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         <div class="label">39</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Priestly Garments</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.39.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">From the blue, purple and scarlet yarn they made woven garments for ministering in the sanctuary. They also made sacred garments for Aaron, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Ephod</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.39.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.39.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">39:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">He</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 7, 8 and 22</span></span></span><span class="content"> made the ephod of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.39.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut strands to be worked into the blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen&#8212;the work of skilled hands. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.39.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They made shoulder pieces for the ephod, which were attached to two of its corners, so it could be fastened. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.39.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Its skillfully woven waistband was like it&#8212;of one piece with the ephod and made with gold, and with blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and with finely twisted linen, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.39.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.39.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They mounted the onyx stones in gold filigree settings and engraved them like a seal with the names of the sons of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.39.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then they fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Breastpiece</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.39.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.39.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They fashioned the breastpiece&#8212;the work of a skilled craftsman. They made it like the ephod: of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.39.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">It was square&#8212;a span</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">39:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 9 inches or about 23 centimeters</span></span></span><span class="content"> long and a span wide&#8212;and folded double. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.39.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then they mounted four rows of precious stones on it. The first row was carnelian, chrysolite and beryl; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.39.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">the second row was turquoise, lapis lazuli and emerald; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.39.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">the third row was jacinth, agate and amethyst; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.39.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">the fourth row was topaz, onyx and jasper.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">39:13 </span><span class="ft">The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> They were mounted in gold filigree settings. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.39.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">There were twelve stones, one for each of the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.39.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.39.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">For the breastpiece they made braided chains of pure gold, like a rope. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.39.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">They made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and fastened the rings to two of the corners of the breastpiece. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.39.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">They fastened the two gold chains to the rings at the corners of the breastpiece, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.39.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and the other ends of the chains to the two settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.39.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They made two gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece on the inside edge next to the ephod. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.39.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then they made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the seam just above the waistband of the ephod. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.39.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with blue cord, connecting it to the waistband so that the breastpiece would not swing out from the ephod&#8212;as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Other Priestly Garments</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.39.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.39.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">They made the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth&#8212;the work of a weaver&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.39.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">with an opening in the center of the robe like the opening of a collar,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">39:23 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and a band around this opening, so that it would not tear. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.39.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">They made pomegranates of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen around the hem of the robe. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.39.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">And they made bells of pure gold and attached them around the hem between the pomegranates. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EXO.39.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The bells and pomegranates alternated around the hem of the robe to be worn for ministering, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EXO.39.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EXO.39.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">For Aaron and his sons, they made tunics of fine linen&#8212;the work of a weaver&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EXO.39.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">and the turban of fine linen, the linen caps and the undergarments of finely twisted linen. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EXO.39.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The sash was made of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn&#8212;the work of an embroiderer&#8212;as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EXO.39.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EXO.39.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">They made the plate, the sacred emblem, out of pure gold and engraved on it, like an inscription on a seal: </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Holy to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EXO.39.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then they fastened a blue cord to it to attach it to the turban, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Moses Inspects the Tabernacle</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EXO.39.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EXO.39.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">So all the work on the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EXO.39.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent and all its furnishings, its clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases; </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EXO.39.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">the covering of ram skins dyed red and the covering of another durable leather</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">39:34 </span><span class="ft">Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals</span></span></span><span class="content"> and the shielding curtain; </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EXO.39.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">the ark of the covenant law with its poles and the atonement cover; </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="EXO.39.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">the table with all its articles and the bread of the Presence; </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="EXO.39.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">the pure gold lampstand with its row of lamps and all its accessories, and the olive oil for the light; </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="EXO.39.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent; </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="EXO.39.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils; the basin with its stand; </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="EXO.39.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard; the ropes and tent pegs for the courtyard; all the furnishings for the tabernacle, the tent of meeting; </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="EXO.39.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">and the woven garments worn for ministering in the sanctuary, both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when serving as priests.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="EXO.39.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="EXO.39.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">The Israelites had done all the work just as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had commanded Moses. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="EXO.39.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Moses inspected the work and saw that they had done it just as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had commanded. So Moses blessed them.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">58</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">True Fasting</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.58.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Shout it aloud, do not hold back.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.58.1"><span class="content">Raise your voice like a trumpet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.58.1"><span class="content">Declare to my people their rebellion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.58.1"><span class="content">and to the descendants of Jacob their sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.58.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.58.