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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ezekiel&#8217;s Inaugural Vision</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In my thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles by the Kebar River, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">On the fifth of the month&#8212;it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, by the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span></span></span><span class="content"> There the hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was on him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I looked, and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north&#8212;an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and in the fire was what looked like four living creatures. In appearance their form was human, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">but each of them had four faces and four wings. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four of them had faces and wings, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">and the wings of one touched the wings of another. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Such were their faces. They each had two wings spreading out upward, each wing touching that of the creature on either side; and each had two other wings covering its body. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Each one went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The creatures sped back and forth like flashes of lightning.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like topaz, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the creatures faced; the wheels did not change direction as the creatures went. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When the living creatures moved, the wheels beside them moved; and when the living creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When the creatures moved, they also moved; when the creatures stood still, they also stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was what looked something like a vault, sparkling like crystal, and awesome. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Under the vault their wings were stretched out one toward the other, and each had two wings covering its body. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings, like the roar of rushing waters, like the voice of the Almighty,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:24 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shaddai</span></span></span><span class="content"> like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.1.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Then there came a voice from above the vault over their heads as they stood with lowered wings. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Above the vault over their heads was what looked like a throne of lapis lazuli, and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.1.28"><span class="content">This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ezekiel&#8217;s Call to Be a Prophet</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">He said to me, &#8220;Son of man,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew phrase <span class="tl">ben adam</span> means </span><span class="fqa">human being. </span><span class="ft">The phrase </span><span class="fqa">son of man </span><span class="ft">is retained as a form of address here and throughout Ezekiel because of its possible association with &#8220;Son of Man&#8221; in the New Testament.</span></span></span><span class="content"> stand up on your feet and I will speak to you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">As he spoke, the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He said: &#8220;Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have been in revolt against me to this very day. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and stubborn. Say to them, &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And whether they listen or fail to listen&#8212;for they are a rebellious people&#8212;they will know that a prophet has been among them. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You must speak my words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not rebel like that rebellious people; open your mouth and eat what I give you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then I looked, and I saw a hand stretched out to me. In it was a scroll, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">which he unrolled before me. On both sides of it were written words of lament and mourning and woe.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">And he said to me, &#8220;Son of man, eat what is before you, eat this scroll; then go and speak to the people of Israel.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then he said to me, &#8220;Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it.&#8221; So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He then said to me: &#8220;Son of man, go now to the people of Israel and speak my words to them. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You are not being sent to a people of obscure speech and strange language, but to the people of Israel&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">not to many peoples of obscure speech and strange language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But the people of Israel are not willing to listen to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for all the Israelites are hardened and obstinate. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will make your forehead like the hardest stone, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And he said to me, &#8220;Son of man, listen carefully and take to heart all the words I speak to you. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Go now to your people in exile and speak to them. Say to them, &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says,&#8217; whether they listen or fail to listen.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a loud rumbling sound as the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rose from the place where it was standing.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:12 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">sound&#8212;may the glory of the <span class="nd">Lord</span> be praised from his place</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures brushing against each other and the sound of the wheels beside them, a loud rumbling sound. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The Spirit then lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> on me. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I came to the exiles who lived at Tel Aviv near the Kebar River. And there, where they were living, I sat among them for seven days&#8212;deeply distressed.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ezekiel&#8217;s Task as Watchman</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">At the end of seven days the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When I say to a wicked person, &#8216;You will surely die,&#8217; and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 19 and 20</span></span></span><span class="content"> their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But if you do warn the wicked person and they do not turn from their wickedness or from their evil ways, they will die for their sin; but you will have saved yourself.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Again, when a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block before them, they will die. Since you did not warn them, they will die for their sin. The righteous things that person did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for their blood. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But if you do warn the righteous person not to sin and they do not sin, they will surely live because they took warning, and you will have saved yourself.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.3.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was on me there, and he said to me, &#8220;Get up and go out to the plain, and there I will speak to you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">So I got up and went out to the plain. And the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was standing there, like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell facedown.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.3.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet. He spoke to me and said: &#8220;Go, shut yourself inside your house. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes; you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious people. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you shall say to them, &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says.&#8217; Whoever will listen let them listen, and whoever will refuse let them refuse; for they are a rebellious people.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">To the Church in Ephesus</span></div><div class="m"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To the angel</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fqa">messenger</span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">; also in verses 8, 12 and 18</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">of the church in Ephesus write:</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.2.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">To the Church in Smyrna</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To the angel of the church in Smyrna write:</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.2.8"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know your afflictions and your poverty&#8212;yet you are rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor&#8217;s crown.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">To the Church in Pergamum</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To the angel of the church in Pergamum write:</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.2.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know where you live&#8212;where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city&#8212;where Satan lives.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">To the Church in Thyatira</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To the angel of the church in Thyatira write:</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.2.18"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.2.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="REV.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan&#8217;s so-called deep secrets, &#8216;I will not impose any other burden on you,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="REV.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">except to hold on to what you have until I come.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="REV.2.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="REV.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations&#8212;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="REV.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">that one &#8216;will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces like pottery&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:27 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 2:9</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8212;just as I have received authority from my Father.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="REV.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I will also give that one the morning star.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="REV.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.</span></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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