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         <div class="label">53</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.53.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Who has believed our message</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.53.1"><span class="content">and to whom has the arm of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> been revealed?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.53.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.53.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He grew up before him like a tender shoot,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.53.2"><span class="content">and like a root out of dry ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.53.2"><span class="content">He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.53.2"><span class="content">nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.53.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.53.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He was despised and rejected by mankind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.53.3"><span class="content">a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.53.3"><span class="content">Like one from whom people hide their faces</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.53.3"><span class="content">he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.53.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.53.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Surely he took up our pain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.53.4"><span class="content">and bore our suffering,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.53.4"><span class="content">yet we considered him punished by God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.53.4"><span class="content">stricken by him, and afflicted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.53.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.53.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But he was pierced for our transgressions,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.53.5"><span class="content">he was crushed for our iniquities;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.53.5"><span class="content">the punishment that brought us peace was on him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.53.5"><span class="content">and by his wounds we are healed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.53.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.53.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">We all, like sheep, have gone astray,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.53.6"><span class="content">each of us has turned to our own way;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.53.6"><span class="content">and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has laid on him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.53.6"><span class="content">the iniquity of us all.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.53.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.53.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He was oppressed and afflicted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.53.7"><span class="content">yet he did not open his mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.53.7"><span class="content">he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.53.7"><span class="content">and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.53.7"><span class="content">so he did not open his mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.53.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.53.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">By oppression</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">53:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">From arrest</span></span></span><span class="content"> and judgment he was taken away.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.53.8"><span class="content">Yet who of his generation protested?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.53.8"><span class="content">For he was cut off from the land of the living;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.53.8"><span class="content">for the transgression of my people he was punished.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">53:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">generation considered / that he was cut off from the land of the living, / that he was punished for the transgression of my people?</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.53.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.53.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He was assigned a grave with the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.53.9"><span class="content">and with the rich in his death,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.53.9"><span class="content">though he had done no violence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.53.9"><span class="content">nor was any deceit in his mouth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.53.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.53.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Yet it was the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.53.10"><span class="content">and though the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> makes</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">53:10 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">though you make</span></span></span><span class="content"> his life an offering for sin,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.53.10"><span class="content">he will see his offspring and prolong his days,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.53.10"><span class="content">and the will of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will prosper in his hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.53.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.53.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">After he has suffered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.53.11"><span class="content">he will see the light of life</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">53:11 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text does not have </span><span class="fq">the light of life</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and be satisfied</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">53:11 </span><span class="ft">Or (with Masoretic Text) </span><span class="fv">11 </span><span class="fqa">He will see the fruit of his suffering / and will be satisfied</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.53.11"><span class="content">by his knowledge</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">53:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">by knowledge of him</span></span></span><span class="content"> my righteous servant will justify many,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.53.11"><span class="content">and he will bear their iniquities.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.53.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.53.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">53:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">many</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.53.12"><span class="content">and he will divide the spoils with the strong,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">53:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">numerous</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.53.12"><span class="content">because he poured out his life unto death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.53.12"><span class="content">and was numbered with the transgressors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.53.12"><span class="content">For he bore the sin of many,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.53.12"><span class="content">and made intercession for the transgressors.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkISA">
      <div class="chapter ch54" data-usfm="ISA.54">
         <div class="label">54</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Future Glory of Zion</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Sing, barren woman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">you who never bore a child;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">burst into song, shout for joy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">you who were never in labor;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">because more are the children of the desolate woman</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">than of her who has a husband,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Enlarge the place of your tent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"><span class="content">stretch your tent curtains wide,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"><span class="content">do not hold back;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"><span class="content">lengthen your cords,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"><span class="content">strengthen your stakes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.54.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For you will spread out to the right and to the left;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.54.3"><span class="content">your descendants will dispossess nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.54.3"><span class="content">and settle in their desolate cities.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.54.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.54.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.54.4"><span class="content">Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.54.4"><span class="content">You will forget the shame of your youth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.54.4"><span class="content">and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.54.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.54.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For your Maker is your husband&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.54.5"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is his name&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.54.5"><span class="content">the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.54.5"><span class="content">he is called the God of all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.54.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.54.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will call you back</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.54.6"><span class="content">as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.54.6"><span class="content">a wife who married young,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.54.6"><span class="content">only to be rejected,&#8221; says your God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.54.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.54.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;For a brief moment I abandoned you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.54.7"><span class="content">but with deep compassion I will bring you back.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.54.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In a surge of anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"><span class="content">I hid my face from you for a moment,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"><span class="content">but with everlasting kindness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"><span class="content">I will have compassion on you,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your Redeemer.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.54.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;To me this is like the days of Noah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.54.9"><span class="content">when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.54.9"><span class="content">So now I have sworn not to be angry with you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.54.9"><span class="content">never to rebuke you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.54.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Though the mountains be shaken</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"><span class="content">and the hills be removed,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"><span class="content">yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"><span class="content">nor my covenant of peace be removed,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who has compassion on you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.54.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.54.11"><span class="content">I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">54:11 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.54.11"><span class="content">your foundations with lapis lazuli.