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For day after day they seek me out;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.58.2"><span class="content">they seem eager to know my ways,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.58.2"><span class="content">as if they were a nation that does what is right</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.58.2"><span class="content">and has not forsaken the commands of its God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.58.2"><span class="content">They ask me for just decisions</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.58.2"><span class="content">and seem eager for God to come near them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.58.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.58.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8216;Why have we fasted,&#8217; they say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.58.3"><span class="content">&#8216;and you have not seen it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.58.3"><span class="content">Why have we humbled ourselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.58.3"><span class="content">and you have not noticed?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.58.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.58.3"><span class="content">and exploit all your workers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.58.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.58.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.58.4"><span class="content">and in striking each other with wicked fists.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.58.4"><span class="content">You cannot fast as you do today</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.58.4"><span class="content">and expect your voice to be heard on high.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.58.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.58.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Is this the kind of fast I have chosen,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.58.5"><span class="content">only a day for people to humble themselves?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.58.5"><span class="content">Is it only for bowing one&#8217;s head like a reed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.58.5"><span class="content">and for lying in sackcloth and ashes?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.58.5"><span class="content">Is that what you call a fast,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.58.5"><span class="content">a day acceptable 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 v5" data-usfm="ISA.58.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="content">to loose the chains of injustice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="content">and untie the cords of the yoke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="content">to set the oppressed free</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="content">and break every yoke?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.58.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Is it not to share your food with the hungry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.58.7"><span class="content">and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.58.7"><span class="content">when you see the naked, to clothe them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.58.7"><span class="content">and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.58.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.58.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then your light will break forth like the dawn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.58.8"><span class="content">and your healing will quickly appear;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.58.8"><span class="content">then your righteousness</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">58:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">your righteous One</span></span></span><span class="content"> will go before you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.58.8"><span class="content">and the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be your rear guard.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.58.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.58.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then you will call, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.58.9"><span class="content">you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.58.9"><span class="content">&#8220;If you do away with the yoke of oppression,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.58.9"><span class="content">with the pointing finger and malicious talk,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.58.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.58.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.58.10"><span class="content">and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.58.10"><span class="content">then your light will rise in the darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.58.10"><span class="content">and your night will become like the noonday.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.58.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will guide you always;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="content">he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="content">and will strengthen your frame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="content">You will be like a well-watered garden,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="content">like a spring whose waters never fail.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.58.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.58.12"><span class="content">and will raise up the age-old foundations;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.58.12"><span class="content">you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.58.12"><span class="content">Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.58.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.58.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.58.13"><span class="content">and from doing as you please on my holy day,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.58.13"><span class="content">if you call the Sabbath a delight</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.58.13"><span class="content">and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s holy day honorable,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.58.13"><span class="content">and if you honor it by not going your own way</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.58.13"><span class="content">and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.58.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.58.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">then you will find your joy in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.58.14"><span class="content">and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights of the land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.58.14"><span class="content">and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.58.14"><span class="content">The mouth of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">59</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Sin, Confession and Redemption</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.59.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Surely the arm of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is not too short to save,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.59.1"><span class="content">nor his ear too dull to hear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.59.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.59.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But your iniquities have separated</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.59.2"><span class="content">you from your God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.59.2"><span class="content">your sins have hidden his face from you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.59.2"><span class="content">so that he will not hear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.59.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.59.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For your hands are stained with blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.59.3"><span class="content">your fingers with guilt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.59.3"><span class="content">Your lips have spoken falsely,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.59.3"><span class="content">and your tongue mutters wicked things.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.59.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.59.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">No one calls for justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.59.4"><span class="content">no one pleads a case with integrity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.59.4"><span class="content">They rely on empty arguments, they utter lies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.59.4"><span class="content">they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.59.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.59.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They hatch the eggs of vipers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.59.5"><span class="content">and spin a spider&#8217;s web.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.59.5"><span class="content">Whoever eats their eggs will die,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.59.5"><span class="content">and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.59.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.59.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Their cobwebs are useless for clothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.59.6"><span class="content">they cannot cover themselves with what they make.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.59.6"><span class="content">Their deeds are evil deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.59.6"><span class="content">and acts of violence are in their hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.59.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.59.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Their feet rush into sin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.59.7"><span class="content">they are swift to shed innocent blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.59.7"><span class="content">They pursue evil schemes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.59.7"><span class="content">acts of violence mark their ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.59.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.59.