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1 Corinthians

Sharing Your Faith

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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="COL.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ&#8217;s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="COL.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="COL.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord&#8217;s people. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="COL.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="COL.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="COL.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="COL.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="COL.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I want you to know how hard I am contending for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me personally. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="COL.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="COL.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="COL.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="COL.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Spiritual Fullness in Christ</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="COL.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="COL.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="COL.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="COL.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="COL.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the basic principles</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 20</span></span></span><span class="content"> of this world rather than on Christ.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="COL.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="COL.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="COL.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="COL.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:11 </span><span class="ft">In contexts like this, the Greek word for </span><span class="fq">flesh </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">sarx</span>) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verse 13.</span></span></span><span class="content"> was put off when you were circumcised by</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">put off in the circumcision of</span></span></span><span class="content"> Christ, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="COL.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="COL.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="COL.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:13 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">us</span></span></span><span class="content"> alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="COL.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="COL.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.</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">them in him</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Freedom From Human Rules</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="COL.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="COL.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="COL.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="COL.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="COL.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="COL.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">27</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Lament Over Tyre</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.27.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">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 v2" data-usfm="EZK.27.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, take up a lament concerning Tyre. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.27.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Say to Tyre, situated at the gateway to the sea, merchant of peoples on many coasts, &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.27.3"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;You say, Tyre,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.27.3"><span class="content">&#8220;I am perfect in beauty.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.27.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.27.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Your domain was on the high seas;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.27.4"><span class="content">your builders brought your beauty to perfection.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.27.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They made all your timbers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.27.5"><span class="content">of juniper from Senir</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:5 </span><span class="ft">That is, Mount Hermon</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.27.5"><span class="content">they took a cedar from Lebanon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.27.5"><span class="content">to make a mast for you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.27.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.27.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Of oaks from Bashan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.27.6"><span class="content">they made your oars;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.27.6"><span class="content">of cypress wood</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:6 </span><span class="ft">Targum; the Masoretic Text has a different division of the consonants.</span></span></span><span class="content"> from the coasts of Cyprus</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.27.6"><span class="content">they made your deck, adorned with ivory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.27.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.27.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.27.7"><span class="content">and served as your banner;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.27.7"><span class="content">your awnings were of blue and purple</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.27.7"><span class="content">from the coasts of Elishah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.27.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.27.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.27.8"><span class="content">your skilled men, Tyre, were aboard as your sailors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.27.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.27.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Veteran craftsmen of Byblos were on board</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.27.9"><span class="content">as shipwrights to caulk your seams.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.27.9"><span class="content">All the ships of the sea and their sailors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.27.9"><span class="content">came alongside to trade for your wares.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.27.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.27.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Men of Persia, Lydia and Put</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.27.10"><span class="content">served as soldiers in your army.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.27.10"><span class="content">They hung their shields and helmets on your walls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.27.10"><span class="content">bringing you splendor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.27.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.27.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Men of Arvad and Helek</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.27.11"><span class="content">guarded your walls on every side;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.27.11"><span class="content">men of Gammad</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.27.11"><span class="content">were in your towers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.27.11"><span class="content">They hung their shields around your walls;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.27.11"><span class="content">they brought your beauty to perfection.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.27.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.27.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Tarshish did business with you because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin and lead for your merchandise.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.27.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.27.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Greece, Tubal and Meshek did business with you; they traded human beings and articles of bronze for your wares.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.27.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.27.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Men of Beth Togarmah exchanged chariot horses, cavalry horses and mules for your merchandise.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.27.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.27.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The men of Rhodes</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:15 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Dedan</span></span></span><span class="content"> traded with you, and many coastlands were your customers; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.27.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.27.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Aram</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:16 </span><span class="ft">Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac </span><span class="fqa">Edom</span></span></span><span class="content"> did business with you because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple fabric, embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies for your merchandise.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.27.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.27.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Judah and Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith and confections,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:17 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> honey, olive oil and balm for your wares.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.27.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.27.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Damascus did business with you because of your many products and great wealth of goods. They offered wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.27.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">and casks of wine from Izal in exchange for your wares: wrought iron, cassia and calamus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.27.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.27.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Dedan traded in saddle blankets with you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.27.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.27.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers; they did business with you in lambs, rams and goats.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.27.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.27.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; for your merchandise they exchanged the finest of all kinds of spices and precious stones, and gold.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.27.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.27.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Harran, Kanneh and Eden and merchants of Sheba, Ashur and Kilmad traded with you. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.27.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">In your marketplace they traded with you beautiful garments, blue fabric, embroidered work and multicolored rugs with cords twisted and tightly knotted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.27.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.27.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The ships of Tarshish serve</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.27.25"><span class="content">as carriers for your wares.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.27.25"><span class="content">You are filled with heavy cargo</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.27.25"><span class="content">as you sail the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.27.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.27.