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      <div class="chapter ch65" data-usfm="ISA.65">
         <div class="label">65</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment and Salvation</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.65.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.65.1"><span class="content">I was found by those who did not seek me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.65.1"><span class="content">To a nation that did not call on my name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.65.1"><span class="content">I said, &#8216;Here am I, here am I.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.65.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.65.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">All day long I have held out my hands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.65.2"><span class="content">to an obstinate people,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.65.2"><span class="content">who walk in ways not good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.65.2"><span class="content">pursuing their own imaginations&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.65.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.65.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">a people who continually provoke me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.65.3"><span class="content">to my very face,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.65.3"><span class="content">offering sacrifices in gardens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.65.3"><span class="content">and burning incense on altars of brick;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.65.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.65.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">who sit among the graves</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.65.4"><span class="content">and spend their nights keeping secret vigil;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.65.4"><span class="content">who eat the flesh of pigs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.65.4"><span class="content">and whose pots hold broth of impure meat;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.65.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.65.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">who say, &#8216;Keep away; don&#8217;t come near me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.65.5"><span class="content">for I am too sacred for you!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.65.5"><span class="content">Such people are smoke in my nostrils,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.65.5"><span class="content">a fire that keeps burning all day.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.65.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.65.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, it stands written before me:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.65.6"><span class="content">I will not keep silent but will pay back in full;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.65.6"><span class="content">I will pay it back into their laps&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.65.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.65.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">both your sins and the sins of your ancestors,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.65.7"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.65.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.65.7"><span class="content">and defied me on the hills,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.65.7"><span class="content">I will measure into their laps</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.65.7"><span class="content">the full payment for their former deeds.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.65.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.65.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.65.8"><span class="content">&#8220;As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.65.8"><span class="content">and people say, &#8216;Don&#8217;t destroy it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.65.8"><span class="content">there is still a blessing in it,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.65.8"><span class="content">so will I do in behalf of my servants;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.65.8"><span class="content">I will not destroy them all.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.65.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.65.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.65.9"><span class="content">and from Judah those who will possess my mountains;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.65.9"><span class="content">my chosen people will inherit them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.65.9"><span class="content">and there will my servants live.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.65.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.65.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Sharon will become a pasture for flocks,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.65.10"><span class="content">and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.65.10"><span class="content">for my people who seek me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.65.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.65.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;But as for you who forsake the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.65.11"><span class="content">and forget my holy mountain,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.65.11"><span class="content">who spread a table for Fortune</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.65.11"><span class="content">and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.65.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.65.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will destine you for the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.65.12"><span class="content">and all of you will fall in the slaughter;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.65.12"><span class="content">for I called but you did not answer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.65.12"><span class="content">I spoke but you did not listen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.65.12"><span class="content">You did evil in my sight</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.65.12"><span class="content">and chose what displeases me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.65.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.65.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Therefore 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 v13" data-usfm="ISA.65.13"><span class="content">&#8220;My servants will eat,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.65.13"><span class="content">but you will go hungry;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.65.13"><span class="content">my servants will drink,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.65.13"><span class="content">but you will go thirsty;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.65.13"><span class="content">my servants will rejoice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.65.13"><span class="content">but you will be put to shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.65.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.65.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">My servants will sing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.65.14"><span class="content">out of the joy of their hearts,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.65.14"><span class="content">but you will cry out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.65.14"><span class="content">from anguish of heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.65.14"><span class="content">and wail in brokenness of spirit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.65.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.65.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You will leave your name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.65.15"><span class="content">for my chosen ones to use in their curses;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.65.15"><span class="content">the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will put you to death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.65.15"><span class="content">but to his servants he will give another name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.65.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.65.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Whoever invokes a blessing in the land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.65.16"><span class="content">will do so by the one true God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.65.16"><span class="content">whoever takes an oath in the land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.65.16"><span class="content">will swear by the one true God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.65.16"><span class="content">For the past troubles will be forgotten</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.65.16"><span class="content">and hidden from my eyes.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">New Heavens and a New Earth</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.65.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.65.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, I will create</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.65.17"><span class="content">new heavens and a new earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.65.17"><span class="content">The former things will not be remembered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.65.17"><span class="content">nor will they come to mind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.65.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.65.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But be glad and rejoice forever</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.65.18"><span class="content">in what I will create,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.65.18"><span class="content">for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.65.18"><span class="content">and its people a joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.65.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.65.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I will rejoice over Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.65.19"><span class="content">and take delight in my people;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.65.19"><span class="content">the sound of weeping and of crying</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.65.19"><span class="content">will be heard in it no more.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.65.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Never again will there be in it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="content">an infant who lives but a few days,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="content">or an old man who does not live out his years;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="content">the one who dies at a hundred</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="content">will be thought a mere child;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="content">the one who fails to reach</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">65:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the sinner who reaches</span></span></span><span class="content"> a hundred</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="content">will be considered accursed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.65.