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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Amaziah King of Judah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2KI.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the second year of Jehoash</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Joash, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehoash</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 13, 23 and 27</span></span></span><span class="content"> son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah began to reign. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2KI.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother&#8217;s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2KI.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He did what was right in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, but not as his father David had done. In everything he followed the example of his father Joash. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2KI.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2KI.14.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2KI.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">After the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, he executed the officials who had murdered his father the king. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2KI.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Yet he did not put the children of the assassins to death, in accordance with what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses where the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded: &#8220;Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:6 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 24:16</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2KI.14.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2KI.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He was the one who defeated ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and captured Sela in battle, calling it Joktheel, the name it has to this day.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2KI.14.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2KI.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, with the challenge: &#8220;Come, let us face each other in battle.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2KI.14.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2KI.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: &#8220;A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, &#8216;Give your daughter to my son in marriage.&#8217; Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle underfoot. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2KI.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You have indeed defeated Edom and now you are arrogant. Glory in your victory, but stay at home! Why ask for trouble and cause your own downfall and that of Judah also?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2KI.14.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2KI.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Amaziah, however, would not listen, so Jehoash king of Israel attacked. He and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth Shemesh in Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2KI.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Judah was routed by Israel, and every man fled to his home. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2KI.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate&#8212;a section about four hundred cubits long.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:13 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 600 feet or about 180 meters</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2KI.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and in the treasuries of the royal palace. He also took hostages and returned to Samaria.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2KI.14.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2KI.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">As for the other events of the reign of Jehoash, what he did and his achievements, including his war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2KI.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Jehoash rested with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And Jeroboam his son succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2KI.14.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2KI.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2KI.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">As for the other events of Amaziah&#8217;s reign, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2KI.14.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2KI.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish, but they sent men after him to Lachish and killed him there. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2KI.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He was brought back by horse and was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors, in the City of David.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2KI.14.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2KI.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then all the people of Judah took Azariah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:21 </span><span class="ft">Also called </span><span class="fqa">Uzziah</span></span></span><span class="content"> who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2KI.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">He was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after Amaziah rested with his ancestors.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jeroboam II King of Israel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2KI.14.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2KI.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash king of Israel became king in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2KI.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He did evil in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2KI.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He was the one who restored the boundaries of Israel from Lebo Hamath to the Dead Sea,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:25 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">the Sea of the Arabah</span></span></span><span class="content"> in accordance with the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, spoken through his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2KI.14.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2KI.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had seen how bitterly everyone in Israel, whether slave or free, was suffering;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Israel was suffering. They were without a ruler or leader, and</span></span></span><span class="content"> there was no one to help them. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2KI.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">And since the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had not said he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2KI.14.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2KI.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">As for the other events of Jeroboam&#8217;s reign, all he did, and his military achievements, including how he recovered for Israel both Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2KI.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Jeroboam rested with his ancestors, the kings of Israel. And Zechariah his son succeeded him as king.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkHOS">
      <div class="chapter ch7" data-usfm="HOS.7">
         <div class="label">7</div><div class="q2"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">whenever I would heal Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">the sins of Ephraim are exposed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">and the crimes of Samaria revealed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">They practice deceit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">thieves break into houses,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">bandits rob in the streets;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">but they do not realize</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.7.2"><span class="content">that I remember all their evil deeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.7.2"><span class="content">Their sins engulf them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.7.2"><span class="content">they are always before me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.7.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;They delight the king with their wickedness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.7.3"><span class="content">the princes with their lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.7.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They are all adulterers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.7.4"><span class="content">burning like an oven</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.7.4"><span class="content">whose fire the baker need not stir</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.7.4"><span class="content">from the kneading of the dough till it rises.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.7.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">On the day of the festival of our king</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.7.5"><span class="content">the princes become inflamed with wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.7.5"><span class="content">and he joins hands with the mockers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.7.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Their hearts are like an oven;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.7.6"><span class="content">they approach him with intrigue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.7.6"><span class="content">Their passion smolders all night;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.7.6"><span class="content">in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.7.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All of them are hot as an oven;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.7.7"><span class="content">they devour their rulers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.7.7"><span class="content">All their kings fall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.7.7"><span class="content">and none of them calls on me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.7.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Ephraim mixes with the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.7.8"><span class="content">Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.7.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Foreigners sap his strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.7.9"><span class="content">but he does not realize it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.7.9"><span class="content">His hair is sprinkled with gray,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.7.9"><span class="content">but he does not notice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.7.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Israel&#8217;s arrogance testifies against him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.7.10"><span class="content">but despite all this</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.7.10"><span class="content">he does not return to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> his God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.7.10"><span class="content">or search for him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.7.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Ephraim is like a dove,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="content">easily deceived and senseless&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="content">now calling to Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="content">now turning to Assyria.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When they go, I will throw my net over them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="content">I will pull them down like the birds in the sky.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="content">When I hear them flocking together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="content">I will catch them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Woe to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">because they have strayed from me!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">Destruction to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">because they have rebelled against me!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">I long to redeem them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">but they speak about me falsely.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They do not cry out to me from their hearts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">but wail on their beds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">They slash themselves,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:14 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">They gather together</span></span></span><span class="content"> appealing to their gods</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">for grain and new wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">but they turn away from me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I trained them and strengthened their arms,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.7.15"><span class="content">but they plot evil against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.7.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">They do not turn to the Most High;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">they are like a faulty bow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">Their leaders will fall by the sword</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">because of their insolent words.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">For this they will be ridiculed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">in the land of Egypt.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bk2TI">
