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         <div class="label">27</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jotham King of Judah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.27.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother&#8217;s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.27.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He did what was right in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, just as his father Uzziah had done, but unlike him he did not enter the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. The people, however, continued their corrupt practices. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.27.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and did extensive work on the wall at the hill of Ophel. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.27.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He built towns in the hill country of Judah and forts and towers in the wooded areas.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.27.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and conquered them. That year the Ammonites paid him a hundred talents</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:5 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver, ten thousand cors</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:5 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 1,800 tons or about 1,600 metric tons of wheat</span></span></span><span class="content"> of wheat and ten thousand cors</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:5 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 1,500 tons or about 1,350 metric tons of barley</span></span></span><span class="content"> of barley. The Ammonites brought him the same amount also in the second and third years.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.27.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.27.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Jotham grew powerful because he walked steadfastly before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> his God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.27.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.27.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The other events in Jotham&#8217;s reign, including all his wars and the other things he did, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.27.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.27.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Jotham rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. And Ahaz his son succeeded him as king.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">28</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ahaz King of Judah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.28.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. Unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.28.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He followed the ways of the kings of Israel and also made idols for worshiping the Baals. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.28.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He burned sacrifices in the Valley of Ben Hinnom and sacrificed his children in the fire, engaging in the detestable practices of the nations the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had driven out before the Israelites. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.28.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places, on the hilltops and under every spreading tree.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.28.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.28.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Therefore the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> his God delivered him into the hands of the king of Aram. The Arameans defeated him and took many of his people as prisoners and brought them to Damascus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.28.5"><span class="content">He was also given into the hands of the king of Israel, who inflicted heavy casualties on him. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.28.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">In one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed a hundred and twenty thousand soldiers in Judah&#8212;because Judah had forsaken the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of their ancestors. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.28.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Zikri, an Ephraimite warrior, killed Maaseiah the king&#8217;s son, Azrikam the officer in charge of the palace, and Elkanah, second to the king. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.28.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The men of Israel took captive from their fellow Israelites who were from Judah two hundred thousand wives, sons and daughters. They also took a great deal of plunder, which they carried back to Samaria.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.28.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.28.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But a prophet of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army when it returned to Samaria. He said to them, &#8220;Because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of your ancestors, was angry with Judah, he gave them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches to heaven. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.28.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And now you intend to make the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem your slaves. But aren&#8217;t you also guilty of sins against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God? </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.28.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Now listen to me! Send back your fellow Israelites you have taken as prisoners, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s fierce anger rests on you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.28.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.28.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then some of the leaders in Ephraim&#8212;Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berekiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai&#8212;confronted those who were arriving from the war. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.28.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;You must not bring those prisoners here,&#8221; they said, &#8220;or we will be guilty before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. Do you intend to add to our sin and guilt? For our guilt is already great, and his fierce anger rests on Israel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.28.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.28.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So the soldiers gave up the prisoners and plunder in the presence of the officials and all the assembly. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.28.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The men designated by name took the prisoners, and from the plunder they clothed all who were naked. They provided them with clothes and sandals, food and drink, and healing balm. All those who were weak they put on donkeys. So they took them back to their fellow Israelites at Jericho, the City of Palms, and returned to Samaria.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.28.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.28.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">At that time King Ahaz sent to the kings</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:16 </span><span class="ft">Most Hebrew manuscripts; one Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint and Vulgate (see also 2 Kings 16:7) </span><span class="fqa">king</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Assyria for help. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.28.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The Edomites had again come and attacked Judah and carried away prisoners, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.28.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">while the Philistines had raided towns in the foothills and in the Negev of Judah. They captured and occupied Beth Shemesh, Aijalon and Gederoth, as well as Soko, Timnah and Gimzo, with their surrounding villages. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.28.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:19 </span><span class="ft">That is, Judah, as frequently in 2 Chronicles</span></span></span><span class="content"> for he had promoted wickedness in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CH.28.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Tiglath-Pileser</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:20 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Tilgath-Pilneser, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Tiglath-Pileser</span></span></span><span class="content"> king of Assyria came to him, but he gave him trouble instead of help. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.28.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Ahaz took some of the things from the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and from the royal palace and from the officials and presented them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.28.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2CH.28.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In his time of trouble King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2CH.28.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him; for he thought, &#8220;Since the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me.&#8221; But they were his downfall and the downfall of all Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2CH.28.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2CH.28.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Ahaz gathered together the furnishings from the temple of God and cut them in pieces. He shut the doors of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple and set up altars at every street corner in Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2CH.28.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In every town in Judah he built high places to burn sacrifices to other gods and aroused the anger of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of his ancestors.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2CH.28.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2CH.28.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The other events of his reign and all his ways, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2CH.28.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Ahaz rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son succeeded him as king.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Lamb and the 144,000</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father&#8217;s name written on their foreheads. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among mankind and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Three Angels</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth&#8212;to every nation, tribe, language and people. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He said in a loud voice, &#8220;Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.14.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A second angel followed and said, &#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:8 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 21:9</span></span></span><span class="content"> which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.14.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: &#8220;If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">they, too, will drink the wine of God&#8217;s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.14.