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They will build houses and dwell in them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.65.21"><span class="content">they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.65.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.65.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">No longer will they build houses and others live in them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.65.22"><span class="content">or plant and others eat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.65.22"><span class="content">For as the days of a tree,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.65.22"><span class="content">so will be the days of my people;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.65.22"><span class="content">my chosen ones will long enjoy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.65.22"><span class="content">the work of their hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.65.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.65.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">They will not labor in vain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.65.23"><span class="content">nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.65.23"><span class="content">for they will be a people blessed by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.65.23"><span class="content">they and their descendants with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.65.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.65.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Before they call I will answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.65.24"><span class="content">while they are still speaking I will hear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.65.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.65.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The wolf and the lamb will feed together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.65.25"><span class="content">and the lion will eat straw like the ox,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.65.25"><span class="content">and dust will be the serpent&#8217;s food.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.65.25"><span class="content">They will neither harm nor destroy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.65.25"><span class="content">on all my holy mountain,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.65.25"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkISA">
      <div class="chapter ch66" data-usfm="ISA.66">
         <div class="label">66</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment and Hope</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.66.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.66.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Heaven is my throne,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.66.1"><span class="content">and the earth is my footstool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.66.1"><span class="content">Where is the house you will build for me?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.66.1"><span class="content">Where will my resting place be?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.66.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.66.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Has not my hand made all these things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.66.2"><span class="content">and so they came into being?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.66.2"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.66.2"><span class="content">&#8220;These are the ones I look on with favor:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.66.2"><span class="content">those who are humble and contrite in spirit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.66.2"><span class="content">and who tremble at my word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.66.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But whoever sacrifices a bull</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">is like one who kills a person,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">and whoever offers a lamb</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">is like one who breaks a dog&#8217;s neck;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">whoever makes a grain offering</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">is like one who presents pig&#8217;s blood,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">and whoever burns memorial incense</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">is like one who worships an idol.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">They have chosen their own ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">and they delight in their abominations;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.66.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">so I also will choose harsh treatment for them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.66.4"><span class="content">and will bring on them what they dread.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.66.4"><span class="content">For when I called, no one answered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.66.4"><span class="content">when I spoke, no one listened.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.66.4"><span class="content">They did evil in my sight</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.66.4"><span class="content">and chose what displeases me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.66.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="content">you who tremble at his word:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="content">&#8220;Your own people who hate you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="content">and exclude you because of my name, have said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="content">&#8216;Let the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be glorified,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="content">that we may see your joy!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="content">Yet they will be put to shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.66.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Hear that uproar from the city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.66.6"><span class="content">hear that noise from the temple!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.66.6"><span class="content">It is the sound of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.66.6"><span class="content">repaying his enemies all they deserve.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.66.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.66.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Before she goes into labor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.66.7"><span class="content">she gives birth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.66.7"><span class="content">before the pains come upon her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.66.7"><span class="content">she delivers a son.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.66.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.66.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Who has ever heard of such things?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.66.8"><span class="content">Who has ever seen things like this?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.66.8"><span class="content">Can a country be born in a day</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.66.8"><span class="content">or a nation be brought forth in a moment?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.66.8"><span class="content">Yet no sooner is Zion in labor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.66.8"><span class="content">than she gives birth to her children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.66.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.66.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do I bring to the moment of birth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.66.9"><span class="content">and not give delivery?&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.66.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Do I close up the womb</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.66.9"><span class="content">when I bring to delivery?&#8221; says your God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.66.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.66.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.66.10"><span class="content">all you who love her;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.66.10"><span class="content">rejoice greatly with her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.66.10"><span class="content">all you who mourn over her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.66.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.66.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For you will nurse and be satisfied</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.66.11"><span class="content">at her comforting breasts;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.66.11"><span class="content">you will drink deeply</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.66.11"><span class="content">and delight in her overflowing abundance.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.66.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.66.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.66.12"><span class="content">&#8220;I will extend peace to her like a river,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.66.12"><span class="content">and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.66.12"><span class="content">you will nurse and be carried on her arm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.66.12"><span class="content">and dandled on her knees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.66.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.66.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">As a mother comforts her child,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.66.13"><span class="content">so will I comfort you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.66.13"><span class="content">and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.66.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.66.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When you see this, your heart will rejoice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.66.14"><span class="content">and you will flourish like grass;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.66.14"><span class="content">the hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be made known to his servants,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.66.14"><span class="content">but his fury will be shown to his foes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.66.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.66.