</span></span></span><span class="content"> from the other side of the Dead Sea. It is already in Hazezon Tamar&#8221; (that is, En Gedi). </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The people of Judah came together to seek help from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">; indeed, they came from every town in Judah to seek him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.20.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then Jehoshaphat stood up in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem at the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in the front of the new courtyard </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and said:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.20.6"><span class="content">&#8220;</span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of our ancestors, are you not the God who is in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend? </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuary for your Name, saying, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8216;If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.20.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;But now here are men from Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, whose territory you would not allow Israel to invade when they came from Egypt; so they turned away from them and did not destroy them. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession you gave us as an inheritance. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.20.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">All the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, stood there before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.20.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then the Spirit of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came on Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite and descendant of Asaph, as he stood in the assembly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.20.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He said: &#8220;Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says to you: &#8216;Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God&#8217;s. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Tomorrow march down against them. They will be climbing up by the Pass of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the gorge in the Desert of Jeruel. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be with you.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.20.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face to the ground, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down in worship before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then some Levites from the Kohathites and Korahites stood up and praised the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.20.19"></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that came to Micah of Moresheth during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah&#8212;the vision he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.1.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hear, you peoples, all of you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.1.2"><span class="content">listen, earth and all who live in it,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.1.2"><span class="content">that the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> may bear witness against you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.1.2"><span class="content">the Lord from his holy temple.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment Against Samaria and Jerusalem</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.1.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Look! The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is coming from his dwelling place;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.1.3"><span class="content">he comes down and treads on the heights of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.1.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The mountains melt beneath him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.1.4"><span class="content">and the valleys split apart,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.1.4"><span class="content">like wax before the fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.1.4"><span class="content">like water rushing down a slope.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.1.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">All this is because of Jacob&#8217;s transgression,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.1.5"><span class="content">because of the sins of the people of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.1.5"><span class="content">What is Jacob&#8217;s transgression?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.1.5"><span class="content">Is it not Samaria?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.1.5"><span class="content">What is Judah&#8217;s high place?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.1.5"><span class="content">Is it not Jerusalem?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.1.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.1.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.1.6"><span class="content">a place for planting vineyards.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.1.6"><span class="content">I will pour her stones into the valley</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.1.6"><span class="content">and lay bare her foundations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.1.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All her idols will be broken to pieces;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.1.7"><span class="content">all her temple gifts will be burned with fire;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.1.7"><span class="content">I will destroy all her images.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.1.7"><span class="content">Since she gathered her gifts from the wages of prostitutes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.1.7"><span class="content">as the wages of prostitutes they will again be used.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Weeping and Mourning</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.1.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Because of this I will weep and wail;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.1.8"><span class="content">I will go about barefoot and naked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.1.8"><span class="content">I will howl like a jackal</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.1.8"><span class="content">and moan like an owl.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.1.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For Samaria&#8217;s plague is incurable;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.1.9"><span class="content">it has spread to Judah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.1.9"><span class="content">It has reached the very gate of my people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.1.9"><span class="content">even to Jerusalem itself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.1.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Tell it not in Gath</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:10 </span><span class="fq">Gath </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">tell</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.1.10"><span class="content">weep not at all.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.1.10"><span class="content">In Beth Ophrah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:10 </span><span class="fq">Beth Ophrah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">house of dust.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.1.10"><span class="content">roll in the dust.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.1.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Pass by naked and in shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.1.11"><span class="content">you who live in Shaphir.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:11 </span><span class="fq">Shaphir </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">pleasant.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.1.11"><span class="content">Those who live in Zaanan</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:11 </span><span class="fq">Zaanan </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">come out</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.1.11"><span class="content">will not come out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.1.11"><span class="content">Beth Ezel is in mourning;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.1.11"><span class="content">it no longer protects you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.1.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Those who live in Maroth</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:12 </span><span class="fq">Maroth </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fqa">bitter.