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then I heard a voice from heaven say, &#8220;Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.14.13"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes,&#8221; says the Spirit, &#8220;they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Harvesting the Earth and Trampling the Winepress</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.14.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:14 </span><span class="ft">See Daniel 7:13.</span></span></span><span class="content"> with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, &#8220;Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.14.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, &#8220;Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth&#8217;s vine, because its grapes are ripe.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God&#8217;s wrath. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses&#8217; bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:20 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 180 miles or about 300 kilometers</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading"> Will Care for Judah</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Ask the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for rain in the springtime;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.10.1"><span class="content">it is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> who sends the thunderstorms.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.10.1"><span class="content">He gives showers of rain to all people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.10.1"><span class="content">and plants of the field to everyone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.10.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The idols speak deceitfully,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.10.2"><span class="content">diviners see visions that lie;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.10.2"><span class="content">they tell dreams that are false,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.10.2"><span class="content">they give comfort in vain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.10.2"><span class="content">Therefore the people wander like sheep</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.10.2"><span class="content">oppressed for lack of a shepherd.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.10.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;My anger burns against the shepherds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.10.3"><span class="content">and I will punish the leaders;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.10.3"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty will care</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.10.3"><span class="content">for his flock, the people of Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.10.3"><span class="content">and make them like a proud horse in battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.10.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">From Judah will come the cornerstone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.10.4"><span class="content">from him the tent peg,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.10.4"><span class="content">from him the battle bow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.10.4"><span class="content">from him every ruler.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Together they</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:4,5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">ruler, all of them together. / </span><span class="fv">5 </span><span class="fqa">They</span></span></span><span class="content"> will be like warriors in battle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.10.5"><span class="content">trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.10.5"><span class="content">They will fight because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is with them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.10.5"><span class="content">and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will strengthen Judah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.10.6"><span class="content">and save the tribes of Joseph.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.10.6"><span class="content">I will restore them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.10.6"><span class="content">because I have compassion on them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.10.6"><span class="content">They will be as though</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.10.6"><span class="content">I had not rejected them,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.10.6"><span class="content">for I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.10.6"><span class="content">and I will answer them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The Ephraimites will become like warriors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.10.7"><span class="content">and their hearts will be glad as with wine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.10.7"><span class="content">Their children will see it and be joyful;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.10.7"><span class="content">their hearts will rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I will signal for them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.10.8"><span class="content">and gather them in.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.10.8"><span class="content">Surely I will redeem them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.10.8"><span class="content">they will be as numerous as before.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Though I scatter them among the peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.10.9"><span class="content">yet in distant lands they will remember me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.10.9"><span class="content">They and their children will survive,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.10.9"><span class="content">and they will return.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.10.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I will bring them back from Egypt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.10.10"><span class="content">and gather them from Assyria.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.10.10"><span class="content">I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.10.10"><span class="content">and there will not be room enough for them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They will pass through the sea of trouble;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.10.11"><span class="content">the surging sea will be subdued</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.10.11"><span class="content">and all the depths of the Nile will dry up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.10.11"><span class="content">Assyria&#8217;s pride will be brought down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.10.11"><span class="content">and Egypt&#8217;s scepter will pass away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.10.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will strengthen them in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.10.12"><span class="content">and in his name they will live securely,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.10.12"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">140</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 140</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 140:1-13 is numbered 140:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.140.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Rescue me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, from evildoers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.140.1"><span class="content">protect me from the violent,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.140.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.140.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">who devise evil plans in their hearts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.140.2"><span class="content">and stir up war every day.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.140.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.140.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent&#8217;s;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.140.3"><span class="content">the poison of vipers is on their lips.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">140:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.140.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.140.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Keep me safe, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, from the hands of the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.140.4"><span class="content">protect me from the violent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.140.4"><span class="content">who devise ways to trip my feet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.140.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.140.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The arrogant have hidden a snare for me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.140.5"><span class="content">they have spread out the cords of their net</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.140.5"><span class="content">and have set traps for me along my path.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.140.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.140.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I say to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;You are my God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.140.6"><span class="content">Hear, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my cry for mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.140.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.140.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my strong deliverer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.140.7"><span class="content">you shield my head in the day of battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.140.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.140.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Do not grant the wicked their desires, </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.140.8"><span class="content">do not let their plans succeed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.140.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.140.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.140.9"><span class="content">may the mischief of their lips engulf them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.140.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.140.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">May burning coals fall on them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.140.10"><span class="content">may they be thrown into the fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.140.10"><span class="content">into miry pits, never to rise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.140.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.140.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">May slanderers not be established in the land;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.140.11"><span class="content">may disaster hunt down the violent.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.140.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.140.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> secures justice for the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.140.12"><span class="content">and upholds the cause of the needy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.140.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.140.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Surely the righteous will praise your name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.140.13"><span class="content">and the upright will live in your presence.</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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