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">See, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is coming with fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.66.15"><span class="content">and his chariots are like a whirlwind;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.66.15"><span class="content">he will bring down his anger with fury,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.66.15"><span class="content">and his rebuke with flames of fire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.66.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.66.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For with fire and with his sword</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.66.16"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will execute judgment on all people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.66.16"><span class="content">and many will be those slain by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.66.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.66.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one who is among those who eat the flesh of pigs, rats and other unclean things&#8212;they will meet their end together with the one they follow,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.66.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.66.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;And I, because of what they have planned and done, am about to come</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">66:18 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and gather the people of all nations and languages, and they will come and see my glory.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.66.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.66.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will set a sign among them, and I will send some of those who survive to the nations&#8212;to Tarshish, to the Libyans</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">66:19 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Put </span><span class="ft">(Libyans); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Pul</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Lydians (famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to the distant islands that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory among the nations. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.66.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And they will bring all your people, from all the nations, to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. &#8220;They will bring them, as the Israelites bring their grain offerings, to the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in ceremonially clean vessels. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.66.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">And I will select some of them also to be priests and Levites,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.66.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.66.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;so will your name and descendants endure. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.66.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.66.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">141</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 141</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.141.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I call to you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, come quickly to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.141.1"><span class="content">hear me when I call to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.141.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.141.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">May my prayer be set before you like incense;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.141.2"><span class="content">may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.141.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.141.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Set a guard over my mouth, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.141.3"><span class="content">keep watch over the door of my lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.141.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.141.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.141.4"><span class="content">so that I take part in wicked deeds</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.141.4"><span class="content">along with those who are evildoers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.141.4"><span class="content">do not let me eat their delicacies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.141.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.141.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Let a righteous man strike me&#8212;that is a kindness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.141.5"><span class="content">let him rebuke me&#8212;that is oil on my head.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.141.5"><span class="content">My head will not refuse it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.141.5"><span class="content">for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.141.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.141.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.141.6"><span class="content">and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.141.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.141.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They will say, &#8220;As one plows and breaks up the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.141.7"><span class="content">so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.141.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.141.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.141.8"><span class="content">in you I take refuge&#8212;do not give me over to death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.141.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.141.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.141.9"><span class="content">from the snares they have laid for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.141.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.141.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Let the wicked fall into their own nets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.141.10"><span class="content">while I pass by in safety.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">142</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 142</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 142:1-7 is numbered 142:2-8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">maskil</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of David. When he was in the cave. A prayer.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.142.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I cry aloud to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.142.1"><span class="content">I lift up my voice to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.142.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.142.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I pour out before him my complaint;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.142.2"><span class="content">before him I tell my trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.142.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When my spirit grows faint within me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="content">it is you who watch over my way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="content">In the path where I walk</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="content">people have hidden a snare for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Look and see, there is no one at my right hand;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="content">no one is concerned for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="content">I have no refuge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="content">no one cares for my life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.142.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I cry to you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.142.5"><span class="content">I say, &#8220;You are my refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.142.5"><span class="content">my portion in the land of the living.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.142.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Listen to my cry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="content">for I am in desperate need;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="content">rescue me from those who pursue me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="content">for they are too strong for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.142.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Set me free from my prison,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.142.7"><span class="content">that I may praise your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.142.7"><span class="content">Then the righteous will gather about me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.142.7"><span class="content">because of your goodness to me.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">28</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The wicked flee though no one pursues,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"><span class="content">but the righteous are as bold as a lion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"><span class="content">but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A ruler</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">A poor person</span></span></span><span class="content"> who oppresses the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"><span class="content">is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"><span class="content">but those who heed it resist them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Evildoers do not understand what is right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"><span class="content">but those who seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> understand it fully.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Better the poor whose walk is blameless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"><span class="content">than the rich whose ways are perverse.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">A discerning son heeds instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"><span class="content">but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Whoever increases wealth by taking interest or profit from the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"><span class="content">amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"><span class="content">even their prayers are detestable.