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         <div class="label">45</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Message to Baruch</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.45.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Baruch son of Neriah wrote on a scroll the words Jeremiah the prophet dictated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, Jeremiah said this to Baruch: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.45.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch: </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.45.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You said, &#8216;Woe to me! The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has added sorrow to my pain; I am worn out with groaning and find no rest.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.45.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has told me to say to you, &#8216;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot what I have planted, throughout the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.45.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Should you then seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them. For I will bring disaster on all people, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">46</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Message About Egypt</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.46.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.46.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.46.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Concerning Egypt:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.46.2"><span class="content">This is the message against the army of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.46.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.46.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Prepare your shields, both large and small,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.46.3"><span class="content">and march out for battle!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.46.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.46.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Harness the horses,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.46.4"><span class="content">mount the steeds!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.46.4"><span class="content">Take your positions</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.46.4"><span class="content">with helmets on!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.46.4"><span class="content">Polish your spears,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.46.4"><span class="content">put on your armor!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.46.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.46.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">What do I see?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.46.5"><span class="content">They are terrified,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.46.5"><span class="content">they are retreating,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.46.5"><span class="content">their warriors are defeated.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.46.5"><span class="content">They flee in haste</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.46.5"><span class="content">without looking back,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.46.5"><span class="content">and there is terror on every side,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.46.5"><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 v5" data-usfm="JER.46.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.46.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;The swift cannot flee</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.46.6"><span class="content">nor the strong escape.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.46.6"><span class="content">In the north by the River Euphrates</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.46.6"><span class="content">they stumble and fall.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.46.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.46.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who is this that rises like the Nile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.46.7"><span class="content">like rivers of surging waters?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.46.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.46.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Egypt rises like the Nile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.46.8"><span class="content">like rivers of surging waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.46.8"><span class="content">She says, &#8216;I will rise and cover the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.46.8"><span class="content">I will destroy cities and their people.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.46.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.46.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Charge, you horses!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.46.9"><span class="content">Drive furiously, you charioteers!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.46.9"><span class="content">March on, you warriors&#8212;men of Cush</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Put who carry shields,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.46.9"><span class="content">men of Lydia who draw the bow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.46.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.46.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But that day belongs to the Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.46.10"><span class="content">a day of vengeance, for vengeance on his foes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.46.10"><span class="content">The sword will devour till it is satisfied,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.46.10"><span class="content">till it has quenched its thirst with blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.46.10"><span class="content">For the Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, will offer sacrifice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.46.10"><span class="content">in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.46.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.46.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go up to Gilead and get balm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.46.11"><span class="content">Virgin Daughter Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.46.11"><span class="content">But you try many medicines in vain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.46.11"><span class="content">there is no healing for you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.46.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.46.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The nations will hear of your shame;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.46.12"><span class="content">your cries will fill the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.46.12"><span class="content">One warrior will stumble over another;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.46.12"><span class="content">both will fall down together.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.46.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.46.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">This is the message the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to attack Egypt:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.46.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.46.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Announce this in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.46.14"><span class="content">proclaim it also in Memphis and Tahpanhes:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.46.14"><span class="content">&#8216;Take your positions and get ready,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.46.14"><span class="content">for the sword devours those around you.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.46.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.46.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Why will your warriors be laid low?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.46.15"><span class="content">They cannot stand, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will push them down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.46.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.46.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">They will stumble repeatedly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.46.16"><span class="content">they will fall over each other.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.46.16"><span class="content">They will say, &#8216;Get up, let us go back</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.46.16"><span class="content">to our own people and our native lands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.46.16"><span class="content">away from the sword of the oppressor.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.46.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.46.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">There they will exclaim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.46.17"><span class="content">&#8216;Pharaoh king of Egypt is only a loud noise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.46.17"><span class="content">he has missed his opportunity.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.46.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.46.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;As surely as I live,&#8221; declares the King,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.46.18"><span class="content">whose name is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.46.18"><span class="content">&#8220;one will come who is like Tabor among the mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.46.18"><span class="content">like Carmel by the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.46.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.46.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Pack your belongings for exile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.46.19"><span class="content">you who live in Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.46.19"><span class="content">for Memphis will be laid waste</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.46.19"><span class="content">and lie in ruins without inhabitant.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.46.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.46.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Egypt is a beautiful heifer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.46.20"><span class="content">but a gadfly is coming</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.46.20"><span class="content">against her from the north.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.46.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.46.