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   <div class="book bkJOL">
      <div class="chapter ch3" data-usfm="JOL.3">
         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Nations Judged</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 3:1-21 is numbered 4:1-21.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;In those days and at that time,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.3.1"><span class="content">when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will gather all nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="content">and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:2 </span><span class="fq">Jehoshaphat </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">the <span class="nd">Lord</span> judges</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 12.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="content">There I will put them on trial</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="content">for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="content">because they scattered my people among the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="content">and divided up my land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They cast lots for my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.3.3"><span class="content">and traded boys for prostitutes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.3.3"><span class="content">they sold girls for wine to drink.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now what have you against me, Tyre and Sidon and all you regions of Philistia? Are you repaying me for something I have done? If you are paying me back, I will swiftly and speedily return on your own heads what you have done. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For you took my silver and my gold and carried off my finest treasures to your temples.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">palaces</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, that you might send them far from their homeland.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, I am going to rouse them out of the places to which you sold them, and I will return on your own heads what you have done. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far away.&#8221; The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Proclaim this among the nations:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.3.9"><span class="content">Prepare for war!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.3.9"><span class="content">Rouse the warriors!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.3.9"><span class="content">Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Beat your plowshares into swords</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.3.10"><span class="content">and your pruning hooks into spears.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.3.10"><span class="content">Let the weakling say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.3.10"><span class="content">&#8220;I am strong!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Come quickly, all you nations from every side,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.3.11"><span class="content">and assemble there.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.3.11"><span class="content">Bring down your warriors, </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 v11" data-usfm="JOL.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let the nations be roused;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.3.12"><span class="content">let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.3.12"><span class="content">for there I will sit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.3.12"><span class="content">to judge all the nations on every side.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Swing the sickle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="content">for the harvest is ripe.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="content">Come, trample the grapes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="content">for the winepress is full</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="content">and the vats overflow&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="content">so great is their wickedness!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Multitudes, multitudes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.3.14"><span class="content">in the valley of decision!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.3.14"><span class="content">For the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is near</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.3.14"><span class="content">in the valley of decision.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The sun and moon will be darkened,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.3.15"><span class="content">and the stars no longer shine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will roar from Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"><span class="content">and thunder from Jerusalem;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"><span class="content">the earth and the heavens will tremble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be a refuge for his people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"><span class="content">a stronghold for the people of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Blessings for God&#8217;s People</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then you will know that I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.3.17"><span class="content">dwell in Zion, my holy hill.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.3.17"><span class="content">Jerusalem will be holy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.3.17"><span class="content">never again will foreigners invade her.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day the mountains will drip new wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"><span class="content">and the hills will flow with milk;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"><span class="content">all the ravines of Judah will run with water.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"><span class="content">A fountain will flow out of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s house</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"><span class="content">and will water the valley of acacias.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Valley of Shittim</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But Egypt will be desolate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.3.19"><span class="content">Edom a desert waste,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.3.19"><span class="content">because of violence done to the people of Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.3.19"><span class="content">in whose land they shed innocent blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Judah will be inhabited forever</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.3.20"><span class="content">and Jerusalem through all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOL.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOL.3.21"><span class="content">No, I will not.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="qc"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOL.3.21"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> dwells in Zion!</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkAMO">
      <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="AMO.1">
         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa&#8212;the vision he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Joash, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehoash</span></span></span><span class="content"> was king of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> roars from Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="content">and thunders from Jerusalem;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="content">the pastures of the shepherds dry up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="content">and the top of Carmel withers.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment on Israel&#8217;s Neighbors</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><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"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Damascus,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><span class="content">Because she threshed Gilead</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><span class="content">with sledges having iron teeth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will send fire on the house of Hazael</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.1.4"><span class="content">that will consume the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I will break down the gate of Damascus;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="content">I will destroy the king who is in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the inhabitants of</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Valley of Aven</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="fq">Aven </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">wickedness.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="content">and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="content">The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">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 v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Gaza,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="content">Because she took captive whole communities</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="content">and sold them to Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will send fire on the walls of Gaza</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.1.7"><span class="content">that will consume her fortresses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I will destroy the king</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">inhabitants</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Ashdod</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="content">and the one who holds the scepter in Ashkelon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="content">I will turn my hand against Ekron,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="content">till the last of the Philistines are dead,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="content">says the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">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 v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Tyre,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="content">Because she sold whole communities of captives to Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="content">disregarding a treaty of brotherhood,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I will send fire on the walls of Tyre</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.1.10"><span class="content">that will consume her fortresses.