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.54.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.54.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will make your battlements of rubies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.54.12"><span class="content">your gates of sparkling jewels,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.54.12"><span class="content">and all your walls of precious stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.54.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.54.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">All your children will be taught by 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.54.13"><span class="content">and great will be their peace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.54.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">In righteousness you will be established:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="content">Tyranny will be far from you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="content">you will have nothing to fear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="content">Terror will be far removed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="content">it will not come near you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.54.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.54.15"><span class="content">whoever attacks you will surrender to you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.54.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.54.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, it is I who created the blacksmith</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.54.16"><span class="content">who fans the coals into flame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.54.16"><span class="content">and forges a weapon fit for its work.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.54.16"><span class="content">And it is I who have created the destroyer to wreak havoc;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.54.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.54.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">no weapon forged against you will prevail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.54.17"><span class="content">and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.54.17"><span class="content">This is the heritage of the servants of 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="ISA.54.17"><span class="content">and this is their vindication from me,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.54.17"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkISA">
      <div class="chapter ch55" data-usfm="ISA.55">
         <div class="label">55</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Invitation to the Thirsty</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.55.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come, all you who are thirsty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.55.1"><span class="content">come to the waters;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.55.1"><span class="content">and you who have no money,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.55.1"><span class="content">come, buy and eat!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.55.1"><span class="content">Come, buy wine and milk</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.55.1"><span class="content">without money and without cost.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.55.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.55.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Why spend money on what is not bread,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.55.2"><span class="content">and your labor on what does not satisfy?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.55.2"><span class="content">Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.55.2"><span class="content">and you will delight in the richest of fare.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.55.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.55.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Give ear and come to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.55.3"><span class="content">listen, that you may live.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.55.3"><span class="content">I will make an everlasting covenant with you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.55.3"><span class="content">my faithful love promised to David.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.55.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.55.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">See, I have made him a witness to the peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.55.4"><span class="content">a ruler and commander of the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.55.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.55.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Surely you will summon nations you know not,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.55.5"><span class="content">and nations you do not know will come running to you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.55.5"><span class="content">because 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 v5" data-usfm="ISA.55.5"><span class="content">the Holy One of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.55.5"><span class="content">for he has endowed you with splendor.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.55.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.55.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> while he may be found;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.55.6"><span class="content">call on him while he is near.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.55.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.55.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Let the wicked forsake their ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.55.7"><span class="content">and the unrighteous their thoughts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.55.7"><span class="content">Let them turn to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and he will have mercy on them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.55.7"><span class="content">and to our God, for he will freely pardon.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.55.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.55.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;For my thoughts are not your thoughts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.55.8"><span class="content">neither are your ways my ways,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.55.8"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.55.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.55.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;As the heavens are higher than the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.55.9"><span class="content">so are my ways higher than your ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.55.9"><span class="content">and my thoughts than your thoughts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.55.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.55.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">As the rain and the snow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.55.10"><span class="content">come down from heaven,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.55.10"><span class="content">and do not return to it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.55.10"><span class="content">without watering the earth</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.55.10"><span class="content">and making it bud and flourish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.55.10"><span class="content">so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.55.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.55.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">so is my word that goes out from my mouth:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.55.11"><span class="content">It will not return to me empty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.55.11"><span class="content">but will accomplish what I desire</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.55.11"><span class="content">and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.55.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.55.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You will go out in joy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.55.12"><span class="content">and be led forth in peace;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.55.12"><span class="content">the mountains and hills</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.55.12"><span class="content">will burst into song before you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.55.12"><span class="content">and all the trees of the field</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.55.12"><span class="content">will clap their hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.55.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.55.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.55.13"><span class="content">and instead of briers the myrtle will grow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.55.13"><span class="content">This will be for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s renown,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.55.13"><span class="content">for an everlasting sign,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.55.13"><span class="content">that will endure forever.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkISA">
      <div class="chapter ch56" data-usfm="ISA.56">
         <div class="label">56</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Salvation for Others</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.56.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.56.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Maintain justice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.56.1"><span class="content">and do what is right,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.56.1"><span class="content">for my salvation is close at hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.56.1"><span class="content">and my righteousness will soon be revealed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.56.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.56.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one who does this&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.56.2"><span class="content">the person who holds it fast,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.56.2"><span class="content">who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.56.2"><span class="content">and keeps their hands from doing any evil.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.56.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.56.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Let no foreigner who is bound to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.56.3"><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will surely exclude me from his people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.56.3"><span class="content">And let no eunuch complain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.56.3"><span class="content">&#8220;I am only a dry tree.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.56.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.56.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.56.4"><span class="content">&#8220;To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.56.4"><span class="content">who choose what pleases me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.56.4"><span class="content">and hold fast to my covenant&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.56.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.56.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">to them I will give within my temple and its walls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.56.5"><span class="content">a memorial and a name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.56.5"><span class="content">better than sons and daughters;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.56.5"><span class="content">I will give them an everlasting name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.56.5"><span class="content">that will endure forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.56.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.56.