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         <div class="label">32</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.32.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After all that Hezekiah had so faithfully done, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, thinking to conquer them for himself. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.32.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he intended to wage war against Jerusalem, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.32.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">he consulted with his officials and military staff about blocking off the water from the springs outside the city, and they helped him. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.32.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They gathered a large group of people who blocked all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. &#8220;Why should the kings</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:4 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac </span><span class="fqa">king</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Assyria come and find plenty of water?&#8221; they said. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.32.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then he worked hard repairing all the broken sections of the wall and building towers on it. He built another wall outside that one and reinforced the terraces</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Millo</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the City of David. He also made large numbers of weapons and shields.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.32.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.32.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He appointed military officers over the people and assembled them before him in the square at the city gate and encouraged them with these words: </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.32.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater power with us than with him. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.32.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God to help us and to fight our battles.&#8221; And the people gained confidence from what Hezekiah the king of Judah said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.32.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.32.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Later, when Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces were laying siege to Lachish, he sent his officers to Jerusalem with this message for Hezekiah king of Judah and for all the people of Judah who were there:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.32.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.32.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: On what are you basing your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege? </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.32.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When Hezekiah says, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God will save us from the hand of the king of Assyria,&#8217; he is misleading you, to let you die of hunger and thirst. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.32.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Did not Hezekiah himself remove this god&#8217;s high places and altars, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, &#8216;You must worship before one altar and burn sacrifices on it&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.32.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.32.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you not know what I and my predecessors have done to all the peoples of the other lands? Were the gods of those nations ever able to deliver their land from my hand? </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.32.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Who of all the gods of these nations that my predecessors destroyed has been able to save his people from me? How then can your god deliver you from my hand? </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.32.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you and mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my predecessors. How much less will your god deliver you from my hand!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.32.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.32.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Sennacherib&#8217;s officers spoke further against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God and against his servant Hezekiah. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.32.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The king also wrote letters ridiculing the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, and saying this against him: &#8220;Just as the gods of the peoples of the other lands did not rescue their people from my hand, so the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my hand.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.32.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then they called out in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to terrify them and make them afraid in order to capture the city. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.32.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as they did about the gods of the other peoples of the world&#8212;the work of human hands.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.32.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CH.32.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer to heaven about this. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.32.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sent an angel, who annihilated all the fighting men and the commanders and officers in the camp of the Assyrian king. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he went into the temple of his god, some of his sons, his own flesh and blood, cut him down with the sword.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.32.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2CH.32.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Assyria and from the hand of all others. He took care of them</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:22 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate </span><span class="fqa">He gave them rest</span></span></span><span class="content"> on every side. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2CH.32.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah. From then on he was highly regarded by all the nations.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Hezekiah&#8217;s Pride, Success and Death</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2CH.32.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2CH.32.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. He prayed to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who answered him and gave him a miraculous sign. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2CH.32.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But Hezekiah&#8217;s heart was proud and he did not respond to the kindness shown him; therefore the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s wrath was on him and on Judah and Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2CH.32.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then Hezekiah repented of the pride of his heart, as did the people of Jerusalem; therefore the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s wrath did not come on them during the days of Hezekiah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2CH.32.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2CH.32.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Hezekiah had very great wealth and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver and gold and for his precious stones, spices, shields and all kinds of valuables. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2CH.32.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">He also made buildings to store the harvest of grain, new wine and olive oil; and he made stalls for various kinds of cattle, and pens for the flocks. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2CH.32.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He built villages and acquired great numbers of flocks and herds, for God had given him very great riches.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2CH.32.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="2CH.32.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Gihon spring and channeled the water down to the west side of the City of David. He succeeded in everything he undertook. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2CH.32.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">But when envoys were sent by the rulers of Babylon to ask him about the miraculous sign that had occurred in the land, God left him to test him and to know everything that was in his heart.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2CH.32.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2CH.32.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The other events of Hezekiah&#8217;s reign and his acts of devotion are written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2CH.32.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Hezekiah rested with his ancestors and was buried on the hill where the tombs of David&#8217;s descendants are. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem honored him when he died. And Manasseh his son succeeded him as king.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">18</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Lament Over Fallen Babylon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.18.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">With a mighty voice he shouted:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">&#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">18:2 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 21:9</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">She has become a dwelling for demons</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">and a haunt for every impure spirit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">a haunt for every unclean bird,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For all the nations have drunk</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="content">the maddening wine of her adulteries.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="content">The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="content">and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning to Escape Babylon&#8217;s Judgment</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then I heard another voice from heaven say:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Come out of her, my people,&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:4 </span><span class="ft">Jer. 51:45</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="content">so that you will not share in her sins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="content">so that you will not receive any of her plagues;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.18.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">for her sins are piled up to heaven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.18.5"><span class="content">and God has remembered her crimes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.18.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.18.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Give back to her as she has given;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.18.6"><span class="content">pay her back double for what she has done.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.18.6"><span class="content">Pour her a double portion from her own cup.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.18.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Give her as much torment and grief</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">as the glory and luxury she gave herself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">In her heart she boasts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">&#8216;I sit enthroned as queen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">I am not a widow;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:7 </span><span class="ft">See Isaiah 47:7,8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">I will never mourn.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="content">death, mourning and famine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="content">She will be consumed by fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="content">for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Threefold Woe Over Babylon&#8217;s Fall</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her and shared her luxury see the smoke of her burning, they will weep and mourn over her. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Woe! Woe to you, great city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="content">you mighty city of Babylon!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="content">In one hour your doom has come!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.18.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes anymore&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.18.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.18.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and human beings sold as slaves.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.18.