</span></span></span><span class="content"> writhe in pain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.1.12"><span class="content">waiting for relief,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.1.12"><span class="content">because disaster has come from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.1.12"><span class="content">even to the gate of Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.1.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You who live in Lachish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.1.13"><span class="content">harness fast horses to the chariot.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.1.13"><span class="content">You are where the sin of Daughter Zion began,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.1.13"><span class="content">for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.1.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Therefore you will give parting gifts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.1.14"><span class="content">to Moresheth Gath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.1.14"><span class="content">The town of Akzib</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:14 </span><span class="fq">Akzib </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">deception.</span></span></span><span class="content"> will prove deceptive</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.1.14"><span class="content">to the kings of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MIC.1.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I will bring a conqueror against you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.1.15"><span class="content">who live in Mareshah.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:15 </span><span class="fq">Mareshah </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">conqueror</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.1.15"><span class="content">The nobles of Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.1.15"><span class="content">will flee to Adullam.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MIC.1.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Shave your head in mourning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.1.16"><span class="content">for the children in whom you delight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.1.16"><span class="content">make yourself as bald as the vulture,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MIC.1.16"><span class="content">for they will go from you into exile.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Human Plans and God&#8217;s Plans</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Woe to those who plan iniquity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.2.1"><span class="content">to those who plot evil on their beds!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.2.1"><span class="content">At morning&#8217;s light they carry it out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.2.1"><span class="content">because it is in their power to do it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.2.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They covet fields and seize them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.2.2"><span class="content">and houses, and take them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.2.2"><span class="content">They defraud people of their homes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.2.2"><span class="content">they rob them of their inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.2.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Therefore, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.2.3"><span class="content">&#8220;I am planning disaster against this people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.2.3"><span class="content">from which you cannot save yourselves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.2.3"><span class="content">You will no longer walk proudly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.2.3"><span class="content">for it will be a time of calamity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.2.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In that day people will ridicule you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.2.4"><span class="content">they will taunt you with this mournful song:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.2.4"><span class="content">&#8216;We are utterly ruined;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.2.4"><span class="content">my people&#8217;s possession is divided up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.2.4"><span class="content">He takes it from me!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.2.4"><span class="content">He assigns our fields to traitors.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.2.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.2.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Therefore you will have no one in the assembly of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.2.5"><span class="content">to divide the land by lot.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">False Prophets</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.2.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not prophesy,&#8221; their prophets say.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.2.6"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not prophesy about these things;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.2.6"><span class="content">disgrace will not overtake us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.2.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You descendants of Jacob, should it be said,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.2.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Does the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> become</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Is the Spirit of the <span class="nd">Lord</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> impatient?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.2.7"><span class="content">Does he do such things?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.2.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.2.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not my words do good</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.2.7"><span class="content">to the one whose ways are upright?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.2.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Lately my people have risen up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.2.8"><span class="content">like an enemy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.2.8"><span class="content">You strip off the rich robe</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.2.8"><span class="content">from those who pass by without a care,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.2.8"><span class="content">like men returning from battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.2.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You drive the women of my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.2.9"><span class="content">from their pleasant homes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.2.9"><span class="content">You take away my blessing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.2.9"><span class="content">from their children forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.2.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Get up, go away!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.2.10"><span class="content">For this is not your resting place,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.2.10"><span class="content">because it is defiled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.2.10"><span class="content">it is ruined, beyond all remedy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.2.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If a liar and deceiver comes and says,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.2.11"><span class="content">&#8216;I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.2.11"><span class="content">that would be just the prophet for this people!</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Deliverance Promised</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.2.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will surely gather all of you, Jacob;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.2.12"><span class="content">I will surely bring together the remnant of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.2.12"><span class="content">I will bring them together like sheep in a pen,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.2.12"><span class="content">like a flock in its pasture;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.2.12"><span class="content">the place will throng with people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.2.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The One who breaks open the way will go up before them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.2.13"><span class="content">they will break through the gate and go out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.2.13"><span class="content">Their King will pass through before them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.2.13"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> at their head.