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And foreigners who bind themselves to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.56.6"><span class="content">to minister to him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.56.6"><span class="content">to love 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 v6" data-usfm="ISA.56.6"><span class="content">and to be his servants,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.56.6"><span class="content">all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.56.6"><span class="content">and who hold fast to my covenant&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.56.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.56.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">these I will bring to my holy mountain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.56.7"><span class="content">and give them joy in my house of prayer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.56.7"><span class="content">Their burnt offerings and sacrifices</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.56.7"><span class="content">will be accepted on my altar;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.56.7"><span class="content">for my house will be called</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.56.7"><span class="content">a house of prayer for all nations.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.56.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.56.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> declares&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.56.8"><span class="content">he who gathers the exiles of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.56.8"><span class="content">&#8220;I will gather still others to them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.56.8"><span class="content">besides those already gathered.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Accusation Against the Wicked</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.56.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.56.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Come, all you beasts of the field,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.56.9"><span class="content">come and devour, all you beasts of the forest!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.56.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.56.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Israel&#8217;s watchmen are blind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.56.10"><span class="content">they all lack knowledge;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.56.10"><span class="content">they are all mute dogs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.56.10"><span class="content">they cannot bark;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.56.10"><span class="content">they lie around and dream,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.56.10"><span class="content">they love to sleep.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.56.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.56.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They are dogs with mighty appetites;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.56.11"><span class="content">they never have enough.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.56.11"><span class="content">They are shepherds who lack understanding;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.56.11"><span class="content">they all turn to their own way,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.56.11"><span class="content">they seek their own gain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.56.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.56.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come,&#8221; each one cries, &#8220;let me get wine!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.56.12"><span class="content">Let us drink our fill of beer!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.56.12"><span class="content">And tomorrow will be like today,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.56.12"><span class="content">or even far better.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div>
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   <div class="book bk2PE">
      <div class="chapter ch2" data-usfm="2PE.2">
         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">False Teachers and Their Destruction</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2PE.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them&#8212;bringing swift destruction on themselves. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2PE.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2PE.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2PE.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2PE.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:4 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Tartarus</span></span></span><span class="content"> putting them in chains of darkness</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:4 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">in gloomy dungeons</span></span></span><span class="content"> to be held for judgment; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2PE.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2PE.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2PE.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2PE.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2PE.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2PE.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:10 </span><span class="ft">In contexts like this, the Greek word for </span><span class="fq">flesh </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">sarx</span>) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verse 18.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and despise authority.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2PE.2.10"><span class="content">Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2PE.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not heap abuse on such beings when bringing judgment on them from</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:11 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">beings in the presence of</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2PE.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like animals they too will perish.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2PE.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2PE.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:13 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">in their love feasts</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2PE.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed&#8212;an accursed brood! </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2PE.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Bezer,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Bosor</span></span></span><span class="content"> who loved the wages of wickedness. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2PE.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey&#8212;an animal without speech&#8212;who spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet&#8217;s madness.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2PE.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2PE.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2PE.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2PE.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity&#8212;for &#8220;people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2PE.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2PE.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2PE.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Of them the proverbs are true: &#8220;A dog returns to its vomit,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:22 </span><span class="ft">Prov. 26:11</span></span></span><span class="content"> and, &#8220;A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">28</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The wicked flee though no one pursues,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"><span class="content">but the righteous are as bold as a lion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"><span class="content">but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A ruler</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">A poor person</span></span></span><span class="content"> who oppresses the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"><span class="content">is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"><span class="content">but those who heed it resist them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Evildoers do not understand what is right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"><span class="content">but those who seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> understand it fully.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Better the poor whose walk is blameless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"><span class="content">than the rich whose ways are perverse.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">A discerning son heeds instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"><span class="content">but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Whoever increases wealth by taking interest or profit from the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"><span class="content">amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"><span class="content">even their prayers are detestable.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Whoever leads the upright along an evil path</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="content">will fall into their own trap,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="content">but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The rich are wise in their own eyes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"><span class="content">one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When the righteous triumph, there is great elation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"><span class="content">but when the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"><span class="content">but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one who always trembles before God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"><span class="content">but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Like a roaring lion or a charging bear</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"><span class="content">is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">A tyrannical ruler practices extortion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"><span class="content">but one who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long reign.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="content">will seek refuge in the grave;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="content">let no one hold them back.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"><span class="content">but the one whose ways are perverse will fall into the pit.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:18 </span><span class="ft">Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">into one</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Those who work their land will have abundant food,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"><span class="content">but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">A faithful person will be richly blessed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"><span class="content">but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">To show partiality is not good&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"><span class="content">yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The stingy are eager to get rich</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"><span class="content">and are unaware that poverty awaits them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"><span class="content">rather than one who has a flattering tongue.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Whoever robs their father or mother</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="content">and says, &#8220;It&#8217;s not wrong,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="content">is partner to one who destroys.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The greedy stir up conflict,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"><span class="content">but those who trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will prosper.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Those who trust in themselves are fools,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"><span class="content">but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Those who give to the poor will lack nothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"><span class="content">but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.28.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.28.28"><span class="content">but when the wicked perish, the righteous thrive.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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