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         <div class="label">17</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Two Eagles and a Vine</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.17.1"><span class="label">1</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 v2" data-usfm="EZK.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, set forth an allegory and tell it to the Israelites as a parable. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Say to them, &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: A great eagle with powerful wings, long feathers and full plumage of varied colors came to Lebanon. Taking hold of the top of a cedar, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">he broke off its topmost shoot and carried it away to a land of merchants, where he planted it in a city of traders.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.17.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;He took one of the seedlings of the land and put it in fertile soil. He planted it like a willow by abundant water, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine. Its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and produced branches and put out leafy boughs.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.17.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;But there was another great eagle with powerful wings and full plumage. The vine now sent out its roots toward him from the plot where it was planted and stretched out its branches to him for water. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">It had been planted in good soil by abundant water so that it would produce branches, bear fruit and become a splendid vine.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.17.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Say to them, &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: Will it thrive? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it withers? All its new growth will wither. It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by the roots. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">It has been planted, but will it thrive? Will it not wither completely when the east wind strikes it&#8212;wither away in the plot where it grew?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.17.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.17.11"><span class="label">11</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 v12" data-usfm="EZK.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Say to this rebellious people, &#8216;Do you not know what these things mean?&#8217; Say to them: &#8216;The king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and carried off her king and her nobles, bringing them back with him to Babylon. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then he took a member of the royal family and made a treaty with him, putting him under oath. He also carried away the leading men of the land, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.17.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to rise again, surviving only by keeping his treaty. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.17.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But the king rebelled against him by sending his envoys to Egypt to get horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the treaty and yet escape?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.17.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.17.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, he shall die in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose treaty he broke. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.17.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Pharaoh with his mighty army and great horde will be of no help to him in war, when ramps are built and siege works erected to destroy many lives. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.17.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Because he had given his hand in pledge and yet did all these things, he shall not escape.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.17.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.17.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Therefore this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: As surely as I live, I will repay him for despising my oath and breaking my covenant. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.17.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I will spread my net for him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment on him there because he was unfaithful to me. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.17.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">All his choice troops will fall by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to the winds. Then you will know that I the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> have spoken.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.17.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.17.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: I myself will take a shoot from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.17.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">On the mountain heights of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit and become a splendid cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade of its branches. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.17.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">All the trees of the forest will know that I the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.17.24"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;I the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> have spoken, and I will do it.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">18</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The One Who Sins Will Die</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.18.1"><span class="label">1</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 v2" data-usfm="EZK.18.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.18.2"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The parents eat sour grapes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.18.2"><span class="content">and the children&#8217;s teeth are set on edge&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.18.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.18.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.18.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child&#8212;both alike belong to me. The one who sins is the one who will die.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.18.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.18.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Suppose there is a righteous man</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.18.5"><span class="content">who does what is just and right.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.18.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.18.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He does not eat at the mountain shrines</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.18.6"><span class="content">or look to the idols of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.18.6"><span class="content">He does not defile his neighbor&#8217;s wife</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.18.6"><span class="content">or have sexual relations with a woman during her period.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.18.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.18.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He does not oppress anyone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.18.7"><span class="content">but returns what he took in pledge for a loan.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.18.7"><span class="content">He does not commit robbery</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.18.7"><span class="content">but gives his food to the hungry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.18.7"><span class="content">and provides clothing for the naked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.18.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.18.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He does not lend to them at interest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.18.8"><span class="content">or take a profit from them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.18.8"><span class="content">He withholds his hand from doing wrong</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.18.8"><span class="content">and judges fairly between two parties.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.18.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He follows my decrees</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.18.9"><span class="content">and faithfully keeps my laws.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.18.9"><span class="content">That man is righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.18.9"><span class="content">he will surely live,</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.18.9"><span class="content">declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.18.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.18.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Suppose he has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these other things</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">things to a brother</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.18.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">(though the father has done none of them):</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.18.11"><span class="content">&#8220;He eats at the mountain shrines.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.18.11"><span class="content">He defiles his neighbor&#8217;s wife.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.18.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.18.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He oppresses the poor and needy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.18.12"><span class="content">He commits robbery.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.18.12"><span class="content">He does not return what he took in pledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.18.12"><span class="content">He looks to the idols.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.18.12"><span class="content">He does detestable things.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.18.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.18.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He lends at interest and takes a profit.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.18.13"><span class="content">Will such a man live? He will not! Because he has done all these detestable things, he is to be put to death; his blood will be on his own head.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.18.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;But suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father commits, and though he sees them, he does not do such things:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.18.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;He does not eat at the mountain shrines</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.18.15"><span class="content">or look to the idols of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.18.15"><span class="content">He does not defile his neighbor&#8217;s wife.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.18.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He does not oppress anyone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.18.16"><span class="content">or require a pledge for a loan.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.18.16"><span class="content">He does not commit robbery</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.18.16"><span class="content">but gives his food to the hungry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.18.16"><span class="content">and provides clothing for the naked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.18.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He withholds his hand from mistreating the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.18.17"><span class="content">and takes no interest or profit from them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.18.17"><span class="content">He keeps my laws and follows my decrees.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.18.17"><span class="content">He will not die for his father&#8217;s sin; he will surely live. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But his father will die for his own sin, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was wrong among his people.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.18.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yet you ask, &#8216;Why does the son not share the guilt of his father?&#8217; Since the son has done what is just and right and has been careful to keep all my decrees, he will surely live. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.18.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.18.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.18.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;But if a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.18.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">None of the offenses they have committed will be remembered against them. Because of the righteous things they have done, they will live. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.18.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.18.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.18.