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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Call to Build the House of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAG.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jozadak,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jehozadak</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jozadak</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 12 and 14</span></span></span><span class="content"> the high priest:</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAG.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAG.1.2"><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"> Almighty says: &#8220;These people say, &#8216;The time has not yet come to rebuild the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s house.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAG.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAG.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came through the prophet Haggai: </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAG.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAG.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAG.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Now this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8220;Give careful thought to your ways. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAG.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You have planted much, but harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAG.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAG.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8220;Give careful thought to your ways. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAG.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build my house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAG.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. &#8220;Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with your own house. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAG.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAG.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I called for a drought on the fields and the mountains, on the grain, the new wine, the olive oil and everything else the ground produces, on people and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAG.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAG.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and the whole remnant of the people obeyed the voice of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God and the message of the prophet Haggai, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God had sent him. And the people feared the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAG.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAG.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Haggai, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s messenger, gave this message of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> to the people: &#8220;I am with you,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAG.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of the whole remnant of the people. They came and began to work on the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, their God, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAG.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Promised Glory of the New House</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAG.1.15"><span class="content">In the second year of King Darius,</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="nb"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAG.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">on the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came through the prophet Haggai: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAG.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, to Joshua son of Jozadak,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:2 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jehozadak</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jozadak</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 4</span></span></span><span class="content"> the high priest, and to the remnant of the people. Ask them, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAG.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8216;Who of you is left who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not seem to you like nothing? </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAG.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But now be strong, Zerubbabel,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. &#8216;Be strong, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8216;and work. For I am with you,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAG.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8216;This is what I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt. And my Spirit remains among you. Do not fear.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAG.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAG.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8216;In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAG.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,&#8217; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAG.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8216;The silver is mine and the gold is mine,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAG.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8216;The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,&#8217; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. &#8216;And in this place I will grant peace,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Blessings for a Defiled People</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAG.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAG.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to the prophet Haggai: </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAG.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8216;Ask the priests what the law says: </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAG.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If someone carries consecrated meat in the fold of their garment, and that fold touches some bread or stew, some wine, olive oil or other food, does it become consecrated?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAG.2.12"><span class="content">The priests answered, &#8220;No.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAG.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAG.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Haggai said, &#8220;If a person defiled by contact with a dead body touches one of these things, does it become defiled?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAG.2.13"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes,&#8221; the priests replied, &#8220;it becomes defiled.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAG.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAG.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then Haggai said, &#8220;&#8198;&#8216;So it is with this people and this nation in my sight,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. &#8216;Whatever they do and whatever they offer there is defiled.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAG.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAG.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Now give careful thought to this from this day on</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">to the days past</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;consider how things were before one stone was laid on another in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAG.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When anyone came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAG.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I struck all the work of your hands with blight, mildew and hail, yet you did not return to me,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAG.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8216;From this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, give careful thought to the day when the foundation of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple was laid. Give careful thought: </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAG.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree have not borne fruit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAG.2.19"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;From this day on I will bless you.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Zerubbabel the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Signet Ring</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAG.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HAG.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth day of the month: </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HAG.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am going to shake the heavens and the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HAG.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I will overturn royal thrones and shatter the power of the foreign kingdoms. I will overthrow chariots and their drivers; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HAG.2.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HAG.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On that day,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, &#8216;I will take you, my servant Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8216;and I will make you like my signet ring, for I have chosen you,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Call to Return to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo:</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was very angry with your ancestors. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Therefore tell the people: This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8216;Return to me,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, &#8216;and I will return to you,&#8217; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8216;Turn from your evil ways and your evil practices.&#8217; But they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Where are your ancestors now? And the prophets, do they live forever? </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But did not my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, overtake your ancestors?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.1.6"><span class="content">&#8220;Then they repented and said, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty has done to us what our ways and practices deserve, just as he determined to do.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Man Among the Myrtle Trees</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">During the night I had a vision, and there before me was a man mounted on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in a ravine. Behind him were red, brown and white horses.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I asked, &#8220;What are these, my lord?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.1.9"><span class="content">The angel who was talking with me answered, &#8220;I will show you what they are.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, &#8220;They are the ones the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has sent to go throughout the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And they reported to the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> who was standing among the myrtle trees, &#8220;We have gone throughout the earth and found the whole world at rest and in peace.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;</span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, how long will you withhold mercy from Jerusalem and from the towns of Judah, which you have been angry with these seventy years?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who talked with me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEC.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then the angel who was speaking to me said, &#8220;Proclaim this word: This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8216;I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and I am very angry with the nations that feel secure. I was only a little angry, but they went too far with the punishment.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEC.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: &#8216;I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt. And the measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEC.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEC.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Proclaim further: This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8216;My towns will again overflow with prosperity, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Four Horns and Four Craftsmen</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEC.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEC.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then I looked up, and there before me were four horns. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEC.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I asked the angel who was speaking to me, &#8220;What are these?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEC.1.19"><span class="content">He answered me, &#8220;These are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEC.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEC.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> showed me four craftsmen. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ZEC.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I asked, &#8220;What are these coming to do?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ZEC.1.21"><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise their head, but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations who lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter its people.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 1:18-21 is numbered 2:1-4.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Man With a Measuring Line</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 2:1-13 is numbered 2:5-17.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I asked, &#8220;Where are you going?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.2.2"><span class="content">He answered me, &#8220;To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and said to him: &#8220;Run, tell that young man, &#8216;Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the great number of people and animals in it. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8216;and I will be its glory within.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come, Zion! Escape, you who live in Daughter Babylon!