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        <div class="chapter ch31" data-usfm="EZK.31">
            <div class="label">31</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Pharaoh as a Felled Cedar of Lebanon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.31.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the eleventh year, in the third month on the first day, the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.31.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.31.2"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Who can be compared with you in majesty?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.31.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.31.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Consider Assyria, once a cedar in Lebanon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.31.3"><span class="content">with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.31.3"><span class="content">it towered on high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.31.3"><span class="content">its top above the thick foliage.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.31.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.31.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The waters nourished it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.31.4"><span class="content">deep springs made it grow tall;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.31.4"><span class="content">their streams flowed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.31.4"><span class="content">all around its base</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.31.4"><span class="content">and sent their channels</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.31.4"><span class="content">to all the trees of the field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.31.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.31.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So it towered higher</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.31.5"><span class="content">than all the trees of the field;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.31.5"><span class="content">its boughs increased</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.31.5"><span class="content">and its branches grew long,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.31.5"><span class="content">spreading because of abundant waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.31.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.31.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">All the birds of the sky</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.31.6"><span class="content">nested in its boughs,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.31.6"><span class="content">all the animals of the wild</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.31.6"><span class="content">gave birth under its branches;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.31.6"><span class="content">all the great nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.31.6"><span class="content">lived in its shade.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.31.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.31.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It was majestic in beauty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.31.7"><span class="content">with its spreading boughs,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.31.7"><span class="content">for its roots went down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.31.7"><span class="content">to abundant waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.31.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.31.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The cedars in the garden of God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.31.8"><span class="content">could not rival it,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.31.8"><span class="content">nor could the junipers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.31.8"><span class="content">equal its boughs,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.31.8"><span class="content">nor could the plane trees</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.31.8"><span class="content">compare with its branches&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.31.8"><span class="content">no tree in the garden of God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.31.8"><span class="content">could match its beauty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.31.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.31.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I made it beautiful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.31.9"><span class="content">with abundant branches,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.31.9"><span class="content">the envy of all the trees of Eden</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.31.9"><span class="content">in the garden of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.31.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.31.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Therefore this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: Because the great cedar towered over the thick foliage, and because it was proud of its height, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.31.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I gave it into the hands of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with according to its wickedness. I cast it aside, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.31.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">and the most ruthless of foreign nations cut it down and left it. Its boughs fell on the mountains and in all the valleys; its branches lay broken in all the ravines of the land. All the nations of the earth came out from under its shade and left it. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.31.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">All the birds settled on the fallen tree, and all the wild animals lived among its branches. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.31.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Therefore no other trees by the waters are ever to tower proudly on high, lifting their tops above the thick foliage. No other trees so well-watered are ever to reach such a height; they are all destined for death, for the earth below, among mortals who go down to the realm of the dead.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.31.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.31.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: On the day it was brought down to the realm of the dead I covered the deep springs with mourning for it; I held back its streams, and its abundant waters were restrained. Because of it I clothed Lebanon with gloom, and all the trees of the field withered away. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.31.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I made the nations tremble at the sound of its fall when I brought it down to the realm of the dead to be with those who go down to the pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.31.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">They too, like the great cedar, had gone down to the realm of the dead, to those killed by the sword, along with the armed men who lived in its shade among the nations.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.31.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.31.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Which of the trees of Eden can be compared with you in splendor and majesty? Yet you, too, will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth below; you will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.31.18"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;This is Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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    <div class="book bkEZK">
        <div class="chapter ch32" data-usfm="EZK.32">
            <div class="label">32</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">A Lament Over Pharaoh</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.32.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first day, the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.32.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, take up a lament concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.32.2"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;You are like a lion among the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.32.2"><span class="content">you are like a monster in the seas</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.32.2"><span class="content">thrashing about in your streams,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.32.2"><span class="content">churning the water with your feet</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.32.2"><span class="content">and muddying the streams.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.32.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.32.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.32.3"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;With a great throng of people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.32.3"><span class="content">I will cast my net over you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.32.3"><span class="content">and they will haul you up in my net.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.32.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.32.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will throw you on the land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.32.4"><span class="content">and hurl you on the open field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.32.4"><span class="content">I will let all the birds of the sky settle on you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.32.4"><span class="content">and all the animals of the wild gorge themselves on you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.32.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.32.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I will spread your flesh on the mountains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.32.5"><span class="content">and fill the valleys with your remains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.32.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.32.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will drench the land with your flowing blood</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.32.6"><span class="content">all the way to the mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.32.6"><span class="content">and the ravines will be filled with your flesh.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.32.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.32.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When I snuff you out, I will cover the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.32.7"><span class="content">and darken their stars;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.32.7"><span class="content">I will cover the sun with a cloud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.32.7"><span class="content">and the moon will not give its light.