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;But if a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked person does, will they live? None of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.18.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.18.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yet you say, &#8216;The way of the Lord is not just.&#8217; Hear, you Israelites: Is my way unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust? </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.18.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin, they will die for it; because of the sin they have committed they will die. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.18.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But if a wicked person turns away from the wickedness they have committed and does what is just and right, they will save their life. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.18.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, that person will surely live; they will not die. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.18.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Yet the Israelites say, &#8216;The way of the Lord is not just.&#8217; Are my ways unjust, people of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.18.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.18.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore, you Israelites, I will judge each of you according to your own ways, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.18.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, people of Israel? </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.18.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. Repent and live!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Lament Over Israel&#8217;s Princes</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and say:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.19.2"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;What a lioness was your mother</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.19.2"><span class="content">among the lions!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.19.2"><span class="content">She lay down among them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.19.2"><span class="content">and reared her cubs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.19.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">She brought up one of her cubs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.19.3"><span class="content">and he became a strong lion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.19.3"><span class="content">He learned to tear the prey</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.19.3"><span class="content">and he became a man-eater.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.19.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The nations heard about him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.19.4"><span class="content">and he was trapped in their pit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.19.4"><span class="content">They led him with hooks</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.19.4"><span class="content">to the land of Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.19.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;When she saw her hope unfulfilled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.19.5"><span class="content">her expectation gone,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.19.5"><span class="content">she took another of her cubs</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.19.5"><span class="content">and made him a strong lion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.19.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He prowled among the lions,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.19.6"><span class="content">for he was now a strong lion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.19.6"><span class="content">He learned to tear the prey</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.19.6"><span class="content">and he became a man-eater.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.19.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He broke down</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:7 </span><span class="ft">Targum (see Septuagint); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">He knew</span></span></span><span class="content"> their strongholds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.19.7"><span class="content">and devastated their towns.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.19.7"><span class="content">The land and all who were in it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.19.7"><span class="content">were terrified by his roaring.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.19.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then the nations came against him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.19.8"><span class="content">those from regions round about.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.19.8"><span class="content">They spread their net for him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.19.8"><span class="content">and he was trapped in their pit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.19.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">With hooks they pulled him into a cage</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.19.9"><span class="content">and brought him to the king of Babylon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.19.9"><span class="content">They put him in prison,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.19.9"><span class="content">so his roar was heard no longer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.19.9"><span class="content">on the mountains of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.19.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:10 </span><span class="ft">Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">your blood</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.19.10"><span class="content">planted by the water;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.19.10"><span class="content">it was fruitful and full of branches</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.19.10"><span class="content">because of abundant water.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Its branches were strong,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.19.11"><span class="content">fit for a ruler&#8217;s scepter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.19.11"><span class="content">It towered high</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.19.11"><span class="content">above the thick foliage,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.19.11"><span class="content">conspicuous for its height</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.19.11"><span class="content">and for its many branches.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.19.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But it was uprooted in fury</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.19.12"><span class="content">and thrown to the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.19.12"><span class="content">The east wind made it shrivel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.19.12"><span class="content">it was stripped of its fruit;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.19.12"><span class="content">its strong branches withered</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.19.12"><span class="content">and fire consumed them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.19.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Now it is planted in the desert,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.19.13"><span class="content">in a dry and thirsty land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.19.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Fire spread from one of its main</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">from under its</span></span></span><span class="content"> branches</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.19.14"><span class="content">and consumed its fruit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.19.14"><span class="content">No strong branch is left on it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.19.14"><span class="content">fit for a ruler&#8217;s scepter.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.19.14"><span class="content">&#8220;This is a lament and is to be used as a lament.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch20" data-usfm="EZK.20">
         <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">62</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 62</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 62:1-12 is numbered 62:2-13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.62.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Truly my soul finds rest in God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.62.1"><span class="content">my salvation comes from him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.62.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.62.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Truly he is my rock and my salvation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.62.2"><span class="content">he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.62.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.62.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">How long will you assault me?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.62.3"><span class="content">Would all of you throw me down&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.62.3"><span class="content">this leaning wall, this tottering fence?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.62.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Surely they intend to topple me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"><span class="content">from my lofty place;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"><span class="content">they take delight in lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"><span class="content">With their mouths they bless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"><span class="content">but in their hearts they curse.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">62:4 </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 verse 8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.62.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Yes, my soul, find rest in God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.62.5"><span class="content">my hope comes from him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.62.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.62.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Truly he is my rock and my salvation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.62.6"><span class="content">he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.62.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.62.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">My salvation and my honor depend on God</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">62:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">/ God Most High is my salvation and my honor</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.62.7"><span class="content">he is my mighty rock, my refuge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.62.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.62.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Trust in him at all times, you people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.62.8"><span class="content">pour out your hearts to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.62.8"><span class="content">for God is our refuge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.62.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.62.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Surely the lowborn are but a breath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.62.9"><span class="content">the highborn are but a lie.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.62.9"><span class="content">If weighed on a balance, they are nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.62.9"><span class="content">together they are only a breath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.62.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.62.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Do not trust in extortion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.62.10"><span class="content">or put vain hope in stolen goods;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.62.10"><span class="content">though your riches increase,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.62.10"><span class="content">do not set your heart on them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.62.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.62.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">One thing God has spoken,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.62.11"><span class="content">two things I have heard:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.62.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Power belongs to you, God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.62.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.62.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">and with you, Lord, is unfailing love&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.62.12"><span class="content">and, &#8220;You reward everyone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.62.12"><span class="content">according to what they have done.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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