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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Capture of Rabbah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, Joab led out the armed forces. He laid waste the land of the Ammonites and went to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. Joab attacked Rabbah and left it in ruins. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">David took the crown from the head of their king</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of Milkom, </span><span class="ft">that is, Molek</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;its weight was found to be a talent</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:2 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> of gold, and it was set with precious stones&#8212;and it was placed on David&#8217;s head. He took a great quantity of plunder from the city </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes. David did this to all the Ammonite towns. Then David and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">War With the Philistines</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.20.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In the course of time, war broke out with the Philistines, at Gezer. At that time Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephaites, and the Philistines were subjugated.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.20.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In another battle with the Philistines, Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver&#8217;s rod.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.20.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot&#8212;twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David&#8217;s brother, killed him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.20.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">These were descendants of Rapha in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">21</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David Counts the Fighting Men</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, &#8220;Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan. Then report back to me so that I may know how many there are.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.21.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But Joab replied, &#8220;May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> multiply his troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all my lord&#8217;s subjects? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.21.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The king&#8217;s word, however, overruled Joab; so Joab left and went throughout Israel and then came back to Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Joab reported the number of the fighting men to David: In all Israel there were one million one hundred thousand men who could handle a sword, including four hundred and seventy thousand in Judah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.21.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, because the king&#8217;s command was repulsive to him. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">This command was also evil in the sight of God; so he punished Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.21.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then David said to God, &#8220;I have sinned greatly by doing this. Now, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.21.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Gad, David&#8217;s seer, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go and tell David, &#8216;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.21.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So Gad went to David and said to him, &#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: &#8216;Take your choice: </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">three years of famine, three months of being swept away</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:12 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate (see also 2 Samuel 24:13) </span><span class="fqa">of fleeing</span></span></span><span class="content"> before your enemies, with their swords overtaking you, or three days of the sword of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;days of plague in the land, with the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> ravaging every part of Israel.&#8217; Now then, decide how I should answer the one who sent me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.21.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">David said to Gad, &#8220;I am in deep distress. Let me fall into the hands of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for his mercy is very great; but do not let me fall into human hands.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.21.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sent a plague on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But as the angel was doing so, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> saw it and relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was destroying the people, &#8220;Enough! Withdraw your hand.&#8221; The angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:15 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Ornan, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Araunah</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 18-28</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Jebusite.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.21.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">David looked up and saw the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand extended over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.21.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">David said to God, &#8220;Was it not I who ordered the fighting men to be counted? I, the shepherd,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:17 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see 2 Samuel 24:17 and note); Masoretic Text does not have </span><span class="fq">the shepherd</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> have sinned and done wrong. These are but sheep. What have they done? </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God, let your hand fall on me and my family, but do not let this plague remain on your people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David Builds an Altar</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.21.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.21.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.21.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So David went up in obedience to the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.21.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.21.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">While Araunah was threshing wheat, he turned and saw the angel; his four sons who were with him hid themselves. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.21.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then David approached, and when Araunah looked and saw him, he left the threshing floor and bowed down before David with his face to the ground.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.21.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.21.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">David said to him, &#8220;Let me have the site of your threshing floor so I can build an altar to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, that the plague on the people may be stopped. Sell it to me at the full price.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.21.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.21.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Araunah said to David, &#8220;Take it! Let my lord the king do whatever pleases him. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering. I will give all this.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.21.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.21.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But King David replied to Araunah, &#8220;No, I insist on paying the full price. I will not take for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> what is yours, or sacrifice a burnt offering that costs me nothing.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.21.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CH.21.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">So David paid Araunah six hundred shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:25 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> of gold for the site. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.21.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">David built an altar to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.21.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.21.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.21.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">At that time, when David saw that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had answered him on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.21.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The tabernacle of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time on the high place at Gibeon. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.21.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">But David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.1.1"><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"> that came to Joel son of Pethuel.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">An Invasion of Locusts</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hear this, you elders;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="content">listen, all who live in the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="content">Has anything like this ever happened in your days</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="content">or in the days of your ancestors?