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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How the gold has lost its luster,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.4.1"><span class="content">the fine gold become dull!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.4.1"><span class="content">The sacred gems are scattered</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.4.1"><span class="content">at every street corner.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">How the precious children of Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.4.2"><span class="content">once worth their weight in gold,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.4.2"><span class="content">are now considered as pots of clay,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.4.2"><span class="content">the work of a potter&#8217;s hands!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Even jackals offer their breasts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.4.3"><span class="content">to nurse their young,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.4.3"><span class="content">but my people have become heartless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.4.3"><span class="content">like ostriches in the desert.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Because of thirst the infant&#8217;s tongue</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.4.4"><span class="content">sticks to the roof of its mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.4.4"><span class="content">the children beg for bread,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.4.4"><span class="content">but no one gives it to them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who once ate delicacies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.4.5"><span class="content">are destitute in the streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.4.5"><span class="content">Those brought up in royal purple</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.4.5"><span class="content">now lie on ash heaps.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The punishment of my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.4.6"><span class="content">is greater than that of Sodom,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.4.6"><span class="content">which was overthrown in a moment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.4.6"><span class="content">without a hand turned to help her.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Their princes were brighter than snow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.4.7"><span class="content">and whiter than milk,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.4.7"><span class="content">their bodies more ruddy than rubies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.4.7"><span class="content">their appearance like lapis lazuli.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But now they are blacker than soot;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.4.8"><span class="content">they are not recognized in the streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.4.8"><span class="content">Their skin has shriveled on their bones;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.4.8"><span class="content">it has become as dry as a stick.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Those killed by the sword are better off</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.4.9"><span class="content">than those who die of famine;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.4.9"><span class="content">racked with hunger, they waste away</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.4.9"><span class="content">for lack of food from the field.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">With their own hands compassionate women</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.4.10"><span class="content">have cooked their own children,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.4.10"><span class="content">who became their food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.4.10"><span class="content">when my people were destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has given full vent to his wrath;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.4.11"><span class="content">he has poured out his fierce anger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.4.11"><span class="content">He kindled a fire in Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.4.11"><span class="content">that consumed her foundations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The kings of the earth did not believe,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.4.12"><span class="content">nor did any of the peoples of the world,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.4.12"><span class="content">that enemies and foes could enter</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.4.12"><span class="content">the gates of Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But it happened because of the sins of her prophets</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.4.13"><span class="content">and the iniquities of her priests,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.4.13"><span class="content">who shed within her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.4.13"><span class="content">the blood of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Now they grope through the streets</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.4.14"><span class="content">as if they were blind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.4.14"><span class="content">They are so defiled with blood</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.4.14"><span class="content">that no one dares to touch their garments.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go away! You are unclean!&#8221; people cry to them.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.4.15"><span class="content">&#8220;Away! Away! Don&#8217;t touch us!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.4.15"><span class="content">When they flee and wander about,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.4.15"><span class="content">people among the nations say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.4.15"><span class="content">&#8220;They can stay here no longer.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> himself has scattered them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.4.16"><span class="content">he no longer watches over them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.4.16"><span class="content">The priests are shown no honor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.4.16"><span class="content">the elders no favor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.4.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Moreover, our eyes failed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.4.17"><span class="content">looking in vain for help;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.4.17"><span class="content">from our towers we watched</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.4.17"><span class="content">for a nation that could not save us.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.4.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">People stalked us at every step,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.4.18"><span class="content">so we could not walk in our streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.4.18"><span class="content">Our end was near, our days were numbered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.4.18"><span class="content">for our end had come.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.4.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Our pursuers were swifter</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.4.19"><span class="content">than eagles in the sky;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.4.19"><span class="content">they chased us over the mountains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.4.19"><span class="content">and lay in wait for us in the desert.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.4.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anointed, our very life breath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.4.20"><span class="content">was caught in their traps.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.4.20"><span class="content">We thought that under his shadow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.4.20"><span class="content">we would live among the nations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.4.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.4.21"><span class="content">you who live in the land of Uz.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.4.21"><span class="content">But to you also the cup will be passed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.4.21"><span class="content">you will be drunk and stripped naked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.4.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Your punishment will end, Daughter Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.4.22"><span class="content">he will not prolong your exile.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.4.22"><span class="content">But he will punish your sin, Daughter Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.4.22"><span class="content">and expose your wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Remember, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, what has happened to us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.5.1"><span class="content">look, and see our disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.5.2"><span class="content">our homes to foreigners.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">We have become fatherless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.5.3"><span class="content">our mothers are widows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">We must buy the water we drink;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.5.4"><span class="content">our wood can be had only at a price.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who pursue us are at our heels;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.5.5"><span class="content">we are weary and find no rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">We submitted to Egypt and Assyria</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.5.6"><span class="content">to get enough bread.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Our ancestors sinned and are no more,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.5.7"><span class="content">and we bear their punishment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Slaves rule over us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.5.8"><span class="content">and there is no one to free us from their hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">We get our bread at the risk of our lives</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.5.9"><span class="content">because of the sword in the desert.