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The mercenaries in her ranks</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.46.21"><span class="content">are like fattened calves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.46.21"><span class="content">They too will turn and flee together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.46.21"><span class="content">they will not stand their ground,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.46.21"><span class="content">for the day of disaster is coming upon them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.46.21"><span class="content">the time for them to be punished.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.46.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.46.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.46.22"><span class="content">as the enemy advances in force;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.46.22"><span class="content">they will come against her with axes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.46.22"><span class="content">like men who cut down trees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.46.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.46.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">They will chop down her forest,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.46.23"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.46.23"><span class="content">&#8220;dense though it be.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.46.23"><span class="content">They are more numerous than locusts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.46.23"><span class="content">they cannot be counted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.46.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.46.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Daughter Egypt will be put to shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.46.24"><span class="content">given into the hands of the people of the north.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.46.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.46.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, the God of Israel, says: &#8220;I am about to bring punishment on Amon god of Thebes, on Pharaoh, on Egypt and her gods and her kings, and on those who rely on Pharaoh. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JER.46.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I will give them into the hands of those who want to kill them&#8212;Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. Later, however, Egypt will be inhabited as in times past,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JER.46.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JER.46.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JER.46.27"><span class="content">do not be dismayed, Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JER.46.27"><span class="content">I will surely save you out of a distant place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JER.46.27"><span class="content">your descendants from the land of their exile.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JER.46.27"><span class="content">Jacob will again have peace and security,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JER.46.27"><span class="content">and no one will make him afraid.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JER.46.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.46.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.46.28"><span class="content">for I am with you,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.46.28"><span class="content">&#8220;Though I completely destroy all the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.46.28"><span class="content">among which I scatter you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.46.28"><span class="content">I will not completely destroy you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.46.28"><span class="content">I will discipline you but only in due measure;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.46.28"><span class="content">I will not let you go entirely unpunished.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">47</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Message About the Philistines</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.47.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.47.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.47.2"><span class="label">2</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 v2" data-usfm="JER.47.2"><span class="content">&#8220;See how the waters are rising in the north;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.47.2"><span class="content">they will become an overflowing torrent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.47.2"><span class="content">They will overflow the land and everything in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.47.2"><span class="content">the towns and those who live in them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.47.2"><span class="content">The people will cry out;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.47.2"><span class="content">all who dwell in the land will wail</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.47.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.47.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.47.3"><span class="content">at the noise of enemy chariots</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.47.3"><span class="content">and the rumble of their wheels.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.47.3"><span class="content">Parents will not turn to help their children;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.47.3"><span class="content">their hands will hang limp.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.47.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.47.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For the day has come</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.47.4"><span class="content">to destroy all the Philistines</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.47.4"><span class="content">and to remove all survivors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.47.4"><span class="content">who could help Tyre and Sidon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.47.4"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is about to destroy the Philistines,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.47.4"><span class="content">the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">47:4 </span><span class="ft">That is, Crete</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.47.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.47.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Gaza will shave her head in mourning;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.47.5"><span class="content">Ashkelon will be silenced.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.47.5"><span class="content">You remnant on the plain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.47.5"><span class="content">how long will you cut yourselves?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.47.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.47.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Alas, sword 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="JER.47.6"><span class="content">how long till you rest?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.47.6"><span class="content">Return to your sheath;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.47.6"><span class="content">cease and be still.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.47.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.47.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But how can it rest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.47.7"><span class="content">when the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has commanded it,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.47.7"><span class="content">when he has ordered it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.47.7"><span class="content">to attack Ashkelon and the coast?&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">21</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus and the Miraculous Catch of Fish</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:1 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Tiberias</span></span></span><span class="content"> It happened this way: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:2 </span><span class="fq">Thomas </span><span class="ft">(Aramaic) and </span><span class="fq">Didymus </span><span class="ft">(Greek) both mean </span><span class="fqa">twin.</span></span></span><span class="content">), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;I&#8217;m going out to fish,&#8221; Simon Peter told them, and they said, &#8220;We&#8217;ll go with you.&#8221; So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.21.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.21.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He called out to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Friends, haven&#8217;t you any fish?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.21.5"><span class="content">&#8220;No,&#8221; they answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.21.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.21.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, &#8220;It is the Lord!&#8221; As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, &#8220;It is the Lord,&#8221; he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:8 </span><span class="ft">Or about 90 meters</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.21.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Bring some of the fish you have just caught.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Come and have breakfast.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> None of the disciples dared ask him, &#8220;Who are you?&#8221; They knew it was the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Reinstates Peter</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.21.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.21.15"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes, Lord,&#8221; he said, &#8220;you know that I love you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.21.15"><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Feed my lambs.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.21.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Again Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Simon son of John, do you love me?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.21.16"><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.21.16"><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Take care of my sheep.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.21.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The third time he said to him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Simon son of John, do you love me?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.21.17"><span class="content">Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you love me?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> He said, &#8220;Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.21.17"><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Feed my sheep.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.21.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.21.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Follow me!&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.21.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.21.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them. (This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, &#8220;Lord, who is going to betray you?&#8221;) </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.21.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When Peter saw him, he asked, &#8220;Lord, what about him?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.21.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.21.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.21.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Because of this, the rumor spread among the believers that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say that he would not die; he only said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.21.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.21.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.21.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.21.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch105" data-usfm="PSA.105">