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;They will say, &#8216;The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your luxury and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand far off, terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">and cry out:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Woe! Woe to you, great city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="content">dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="content">and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.18.17"><span class="content">&#8220;Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea, will stand far off. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When they see the smoke of her burning, they will exclaim, &#8216;Was there ever a city like this great city?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They will throw dust on their heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Woe! Woe to you, great city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">where all who had ships on the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">became rich through her wealth!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">In one hour she has been brought to ruin!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Rejoice over her, you heavens!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">Rejoice, you people of God!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">Rejoice, apostles and prophets!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">For God has judged her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">with the judgment she imposed on you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Finality of Babylon&#8217;s Doom</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, and said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="content">&#8220;With such violence</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="content">the great city of Babylon will be thrown down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="content">never to be found again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">will never be heard in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">No worker of any trade</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">will ever be found in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">The sound of a millstone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">will never be heard in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The light of a lamp</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">will never shine in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">The voice of bridegroom and bride</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">will never be heard in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">Your merchants were the world&#8217;s important people.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">By your magic spell all the nations were led astray.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="REV.18.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">In her was found the blood of prophets and of God&#8217;s holy people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="REV.18.24"><span class="content">of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading"> Comes and Reigns</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions will be plundered and divided up within your very walls.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.14.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fv">5 </span><span class="fqa">My mountain valley will be blocked and will extend to Azel. It will be blocked as it was blocked because of the earthquake</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On that day there will be neither sunlight nor cold, frosty darkness. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It will be a unique day&#8212;a day known only to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;with no distinction between day and night. When evening comes, there will be light.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.14.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it east to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.14.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and his name the only name.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.14.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The whole land, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, will become like the Arabah. But Jerusalem will be raised up high from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses, and will remain in its place. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">It will be inhabited; never again will it be destroyed. Jerusalem will be secure.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.14.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This is the plague with which the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">On that day people will be stricken by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with great panic. They will seize each other by the hand and attack one another. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEC.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Judah too will fight at Jerusalem. The wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected&#8212;great quantities of gold and silver and clothing. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">A similar plague will strike the horses and mules, the camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.14.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEC.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEC.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, they will have no rain. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEC.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">If the Egyptian people do not go up and take part, they will have no rain. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">part, then the <span class="nd">Lord</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> will bring on them the plague he inflicts on the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEC.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEC.14.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEC.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">On that day </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Holy to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span><span class="content"> will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s house will be like the sacred bowls in front of the altar. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ZEC.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, and all who come to sacrifice will take some of the pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">merchant</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">145</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 145</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which (including verse 13b) begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of praise. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.145.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I will exalt you, my God the King;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.145.1"><span class="content">I will praise your name for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.145.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.145.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Every day I will praise you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.145.2"><span class="content">and extol your name for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.145.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.145.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Great is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and most worthy of praise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.145.3"><span class="content">his greatness no one can fathom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.145.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.145.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">One generation commends your works to another;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.145.4"><span class="content">they tell of your mighty acts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.145.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.145.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.145.5"><span class="content">and I will meditate on your wonderful works.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">145:5 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">On the glorious splendor of your majesty / and on your wonderful works I will meditate</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.145.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.145.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They tell of the power of your awesome works&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.145.6"><span class="content">and I will proclaim your great deeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.145.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.145.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They celebrate your abundant goodness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.145.7"><span class="content">and joyfully sing of your righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.145.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.145.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is gracious and compassionate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.145.8"><span class="content">slow to anger and rich in love.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.145.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.145.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is good to all;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.145.9"><span class="content">he has compassion on all he has made.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.145.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.145.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">All your works praise you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.145.10"><span class="content">your faithful people extol you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.145.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.145.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They tell of the glory of your kingdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.145.11"><span class="content">and speak of your might,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.145.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.145.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">so that all people may know of your mighty acts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.145.12"><span class="content">and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.145.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.145.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.145.13"><span class="content">and your dominion endures through all generations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.145.13"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is trustworthy in all he promises</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.145.13"><span class="content">and faithful in all he does.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">145:13 </span><span class="ft">One manuscript of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text do not have the last two lines of verse 13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.145.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.145.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> upholds all who fall</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.145.14"><span class="content">and lifts up all who are bowed down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.145.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.145.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The eyes of all look to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.145.15"><span class="content">and you give them their food at the proper time.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.145.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.145.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">You open your hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.145.16"><span class="content">and satisfy the desires of every living thing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.145.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.145.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is righteous in all his ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.145.17"><span class="content">and faithful in all he does.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.145.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.145.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is near to all who call on him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.145.18"><span class="content">to all who call on him in truth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.145.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.145.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He fulfills the desires of those who fear him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.145.19"><span class="content">he hears their cry and saves them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.145.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.145.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> watches over all who love him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.145.20"><span class="content">but all the wicked he will destroy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.145.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.145.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">My mouth will speak in praise of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.145.21"><span class="content">Let every creature praise his holy name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.145.21"><span class="content">for ever and ever.</span></span></div>
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