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Your oarsmen take you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.27.26"><span class="content">out to the high seas.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.27.26"><span class="content">But the east wind will break you to pieces</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.27.26"><span class="content">far out at sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.27.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.27.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Your wealth, merchandise and wares,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.27.27"><span class="content">your mariners, sailors and shipwrights,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.27.27"><span class="content">your merchants and all your soldiers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.27.27"><span class="content">and everyone else on board</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.27.27"><span class="content">will sink into the heart of the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.27.27"><span class="content">on the day of your shipwreck.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.27.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.27.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The shorelands will quake</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.27.28"><span class="content">when your sailors cry out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.27.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.27.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">All who handle the oars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.27.29"><span class="content">will abandon their ships;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.27.29"><span class="content">the mariners and all the sailors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.27.29"><span class="content">will stand on the shore.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.27.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.27.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">They will raise their voice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.27.30"><span class="content">and cry bitterly over you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.27.30"><span class="content">they will sprinkle dust on their heads</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.27.30"><span class="content">and roll in ashes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.27.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.27.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">They will shave their heads because of you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.27.31"><span class="content">and will put on sackcloth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.27.31"><span class="content">They will weep over you with anguish of soul</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.27.31"><span class="content">and with bitter mourning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.27.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.27.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">As they wail and mourn over you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.27.32"><span class="content">they will take up a lament concerning you:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.27.32"><span class="content">&#8220;Who was ever silenced like Tyre,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.27.32"><span class="content">surrounded by the sea?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.27.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.27.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">When your merchandise went out on the seas,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.27.33"><span class="content">you satisfied many nations;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.27.33"><span class="content">with your great wealth and your wares</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.27.33"><span class="content">you enriched the kings of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.27.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.27.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Now you are shattered by the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.27.34"><span class="content">in the depths of the waters;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.27.34"><span class="content">your wares and all your company</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.27.34"><span class="content">have gone down with you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.27.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.27.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">All who live in the coastlands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.27.35"><span class="content">are appalled at you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.27.35"><span class="content">their kings shudder with horror</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.27.35"><span class="content">and their faces are distorted with fear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.27.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="EZK.27.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">The merchants among the nations scoff at you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="EZK.27.36"><span class="content">you have come to a horrible end</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="EZK.27.36"><span class="content">and will be no more.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">28</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against the King of Tyre</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.28.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">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 v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;In the pride of your heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="content">you say, &#8220;I am a god;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="content">I sit on the throne of a god</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="content">in the heart of the seas.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="content">But you are a mere mortal and not a god,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="content">though you think you are as wise as a god.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.28.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.28.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Are you wiser than Daniel</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">Danel</span><span class="ft">, a man of renown in ancient literature</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.28.3"><span class="content">Is no secret hidden from you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.28.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.28.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">By your wisdom and understanding</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.28.4"><span class="content">you have gained wealth for yourself</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.28.4"><span class="content">and amassed gold and silver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.28.4"><span class="content">in your treasuries.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.28.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.28.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">By your great skill in trading</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.28.5"><span class="content">you have increased your wealth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.28.5"><span class="content">and because of your wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.28.5"><span class="content">your heart has grown proud.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.28.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.28.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Therefore this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.28.6"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Because you think you are wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.28.6"><span class="content">as wise as a god,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.28.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.28.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I am going to bring foreigners against you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.28.7"><span class="content">the most ruthless of nations;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.28.7"><span class="content">they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.28.7"><span class="content">and pierce your shining splendor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.28.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.28.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They will bring you down to the pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.28.8"><span class="content">and you will die a violent death</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.28.8"><span class="content">in the heart of the seas.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.28.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.28.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Will you then say, &#8220;I am a god,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.28.9"><span class="content">in the presence of those who kill you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.28.9"><span class="content">You will be but a mortal, not a god,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.28.9"><span class="content">in the hands of those who slay you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.28.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.28.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You will die the death of the uncircumcised</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.28.10"><span class="content">at the hands of foreigners.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.28.10"><span class="content">I have spoken, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.28.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.28.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">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 v12" data-usfm="EZK.28.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.28.12"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;You were the seal of perfection,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.28.12"><span class="content">full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.28.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You were in Eden,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">the garden of God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">every precious stone adorned you:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">carnelian, chrysolite and emerald,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">topaz, onyx and jasper,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:13 </span><span class="ft">The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">Your settings and mountings</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:13 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> were made of gold;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">on the day you were created they were prepared.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.28.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.28.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You were anointed as a guardian cherub,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.28.14"><span class="content">for so I ordained you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.28.14"><span class="content">You were on the holy mount of God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.28.14"><span class="content">you walked among the fiery stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.28.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.28.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You were blameless in your ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.28.15"><span class="content">from the day you were created</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.28.15"><span class="content">till wickedness was found in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.28.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.28.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Through your widespread trade</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.28.16"><span class="content">you were filled with violence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.28.16"><span class="content">and you sinned.