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         <div class="label">36</div><div class="nb"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.36.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">And the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jehoahaz King of Judah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.36.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.36.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Jehoahaz</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">36:2 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Joahaz, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehoahaz</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 4</span></span></span><span class="content"> was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.36.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">36:3 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver and a talent</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">36:3 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> of gold. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.36.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The king of Egypt made Eliakim, a brother of Jehoahaz, king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed Eliakim&#8217;s name to Jehoiakim. But Necho took Eliakim&#8217;s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jehoiakim King of Judah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.36.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.36.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. He did evil in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> his God. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.36.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked him and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.36.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon articles from the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and put them in his temple</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">36:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">palace</span></span></span><span class="content"> there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.36.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.36.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The other events of Jehoiakim&#8217;s reign, the detestable things he did and all that was found against him, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jehoiachin King of Judah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.36.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.36.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Jehoiachin was eighteen</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">36:9 </span><span class="ft">One Hebrew manuscript, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also <span class="ref" usfm="2KI.24.8">2 Kings 24:8</span>); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">eight</span></span></span><span class="content"> years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. He did evil in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.36.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon, together with articles of value from the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and he made Jehoiachin&#8217;s uncle,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">36:10 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">brother, </span><span class="ft">that is, relative (see <span class="ref" usfm="2KI.24.17">2 Kings 24:17</span>)</span></span></span><span class="content"> Zedekiah, king over Judah and Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Zedekiah King of Judah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.36.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.36.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.36.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He did evil in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.36.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take an oath in God&#8217;s name. He became stiff-necked and hardened his heart and would not turn to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.36.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful, following all the detestable practices of the nations and defiling the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Fall of Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.36.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.36.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them through his messengers again and again, because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.36.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But they mocked God&#8217;s messengers, despised his words and scoffed at his prophets until the wrath of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was aroused against his people and there was no remedy. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.36.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">36:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span></span></span><span class="content"> who killed their young men with the sword in the sanctuary, and did not spare young men or young women, the elderly or the infirm. God gave them all into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.36.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He carried to Babylon all the articles from the temple of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple and the treasures of the king and his officials. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.36.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They set fire to God&#8217;s temple and broke down the wall of Jerusalem; they burned all the palaces and destroyed everything of value there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.36.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CH.36.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He carried into exile to Babylon the remnant, who escaped from the sword, and they became servants to him and his successors until the kingdom of Persia came to power. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.36.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The land enjoyed its sabbath rests; all the time of its desolation it rested, until the seventy years were completed in fulfillment of the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoken by Jeremiah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.36.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2CH.36.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoken by Jeremiah, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing:</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2CH.36.22"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2CH.36.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2CH.36.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what Cyrus king of Persia says:</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2CH.36.23"></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2CH.36.23"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up, and may the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God be with them.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="HAB.1">
         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The prophecy that Habakkuk the prophet received.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Habakkuk&#8217;s Complaint</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.1.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">How long, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, must I call for help,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.1.2"><span class="content">but you do not listen?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.1.2"><span class="content">Or cry out to you, &#8220;Violence!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.1.2"><span class="content">but you do not save?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.1.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Why do you make me look at injustice?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.1.3"><span class="content">Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.1.3"><span class="content">Destruction and violence are before me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.1.3"><span class="content">there is strife, and conflict abounds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.1.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Therefore the law is paralyzed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.1.4"><span class="content">and justice never prevails.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.1.4"><span class="content">The wicked hem in the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.1.4"><span class="content">so that justice is perverted.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Answer</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.1.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Look at the nations and watch&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.1.5"><span class="content">and be utterly amazed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.1.5"><span class="content">For I am going to do something in your days</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.1.5"><span class="content">that you would not believe,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.1.5"><span class="content">even if you were told.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.1.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I am raising up the Babylonians,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.1.6"><span class="content">that ruthless and impetuous people,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.1.6"><span class="content">who sweep across the whole earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.1.6"><span class="content">to seize dwellings not their own.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.1.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They are a feared and dreaded people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.1.7"><span class="content">they are a law to themselves</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.1.7"><span class="content">and promote their own honor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.1.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Their horses are swifter than leopards,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.1.8"><span class="content">fiercer than wolves at dusk.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.1.8"><span class="content">Their cavalry gallops headlong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.1.8"><span class="content">their horsemen come from afar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.1.8"><span class="content">They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.1.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">they all come intent on violence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.1.9"><span class="content">Their hordes</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:9 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> advance like a desert wind</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.1.9"><span class="content">and gather prisoners like sand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.1.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They mock kings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.1.10"><span class="content">and scoff at rulers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.1.10"><span class="content">They laugh at all fortified cities;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.1.10"><span class="content">by building earthen ramps they capture them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.1.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAB.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then they sweep past like the wind and go on&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAB.1.11"><span class="content">guilty people, whose own strength is their god.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Habakkuk&#8217;s Second Complaint</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAB.1.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are you not from everlasting?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.1.12"><span class="content">My God, my Holy One, you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:12 </span><span class="ft">An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">we</span></span></span><span class="content"> will never die.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.1.12"><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have appointed them to execute judgment;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.1.12"><span class="content">you, my Rock, have ordained them to punish.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.1.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Your eyes are too pure to look on evil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.1.13"><span class="content">you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.1.13"><span class="content">Why then do you tolerate the treacherous?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.1.13"><span class="content">Why are you silent while the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.1.13"><span class="content">swallow up those more righteous than themselves?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.1.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You have made people like the fish in the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.1.14"><span class="content">like the sea creatures that have no ruler.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.1.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The wicked foe pulls all of them up with hooks,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.1.15"><span class="content">he catches them in his net,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.1.15"><span class="content">he gathers them up in his dragnet;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.1.15"><span class="content">and so he rejoices and is glad.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.1.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Therefore he sacrifices to his net</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.1.16"><span class="content">and burns incense to his dragnet,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.1.16"><span class="content">for by his net he lives in luxury</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.1.16"><span class="content">and enjoys the choicest food.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.1.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Is he to keep on emptying his net,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.1.17"><span class="content">destroying nations without mercy?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.1.17"></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkHAB">