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch22" data-usfm="LUK.22.39+LUK.22.40+LUK.22.41+LUK.22.42+LUK.22.43+LUK.22.44+LUK.22.45+LUK.22.46+LUK.22.47+LUK.22.48+LUK.22.49+LUK.22.50+LUK.22.51+LUK.22.52+LUK.22.53+LUK.22.54+LUK.22.55+LUK.22.56+LUK.22.57+LUK.22.58+LUK.22.59+LUK.22.60+LUK.22.61+LUK.22.62+LUK.22.63+LUK.22.64+LUK.22.65+LUK.22.66+LUK.22.67+LUK.22.68+LUK.22.69+LUK.22.70+LUK.22.71">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.22.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.22.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">On reaching the place, he said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Pray that you will not fall into temptation.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.22.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">He withdrew about a stone&#8217;s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.22.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.22.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.22.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">22:43,44 </span><span class="ft">Many early manuscripts do not have verses 43 and 44.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.22.44"></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.22.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.22.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why are you sleeping?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked them. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Arrested</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.22.46"></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.22.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him, </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.22.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">but Jesus asked him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.22.48"></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.22.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">When Jesus&#8217; followers saw what was going to happen, they said, &#8220;Lord, should we strike with our swords?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.22.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.22.50"></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LUK.22.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">But Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;No more of this!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> And he touched the man&#8217;s ear and healed him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LUK.22.51"></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.22.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders, who had come for him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs?</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="LUK.22.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour&#8212;when darkness reigns.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Peter Disowns Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="LUK.22.53"></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="LUK.22.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance. </span></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="LUK.22.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">And when some there had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them. </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="LUK.22.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">A servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, &#8220;This man was with him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="LUK.22.56"></span><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="LUK.22.57"><span class="label">57</span><span class="content">But he denied it. &#8220;Woman, I don&#8217;t know him,&#8221; he said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="LUK.22.57"></span><span class="verse v58" data-usfm="LUK.22.58"><span class="label">58</span><span class="content">A little later someone else saw him and said, &#8220;You also are one of them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v58" data-usfm="LUK.22.58"><span class="content">&#8220;Man, I am not!&#8221; Peter replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v58" data-usfm="LUK.22.58"></span><span class="verse v59" data-usfm="LUK.22.59"><span class="label">59</span><span class="content">About an hour later another asserted, &#8220;Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v59" data-usfm="LUK.22.59"></span><span class="verse v60" data-usfm="LUK.22.60"><span class="label">60</span><span class="content">Peter replied, &#8220;Man, I don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re talking about!&#8221; Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed. </span></span><span class="verse v61" data-usfm="LUK.22.61"><span class="label">61</span><span class="content">The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v62" data-usfm="LUK.22.62"><span class="label">62</span><span class="content">And he went outside and wept bitterly.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Guards Mock Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v62" data-usfm="LUK.22.62"></span><span class="verse v63" data-usfm="LUK.22.63"><span class="label">63</span><span class="content">The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him. </span></span><span class="verse v64" data-usfm="LUK.22.64"><span class="label">64</span><span class="content">They blindfolded him and demanded, &#8220;Prophesy! Who hit you?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v65" data-usfm="LUK.22.65"><span class="label">65</span><span class="content">And they said many other insulting things to him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Before Pilate and Herod</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v65" data-usfm="LUK.22.65"></span><span class="verse v66" data-usfm="LUK.22.66"><span class="label">66</span><span class="content">At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and the teachers of the law, met together, and Jesus was led before them. </span></span><span class="verse v67" data-usfm="LUK.22.67"><span class="label">67</span><span class="content">&#8220;If you are the Messiah,&#8221; they said, &#8220;tell us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v67" data-usfm="LUK.22.67"><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If I tell you, you will not believe me,</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v68" data-usfm="LUK.22.68"><span class="label">68</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and if I asked you, you would not answer.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v69" data-usfm="LUK.22.69"><span class="label">69</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v69" data-usfm="LUK.22.69"></span><span class="verse v70" data-usfm="LUK.22.70"><span class="label">70</span><span class="content">They all asked, &#8220;Are you then the Son of God?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v70" data-usfm="LUK.22.70"><span class="content">He replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You say that I am.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v70" data-usfm="LUK.22.70"></span><span class="verse v71" data-usfm="LUK.22.71"><span class="label">71</span><span class="content">Then they said, &#8220;Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch10" data-usfm="HEB.10.1+HEB.10.2+HEB.10.3+HEB.10.4+HEB.10.5+HEB.10.6+HEB.10.7+HEB.10.8+HEB.10.9+HEB.10.10">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HEB.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming&#8212;not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HEB.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HEB.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HEB.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HEB.10.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.10.5"><span class="content">&#8220;Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.10.5"><span class="content">but a body you prepared for me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.10.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">with burnt offerings and sin offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.10.6"><span class="content">you were not pleased.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.10.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then I said, &#8216;Here I am&#8212;it is written about me in the scroll&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.10.7"><span class="content">I have come to do your will, my God.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:7 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.40.6+PSA.40.7+PSA.40.8">Psalm 40:6-8</span> (see Septuagint)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.10.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">First he said, &#8220;Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them&#8221;&#8212;though they were offered in accordance with the law. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then he said, &#8220;Here I am, I have come to do your will.&#8221; He sets aside the first to establish the second. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.10.10"></span></div>
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