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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Punishment for Israel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Do not rejoice, Israel;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.9.1"><span class="content">do not be jubilant like the other nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.9.1"><span class="content">For you have been unfaithful to your God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.9.1"><span class="content">you love the wages of a prostitute</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.9.1"><span class="content">at every threshing floor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.9.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Threshing floors and winepresses will not feed the people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.9.2"><span class="content">the new wine will fail them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They will not remain in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s land;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.9.3"><span class="content">Ephraim will return to Egypt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.9.3"><span class="content">and eat unclean food in Assyria.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They will not pour out wine offerings to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.9.4"><span class="content">nor will their sacrifices please him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.9.4"><span class="content">Such sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.9.4"><span class="content">all who eat them will be unclean.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.9.4"><span class="content">This food will be for themselves;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.9.4"><span class="content">it will not come into the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.9.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">What will you do on the day of your appointed festivals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.9.5"><span class="content">on the feast days of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Even if they escape from destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.9.6"><span class="content">Egypt will gather them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.9.6"><span class="content">and Memphis will bury them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.9.6"><span class="content">Their treasures of silver will be taken over by briers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.9.6"><span class="content">and thorns will overrun their tents.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The days of punishment are coming,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="content">the days of reckoning are at hand.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="content">Let Israel know this.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="content">Because your sins are so many</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="content">and your hostility so great,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="content">the prophet is considered a fool,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="content">the inspired person a maniac.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The prophet, along with my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.9.8"><span class="content">is the watchman over Ephraim,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">The prophet is the watchman over Ephraim, / the people of my God</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.9.8"><span class="content">yet snares await him on all his paths,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.9.8"><span class="content">and hostility in the house of his God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They have sunk deep into corruption,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.9.9"><span class="content">as in the days of Gibeah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.9.9"><span class="content">God will remember their wickedness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.9.9"><span class="content">and punish them for their sins.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;When I found Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="content">it was like finding grapes in the desert;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="content">when I saw your ancestors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="content">it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="content">But when they came to Baal Peor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="content">they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="content">and became as vile as the thing they loved.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Ephraim&#8217;s glory will fly away like a bird&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.9.11"><span class="content">no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Even if they rear children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.9.12"><span class="content">I will bereave them of every one.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.9.12"><span class="content">Woe to them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.9.12"><span class="content">when I turn away from them!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.9.13"><span class="content">planted in a pleasant place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.9.13"><span class="content">But Ephraim will bring out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.9.13"><span class="content">their children to the slayer.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Give them, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.9.14"><span class="content">what will you give them?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.9.14"><span class="content">Give them wombs that miscarry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.9.14"><span class="content">and breasts that are dry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.9.15"><span class="content">I hated them there.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.9.15"><span class="content">Because of their sinful deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.9.15"><span class="content">I will drive them out of my house.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.9.15"><span class="content">I will no longer love them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.9.15"><span class="content">all their leaders are rebellious.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Ephraim is blighted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.9.16"><span class="content">their root is withered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.9.16"><span class="content">they yield no fruit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.9.16"><span class="content">Even if they bear children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.9.16"><span class="content">I will slay their cherished offspring.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">My God will reject them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.9.17"><span class="content">because they have not obeyed him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.9.17"><span class="content">they will be wanderers among the nations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Israel was a spreading vine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="content">he brought forth fruit for himself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="content">As his fruit increased,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="content">he built more altars;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="content">as his land prospered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="content">he adorned his sacred stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.10.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Their heart is deceitful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.10.2"><span class="content">and now they must bear their guilt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.10.2"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will demolish their altars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.10.2"><span class="content">and destroy their sacred stones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.10.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then they will say, &#8220;We have no king</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.10.3"><span class="content">because we did not revere the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.10.3"><span class="content">But even if we had a king,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.10.3"><span class="content">what could he do for us?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.10.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They make many promises,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"><span class="content">take false oaths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"><span class="content">and make agreements;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"><span class="content">therefore lawsuits spring up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"><span class="content">like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The people who live in Samaria fear</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="content">for the calf-idol of Beth Aven.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:5 </span><span class="fq">Beth Aven </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">house of wickedness </span><span class="ft">(a derogatory name for Bethel, which means </span><span class="fqa">house of God</span><span class="ft">).</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="content">Its people will mourn over it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="content">and so will its idolatrous priests,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="content">those who had rejoiced over its splendor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="content">because it is taken from them into exile.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">It will be carried to Assyria</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.10.6"><span class="content">as tribute for the great king.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.10.6"><span class="content">Ephraim will be disgraced;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.10.6"><span class="content">Israel will be ashamed of its foreign alliances.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Samaria&#8217;s king will be destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.10.7"><span class="content">swept away like a twig on the surface of the waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The high places of wickedness</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:8 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">aven, </span><span class="ft">a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see verse 5.</span></span></span><span class="content"> will be destroyed&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="content">it is the sin of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="content">Thorns and thistles will grow up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="content">and cover their altars.