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The way of peace they do not know;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.59.8"><span class="content">there is no justice in their paths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.59.8"><span class="content">They have turned them into crooked roads;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.59.8"><span class="content">no one who walks along them will know peace.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.59.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.59.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So justice is far from us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.59.9"><span class="content">and righteousness does not reach us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.59.9"><span class="content">We look for light, but all is darkness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.59.9"><span class="content">for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.59.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.59.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Like the blind we grope along the wall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.59.10"><span class="content">feeling our way like people without eyes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.59.10"><span class="content">At midday we stumble as if it were twilight;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.59.10"><span class="content">among the strong, we are like the dead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.59.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.59.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">We all growl like bears;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.59.11"><span class="content">we moan mournfully like doves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.59.11"><span class="content">We look for justice, but find none;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.59.11"><span class="content">for deliverance, but it is far away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.59.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.59.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For our offenses are many in your sight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.59.12"><span class="content">and our sins testify against us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.59.12"><span class="content">Our offenses are ever with us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.59.12"><span class="content">and we acknowledge our iniquities:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.59.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.59.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">rebellion and treachery against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.59.13"><span class="content">turning our backs on our God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.59.13"><span class="content">inciting revolt and oppression,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.59.13"><span class="content">uttering lies our hearts have conceived.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.59.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.59.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So justice is driven back,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.59.14"><span class="content">and righteousness stands at a distance;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.59.14"><span class="content">truth has stumbled in the streets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.59.14"><span class="content">honesty cannot enter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.59.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.59.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Truth is nowhere to be found,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.59.15"><span class="content">and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.59.15"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> looked and was displeased</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.59.15"><span class="content">that there was no justice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.59.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.59.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He saw that there was no one,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.59.16"><span class="content">he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.59.16"><span class="content">so his own arm achieved salvation for him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.59.16"><span class="content">and his own righteousness sustained him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.59.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.59.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He put on righteousness as his breastplate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.59.17"><span class="content">and the helmet of salvation on his head;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.59.17"><span class="content">he put on the garments of vengeance</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.59.17"><span class="content">and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.59.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">According to what they have done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="content">so will he repay</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="content">wrath to his enemies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="content">and retribution to his foes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="content">he will repay the islands their due.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.59.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">From the west, people will fear the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.59.19"><span class="content">and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.59.19"><span class="content">For he will come like a pent-up flood</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.59.19"><span class="content">that the breath of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> drives along.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">59:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">When enemies come in like a flood, / the Spirit of the <span class="nd">Lord</span> will put them to flight</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.59.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.59.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;The Redeemer will come to Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.59.20"><span class="content">to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.59.20"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.59.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.59.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;As for me, this is my covenant with them,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. &#8220;My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants&#8212;from this time on and forever,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Has Risen</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus&#8217; body. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and they asked each other, &#8220;Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.16.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.16.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t be alarmed,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But go, tell his disciples and Peter, &#8216;He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.16.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:8 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts have the following ending between verses 8 and 9, and one manuscript has it after verse 8 (omitting verses 9-20): </span><span class="fqa">Then they quickly reported all these instructions to those around Peter. After this, Jesus himself also sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. Amen.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="iex"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.16.8"><span class="content">[The earliest manuscripts and some other ancient witnesses do not have verses 9&#8211;20.]</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.16.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="it"><span class="content">She went and told those who had been with him and who were mourning and weeping.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="it"><span class="content">When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.16.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">Afterward Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking in the country.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="it"><span class="content">These returned and reported it to the rest; but they did not believe them either.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.16.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.16.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">He said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="it"><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="it"><span class="wj"><span class="content">And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="it"><span class="wj"><span class="content">they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.16.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="it"><span class="content">Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GAL.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GAL.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I went in response to a revelation and, meeting privately with those esteemed as leaders, I presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. I wanted to be sure I was not running and had not been running my race in vain. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GAL.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GAL.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">This matter arose because some false believers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GAL.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GAL.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GAL.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">As for those who were held in high esteem&#8212;whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism&#8212;they added nothing to my message. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GAL.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">That is, Gentiles</span></span></span><span class="content"> just as Peter had been to the circumcised.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">That is, Jews; also in verses 8 and 9</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GAL.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the Gentiles. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GAL.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">James, Cephas</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, Peter; also in verses 11 and 14</span></span></span><span class="content"> and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GAL.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along.</span></span></div>
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