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8220;After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you&#8212;for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:8,9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">says after&#8230; eye: </span><span class="fv">9 </span><span class="fqa">&#8220;I&#8230; plunder them.&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> Then you will know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty has sent me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Shout and be glad, Daughter Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Many nations will be joined with the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in that day and will become my people. I will live among you and you will know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty has sent me to you. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Be still before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Clean Garments for the High Priest</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and Satan</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew <span class="tl">satan</span> means </span><span class="fqa">adversary.</span></span></span><span class="content"> standing at his right side to accuse him. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Satan, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rebuke you, Satan! The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The angel said to those who were standing before him, &#8220;Take off his filthy clothes.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.3.4"><span class="content">Then he said to Joshua, &#8220;See, I have taken away your sin, and I will put fine garments on you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then I said, &#8220;Put a clean turban on his head.&#8221; So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> stood by.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave this charge to Joshua: </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8216;If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua! There are seven eyes</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">facets</span></span></span><span class="content"> on that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription on it,&#8217; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, &#8216;and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;In that day each of you will invite your neighbor to sit under your vine and fig tree,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Gold Lampstand and the Two Olive Trees</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He asked me, &#8220;What do you see?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.4.2"><span class="content">I answered, &#8220;I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven channels to the lamps. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Also there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I asked the angel who talked with me, &#8220;What are these, my lord?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;Do you not know what these are?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.4.5"><span class="content">&#8220;No, my lord,&#8221; I replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So he said to me, &#8220;This is the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> to Zerubbabel: &#8216;Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,&#8217; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of &#8216;God bless it! God bless it!&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then 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 v9" data-usfm="ZEC.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple; his hands will also complete it. Then you will know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty has sent me to you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who dares despise the day of small things, since the seven eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the plumb line</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the hand of Zerubbabel?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then I asked the angel, &#8220;What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Again I asked him, &#8220;What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that pour out golden oil?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;Do you not know what these are?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.4.13"><span class="content">&#8220;No, my lord,&#8221; I said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEC.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So he said, &#8220;These are the two who are anointed to</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">two who bring oil and</span></span></span><span class="content"> serve the Lord of all the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">62</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 62</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 62:1-12 is numbered 62:2-13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.62.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Truly my soul finds rest in God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.62.1"><span class="content">my salvation comes from him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.62.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.62.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Truly he is my rock and my salvation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.62.2"><span class="content">he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.62.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.62.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">How long will you assault me?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.62.3"><span class="content">Would all of you throw me down&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.62.3"><span class="content">this leaning wall, this tottering fence?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.62.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Surely they intend to topple me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"><span class="content">from my lofty place;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"><span class="content">they take delight in lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"><span class="content">With their mouths they bless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"><span class="content">but in their hearts they curse.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">62:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.62.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Yes, my soul, find rest in God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.62.5"><span class="content">my hope comes from him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.62.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.62.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Truly he is my rock and my salvation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.62.6"><span class="content">he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.62.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.62.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">My salvation and my honor depend on God</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">62:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">/ God Most High is my salvation and my honor</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.62.7"><span class="content">he is my mighty rock, my refuge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.62.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.62.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Trust in him at all times, you people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.62.8"><span class="content">pour out your hearts to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.62.8"><span class="content">for God is our refuge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.62.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.62.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Surely the lowborn are but a breath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.62.9"><span class="content">the highborn are but a lie.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.62.9"><span class="content">If weighed on a balance, they are nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.62.9"><span class="content">together they are only a breath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.62.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.62.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Do not trust in extortion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.62.10"><span class="content">or put vain hope in stolen goods;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.62.10"><span class="content">though your riches increase,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.62.10"><span class="content">do not set your heart on them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.62.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.62.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">One thing God has spoken,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.62.11"><span class="content">two things I have heard:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.62.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Power belongs to you, God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.62.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.62.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">and with you, Lord, is unfailing love&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.62.12"><span class="content">and, &#8220;You reward everyone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.62.12"><span class="content">according to what they have done.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">28</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The wicked flee though no one pursues,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"><span class="content">but the righteous are as bold as a lion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"><span class="content">but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A ruler</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">A poor person</span></span></span><span class="content"> who oppresses the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"><span class="content">is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"><span class="content">but those who heed it resist them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Evildoers do not understand what is right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"><span class="content">but those who seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> understand it fully.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Better the poor whose walk is blameless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"><span class="content">than the rich whose ways are perverse.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">A discerning son heeds instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"><span class="content">but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Whoever increases wealth by taking interest or profit from the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"><span class="content">amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"><span class="content">even their prayers are detestable.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Whoever leads the upright along an evil path</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="content">will fall into their own trap,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="content">but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The rich are wise in their own eyes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"><span class="content">one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When the righteous triumph, there is great elation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"><span class="content">but when the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"><span class="content">but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one who always trembles before God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"><span class="content">but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Like a roaring lion or a charging bear</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"><span class="content">is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">A tyrannical ruler practices extortion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"><span class="content">but one who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long reign.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="content">will seek refuge in the grave;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="content">let no one hold them back.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"><span class="content">but the one whose ways are perverse will fall into the pit.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:18 </span><span class="ft">Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">into one</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Those who work their land will have abundant food,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"><span class="content">but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">A faithful person will be richly blessed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"><span class="content">but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">To show partiality is not good&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"><span class="content">yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The stingy are eager to get rich</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"><span class="content">and are unaware that poverty awaits them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"><span class="content">rather than one who has a flattering tongue.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Whoever robs their father or mother</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="content">and says, &#8220;It&#8217;s not wrong,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="content">is partner to one who destroys.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The greedy stir up conflict,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"><span class="content">but those who trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will prosper.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Those who trust in themselves are fools,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"><span class="content">but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Those who give to the poor will lack nothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"><span class="content">but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.28.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.28.28"><span class="content">but when the wicked perish, the righteous thrive.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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