      <div class="chapter ch2" data-usfm="HAB.2">
         <div class="label">2</div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I will stand at my watch</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.2.1"><span class="content">and station myself on the ramparts;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.2.1"><span class="content">I will look to see what he will say to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.2.1"><span class="content">and what answer I am to give to this complaint.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and what to answer when I am rebuked</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Answer</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.2.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.2.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Write down the revelation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.2.2"><span class="content">and make it plain on tablets</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.2.2"><span class="content">so that a herald</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">so that whoever reads it</span></span></span><span class="content"> may run with it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.2.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For the revelation awaits an appointed time;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="content">it speaks of the end</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="content">and will not prove false.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="content">Though it linger, wait for it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="content">it</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Though he linger, wait for him; / he</span></span></span><span class="content"> will certainly come</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="content">and will not delay.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, the enemy is puffed up;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.2.4"><span class="content">his desires are not upright&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.2.4"><span class="content">but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">faith</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.2.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">indeed, wine betrays him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="content">he is arrogant and never at rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="content">Because he is as greedy as the grave</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="content">and like death is never satisfied,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="content">he gathers to himself all the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="content">and takes captive all the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.2.6"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Woe to him who piles up stolen goods</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.2.6"><span class="content">and makes himself wealthy by extortion!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.2.6"><span class="content">How long must this go on?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.2.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Will not your creditors suddenly arise?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.2.7"><span class="content">Will they not wake up and make you tremble?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.2.7"><span class="content">Then you will become their prey.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.2.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Because you have plundered many nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.2.8"><span class="content">the peoples who are left will plunder you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.2.8"><span class="content">For you have shed human blood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.2.8"><span class="content">you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.2.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.2.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.2.9"><span class="content">setting his nest on high</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.2.9"><span class="content">to escape the clutches of ruin!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.2.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You have plotted the ruin of many peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.2.10"><span class="content">shaming your own house and forfeiting your life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.2.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAB.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The stones of the wall will cry out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAB.2.11"><span class="content">and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAB.2.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAB.2.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.2.12"><span class="content">and establishes a town by injustice!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.2.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Has not the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty determined</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.2.13"><span class="content">that the people&#8217;s labor is only fuel for the fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.2.13"><span class="content">that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.2.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.2.14"><span class="content">as the waters cover the sea.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.2.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.2.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.2.15"><span class="content">pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.2.15"><span class="content">so that he can gaze on their naked bodies!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.2.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">You will be filled with shame instead of glory.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.2.16"><span class="content">Now it is your turn! Drink and let your nakedness be exposed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:16 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) </span><span class="fqa">and stagger</span></span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.2.16"><span class="content">The cup from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s right hand is coming around to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.2.16"><span class="content">and disgrace will cover your glory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.2.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The violence you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.2.17"><span class="content">and your destruction of animals will terrify you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.2.17"><span class="content">For you have shed human blood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.2.17"><span class="content">you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.2.17"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.2.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAB.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Of what value is an idol carved by a craftsman?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAB.2.18"><span class="content">Or an image that teaches lies?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAB.2.18"><span class="content">For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAB.2.18"><span class="content">he makes idols that cannot speak.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAB.2.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Woe to him who says to wood, &#8216;Come to life!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="content">Or to lifeless stone, &#8216;Wake up!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="content">Can it give guidance?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="content">It is covered with gold and silver;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="content">there is no breath in it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HAB.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is in his holy temple;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HAB.2.20"><span class="content">let all the earth be silent before him.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">6</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Choosing of the Seven</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">6:1 </span><span class="ft">That is, Jews who had adopted the Greek language and culture</span></span></span><span class="content"> among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, &#8220;It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.6.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.6.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Stephen Seized</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.6.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Now Stephen, a man full of God&#8217;s grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)&#8212;Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia&#8212;who began to argue with Stephen. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But they could not stand up against the wisdom the Spirit gave him as he spoke.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.6.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, &#8220;We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.6.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They produced false witnesses, who testified, &#8220;This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.6.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JAS.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JAS.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JAS.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">If one of you says to them, &#8220;Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,&#8221; but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JAS.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JAS.2.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JAS.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But someone will say, &#8220;You have faith; I have deeds.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JAS.2.18"><span class="content">Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JAS.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that&#8212;and shudder.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JAS.2.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JAS.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:20 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">dead</span></span></span><span class="content">? </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JAS.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JAS.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JAS.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And the scripture was fulfilled that says, &#8220;Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:23 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="GEN.15.6">Gen. 15:6</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> and he was called God&#8217;s friend. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JAS.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JAS.2.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JAS.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JAS.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.</span></span></div>
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