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      <div class="chapter ch7" data-usfm="JER.7">
         <div class="label">7</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">False Religion Worthless</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Stand at the gate of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s house and there proclaim this message:</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.7.2"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Reform your ways and your actions, and I will let you live in this place. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do not trust in deceptive words and say, &#8220;This is the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your ancestors for ever and ever. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.7.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and swear by false gods</span></span></span><span class="content"> burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my Name, and say, &#8220;We are safe&#8221;&#8212;safe to do all these detestable things? </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.7.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for my Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">While you were doing all these things, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I spoke to you again and again, but you did not listen; I called you, but you did not answer. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Therefore, what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears my Name, the temple you trust in, the place I gave to you and your ancestors. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I will thrust you from my presence, just as I did all your fellow Israelites, the people of Ephraim.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.7.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;So do not pray for this people nor offer any plea or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen to you. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Do you not see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.7.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven. They pour out drink offerings to other gods to arouse my anger. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.7.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But am I the one they are provoking? declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. Are they not rather harming themselves, to their own shame?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.7.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.7.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Therefore this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: My anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place&#8212;on man and beast, on the trees of the field and on the crops of your land&#8212;and it will burn and not be quenched.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.7.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.7.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go ahead, add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves! </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.7.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For when I brought your ancestors out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.7.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">but I gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in obedience to all I command you, that it may go well with you. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.7.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts. They went backward and not forward. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.7.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">From the time your ancestors left Egypt until now, day after day, again and again I sent you my servants the prophets. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JER.7.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">But they did not listen to me or pay attention. They were stiff-necked and did more evil than their ancestors.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JER.7.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JER.7.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you; when you call to them, they will not answer. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.7.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Therefore say to them, &#8216;This is the nation that has not obeyed the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> its God or responded to correction. Truth has perished; it has vanished from their lips.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.7.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JER.7.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Cut off your hair and throw it away; take up a lament on the barren heights, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has rejected and abandoned this generation that is under his wrath.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Valley of Slaughter</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JER.7.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JER.7.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The people of Judah have done evil in my eyes, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. They have set up their detestable idols in the house that bears my Name and have defiled it. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JER.7.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire&#8212;something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JER.7.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">So beware, the days are coming, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, when people will no longer call it Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter, for they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JER.7.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Then the carcasses of this people will become food for the birds and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JER.7.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, for the land will become desolate.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkJER">
      <div class="chapter ch8" data-usfm="JER.8">
         <div class="label">8</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;At that time, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the bones of the kings and officials of Judah, the bones of the priests and prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served and which they have followed and consulted and worshiped. They will not be gathered up or buried, but will be like dung lying on the ground. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Wherever I banish them, all the survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Sin and Punishment</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Say to them, &#8216;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.8.4"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;When people fall down, do they not get up?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.8.4"><span class="content">When someone turns away, do they not return?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Why then have these people turned away?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.8.5"><span class="content">Why does Jerusalem always turn away?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.8.5"><span class="content">They cling to deceit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.8.5"><span class="content">they refuse to return.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I have listened attentively,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.8.6"><span class="content">but they do not say what is right.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.8.6"><span class="content">None of them repent of their wickedness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.8.6"><span class="content">saying, &#8220;What have I done?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.8.6"><span class="content">Each pursues their own course</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.8.6"><span class="content">like a horse charging into battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Even the stork in the sky</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.8.7"><span class="content">knows her appointed seasons,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.8.7"><span class="content">and the dove, the swift and the thrush</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.8.7"><span class="content">observe the time of their migration.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.8.7"><span class="content">But my people do not know</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.8.7"><span class="content">the requirements of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;How can you say, &#8220;We are wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.8.8"><span class="content">for we have the law of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.8.8"><span class="content">when actually the lying pen of the scribes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.8.8"><span class="content">has handled it falsely?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The wise will be put to shame;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.8.9"><span class="content">they will be dismayed and trapped.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.8.9"><span class="content">Since they have rejected the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.8.9"><span class="content">what kind of wisdom do they have?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Therefore I will give their wives to other men</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.8.10"><span class="content">and their fields to new owners.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.8.10"><span class="content">From the least to the greatest,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.8.10"><span class="content">all are greedy for gain;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.8.10"><span class="content">prophets and priests alike,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.8.10"><span class="content">all practice deceit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They dress the wound of my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.8.11"><span class="content">as though it were not serious.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.8.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Peace, peace,&#8221; they say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.8.11"><span class="content">when there is no peace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.8.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.8.12"><span class="content">No, they have no shame at all;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.8.12"><span class="content">they do not even know how to blush.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.8.12"><span class="content">So they will fall among the fallen;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.8.12"><span class="content">they will be brought down when they are punished,</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.8.12"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;I will take away their harvest,</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.8.13"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.8.13"><span class="content">There will be no grapes on the vine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.8.13"><span class="content">There will be no figs on the tree,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.8.13"><span class="content">and their leaves will wither.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.8.13"><span class="content">What I have given them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.8.13"><span class="content">will be taken from them.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:13 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Why are we sitting here?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.8.14"><span class="content">Gather together!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.8.14"><span class="content">Let us flee to the fortified cities</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.8.14"><span class="content">and perish there!