         <div class="label">105</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 105</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.105.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Give praise to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, proclaim his name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.105.1"><span class="content">make known among the nations what he has done.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.105.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.105.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Sing to him, sing praise to him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.105.2"><span class="content">tell of all his wonderful acts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.105.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.105.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Glory in his holy name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.105.3"><span class="content">let the hearts of those who seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.105.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.105.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Look to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and his strength;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.105.4"><span class="content">seek his face always.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.105.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.105.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Remember the wonders he has done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.105.5"><span class="content">his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.105.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.105.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.105.6"><span class="content">his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.105.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.105.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.105.7"><span class="content">his judgments are in all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.105.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.105.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He remembers his covenant forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.105.8"><span class="content">the promise he made, for a thousand generations,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.105.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.105.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">the covenant he made with Abraham,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.105.9"><span class="content">the oath he swore to Isaac.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.105.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.105.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.105.10"><span class="content">to Israel as an everlasting covenant:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.105.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.105.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;To you I will give the land of Canaan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.105.11"><span class="content">as the portion you will inherit.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.105.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.105.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When they were but few in number,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.105.12"><span class="content">few indeed, and strangers in it,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.105.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.105.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">they wandered from nation to nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.105.13"><span class="content">from one kingdom to another.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.105.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.105.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He allowed no one to oppress them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.105.14"><span class="content">for their sake he rebuked kings:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.105.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.105.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not touch my anointed ones;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.105.15"><span class="content">do my prophets no harm.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.105.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.105.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He called down famine on the land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.105.16"><span class="content">and destroyed all their supplies of food;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.105.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.105.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">and he sent a man before them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.105.17"><span class="content">Joseph, sold as a slave.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.105.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.105.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They bruised his feet with shackles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.105.18"><span class="content">his neck was put in irons,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.105.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.105.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">till what he foretold came to pass,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.105.19"><span class="content">till the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> proved him true.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.105.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.105.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The king sent and released him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.105.20"><span class="content">the ruler of peoples set him free.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.105.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.105.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He made him master of his household,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.105.21"><span class="content">ruler over all he possessed,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.105.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.105.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">to instruct his princes as he pleased</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.105.22"><span class="content">and teach his elders wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.105.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.105.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then Israel entered Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.105.23"><span class="content">Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.105.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.105.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> made his people very fruitful;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.105.24"><span class="content">he made them too numerous for their foes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.105.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.105.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">whose hearts he turned to hate his people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.105.25"><span class="content">to conspire against his servants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.105.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.105.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He sent Moses his servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.105.26"><span class="content">and Aaron, whom he had chosen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.105.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.105.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">They performed his signs among them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.105.27"><span class="content">his wonders in the land of Ham.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.105.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.105.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">He sent darkness and made the land dark&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.105.28"><span class="content">for had they not rebelled against his words?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.105.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.105.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He turned their waters into blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.105.29"><span class="content">causing their fish to die.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.105.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.105.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Their land teemed with frogs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.105.30"><span class="content">which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.105.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.105.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">He spoke, and there came swarms of flies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.105.31"><span class="content">and gnats throughout their country.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.105.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.105.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">He turned their rain into hail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.105.32"><span class="content">with lightning throughout their land;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.105.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.105.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">he struck down their vines and fig trees</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.105.33"><span class="content">and shattered the trees of their country.