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="content">Then they will say to the mountains, &#8220;Cover us!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="content">and to the hills, &#8220;Fall on us!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Since the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.10.9"><span class="content">and there you have remained.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">there a stand was taken</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.10.9"><span class="content">Will not war again overtake</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.10.9"><span class="content">the evildoers in Gibeah?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.10.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When I please, I will punish them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.10.10"><span class="content">nations will be gathered against them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.10.10"><span class="content">to put them in bonds for their double sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Ephraim is a trained heifer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">that loves to thresh;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">so I will put a yoke</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">on her fair neck.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">I will drive Ephraim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">Judah must plow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">and Jacob must break up the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.10.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Sow righteousness for yourselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="content">reap the fruit of unfailing love,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="content">and break up your unplowed ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="content">for it is time to seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="content">until he comes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="content">and showers his righteousness on you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.10.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But you have planted wickedness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"><span class="content">you have reaped evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"><span class="content">you have eaten the fruit of deception.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"><span class="content">Because you have depended on your own strength</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"><span class="content">and on your many warriors,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.10.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">the roar of battle will rise against your people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.10.14"><span class="content">so that all your fortresses will be devastated&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.10.14"><span class="content">as Shalman devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.10.14"><span class="content">when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.10.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So will it happen to you, Bethel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.10.15"><span class="content">because your wickedness is great.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.10.15"><span class="content">When that day dawns,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.10.15"><span class="content">the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Love for Israel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;When Israel was a child, I loved him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.11.1"><span class="content">and out of Egypt I called my son.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.11.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But the more they were called,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="content">the more they went away from me.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:2 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">them</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="content">They sacrificed to the Baals</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="content">and they burned incense to images.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.11.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="content">taking them by the arms;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="content">but they did not realize</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="content">it was I who healed them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I led them with cords of human kindness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">with ties of love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">To them I was like one who lifts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">a little child to the cheek,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">and I bent down to feed them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.11.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will they not return to Egypt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"><span class="content">and will not Assyria rule over them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"><span class="content">because they refuse to repent?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.11.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A sword will flash in their cities;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"><span class="content">it will devour their false prophets</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"><span class="content">and put an end to their plans.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">My people are determined to turn from me.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"><span class="content">Even though they call me God Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"><span class="content">I will by no means exalt them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.11.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;How can I give you up, Ephraim?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">How can I hand you over, Israel?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">How can I treat you like Admah?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">How can I make you like Zeboyim?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">My heart is changed within me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">all my compassion is aroused.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.11.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will not carry out my fierce anger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">nor will I devastate Ephraim again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">For I am God, and not a man&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">the Holy One among you.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">I will not come against their cities.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.11.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They will follow 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="HOS.11.10"><span class="content">he will roar like a lion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="content">When he roars,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="content">his children will come trembling from the west.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.11.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They will come from Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">trembling like sparrows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">from Assyria, fluttering like doves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">I will settle them in their homes,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel&#8217;s Sin</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.11.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="content">Israel with deceit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="content">And Judah is unruly against God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.11.12"><span class="content">even against the faithful Holy One.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:12 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts this verse (11:12) is numbered 12:1.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">To the Church in Ephesus</span></div><div class="m"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To the angel</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fqa">messenger</span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">; also in verses 8, 12 and 18</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">of the church in Ephesus write:</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.2.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">To the Church in Smyrna</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To the angel of the church in Smyrna write:</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.2.8"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know your afflictions and your poverty&#8212;yet you are rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor&#8217;s crown.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">To the Church in Pergamum</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To the angel of the church in Pergamum write:</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.2.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know where you live&#8212;where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city&#8212;where Satan lives.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">To the Church in Thyatira</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To the angel of the church in Thyatira write:</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.2.18"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.2.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="REV.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan&#8217;s so-called deep secrets, &#8216;I will not impose any other burden on you,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="REV.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">except to hold on to what you have until I come.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="REV.2.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="REV.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations&#8212;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="REV.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">that one &#8216;will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces like pottery&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:27 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 2:9</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8212;just as I have received authority from my Father.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="REV.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I will also give that one the morning star.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="REV.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.</span></span></span></div>
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