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Tell it to your children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.1.3"><span class="content">and let your children tell it to their children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.1.3"><span class="content">and their children to the next generation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">What the locust swarm has left</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">the great locusts have eaten;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">what the great locusts have left</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">the young locusts have eaten;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">what the young locusts have left</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">other locusts</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">The precise meaning of the four Hebrew words used here for locusts is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> have eaten.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="content">Wail, all you drinkers of wine;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="content">wail because of the new wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="content">for it has been snatched from your lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A nation has invaded my land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="content">a mighty army without number;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="content">it has the teeth of a lion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="content">the fangs of a lioness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It has laid waste my vines</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="content">and ruined my fig trees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="content">It has stripped off their bark</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="content">and thrown it away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="content">leaving their branches white.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.1.8"><span class="content">grieving for the betrothed of her youth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Grain offerings and drink offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.1.9"><span class="content">are cut off from the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.1.9"><span class="content">The priests are in mourning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.1.9"><span class="content">those who minister before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The fields are ruined,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="content">the ground is dried up;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="content">the grain is destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="content">the new wine is dried up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="content">the olive oil fails.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Despair, you farmers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="content">wail, you vine growers;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="content">grieve for the wheat and the barley,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="content">because the harvest of the field is destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The vine is dried up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">and the fig tree is withered;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">the pomegranate, the palm and the apple</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:12 </span><span class="ft">Or possibly </span><span class="fqa">apricot</span></span></span><span class="content"> tree&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">all the trees of the field&#8212;are dried up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">Surely the people&#8217;s joy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">is withered away.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Call to Lamentation</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Put on sackcloth, you priests, and mourn;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">wail, you who minister before the altar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">Come, spend the night in sackcloth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">you who minister before my God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">for the grain offerings and drink offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">are withheld from the house of your God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Declare a holy fast;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">call a sacred assembly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">Summon the elders</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">and all who live in the land</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">to the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">and cry out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Alas for that day!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.1.15"><span class="content">For the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is near;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.1.15"><span class="content">it will come like destruction from the Almighty.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:15 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shaddai</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Has not the food been cut off</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.1.16"><span class="content">before our very eyes&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.1.16"><span class="content">joy and gladness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.1.16"><span class="content">from the house of our God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The seeds are shriveled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="content">beneath the clods.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="content">The storehouses are in ruins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="content">the granaries have been broken down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="content">for the grain has dried up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">How the cattle moan!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="content">The herds mill about</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="content">because they have no pasture;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="content">even the flocks of sheep are suffering.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">To you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I call,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.1.19"><span class="content">for fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.1.19"><span class="content">and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Even the wild animals pant for you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.1.20"><span class="content">the streams of water have dried up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.1.20"><span class="content">and fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Blow the trumpet in Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.2.1"><span class="content">sound the alarm on my holy hill.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.2.1"><span class="content">Let all who live in the land tremble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.2.1"><span class="content">for the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is coming.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.2.1"><span class="content">It is close at hand&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">a day of darkness and gloom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.2.2"><span class="content">a day of clouds and blackness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.2.2"><span class="content">Like dawn spreading across the mountains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.2.2"><span class="content">a large and mighty army comes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.2.2"><span class="content">such as never was in ancient times</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.2.2"><span class="content">nor ever will be in ages to come.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Before them fire devours,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.2.3"><span class="content">behind them a flame blazes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.2.3"><span class="content">Before them the land is like the garden of Eden,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.2.3"><span class="content">behind them, a desert waste&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.2.3"><span class="content">nothing escapes them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They have the appearance of horses;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.2.4"><span class="content">they gallop along like cavalry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">With a noise like that of chariots</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.2.5"><span class="content">they leap over the mountaintops,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.2.5"><span class="content">like a crackling fire consuming stubble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.2.5"><span class="content">like a mighty army drawn up for battle.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">At the sight of them, nations are in anguish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.2.6"><span class="content">every face turns pale.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They charge like warriors;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.2.7"><span class="content">they scale walls like soldiers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.2.7"><span class="content">They all march in line,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.2.7"><span class="content">not swerving from their course.