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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading"> Will Care for Judah</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Ask the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for rain in the springtime;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.10.1"><span class="content">it is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> who sends the thunderstorms.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.10.1"><span class="content">He gives showers of rain to all people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.10.1"><span class="content">and plants of the field to everyone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.10.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The idols speak deceitfully,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.10.2"><span class="content">diviners see visions that lie;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.10.2"><span class="content">they tell dreams that are false,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.10.2"><span class="content">they give comfort in vain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.10.2"><span class="content">Therefore the people wander like sheep</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.10.2"><span class="content">oppressed for lack of a shepherd.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.10.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;My anger burns against the shepherds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.10.3"><span class="content">and I will punish the leaders;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.10.3"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty will care</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.10.3"><span class="content">for his flock, the people of Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.10.3"><span class="content">and make them like a proud horse in battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.10.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">From Judah will come the cornerstone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.10.4"><span class="content">from him the tent peg,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.10.4"><span class="content">from him the battle bow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.10.4"><span class="content">from him every ruler.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Together they</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:4,5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">ruler, all of them together. / </span><span class="fv">5 </span><span class="fqa">They</span></span></span><span class="content"> will be like warriors in battle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.10.5"><span class="content">trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.10.5"><span class="content">They will fight because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is with them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.10.5"><span class="content">and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will strengthen Judah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.10.6"><span class="content">and save the tribes of Joseph.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.10.6"><span class="content">I will restore them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.10.6"><span class="content">because I have compassion on them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.10.6"><span class="content">They will be as though</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.10.6"><span class="content">I had not rejected them,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.10.6"><span class="content">for I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.10.6"><span class="content">and I will answer them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The Ephraimites will become like warriors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.10.7"><span class="content">and their hearts will be glad as with wine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.10.7"><span class="content">Their children will see it and be joyful;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.10.7"><span class="content">their hearts will rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I will signal for them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.10.8"><span class="content">and gather them in.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.10.8"><span class="content">Surely I will redeem them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.10.8"><span class="content">they will be as numerous as before.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Though I scatter them among the peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.10.9"><span class="content">yet in distant lands they will remember me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.10.9"><span class="content">They and their children will survive,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.10.9"><span class="content">and they will return.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.10.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I will bring them back from Egypt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.10.10"><span class="content">and gather them from Assyria.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.10.10"><span class="content">I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.10.10"><span class="content">and there will not be room enough for them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They will pass through the sea of trouble;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.10.11"><span class="content">the surging sea will be subdued</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.10.11"><span class="content">and all the depths of the Nile will dry up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.10.11"><span class="content">Assyria&#8217;s pride will be brought down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.10.11"><span class="content">and Egypt&#8217;s scepter will pass away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.10.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will strengthen them in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.10.12"><span class="content">and in his name they will live securely,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.10.12"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Open your doors, Lebanon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.11.1"><span class="content">so that fire may devour your cedars!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.11.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.11.2"><span class="content">the stately trees are ruined!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.11.2"><span class="content">Wail, oaks of Bashan;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.11.2"><span class="content">the dense forest has been cut down!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.11.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Listen to the wail of the shepherds;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.11.3"><span class="content">their rich pastures are destroyed!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.11.3"><span class="content">Listen to the roar of the lions;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.11.3"><span class="content">the lush thicket of the Jordan is ruined!</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Two Shepherds</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God says: &#8220;Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Their buyers slaughter them and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, &#8216;Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I am rich!&#8217; Their own shepherds do not spare them. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For I will no longer have pity on the people of the land,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. &#8220;I will give everyone into the hands of their neighbors and their king. They will devastate the land, and I will not rescue anyone from their hands.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So I shepherded the flock marked for slaughter, particularly the oppressed of the flock. Then I took two staffs and called one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In one month I got rid of the three shepherds.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.11.8"><span class="content">The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">and said, &#8220;I will not be your shepherd. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish. Let those who are left eat one another&#8217;s flesh.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.11.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then I took my staff called Favor and broke it, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">It was revoked on that day, and so the oppressed of the flock who were watching me knew it was the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.11.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I told them, &#8220;If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.&#8221; So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.11.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to me, &#8220;Throw it to the potter&#8221;&#8212;the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.11.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEC.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then I broke my second staff called Union, breaking the family bond between Judah and Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEC.11.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to me, &#8220;Take again the equipment of a foolish shepherd. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEC.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For I am going to raise up a shepherd over the land who will not care for the lost, or seek the young, or heal the injured, or feed the healthy, but will eat the meat of the choice sheep, tearing off their hooves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEC.11.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEC.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to the worthless shepherd,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEC.11.17"><span class="content">who deserts the flock!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEC.11.17"><span class="content">May the sword strike his arm and his right eye!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEC.11.17"><span class="content">May his arm be completely withered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEC.11.17"><span class="content">his right eye totally blinded!&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">18</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Lament Over Fallen Babylon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.18.