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.32.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.32.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">All the shining lights in the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.32.8"><span class="content">I will darken over you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.32.8"><span class="content">I will bring darkness over your land,</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.32.8"><span class="content">declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.32.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.32.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will trouble the hearts of many peoples</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.32.9"><span class="content">when I bring about your destruction among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.32.9"><span class="content">among</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:9 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">bring you into captivity among the nations, / to</span></span></span><span class="content"> lands you have not known.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.32.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.32.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.32.10"><span class="content">and their kings will shudder with horror because of you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.32.10"><span class="content">when I brandish my sword before them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.32.10"><span class="content">On the day of your downfall</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.32.10"><span class="content">each of them will tremble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.32.10"><span class="content">every moment for his life.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.32.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.32.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;For this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.32.11"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The sword of the king of Babylon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.32.11"><span class="content">will come against you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.32.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.32.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will cause your hordes to fall</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.32.12"><span class="content">by the swords of mighty men&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.32.12"><span class="content">the most ruthless of all nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.32.12"><span class="content">They will shatter the pride of Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.32.12"><span class="content">and all her hordes will be overthrown.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.32.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.32.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I will destroy all her cattle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.32.13"><span class="content">from beside abundant waters</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.32.13"><span class="content">no longer to be stirred by the foot of man</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.32.13"><span class="content">or muddied by the hooves of cattle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.32.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.32.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then I will let her waters settle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.32.14"><span class="content">and make her streams flow like oil,</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.32.14"><span class="content">declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.32.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.32.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When I make Egypt desolate</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.32.15"><span class="content">and strip the land of everything in it,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.32.15"><span class="content">when I strike down all who live there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.32.15"><span class="content">then they will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.32.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.32.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is the lament they will chant for her. The daughters of the nations will chant it; for Egypt and all her hordes they will chant it, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Egypt&#8217;s Descent Into the Realm of the Dead</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.32.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.32.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.32.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and consign to the earth below both her and the daughters of mighty nations, along with those who go down to the pit. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.32.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Say to them, &#8216;Are you more favored than others? Go down and be laid among the uncircumcised.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.32.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; let her be dragged off with all her hordes. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.32.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">From within the realm of the dead the mighty leaders will say of Egypt and her allies, &#8216;They have come down and they lie with the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.32.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.32.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Assyria is there with her whole army; she is surrounded by the graves of all her slain, all who have fallen by the sword. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.32.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Their graves are in the depths of the pit and her army lies around her grave. All who had spread terror in the land of the living are slain, fallen by the sword.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.32.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.32.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Elam is there, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword. All who had spread terror in the land of the living went down uncircumcised to the earth below. They bear their shame with those who go down to the pit. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.32.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">A bed is made for her among the slain, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword. Because their terror had spread in the land of the living, they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit; they are laid among the slain.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.32.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.32.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;Meshek and Tubal are there, with all their hordes around their graves. All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword because they spread their terror in the land of the living. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.32.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But they do not lie with the fallen warriors of old,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:27 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">warriors who were uncircumcised</span></span></span><span class="content"> who went down to the realm of the dead with their weapons of war&#8212;their swords placed under their heads and their shields</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:27 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">punishment</span></span></span><span class="content"> resting on their bones&#8212;though these warriors also had terrorized the land of the living.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.32.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.32.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;You too, Pharaoh, will be broken and will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.32.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.32.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;Edom is there, her kings and all her princes; despite their power, they are laid with those killed by the sword. They lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the pit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.32.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.32.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;All the princes of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down with the slain in disgrace despite the terror caused by their power. They lie uncircumcised with those killed by the sword and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.32.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.32.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;Pharaoh&#8212;he and all his army&#8212;will see them and he will be consoled for all his hordes that were killed by the sword, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.32.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Although I had him spread terror in the land of the living, Pharaoh and all his hordes will be laid among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch24" data-usfm="PRO.24">