      <div class="chapter ch4" data-usfm="2TI.4">
         <div class="label">4</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TI.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TI.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage&#8212;with great patience and careful instruction. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2TI.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2TI.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TI.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TI.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2TI.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2TI.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2TI.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day&#8212;and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Personal Remarks</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2TI.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2TI.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do your best to come to me quickly, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2TI.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2TI.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TI.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I sent Tychicus to Ephesus. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TI.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TI.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2TI.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he has done. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TI.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You too should be on your guard against him, because he strongly opposed our message.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TI.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2TI.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2TI.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion&#8217;s mouth. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2TI.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Final Greetings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2TI.4.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2TI.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Greet Priscilla</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:19 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Prisca</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Priscilla</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Aquila and the household of Onesiphorus. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2TI.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Erastus stayed in Corinth, and I left Trophimus sick in Miletus. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2TI.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Do your best to get here before winter. Eubulus greets you, and so do Pudens, Linus, Claudia and all the brothers and sisters.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:21 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2TI.4.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2TI.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">120</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 120</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.120.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I call on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in my distress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.120.1"><span class="content">and he answers me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.120.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.120.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Save me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.120.2"><span class="content">from lying lips</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.120.2"><span class="content">and from deceitful tongues.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.120.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.120.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">What will he do to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.120.3"><span class="content">and what more besides,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.120.3"><span class="content">you deceitful tongue?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.120.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.120.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He will punish you with a warrior&#8217;s sharp arrows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.120.4"><span class="content">with burning coals of the broom bush.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.120.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.120.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.120.5"><span class="content">that I live among the tents of Kedar!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.120.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.120.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Too long have I lived</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.120.6"><span class="content">among those who hate peace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.120.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.120.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I am for peace;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.120.7"><span class="content">but when I speak, they are for war.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">121</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 121</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.121.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I lift up my eyes to the mountains&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.121.1"><span class="content">where does my help come from?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.121.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.121.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My help comes from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.121.2"><span class="content">the Maker of heaven and earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.121.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.121.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He will not let your foot slip&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.121.3"><span class="content">he who watches over you will not slumber;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.121.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.121.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">indeed, he who watches over Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.121.4"><span class="content">will neither slumber nor sleep.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.121.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.121.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> watches over you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.121.5"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is your shade at your right hand;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.121.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.121.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">the sun will not harm you by day,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.121.6"><span class="content">nor the moon by night.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.121.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.121.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will keep you from all harm&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.121.7"><span class="content">he will watch over your life;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.121.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.121.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will watch over your coming and going</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.121.8"><span class="content">both now and forevermore.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">122</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 122</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.122.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I rejoiced with those who said to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.122.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Let us go to the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.122.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.122.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Our feet are standing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.122.2"><span class="content">in your gates, Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.122.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.122.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jerusalem is built like a city</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.122.3"><span class="content">that is closely compacted together.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.122.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">That is where the tribes go up&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="content">the tribes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="content">to praise the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="content">according to the statute given to Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.122.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">There stand the thrones for judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.122.5"><span class="content">the thrones of the house of David.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.122.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.122.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.122.6"><span class="content">&#8220;May those who love you be secure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.122.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.122.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">May there be peace within your walls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.122.7"><span class="content">and security within your citadels.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.122.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.122.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For the sake of my family and friends,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.122.8"><span class="content">I will say, &#8220;Peace be within you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.122.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.122.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For the sake of the house of 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 v9" data-usfm="PSA.122.9"><span class="content">I will seek your prosperity.</span></span></div>
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