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         <div class="label">48</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Manasseh and Ephraim</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.48.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Some time later Joseph was told, &#8220;Your father is ill.&#8221; So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim along with him. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.48.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When Jacob was told, &#8220;Your son Joseph has come to you,&#8221; Israel rallied his strength and sat up on the bed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.48.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.48.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jacob said to Joseph, &#8220;God Almighty</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">El-Shaddai</span></span></span><span class="content"> appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there he blessed me </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.48.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and said to me, &#8216;I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.48.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.48.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now then, your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here will be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.48.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Any children born to you after them will be yours; in the territory they inherit they will be reckoned under the names of their brothers. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.48.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">As I was returning from Paddan,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:7 </span><span class="ft">That is, Northwest Mesopotamia</span></span></span><span class="content"> to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath&#8221; (that is, Bethlehem).</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.48.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.48.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, &#8220;Who are these?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.48.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.48.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;They are the sons God has given me here,&#8221; Joseph said to his father.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.48.9"><span class="content">Then Israel said, &#8220;Bring them to me so I may bless them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.48.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.48.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Now Israel&#8217;s eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see. So Joseph brought his sons close to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.48.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.48.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Israel said to Joseph, &#8220;I never expected to see your face again, and now God has allowed me to see your children too.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.48.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.48.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then Joseph removed them from Israel&#8217;s knees and bowed down with his face to the ground. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.48.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And Joseph took both of them, Ephraim on his right toward Israel&#8217;s left hand and Manasseh on his left toward Israel&#8217;s right hand, and brought them close to him. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.48.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But Israel reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim&#8217;s head, though he was the younger, and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manasseh&#8217;s head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.48.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.48.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then he blessed Joseph and said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.48.15"><span class="content">&#8220;May the God before whom my fathers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.48.15"><span class="content">Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.48.15"><span class="content">the God who has been my shepherd</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.48.15"><span class="content">all my life to this day,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.48.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.48.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">the Angel who has delivered me from all harm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.48.16"><span class="content">&#8212;may he bless these boys.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.48.16"><span class="content">May they be called by my name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.48.16"><span class="content">and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.48.16"><span class="content">and may they increase greatly</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.48.16"><span class="content">on the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.48.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.48.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand on Ephraim&#8217;s head he was displeased; so he took hold of his father&#8217;s hand to move it from Ephraim&#8217;s head to Manasseh&#8217;s head. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.48.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Joseph said to him, &#8220;No, my father, this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.48.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.48.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But his father refused and said, &#8220;I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.48.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He blessed them that day and said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.48.20"><span class="content">&#8220;In your</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:20 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is singular.</span></span></span><span class="content"> name will Israel pronounce this blessing:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.48.20"><span class="content">&#8216;May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.48.20"><span class="content">So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.48.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.48.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then Israel said to Joseph, &#8220;I am about to die, but God will be with you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:21 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and take you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:21 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content"> back to the land of your</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:21 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content"> fathers. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.48.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">And to you I give one more ridge of land</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:22 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">ridge of land </span><span class="ft">is identical with the place name Shechem.</span></span></span><span class="content"> than to your brothers, the ridge I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.49.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Jacob called for his sons and said: &#8220;Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.49.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.49.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.49.2"><span class="content">listen to your father Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.49.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.49.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Reuben, you are my firstborn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.49.3"><span class="content">my might, the first sign of my strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.49.3"><span class="content">excelling in honor, excelling in power.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.49.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.49.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.49.4"><span class="content">for you went up onto your father&#8217;s bed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.49.4"><span class="content">onto my couch and defiled it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.49.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.49.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Simeon and Levi are brothers&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.49.5"><span class="content">their swords</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:5 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> are weapons of violence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.49.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Let me not enter their council,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="content">let me not join their assembly,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="content">for they have killed men in their anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="content">and hamstrung oxen as they pleased.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Cursed be their anger, so fierce,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="content">and their fury, so cruel!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="content">I will scatter them in Jacob</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="content">and disperse them in Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.49.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Judah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:8 </span><span class="fq">Judah </span><span class="ft">sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">praise</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> your brothers will praise you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.49.8"><span class="content">your hand will be on the neck of your enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.49.8"><span class="content">your father&#8217;s sons will bow down to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.49.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You are a lion&#8217;s cub, Judah;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="content">you return from the prey, my son.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="content">Like a lion he crouches and lies down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="content">like a lioness&#8212;who dares to rouse him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The scepter will not depart from Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="content">nor the ruler&#8217;s staff from between his feet,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">from his descendants</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="content">until he to whom it belongs</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">to whom tribute belongs</span><span class="ft">; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> shall come</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="content">and the obedience of the nations shall be his.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He will tether his donkey to a vine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="content">his colt to the choicest branch;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="content">he will wash his garments in wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="content">his robes in the blood of grapes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.49.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">His eyes will be darker than wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.49.12"><span class="content">his teeth whiter than milk.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will be dull from wine, / his teeth white from milk</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.49.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.49.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Zebulun will live by the seashore</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.49.13"><span class="content">and become a haven for ships;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.49.13"><span class="content">his border will extend toward Sidon.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.49.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.49.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Issachar is a rawboned</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">strong</span></span></span><span class="content"> donkey</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.49.14"><span class="content">lying down among the sheep pens.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the campfires</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">the saddlebags</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.49.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.49.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When he sees how good is his resting place</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.49.15"><span class="content">and how pleasant is his land,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.49.15"><span class="content">he will bend his shoulder to the burden</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.49.15"><span class="content">and submit to forced labor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.49.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.49.