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.8.14"><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God has doomed us to perish</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.8.14"><span class="content">and given us poisoned water to drink,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.8.14"><span class="content">because we have sinned against him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.8.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">We hoped for peace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.8.15"><span class="content">but no good has come,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.8.15"><span class="content">for a time of healing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.8.15"><span class="content">but there is only terror.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.8.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The snorting of the enemy&#8217;s horses</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.8.16"><span class="content">is heard from Dan;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.8.16"><span class="content">at the neighing of their stallions</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.8.16"><span class="content">the whole land trembles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.8.16"><span class="content">They have come to devour</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.8.16"><span class="content">the land and everything in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.8.16"><span class="content">the city and all who live there.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.8.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, I will send venomous snakes among you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.8.17"><span class="content">vipers that cannot be charmed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.8.17"><span class="content">and they will bite you,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.8.17"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.8.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">You who are my Comforter</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:18 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> in sorrow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.8.18"><span class="content">my heart is faint within me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.8.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Listen to the cry of my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.8.19"><span class="content">from a land far away:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.8.19"><span class="content">&#8220;Is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> not in Zion?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.8.19"><span class="content">Is her King no longer there?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.8.19"><span class="content">&#8220;Why have they aroused my anger with their images,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.8.19"><span class="content">with their worthless foreign idols?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.8.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;The harvest is past,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.8.20"><span class="content">the summer has ended,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.8.20"><span class="content">and we are not saved.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.8.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Since my people are crushed, I am crushed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.8.21"><span class="content">I mourn, and horror grips me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.8.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Is there no balm in Gilead?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.8.22"><span class="content">Is there no physician there?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.8.22"><span class="content">Why then is there no healing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.8.22"><span class="content">for the wound of my people?</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch17" data-usfm="PRO.17">
         <div class="label">17</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Better a dry crust with peace and quiet</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"><span class="content">than a house full of feasting, with strife.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"><span class="content">and will share the inheritance as one of the family.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> tests the heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A wicked person listens to deceitful lips;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"><span class="content">a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"><span class="content">whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Children&#8217;s children are a crown to the aged,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"><span class="content">and parents are the pride of their children.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"><span class="content">how much worse lying lips to a ruler!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"><span class="content">they think success will come at every turn.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"><span class="content">but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">A rebuke impresses a discerning person</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"><span class="content">more than a hundred lashes a fool.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Evildoers foster rebellion against God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"><span class="content">the messenger of death will be sent against them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"><span class="content">than a fool bent on folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Evil will never leave the house</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"><span class="content">of one who pays back evil for good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"><span class="content">so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests them both.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"><span class="content">when they are not able to understand it?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A friend loves at all times,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"><span class="content">and a brother is born for a time of adversity.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"><span class="content">and puts up security for a neighbor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"><span class="content">whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"><span class="content">one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">To have a fool for a child brings grief;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"><span class="content">there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">A cheerful heart is good medicine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="content">but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The wicked accept bribes in secret</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"><span class="content">to pervert the course of justice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">A discerning person keeps wisdom in view,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"><span class="content">but a fool&#8217;s eyes wander to the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">A foolish son brings grief to his father</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"><span class="content">and bitterness to the mother who bore him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"><span class="content">surely to flog honest officials is not right.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"><span class="content">and whoever has understanding is even-tempered.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.17.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.17.28"><span class="content">and discerning if they hold their tongues.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch19" data-usfm="MAT.19">
         <div class="label">19</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Divorce</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.19.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, &#8220;Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.19.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Haven&#8217;t you read,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;that at the beginning the Creator &#8216;made them male and female,&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:4 </span><span class="ft">Gen. 1:27</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and said, &#8216;For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:5 </span><span class="ft">Gen. 2:24</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.19.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Why then,&#8221; they asked, &#8220;did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.19.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.19.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The disciples said to him, &#8220;If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others&#8212;and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Little Children and Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.19.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.19.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When he had placed his hands on them, he went on from there.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Rich and the Kingdom of God</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.19.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked, &#8220;Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.19.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why do you ask me about what is good?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus replied. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.19.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Which ones?&#8221; he inquired.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.19.18"><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">honor your father and mother,&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:19 </span><span class="ft">Exodus 20:12-16; Deut. 5:16-20</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and &#8216;love your neighbor as yourself.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:19 </span><span class="ft">Lev. 19:18</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.19.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;All these I have kept,&#8221; the young man said. &#8220;What do I still lack?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.19.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.19.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.19.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.19.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.19.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said to his disciples, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.19.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.19.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, &#8220;Who then can be saved?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.19.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.19.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Jesus looked at them and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.19.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.19.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Peter answered him, &#8220;We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.19.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.19.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.19.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:29 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts do not have </span><span class="fqa">or wife.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.19.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.</span></span></span></div>
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