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Whoever leads the upright along an evil path</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="content">will fall into their own trap,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="content">but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The rich are wise in their own eyes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"><span class="content">one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When the righteous triumph, there is great elation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"><span class="content">but when the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"><span class="content">but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one who always trembles before God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"><span class="content">but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Like a roaring lion or a charging bear</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"><span class="content">is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">A tyrannical ruler practices extortion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"><span class="content">but one who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long reign.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="content">will seek refuge in the grave;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="content">let no one hold them back.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"><span class="content">but the one whose ways are perverse will fall into the pit.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:18 </span><span class="ft">Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">into one</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Those who work their land will have abundant food,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"><span class="content">but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">A faithful person will be richly blessed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"><span class="content">but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">To show partiality is not good&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"><span class="content">yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The stingy are eager to get rich</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"><span class="content">and are unaware that poverty awaits them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"><span class="content">rather than one who has a flattering tongue.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Whoever robs their father or mother</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="content">and says, &#8220;It&#8217;s not wrong,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="content">is partner to one who destroys.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The greedy stir up conflict,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"><span class="content">but those who trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will prosper.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Those who trust in themselves are fools,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"><span class="content">but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Those who give to the poor will lack nothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"><span class="content">but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.28.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.28.28"><span class="content">but when the wicked perish, the righteous thrive.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">29</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.29.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Whoever remains stiff-necked after many rebukes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.29.1"><span class="content">will suddenly be destroyed&#8212;without remedy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.29.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.29.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.29.2"><span class="content">when the wicked rule, the people groan.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.29.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.29.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.29.3"><span class="content">but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.29.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.29.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">By justice a king gives a country stability,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.29.4"><span class="content">but those who are greedy for</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">29:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">who give</span></span></span><span class="content"> bribes tear it down.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.29.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.29.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who flatter their neighbors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.29.5"><span class="content">are spreading nets for their feet.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.29.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.29.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Evildoers are snared by their own sin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.29.6"><span class="content">but the righteous shout for joy and are glad.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.29.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.29.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The righteous care about justice for the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.29.7"><span class="content">but the wicked have no such concern.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.29.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.29.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Mockers stir up a city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.29.8"><span class="content">but the wise turn away anger.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.29.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.29.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If a wise person goes to court with a fool,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.29.9"><span class="content">the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.29.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.29.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The bloodthirsty hate a person of integrity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.29.10"><span class="content">and seek to kill the upright.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.29.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.29.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Fools give full vent to their rage,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.29.11"><span class="content">but the wise bring calm in the end.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.29.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.29.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If a ruler listens to lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.29.12"><span class="content">all his officials become wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.29.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.29.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The poor and the oppressor have this in common:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.29.13"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gives sight to the eyes of both.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.29.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.29.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">If a king judges the poor with fairness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.29.14"><span class="content">his throne will be established forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.29.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.29.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.29.15"><span class="content">but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.29.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.29.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When the wicked thrive, so does sin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.29.16"><span class="content">but the righteous will see their downfall.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.29.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.29.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Discipline your children, and they will give you peace;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.29.17"><span class="content">they will bring you the delights you desire.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.29.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.29.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.29.18"><span class="content">but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom&#8217;s instruction.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.29.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.29.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Servants cannot be corrected by mere words;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.29.19"><span class="content">though they understand, they will not respond.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.29.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.29.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Do you see someone who speaks in haste?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.29.20"><span class="content">There is more hope for a fool than for them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.29.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.29.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">A servant pampered from youth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.29.21"><span class="content">will turn out to be insolent.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.29.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.29.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">An angry person stirs up conflict,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.29.22"><span class="content">and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.29.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.29.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Pride brings a person low,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.29.23"><span class="content">but the lowly in spirit gain honor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.29.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.29.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.29.24"><span class="content">they are put under oath and dare not testify.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.29.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.29.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Fear of man will prove to be a snare,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.29.25"><span class="content">but whoever trusts in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is kept safe.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.29.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.29.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Many seek an audience with a ruler,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.29.26"><span class="content">but it is from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that one gets justice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.29.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.29.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The righteous detest the dishonest;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.29.27"><span class="content">the wicked detest the upright.</span></span></div>
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