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Dan</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:16 </span><span class="fq">Dan </span><span class="ft">here means </span><span class="fqa">he provides </span><span class="fq">justice</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> will provide justice for his people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.49.16"><span class="content">as one of the tribes of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.49.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.49.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Dan will be a snake by the roadside,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.49.17"><span class="content">a viper along the path,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.49.17"><span class="content">that bites the horse&#8217;s heels</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.49.17"><span class="content">so that its rider tumbles backward.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.49.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.49.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;I look for your deliverance, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">33</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Distress and Help</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Woe to you, destroyer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">you who have not been destroyed!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">Woe to you, betrayer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">you who have not been betrayed!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">When you stop destroying,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">you will be destroyed;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">when you stop betraying,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">you will be betrayed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.33.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, be gracious to us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.33.2"><span class="content">we long for you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.33.2"><span class="content">Be our strength every morning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.33.2"><span class="content">our salvation in time of distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.33.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.33.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">At the uproar of your army, the peoples flee;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.33.3"><span class="content">when you rise up, the nations scatter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.33.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.33.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Your plunder, O nations, is harvested as by young locusts;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.33.4"><span class="content">like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.33.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.33.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is exalted, for he dwells on high;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.33.5"><span class="content">he will fill Zion with his justice and righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.33.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.33.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He will be the sure foundation for your times,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.33.6"><span class="content">a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.33.6"><span class="content">the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the key to this treasure.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">is a treasure from him</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.33.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.33.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Look, their brave men cry aloud in the streets;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.33.7"><span class="content">the envoys of peace weep bitterly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.33.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.33.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The highways are deserted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.33.8"><span class="content">no travelers are on the roads.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.33.8"><span class="content">The treaty is broken,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.33.8"><span class="content">its witnesses</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:8 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">/ the cities</span></span></span><span class="content"> are despised,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.33.8"><span class="content">no one is respected.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.33.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.33.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The land dries up and wastes away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.33.9"><span class="content">Lebanon is ashamed and withers;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.33.9"><span class="content">Sharon is like the Arabah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.33.9"><span class="content">and Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.33.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.33.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now will I arise,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.33.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Now will I be exalted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.33.10"><span class="content">now will I be lifted up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.33.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.33.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You conceive chaff,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.33.11"><span class="content">you give birth to straw;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.33.11"><span class="content">your breath is a fire that consumes you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.33.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.33.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The peoples will be burned to ashes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.33.12"><span class="content">like cut thornbushes they will be set ablaze.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.33.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.33.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You who are far away, hear what I have done;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.33.13"><span class="content">you who are near, acknowledge my power!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.33.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.33.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The sinners in Zion are terrified;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.33.14"><span class="content">trembling grips the godless:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.33.14"><span class="content">&#8220;Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.33.14"><span class="content">Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.33.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.33.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Those who walk righteously</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.33.15"><span class="content">and speak what is right,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.33.15"><span class="content">who reject gain from extortion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.33.15"><span class="content">and keep their hands from accepting bribes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.33.15"><span class="content">who stop their ears against plots of murder</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.33.15"><span class="content">and shut their eyes against contemplating evil&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.33.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.33.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">they are the ones who will dwell on the heights,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.33.16"><span class="content">whose refuge will be the mountain fortress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.33.16"><span class="content">Their bread will be supplied,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.33.16"><span class="content">and water will not fail them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.33.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.33.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Your eyes will see the king in his beauty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.33.17"><span class="content">and view a land that stretches afar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.33.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.33.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.33.18"><span class="content">&#8220;Where is that chief officer?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.33.18"><span class="content">Where is the one who took the revenue?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.33.18"><span class="content">Where is the officer in charge of the towers?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.33.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.33.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">You will see those arrogant people no more,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.33.19"><span class="content">people whose speech is obscure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.33.19"><span class="content">whose language is strange and incomprehensible.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.33.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Look on Zion, the city of our festivals;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"><span class="content">your eyes will see Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"><span class="content">a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"><span class="content">its stakes will never be pulled up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"><span class="content">nor any of its ropes broken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.33.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">There the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be our Mighty One.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.33.21"><span class="content">It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.33.21"><span class="content">No galley with oars will ride them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.33.21"><span class="content">no mighty ship will sail them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.33.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.33.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is our judge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.33.22"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is our lawgiver,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.33.22"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is our king;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.33.22"><span class="content">it is he who will save us.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.33.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.33.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Your rigging hangs loose:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.33.23"><span class="content">The mast is not held secure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.33.23"><span class="content">the sail is not spread.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.33.23"><span class="content">Then an abundance of spoils will be divided</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.33.23"><span class="content">and even the lame will carry off plunder.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.33.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.33.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">No one living in Zion will say, &#8220;I am ill&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.33.24"><span class="content">and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Their hair was like women&#8217;s hair, and their teeth were like lions&#8217; teeth. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, &#8220;Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood&#8212;idols that cannot see or hear or walk. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Angel and the Little Scroll</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven say, &#8220;Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And he swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it, and said, &#8220;There will be no more delay! </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me once more: &#8220;Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, &#8220;Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but &#8216;in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:9 </span><span class="ft">Ezek. 3:3</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I took the little scroll from the angel&#8217;s hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then I was told, &#8220;You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.10.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar? </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord&#8217;s table and the table of demons. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.10.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Are we trying to arouse the Lord&#8217;s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?</span></span></div>
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