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">With a mighty voice he shouted:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:2 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 21:9</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">She has become a dwelling for demons</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">and a haunt for every impure spirit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">a haunt for every unclean bird,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For all the nations have drunk</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="content">the maddening wine of her adulteries.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="content">The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="content">and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning to Escape Babylon&#8217;s Judgment</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then I heard another voice from heaven say:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Come out of her, my people,&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:4 </span><span class="ft">Jer. 51:45</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="content">so that you will not share in her sins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="content">so that you will not receive any of her plagues;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.18.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">for her sins are piled up to heaven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.18.5"><span class="content">and God has remembered her crimes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.18.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.18.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Give back to her as she has given;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.18.6"><span class="content">pay her back double for what she has done.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.18.6"><span class="content">Pour her a double portion from her own cup.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.18.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Give her as much torment and grief</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">as the glory and luxury she gave herself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">In her heart she boasts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">&#8216;I sit enthroned as queen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">I am not a widow;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:7 </span><span class="ft">See Isaiah 47:7,8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">I will never mourn.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="content">death, mourning and famine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="content">She will be consumed by fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="content">for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Threefold Woe Over Babylon&#8217;s Fall</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her and shared her luxury see the smoke of her burning, they will weep and mourn over her. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Woe! Woe to you, great city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="content">you mighty city of Babylon!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="content">In one hour your doom has come!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.18.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes anymore&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.18.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.18.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and human beings sold as slaves.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.18.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;They will say, &#8216;The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your luxury and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand far off, terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">and cry out:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Woe! Woe to you, great city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="content">dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="content">and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.18.17"><span class="content">&#8220;Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea, will stand far off. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When they see the smoke of her burning, they will exclaim, &#8216;Was there ever a city like this great city?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They will throw dust on their heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Woe! Woe to you, great city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">where all who had ships on the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">became rich through her wealth!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">In one hour she has been brought to ruin!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Rejoice over her, you heavens!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">Rejoice, you people of God!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">Rejoice, apostles and prophets!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">For God has judged her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">with the judgment she imposed on you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Finality of Babylon&#8217;s Doom</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, and said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="content">&#8220;With such violence</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="content">the great city of Babylon will be thrown down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="content">never to be found again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">will never be heard in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">No worker of any trade</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">will ever be found in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">The sound of a millstone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">will never be heard in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The light of a lamp</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">will never shine in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">The voice of bridegroom and bride</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">will never be heard in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">Your merchants were the world&#8217;s important people.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">By your magic spell all the nations were led astray.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="REV.18.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">In her was found the blood of prophets and of God&#8217;s holy people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="REV.18.24"><span class="content">of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">146</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 146</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.146.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">146:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 10</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.146.1"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my soul.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.146.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.146.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> all my life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.146.2"><span class="content">I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.146.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.146.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Do not put your trust in princes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.146.3"><span class="content">in human beings, who cannot save.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.146.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.146.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.146.4"><span class="content">on that very day their plans come to nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.146.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.146.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.146.5"><span class="content">whose hope is in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.146.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.146.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He is the Maker of heaven and earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.146.6"><span class="content">the sea, and everything in them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.146.6"><span class="content">he remains faithful forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.146.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.146.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He upholds the cause of the oppressed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.146.7"><span class="content">and gives food to the hungry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.146.7"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sets prisoners free,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.146.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.146.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gives sight to the blind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.146.8"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lifts up those who are bowed down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.146.8"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> loves the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.146.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.146.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> watches over the foreigner</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.146.9"><span class="content">and sustains the fatherless and the widow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.146.9"><span class="content">but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.146.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.146.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> reigns forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.146.10"><span class="content">your God, O Zion, for all generations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.146.10"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">For as churning cream produces butter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="content">and as twisting the nose produces blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="content">so stirring up anger produces strife.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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