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">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 v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">Because he pursued his brother with a sword</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">and slaughtered the women of the land,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">because his anger raged continually</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">and his fury flamed unchecked,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will send fire on Teman</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.1.12"><span class="content">that will consume the fortresses of Bozrah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">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 v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Ammon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="content">Because he ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="content">in order to extend his borders,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.1.14"><span class="content">that will consume her fortresses</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.1.14"><span class="content">amid war cries on the day of battle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.1.14"><span class="content">amid violent winds on a stormy day.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Her king</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">/ Molek</span></span></span><span class="content"> will go into exile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.1.15"><span class="content">he and his officials together,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.1.15"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">84</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 84</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 84:1-12 is numbered 84:2-13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">gittith.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.84.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How lovely is your dwelling place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.84.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.84.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My soul yearns, even faints,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">for the courts of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">my heart and my flesh cry out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">for the living God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Even the sparrow has found a home,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">and the swallow a nest for herself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">where she may have her young&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">a place near your altar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, my King and my God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.84.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Blessed are those who dwell in your house;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.84.4"><span class="content">they are ever praising you.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">84:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.84.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.84.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Blessed are those whose strength is in you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.84.5"><span class="content">whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.84.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">As they pass through the Valley of Baka,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="content">they make it a place of springs;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="content">the autumn rains also cover it with pools.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">84:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">blessings</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.84.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They go from strength to strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.84.7"><span class="content">till each appears before God in Zion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.84.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.84.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Hear my prayer, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.84.8"><span class="content">listen to me, God of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.84.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.84.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Look on our shield,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">84:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sovereign</span></span></span><span class="content"> O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.84.9"><span class="content">look with favor on your anointed one.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.84.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Better is one day in your courts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">than a thousand elsewhere;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">than dwell in the tents of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God is a sun and shield;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bestows favor and honor;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="content">no good thing does he withhold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="content">from those whose walk is blameless.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.84.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.84.12"><span class="content">blessed is the one who trusts in you.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Washes His Disciples&#8217; Feet</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples&#8217; feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, &#8220;Lord, are you going to wash my feet?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.13.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;No,&#8221; said Peter, &#8220;you shall never wash my feet.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.13.8"><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then, Lord,&#8221; Simon Peter replied, &#8220;not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.13.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.13.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you understand what I have done for you?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked them. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You call me &#8216;Teacher&#8217; and &#8216;Lord,&#8217; and rightly so, for that is what I am.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another&#8217;s feet.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Predicts His Betrayal</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.13.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill this passage of Scripture: &#8216;He who shared my bread has turned</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">13:18 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fqa">has lifted up his heel</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">against me.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:18 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 41:9</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.13.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I am who I am.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Very truly I tell you, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.13.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.13.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, &#8220;Ask him which one he means.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.13.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, &#8220;Lord, who is it?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.13.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.13.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.13.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.13.27"><span class="content">So Jesus told him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What you are about to do, do quickly.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.13.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">But no one at the meal understood why Jesus said this to him. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.13.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the festival, or to give something to the poor. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.13.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Predicts Peter&#8217;s Denial</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.13.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.13.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">When he was gone, Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Now the Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified in him.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.13.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If God is glorified in him,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:32 </span><span class="ft">Many early manuscripts do not have </span><span class="fqa">If God is glorified in him.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.13.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.13.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.13.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.13.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.13.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.13.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.13.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Simon Peter asked him, &#8220;Lord, where are you going?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.13.36"><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow later.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.13.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.13.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Peter asked, &#8220;Lord, why can&#8217;t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.13.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.13.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Then Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Will you really lay down your life for me? Very truly I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!</span></span></span></div>
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