            <div class="label">24</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 20</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Do not envy the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.24.1"><span class="content">do not desire their company;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.24.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for their hearts plot violence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.24.2"><span class="content">and their lips talk about making trouble.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 21</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.24.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">By wisdom a house is built,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.24.3"><span class="content">and through understanding it is established;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.24.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">through knowledge its rooms are filled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.24.4"><span class="content">with rare and beautiful treasures.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 22</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.24.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The wise prevail through great power,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.24.5"><span class="content">and those who have knowledge muster their strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.24.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Surely you need guidance to wage war,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.24.6"><span class="content">and victory is won through many advisers.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 23</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.24.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Wisdom is too high for fools;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.24.7"><span class="content">in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 24</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.24.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Whoever plots evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.24.8"><span class="content">will be known as a schemer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.24.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The schemes of folly are sin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.24.9"><span class="content">and people detest a mocker.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 25</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.24.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">If you falter in a time of trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.24.10"><span class="content">how small is your strength!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.24.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Rescue those being led away to death;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.24.11"><span class="content">hold back those staggering toward slaughter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.24.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If you say, &#8220;But we knew nothing about this,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">Does not he who guards your life know it?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 26</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Eat honey, my son, for it is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.24.13"><span class="content">honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.24.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Know also that wisdom is like honey for you:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="content">If you find it, there is a future hope for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="content">and your hope will not be cut off.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 27</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.24.15"><span class="content">do not plunder their dwelling place;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.24.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.24.16"><span class="content">but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 28</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.24.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Do not gloat when your enemy falls;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.24.17"><span class="content">when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.24.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">or the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will see and disapprove</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.24.18"><span class="content">and turn his wrath away from them.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 29</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.24.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Do not fret because of evildoers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.24.19"><span class="content">or be envious of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.24.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">for the evildoer has no future hope,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.24.20"><span class="content">and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 30</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.24.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and the king, my son,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.24.21"><span class="content">and do not join with rebellious officials,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.24.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">for those two will send sudden destruction on them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.24.22"><span class="content">and who knows what calamities they can bring?</span></span></div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Further Sayings of the Wise</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.24.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">These also are sayings of the wise:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"><span class="content">To show partiality in judging is not good:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Whoever says to the guilty, &#8220;You are innocent,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"><span class="content">will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But it will go well with those who convict the guilty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"><span class="content">and rich blessing will come on them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">An honest answer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"><span class="content">is like a kiss on the lips.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Put your outdoor work in order</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="content">and get your fields ready;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="content">after that, build your house.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.24.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Do not testify against your neighbor without cause&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.24.28"><span class="content">would you use your lips to mislead?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.24.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.24.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Do not say, &#8220;I&#8217;ll do to them as they have done to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.24.29"><span class="content">I&#8217;ll pay them back for what they did.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.24.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.24.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">I went past the field of a sluggard,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.24.30"><span class="content">past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.24.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">thorns had come up everywhere,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="content">the ground was covered with weeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="content">and the stone wall was in ruins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.24.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">I applied my heart to what I observed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.24.32"><span class="content">and learned a lesson from what I saw:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.24.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.24.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">A little sleep, a little slumber,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.24.33"><span class="content">a little folding of the hands to rest&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.24.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.24.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">and poverty will come on you like a thief</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.24.34"><span class="content">and scarcity like an armed man.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Heals on the Sabbath</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Stand up in front of everyone.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then Jesus asked them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> But they remained silent.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Stretch out your hand.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Crowds Follow Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When they heard about all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For he had healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, &#8220;You are the Son of God.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Appoints the Twelve</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He appointed twelve</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:14 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">twelve&#8212;designating them apostles&#8212;</span></span></span><span class="content"> that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and to have authority to drive out demons. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter), </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">Boanerges</span></span><span class="content">, which means &#8220;sons of thunder&#8221;), </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Accused by His Family and by Teachers of the Law</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When his family</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">his associates</span></span></span><span class="content"> heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, &#8220;He is out of his mind.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.3.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, &#8220;He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.3.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;How can Satan drive out Satan?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">In fact, no one can enter a strong man&#8217;s house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man&#8217;s house.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.3.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.3.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.3.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.3.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">He said this because they were saying, &#8220;He has an impure spirit.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.3.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.3.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then Jesus&#8217; mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.3.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, &#8220;Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.3.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.3.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Who are my mother and my brothers?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.3.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.3.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Here are my mother and my brothers!</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MRK.3.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever does God&#8217;s will is my brother and sister and mother.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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