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They do not jostle each other;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.2.8"><span class="content">each marches straight ahead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.2.8"><span class="content">They plunge through defenses</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.2.8"><span class="content">without breaking ranks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They rush upon the city;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.2.9"><span class="content">they run along the wall.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.2.9"><span class="content">They climb into the houses;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.2.9"><span class="content">like thieves they enter through the windows.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Before them the earth shakes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.2.10"><span class="content">the heavens tremble,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.2.10"><span class="content">the sun and moon are darkened,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.2.10"><span class="content">and the stars no longer shine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> thunders</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.2.11"><span class="content">at the head of his army;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.2.11"><span class="content">his forces are beyond number,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.2.11"><span class="content">and mighty is the army that obeys his command.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.2.11"><span class="content">The day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is great;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.2.11"><span class="content">it is dreadful.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.2.11"><span class="content">Who can endure it?</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Rend Your Heart</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Even now,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.2.12"><span class="content">&#8220;return to me with all your heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.2.12"><span class="content">with fasting and weeping and mourning.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Rend your heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.2.13"><span class="content">and not your garments.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.2.13"><span class="content">Return to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.2.13"><span class="content">for he is gracious and compassionate,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.2.13"><span class="content">slow to anger and abounding in love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.2.13"><span class="content">and he relents from sending calamity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Who knows? He may turn and relent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.2.14"><span class="content">and leave behind a blessing&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.2.14"><span class="content">grain offerings and drink offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.2.14"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Blow the trumpet in Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.2.15"><span class="content">declare a holy fast,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.2.15"><span class="content">call a sacred assembly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Gather the people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">consecrate the assembly;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">bring together the elders,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">gather the children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">those nursing at the breast.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">Let the bridegroom leave his room</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">and the bride her chamber.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Let the priests, who minister before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">weep between the portico and the altar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">Let them say, &#8220;Spare your people, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">a byword among the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">Why should they say among the peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">&#8216;Where is their God?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkLUK">
      <div class="chapter ch9" data-usfm="LUK.9.46+LUK.9.47+LUK.9.48+LUK.9.49+LUK.9.50+LUK.9.51+LUK.9.52+LUK.9.53+LUK.9.54+LUK.9.55+LUK.9.56+LUK.9.57+LUK.9.58+LUK.9.59+LUK.9.60+LUK.9.61+LUK.9.62">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.9.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">An argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest. </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.9.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">Jesus, knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside him. </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.9.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">Then he said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.9.48"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.9.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">&#8220;Master,&#8221; said John, &#8220;we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him, because he is not one of us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.9.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.9.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not stop him,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;for whoever is not against you is for you.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Samaritan Opposition</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.9.50"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LUK.9.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.9.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="LUK.9.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="LUK.9.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, &#8220;Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:54 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">them, just as Elijah did</span></span></span><span class="content">?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="LUK.9.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">But Jesus turned and rebuked them. </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="LUK.9.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">Then he and his disciples went to another village.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Cost of Following Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="LUK.9.56"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="LUK.9.57"><span class="label">57</span><span class="content">As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, &#8220;I will follow you wherever you go.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="LUK.9.57"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v58" data-usfm="LUK.9.58"><span class="label">58</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v58" data-usfm="LUK.9.58"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v59" data-usfm="LUK.9.59"><span class="label">59</span><span class="content">He said to another man, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Follow me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v59" data-usfm="LUK.9.59"><span class="content">But he replied, &#8220;Lord, first let me go and bury my father.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v59" data-usfm="LUK.9.59"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v60" data-usfm="LUK.9.60"><span class="label">60</span><span class="content">Jesus said to him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v60" data-usfm="LUK.9.60"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v61" data-usfm="LUK.9.61"><span class="label">61</span><span class="content">Still another said, &#8220;I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v61" data-usfm="LUK.9.61"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v62" data-usfm="LUK.9.62"><span class="label">62</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TI.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, in keeping with the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TI.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TI.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">To Timothy, my dear son:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TI.1.2"><span class="content">Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Thanksgiving</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TI.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2TI.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2TI.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TI.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Appeal for Loyalty to Paul and the Gospel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TI.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2TI.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2TI.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2TI.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2TI.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He has saved us and called us to a holy life&#8212;not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2TI.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2TI.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TI.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TI.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TI.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2TI.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you&#8212;guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Examples of Disloyalty and Loyalty</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2TI.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TI.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TI.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2TI.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2TI.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2TI.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus.</span></span></div>
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