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.28.16"><span class="content">So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.28.16"><span class="content">and I expelled you, guardian cherub,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.28.16"><span class="content">from among the fiery stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.28.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.28.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Your heart became proud</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.28.17"><span class="content">on account of your beauty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.28.17"><span class="content">and you corrupted your wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.28.17"><span class="content">because of your splendor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.28.17"><span class="content">So I threw you to the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.28.17"><span class="content">I made a spectacle of you before kings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.28.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.28.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">By your many sins and dishonest trade</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.28.18"><span class="content">you have desecrated your sanctuaries.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.28.18"><span class="content">So I made a fire come out from you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.28.18"><span class="content">and it consumed you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.28.18"><span class="content">and I reduced you to ashes on the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.28.18"><span class="content">in the sight of all who were watching.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.28.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.28.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">All the nations who knew you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.28.19"><span class="content">are appalled at you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.28.19"><span class="content">you have come to a horrible end</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.28.19"><span class="content">and will be no more.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against Sidon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.28.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.28.20"><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 me: </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.28.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, set your face against Sidon; prophesy against her </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.28.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">and say: &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.28.22"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;I am against you, Sidon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.28.22"><span class="content">and among you I will display my glory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.28.22"><span class="content">You will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.28.22"><span class="content">when I inflict punishment on you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.28.22"><span class="content">and within you am proved to be holy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.28.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.28.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I will send a plague upon you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.28.23"><span class="content">and make blood flow in your streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.28.23"><span class="content">The slain will fall within you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.28.23"><span class="content">with the sword against you on every side.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.28.23"><span class="content">Then you will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.28.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.28.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;No longer will the people of Israel have malicious neighbors who are painful briers and sharp thorns. Then they will know that I am the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.28.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.28.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: When I gather the people of Israel from the nations where they have been scattered, I will be proved holy through them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.28.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They will live there in safety and will build houses and plant vineyards; they will live in safety when I inflict punishment on all their neighbors who maligned them. Then they will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">54</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Future Glory of Zion</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Sing, barren woman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">you who never bore a child;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">burst into song, shout for joy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">you who were never in labor;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">because more are the children of the desolate woman</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">than of her who has a husband,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.54.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Enlarge the place of your tent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"><span class="content">stretch your tent curtains wide,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"><span class="content">do not hold back;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"><span class="content">lengthen your cords,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"><span class="content">strengthen your stakes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.54.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.54.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For you will spread out to the right and to the left;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.54.3"><span class="content">your descendants will dispossess nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.54.3"><span class="content">and settle in their desolate cities.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.54.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.54.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.54.4"><span class="content">Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.54.4"><span class="content">You will forget the shame of your youth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.54.4"><span class="content">and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.54.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.54.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For your Maker is your husband&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.54.5"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is his name&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.54.5"><span class="content">the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.54.5"><span class="content">he is called the God of all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.54.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.54.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will call you back</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.54.6"><span class="content">as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.54.6"><span class="content">a wife who married young,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.54.6"><span class="content">only to be rejected,&#8221; says your God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.54.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.54.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;For a brief moment I abandoned you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.54.7"><span class="content">but with deep compassion I will bring you back.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.54.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In a surge of anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"><span class="content">I hid my face from you for a moment,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"><span class="content">but with everlasting kindness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"><span class="content">I will have compassion on you,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your Redeemer.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.54.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.54.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;To me this is like the days of Noah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.54.9"><span class="content">when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.54.9"><span class="content">So now I have sworn not to be angry with you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.54.9"><span class="content">never to rebuke you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.54.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Though the mountains be shaken</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"><span class="content">and the hills be removed,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"><span class="content">yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"><span class="content">nor my covenant of peace be removed,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who has compassion on you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.54.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.54.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.54.11"><span class="content">I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">54:11 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.54.11"><span class="content">your foundations with lapis lazuli.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.54.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.54.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will make your battlements of rubies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.54.12"><span class="content">your gates of sparkling jewels,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.54.12"><span class="content">and all your walls of precious stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.54.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.54.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">All your children will be taught by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.54.13"><span class="content">and great will be their peace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.54.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">In righteousness you will be established:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="content">Tyranny will be far from you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="content">you will have nothing to fear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="content">Terror will be far removed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="content">it will not come near you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.54.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.54.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.54.15"><span class="content">whoever attacks you will surrender to you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.54.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.54.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, it is I who created the blacksmith</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.54.16"><span class="content">who fans the coals into flame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.54.16"><span class="content">and forges a weapon fit for its work.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.54.16"><span class="content">And it is I who have created the destroyer to wreak havoc;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.54.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.54.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">no weapon forged against you will prevail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.54.17"><span class="content">and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.54.17"><span class="content">This is the heritage of the servants of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.54.17"><span class="content">and this is their vindication from me,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.54.17"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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