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.105.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.105.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">He spoke, and the locusts came,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.105.34"><span class="content">grasshoppers without number;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.105.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.105.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">they ate up every green thing in their land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.105.35"><span class="content">ate up the produce of their soil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.105.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.105.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.105.36"><span class="content">the firstfruits of all their manhood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.105.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.105.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.105.37"><span class="content">and from among their tribes no one faltered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.105.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.105.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Egypt was glad when they left,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.105.38"><span class="content">because dread of Israel had fallen on them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.105.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.105.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">He spread out a cloud as a covering,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.105.39"><span class="content">and a fire to give light at night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.105.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.105.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">They asked, and he brought them quail;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.105.40"><span class="content">he fed them well with the bread of heaven.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.105.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.105.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">He opened the rock, and water gushed out;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.105.41"><span class="content">it flowed like a river in the desert.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.105.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.105.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">For he remembered his holy promise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.105.42"><span class="content">given to his servant Abraham.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.105.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.105.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">He brought out his people with rejoicing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.105.43"><span class="content">his chosen ones with shouts of joy;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.105.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="PSA.105.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">he gave them the lands of the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="PSA.105.44"><span class="content">and they fell heir to what others had toiled for&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="PSA.105.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="PSA.105.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">that they might keep his precepts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="PSA.105.45"><span class="content">and observe his laws.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="PSA.105.45"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">105:45 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Better the poor whose walk is blameless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.19.1"><span class="content">than a fool whose lips are perverse.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.19.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Desire without knowledge is not good&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.19.2"><span class="content">how much more will hasty feet miss the way!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.19.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s own folly leads to their ruin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.19.3"><span class="content">yet their heart rages against 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 v3" data-usfm="PRO.19.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Wealth attracts many friends,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.19.4"><span class="content">but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.19.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A false witness will not go unpunished,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.19.5"><span class="content">and whoever pours out lies will not go free.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.19.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Many curry favor with a ruler,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.19.6"><span class="content">and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.19.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The poor are shunned by all their relatives&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">how much more do their friends avoid them!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">Though the poor pursue them with pleading,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">they are nowhere to be found.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:7 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The one who gets wisdom loves life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.19.8"><span class="content">the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.19.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">A false witness will not go unpunished,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.19.9"><span class="content">and whoever pours out lies will perish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.19.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.19.10"><span class="content">how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s wisdom yields patience;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.19.11"><span class="content">it is to one&#8217;s glory to overlook an offense.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.19.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">A king&#8217;s rage is like the roar of a lion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.19.12"><span class="content">but his favor is like dew on the grass.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.19.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A foolish child is a father&#8217;s ruin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="content">and a quarrelsome wife is like</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="content">the constant dripping of a leaky roof.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.19.14"><span class="content">but a prudent wife is from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.19.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Laziness brings on deep sleep,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.19.15"><span class="content">and the shiftless go hungry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.19.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.19.16"><span class="content">but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.19.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Whoever is kind to the poor lends to 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="PRO.19.17"><span class="content">and he will reward them for what they have done.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.19.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Discipline your children, for in that there is hope;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.19.18"><span class="content">do not be a willing party to their death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.19.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.19.19"><span class="content">rescue them, and you will have to do it again.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.19.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Listen to advice and accept discipline,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.19.20"><span class="content">and at the end you will be counted among the wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.19.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Many are the plans in a person&#8217;s heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.19.21"><span class="content">but it is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s purpose that prevails.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.19.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.19.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">What a person desires is unfailing love</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Greed is a person&#8217;s shame</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.19.22"><span class="content">better to be poor than a liar.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.19.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.19.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> leads to life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.19.23"><span class="content">then one rests content, untouched by trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.19.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.19.24"><span class="content">he will not even bring it back to his mouth!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.19.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.19.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.19.25"><span class="content">rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.19.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.19.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.19.26"><span class="content">is a child who brings shame and disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.19.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.19.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Stop listening to instruction, my son,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.19.27"><span class="content">and you will stray from the words of knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.19.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.19.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A corrupt witness mocks at justice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.19.28"><span class="content">and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.19.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.19.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Penalties are prepared for mockers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.19.29"><span class="content">and beatings for the backs of fools.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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