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Our skin is hot as an oven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.5.10"><span class="content">feverish from hunger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Women have been violated in Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.5.11"><span class="content">and virgins in the towns of Judah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Princes have been hung up by their hands;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.5.12"><span class="content">elders are shown no respect.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Young men toil at the millstones;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.5.13"><span class="content">boys stagger under loads of wood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The elders are gone from the city gate;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.5.14"><span class="content">the young men have stopped their music.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Joy is gone from our hearts;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.5.15"><span class="content">our dancing has turned to mourning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.5.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The crown has fallen from our head.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.5.16"><span class="content">Woe to us, for we have sinned!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Because of this our hearts are faint,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.5.17"><span class="content">because of these things our eyes grow dim</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.5.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">for Mount Zion, which lies desolate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.5.18"><span class="content">with jackals prowling over it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.5.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, reign forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.5.19"><span class="content">your throne endures from generation to generation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.5.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Why do you always forget us?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.5.20"><span class="content">Why do you forsake us so long?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.5.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Restore us to yourself, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, that we may return;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.5.21"><span class="content">renew our days as of old</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.5.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">unless you have utterly rejected us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.5.22"><span class="content">and are angry with us beyond measure.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TI.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TI.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2TI.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2TI.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TI.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TI.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2TI.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2TI.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2TI.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these teachers oppose the truth. They are men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2TI.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Final Charge to Timothy</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2TI.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2TI.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2TI.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">persecutions, sufferings&#8212;what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TI.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TI.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2TI.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TI.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2TI.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2TI.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">so that the servant of God</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">that you, a man of God,</span></span></span><span class="content"> may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TI.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TI.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage&#8212;with great patience and careful instruction. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2TI.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2TI.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TI.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TI.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2TI.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2TI.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2TI.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day&#8212;and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Personal Remarks</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2TI.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2TI.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do your best to come to me quickly, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2TI.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2TI.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TI.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I sent Tychicus to Ephesus. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TI.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TI.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2TI.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he has done. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TI.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You too should be on your guard against him, because he strongly opposed our message.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TI.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2TI.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2TI.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion&#8217;s mouth. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2TI.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Final Greetings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2TI.4.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2TI.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Greet Priscilla</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:19 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Prisca</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Priscilla</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Aquila and the household of Onesiphorus. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2TI.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Erastus stayed in Corinth, and I left Trophimus sick in Miletus. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2TI.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Do your best to get here before winter. Eubulus greets you, and so do Pudens, Linus, Claudia and all the brothers and sisters.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:21 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2TI.4.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2TI.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Hold on to instruction, do not let it go;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.4.13"><span class="content">guard it well, for it is your life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Do not set foot on the path of the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.4.14"><span class="content">or walk in the way of evildoers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Avoid it, do not travel on it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.4.15"><span class="content">turn from it and go on your way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For they cannot rest until they do evil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.4.16"><span class="content">they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.4.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">They eat the bread of wickedness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.4.17"><span class="content">and drink the wine of violence.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.4.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The path of the righteous is like the morning sun,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.4.18"><span class="content">shining ever brighter till the full light of day.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.4.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.4.19"><span class="content">they do not know what makes them stumble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.4.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">My son, pay attention to what I say;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.4.20"><span class="content">turn your ear to my words.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.4.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Do not let them out of your sight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.4.21"><span class="content">keep them within your heart;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.4.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">for they are life to those who find them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.4.22"><span class="content">and health to one&#8217;s whole body.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.4.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Above all else, guard your heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.4.23"><span class="content">for everything you do flows from it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.4.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.4.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Keep your mouth free of perversity;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.4.24"><span class="content">keep corrupt talk far from your lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.4.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.4.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Let your eyes look straight ahead;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.4.25"><span class="content">fix your gaze directly before you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.4.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.4.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Give careful thought to the</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Make level</span></span></span><span class="content"> paths for your feet</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.4.26"><span class="content">and be steadfast in all your ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.4.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.4.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Do not turn to the right or the left;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.4.27"><span class="content">keep your foot from evil.</span></span></div>
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