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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests dishonest scales,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.11.1"><span class="content">but accurate weights find favor with him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.11.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When pride comes, then comes disgrace,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.11.2"><span class="content">but with humility comes wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.11.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The integrity of the upright guides them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.11.3"><span class="content">but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.11.4"><span class="content">but righteousness delivers from death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.11.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.11.5"><span class="content">but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.11.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The righteousness of the upright delivers them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.11.6"><span class="content">but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Hopes placed in mortals die with them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.11.7"><span class="content">all the promise of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:7 </span><span class="ft">Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum </span><span class="fqa">When the wicked die, their hope perishes; / all they expected from</span></span></span><span class="content"> their power comes to nothing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.11.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The righteous person is rescued from trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.11.8"><span class="content">and it falls on the wicked instead.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.11.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.11.9"><span class="content">but through knowledge the righteous escape.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.11.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.11.10"><span class="content">when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.11.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.11.11"><span class="content">but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.11.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Whoever derides their neighbor has no sense,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.11.12"><span class="content">but the one who has understanding holds their tongue.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.11.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A gossip betrays a confidence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.11.13"><span class="content">but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.11.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For lack of guidance a nation falls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.11.14"><span class="content">but victory is won through many advisers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.11.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.11.15"><span class="content">but whoever refuses to shake hands in pledge is safe.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.11.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">A kindhearted woman gains honor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.11.16"><span class="content">but ruthless men gain only wealth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.11.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Those who are kind benefit themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.11.17"><span class="content">but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.11.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">A wicked person earns deceptive wages,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.11.18"><span class="content">but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.11.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Truly the righteous attain life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.11.19"><span class="content">but whoever pursues evil finds death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.11.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests those whose hearts are perverse,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.11.20"><span class="content">but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.11.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.11.21"><span class="content">but those who are righteous will go free.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.11.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Like a gold ring in a pig&#8217;s snout</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.11.22"><span class="content">is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.11.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The desire of the righteous ends only in good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.11.23"><span class="content">but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.11.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">One person gives freely, yet gains even more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.11.24"><span class="content">another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.11.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">A generous person will prosper;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.11.25"><span class="content">whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.11.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">People curse the one who hoards grain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.11.26"><span class="content">but they pray God&#8217;s blessing on the one who is willing to sell.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.11.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Whoever seeks good finds favor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.11.27"><span class="content">but evil comes to one who searches for it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.11.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Those who trust in their riches will fall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.11.28"><span class="content">but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.11.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.11.29"><span class="content">and the fool will be servant to the wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.11.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.11.30"><span class="content">and the one who is wise saves lives.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.11.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.11.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">If the righteous receive their due on earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.11.31"><span class="content">how much more the ungodly and the sinner!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Rebellious Israel Purged</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the seventh year, in the fifth month on the tenth day, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and they sat down in front of me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.20.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Then the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: Have you come to inquire of me? As surely as I live, I will not let you inquire of me, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.20.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will you judge them? Will you judge them, son of man? Then confront them with the detestable practices of their ancestors </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and say to them: &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore with uplifted hand to the descendants of Jacob and revealed myself to them in Egypt. With uplifted hand I said to them, &#8220;I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of Egypt into a land I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And I said to them, &#8220;Each of you, get rid of the vile images you have set your eyes on, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.20.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;But they rebelled against me and would not listen to me; they did not get rid of the vile images they had set their eyes on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger against them in Egypt. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But for the sake of my name, I brought them out of Egypt. I did it to keep my name from being profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they lived and in whose sight I had revealed myself to the Israelites. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Therefore I led them out of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, by which the person who obeys them will live. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Also I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between us, so they would know that I the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> made them holy.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.20.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Yet the people of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my decrees but rejected my laws&#8212;by which the person who obeys them will live&#8212;and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and destroy them in the wilderness. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Also with uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them&#8212;a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">because they rejected my laws and did not follow my decrees and desecrated my Sabbaths. For their hearts were devoted to their idols. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or put an end to them in the wilderness. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I said to their children in the wilderness, &#8220;Do not follow the statutes of your parents or keep their laws or defile yourselves with their idols. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God; follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Keep my Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us. Then you will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.20.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;But the children rebelled against me: They did not follow my decrees, they were not careful to keep my laws, of which I said, &#8220;The person who obeys them will live by them,&#8221; and they desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But I withheld my hand, and for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Also with uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would disperse them among the nations and scatter them through the countries, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">because they had not obeyed my laws but had rejected my decrees and desecrated my Sabbaths, and their eyes lusted after their parents&#8217; idols. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">So I gave them other statutes that were not good and laws through which they could not live; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I defiled them through their gifts&#8212;the sacrifice of every firstborn&#8212;that I might fill them with horror so they would know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.20.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.20.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore, son of man, speak to the people of Israel and say to them, &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: In this also your ancestors blasphemed me by being unfaithful to me: </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.20.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When I brought them into the land I had sworn to give them and they saw any high hill or any leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, made offerings that aroused my anger, presented their fragrant incense and poured out their drink offerings. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.20.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then I said to them: What is this high place you go to?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; (It is called Bamah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:29 </span><span class="fq">Bamah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fq">high place</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> to this day.)</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Rebellious Israel Renewed</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.20.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.20.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore say to the Israelites: &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: Will you defile yourselves the way your ancestors did and lust after their vile images? </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.20.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">When you offer your gifts&#8212;the sacrifice of your children in the fire&#8212;you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. Am I to let you inquire of me, you Israelites? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I will not let you inquire of me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.20.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.20.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;You say, &#8220;We want to be like the nations, like the peoples of the world, who serve wood and stone.&#8221; But what you have in mind will never happen. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.20.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I will reign over you with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with outpoured wrath. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.20.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">I will bring you from the nations and gather you from the countries where you have been scattered&#8212;with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with outpoured wrath. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.20.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations and there, face to face, I will execute judgment upon you. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="EZK.20.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">As I judged your ancestors in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will judge you, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="EZK.20.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">I will take note of you as you pass under my rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="EZK.20.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">I will purge you of those who revolt and rebel against me. Although I will bring them out of the land where they are living, yet they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="EZK.20.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="EZK.20.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;As for you, people of Israel, this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you! But afterward you will surely listen to me and no longer profane my holy name with your gifts and idols. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="EZK.20.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">For on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, there in the land all the people of Israel will serve me, and there I will accept them. There I will require your offerings and your choice gifts,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:40 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and the gifts of your firstfruits</span></span></span><span class="content"> along with all your holy sacrifices. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="EZK.20.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">I will accept you as fragrant incense when I bring you out from the nations and gather you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will be proved holy through you in the sight of the nations. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="EZK.20.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Then you will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, when I bring you into the land of Israel, the land I had sworn with uplifted hand to give to your ancestors. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="EZK.20.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">There you will remember your conduct and all the actions by which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evil you have done. </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="EZK.20.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">You will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, when I deal with you for my name&#8217;s sake and not according to your evil ways and your corrupt practices, you people of Israel, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Prophecy Against the South</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="EZK.20.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="EZK.20.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="EZK.20.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, set your face toward the south; preach against the south and prophesy against the forest of the southland. </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="EZK.20.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">Say to the southern forest: &#8216;Hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: I am about to set fire to you, and it will consume all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and every face from south to north will be scorched by it. </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="EZK.20.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">Everyone will see that I the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> have kindled it; it will not be quenched.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="EZK.20.48"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="EZK.20.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">Then I said, &#8220;Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, they are saying of me, &#8216;Isn&#8217;t he just telling parables?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:49 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 20:45-49 is numbered 21:1-5.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Worship in the Earthly Tabernacle</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HEB.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HEB.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A tabernacle was set up. In its first room were the lampstand and the table with its consecrated bread; this was called the Holy Place. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HEB.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HEB.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">which had the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. This ark contained the gold jar of manna, Aaron&#8217;s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory, overshadowing the atonement cover. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the outer room to carry on their ministry. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings&#8212;external regulations applying until the time of the new order.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Blood of Christ</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:11 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">are to come</span></span></span><span class="content"> he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">blood, having obtained</span></span></span><span class="content"> eternal redemption. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HEB.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">from useless rituals</span></span></span><span class="content"> so that we may serve the living God!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HEB.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HEB.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance&#8212;now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HEB.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HEB.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">In the case of a will,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:16 </span><span class="ft">Same Greek word as </span><span class="fqa">covenant</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 17</span></span></span><span class="content"> it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it, </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HEB.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HEB.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When Moses had proclaimed every command of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves, together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HEB.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He said, &#8220;This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:20 </span><span class="ft">Exodus 24:8</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in its ceremonies. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HEB.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HEB.9.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HEB.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="HEB.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God&#8217;s presence. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="HEB.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="HEB.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="HEB.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="HEB.9.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.</span></span></div>
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